Without being in individual counseling or coaching, everything offered here's is just for you to weigh and decide to use or not. Real love and real caring is listening for his benefit, dropping your own agenda in your mind, right? It's really hard to do if you are hurting.
You don't sound desperate to me tight now and I think it's ok to test the waters. It's a dance, move in when and listen when he wants to talk, back off when he doesn't. Throw in some mystery.
How did you two get together originally?
sg Love is PATIENT, love is KIND, LOVE never fails / DB since 2001