I need some genuine perspective please , especially from men here . Me 23F , Him 25M
TL;DR : A mutual friend admitted his feelings after almost 25 days of awkward drunken situation . I told him I am not ready for a relationship and he took it well or atleast did so during our one on one conversation . But I am worried that I might have hurt his feelings because of my avoidant bitch ass personality . What do I do ?
Original :
I ( 23F ) was at a houseparty at my roommate's bf's place , there were a few people from Uni and I went there with my roommate . I don't drink so I was sitting on the sofa in the hall , scrolling as usual , while most of the people there had passed out inside the rooms . In the meanwhile , this guy - not from our Uni , but is a good friend of my roommate's bf - came over and sat next to me . Now , for context , I have met this guy socially a few times and he is good on paper , didn't seem weird or creepy at all . But last night , he was drunk , like I could seriously smell it on him . I kind of had a hint from before , that he may have had a liking for me , but since it wasn't anything serious nor did he ever say anything like that , I didn't think anything of it . He began yapping , but he wasn't making sense , he was kind of fumbling his words and he mentioned that he finds me nerdy and pretty . But I felt he was just too drunk and mumbling shit and he would obviously not remember later . So I told him to stop talking in kind of an irritated tone , assuming that he would . But he took my hand and put it on his lips/mouth and he kept looking at me with these puppy brown stupid eyes and for a moment , I was worried that maybe he would cross the line ( I have PTSD from my history of being SAed as a kid and teen ) , but he didn't do anything and I could feel his breath and then I panicked and got up and bolted to get my roommate and left , and he had passed out on the sofa . It has been like close to 24 hours since then , and he hasn't texted or anything yet , so I am assuming that he doesn't remember .
Update :
So he reached out for the first time since that day , not via text - which would've been more comfortable imo - but in person . He came alongwith his friend ( my roommate's boyfriend ) and we were all talking , etc. Roommate and her boyfriend went to her room for some gulugulu and as I was about to go to my room , he lightly called out my name and asked me if I remembered what had happened that night . I thought that maybe he didn't remember cause he was shitfaced drunk , so I pretended that I didn't know what he was talking about . But then he proceeded to recall the whole event in detail and I turned red like an ambulance siren . Then I just said that it didn't mean anything , these things happen when drunk , blah blah , but he looked me in the eye and said that he has feelings for me .
I couldn't even form words in my brain and he was like , " sorry if I made you uncomfortable , I just didn't know how to tell you otherwise and after drinking I couldn't stop myself ". I just somehow gathered the courage to tell him that I don't feel the same and I am not into dating or relationships . He seemed a bit sad like a puppy with beady brown eyes , he is so pretty and gorgeous and so softie , like a giant teddy bear , especially after that incident .
But I don't think I can sustain being in a relationship rn , I have trouble as an avoidant and idk if it's going to work out . I don't want to give him any false hope , I will just keep my distance from him . My post grad is about to end and then I'll probably move cities , so problem solved ig . I don't know why I have tears in my eyes while writing this , intimacy and abandonment issues suck big time :/