Well sweety to me it seems like he likes you, but you never know until you act on it. So tell him how you feel, don't be shy and don't worry about being rejected, because it will be fine ok. Plus if you don't tell him then you will always be crushing on him and never know if he actually likes you or not, so get him girl.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.