Do you ever stop wanting to have sex with that one person?

My guy friend from back in 2014 used to have the hots for me. It went away after a year or so. He never said anything but I could see it in the way he spoke and how he acted around me. Thing is he resurfaces every couple of months even after we don't see each other in person, after seeing my social media posts to talk to me, always wanting to catch up and blatantly ask me questions about my love life. Sometimes he sends something that sounds innocent but I know he meant the dirty meaning.
There was a two year break because of the pandemic and quite recently he's started hinting at wanting to marry me if I was down for it.
Can you hold a candle for someone even if it's been years? Or does he badly want to have a friends with benefits, it's been 5 years since we've seen each other in person, so I don't know how that would work.
Do you ever stop wanting to have sex with that one person?
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