Hello again, Reddit!
First, I'd like to everyone who took a fraction of their time to comment on my previous post and offer some advice. And to those who DM'd me to call me names… Lol. Lmao, even.
Like I've commented on my previous post, I said I'd be talking to my boyfriend about this topic on the weekend. Turns out that our talk was much lighter than I expected – he was the one who initiated it and apologized for acting, in his words, like a "spoiled teenager".
Without exposing him too much, the last few months of his work have been very stressful and there has been some stuff going on with his family, so he was feeling a little more emotionally raw the last few weeks, but kept it down to not disturb me during this transitional time.
I reassured him that that's not what I want him to do at all and that he can count on me whenever and wherever, and he told me that he knows, but still did it. I told him that he isn't and never will be a nuisance for me and never has to hide his feelings this way but, in all fairness, we both have a tendency to do this and being in a healthy, safe relationship is something we both are still getting used to.
In the end, he promised to try to not get so much in his head and to not let his stress affect his trust in my love for him and, in turn, I offered to be a little more present, with phone calls during the evenings I don't have class and when those are done in like 2 weeks.
TL;DR: boyfriend was feeling more emotionally vulnerable due to stress, issues of the last post ensued. After talking it out and both promising to try more, things are well now.