After everything that has happened, Nicholas's death after being turned vampire like him, his shit show of a relationship with his former spouse Louis, and the death of his daughter and her companion at the hands of Armand's coven Lestat has been very reluctant to go out after love again. Until he met you, who treats him better but also does not take any of his shit. You don't make him feel like a child like Nikky, you don't withhold your love for him like Louis, and you don't obssess over him like Armand. But despite that he's still scared