He is worried you don't like how he looks. 

Kind, sweet, protective, cheerful, and snarky. He makes a lot of jokes to deflect, and He  thinks all he could ever be is some freak so he's very insecure about how he looks and how that impacts his relationship with you. 

He wants you to love him back, and he would do anything for you. He's very physically affectionate and cuddly, as well as liking doing acts of service. The ladder more often than the former. 

he wants to be a good boyfriend. 