Hello fellow relationship advisors, I'm calling upon our faction of men who self-identify as awkward regarding romance and/or sex, because I need your perspective.

This story began at the start of summer, when I had a really sexy dream about a friend from college. In this dream, we had glorious sex. When I woke up, I was hit by a confusion truck. I had never thought about this friend in this way. Our relationship had always been platonic, if a little more playful in the past few years. The dream was confusing, but also intriguing. I didn't know what to do with it.

Then, dream friend announced plans to visit the area where we went to go to college, and I still live, for an event involving a lot of people from college. I was excited to see him again, to say the least. I wanted to wait until I saw him face to face to make any decisions about how I might act upon this dream scenario. The magic happens in person, you know? Would I feel nothing? Would I feel something? Would I realize my dream was just that, a dream? I had to wait and see.

The weekend rolls around, and he gets into town. We're hanging out with a third mutual friend, but I can't keep my eyes off of dream friend. I feel magnetized to him, I want to act upon my feelings.

We play a drinking game later in the night, and one of the first things that happens is I pull a card that states I need to kiss someone else. He was the only person in the room at the time, and I was excited! I showed him the card, and then asked if he would like me to kiss him. He said "sure", but I didn't feel that such an answer would warrant a kiss, even for a game. I don't want to pressure anyone. So I asked again, to clarify if he actually did want me to kiss him. He replied that he was awkward, but yes. So I did kiss him, perhaps more passionately than a simple drinking game warrants, and we resumed the game.

More and more friends joined us playing games, drinking, having a good time, etc. I decided to be forward, but playful, to see if he was interested in joining me at the end of the night. He and another friend were planning to crash at my place for the weekend. I would have been respectful whether he was interested in a spicy night, or spending the weekend in my guest room, which was the original plan.

I told him at one point he could sleep in my bed if he wanted, we held eye contact. He did want to sleep in my bed, and we hooked up...that night...in the morning...and the next night. It was great sex, I was thrilled about. We cuddled, too, by his initiation! We were not affectionate around other friends, just when alone.

At the end of the weekend we discussed seeing each other again in his city when our schedules freed up. Beyond that, no texting, no mentioning of feelings, etc. I'm a forward, open communicator. I have a crush on this person and would like to continue to see them. I don't want to overwhelm them, though, and plan to reach out in about two weeks to follow up about our potential plans.

So, fellow advisors, does this plan sound reasonable? Should I just be forward and state that I have a crush on them and see what happens? Should I try the slow burn approach and wait until we see each other again to see what happens? Was he just happy to have some attention and its not me, but rather the excitement over getting to have sex? I'm not interested in moving quickly into a relationship, I just want to continue to spend time with dream friend and see if we have more chemistry or if it was just the weekend's vibe. I don't want to mess this up, what is the best way to proceed?