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Is he too emotionally drained to care, do I get on his nerves, is he nervous, is it a slow-build friendship, or is it just a casual work friendship?

So my work partner for the last 4 months & I are super similar & have a really interesting bond. We get along pretty well & are always laughing/goofing around. They try & keep the same people working in the same areas, but I think we're the only definite set, partly since we work well together. We're like Jamie & Eddie in Blue Bloods. We don't always see eye to eye, but most of our work day is us alone or with 20 kids, so when we do disagree we have to compromise. I've developed some feelings for him, but I have some concerns on how he thinks of me. If he doesn't even like me as a person, I might switch for a bit. He did have a rough last relationship & has deep trust issues, so all of these things could be a lack of confidence. It has gotten better. Anyway. Concerns: 1- He's a great listener if he knows it's important to me. He'll repeat something I told someone else weeks before, but doesn't ask questions. He is a private person though & doesn't like it when people get deep with him2- He's quick to reassure me if I think I messed up, but never compliments me unless it's his way of saying I liked it when you did this better. Or if I make a self-deprecating joke, he doesn't correct it. But he make the same jokes & doesn't like it when people rebuke his3- Unless he's in a certain mood, he won't tease me. He will other people. Once I thought I was next & he made it clear I wasn't. Except the other night when he said he thought about calling out some. I was like "I'm that bad?" He said yes. There were other people around, so it really was probably a joke, but I don't know.4- He usually won't do stuff out of work. He's super introverted, doesn't do much with anyone, & his excuses are always INCREDIBLE. But still5- He's still nervous around me. He opens up some, but barely other times. If he thinks he'll embarrass himself, he won't share or let me see6- He still hasn't accepted my friend request7- He doesn't usually seek me out or make me a first pick for meetings/games
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Well, I'm pretty sure we're fine, but they split us up for most of our summer shifts anyway so that one of us is always in the room. So tomorrow is our last day as partners :(
Is he too emotionally drained to care, do I get on his nerves, is he nervous, is it a slow-build friendship, or is it just a casual work friendship?
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