I met a guy during a two-day college trip, and we really connected — we spent a lot of time together, had deep conversations, and everything felt natural and genuine.
Before we even started seeing each other more seriously, I made it clear that I’m not into casual flings and that I’m looking for something more meaningful. I also shared a bit about it's been a long time since I dated, and that I do have some trauma from abuse relationships. I just told him, but not expecting him to jump in a relationship with me at all. He also shared with me how his last relationship was and that he's been through stuff as well. He also told me how he was never into casual flings.
He seemed completely on board — he was affectionate, talked about future plans, and before we even make out, I reminded him again that I don’t just "hook up for fun." He said he understood and that we would "get to know each other."
Because of that, I thought we were both on the same page. I think it's also important to mention that I'm autistic and have trouble reading social cues, that's one of the reasons why I'm making this post, because I don't know if I'm exactly on the right here.

After about two weeks, I asked him more directly what he wanted. He said he "had no expectations," suggested that "maybe we should just be friends for now," and that he "couldn’t promise anything serious." He kept saying like "my bad, but I really wish we could still hang out and get to know your friends".
I felt extremely hurt and honestly disrespected. It came across like he wanted me to stay emotionally available without offering any clear commitment or any intention of getting serious at all. He said that he couldn't guarantee anything serious in a near by future, but that went completly against the things we talked about in the trip. He clearly knew what I wanted and what I was looking for.
Overall, it felt like he had misled me about his intentions, even though I recognize that people are allowed to change their minds and that the world doesn’t revolve around me.

Problem is, he also explained that he was going through a tough time and said that I caught him off guard, he had a rough week, and his brother had a psychotic episode recently.
While I absolutely sympathize with what he’s going through, part of me feels like when people genuinely want something, they find ways to pursue it. I don't him to ignore his situation and spend time with me. But I'd totally suport him how I could and wait for things to calm down for us to hang out for example. I'm just tired because I constantly feel like guys are never in "the right moment" to get serious with me.
Besides, I wasn’t asking him to officially date me after two weeks — I just wanted to make sure we were somewhat aligned about what we were looking for. Instead, he backed off completely.

I decided to distance myself and will only stay in touch until we finish a group project together. Later on I texted him politely letting him know that I felt disrespected by the way that stuff happened and that I wanted space.
AITA for feeling hurt and stepping away even though I know he’s facing personal struggles?