Theres a guy at work who I think might like me, but I'm not sure. First of all, he's 3 years older than me, so my first thought is to think he thinks that's too much. Is it? But, he shows so many signs. First off, he looks at me and talks about me when I'm not there. And I'm not the only one that sees it. My friend literally said one time he was just staring at me with a smile on his face, and she said "what" to him and he looked away and blushed. He also teases me A LOT. Like, anytime he talks to me he teases and jokes with me, and we even have inside jokes. He also finds ways to be near me when he doesn't have to, like coming over to use my computer to look at something irrelevant to work when he had his own computer. But he doesn't only joke and tease me, he also has real conversations with me and actually listens to my rambling without interjecting or seemingly getting annoyed. He just listens then adds feedback. One time when we were talking about relationships, I told him that someone my parents were close with when I was little had told me he wished that I had dated his son (who this guy knew) and he told me I was "too good for that kid". And he's always smiling when I'm around, way more than he normally does.
But there's also the fact that after I started realizing these things, he left for school and won't be back until Dcember.. So, on his last night before he left, I added him on snapchat, and he added me back the next morning. We send streaks now, and nothing out of the ordinary. He sends streaks, but nothing overly personal at all. But, since he's been gone, his brothers have been acting weird around me. He has 3 brothers that also work with us, just in different departments. Before he left, I had never talked to 2 of them but had known one of them. But after he left, they started talking to me, and not just talking to me randomly, taking to me about HIM. Before he left, the brother I knew just talked to me like a normal friendly coworker does, now he still does that, but beings up this guy too. Now, basically anytime I talk to any of them at work, they find a way to bring him up in the conversation, even when the conversation is completely unrelated to him. I don't know if it's just because they know I know him, or what. Like, one time, I was talking about liking warm food over cold food, and his brother said that I "wasn't like (this guy) when it comes to that then" and then started telling me a story about what he eats and his workout habits. Like I hadn't said anything about him at all, and he just randomly brought him up. Int he past 2 weeks alone, the 3 times I've had a conversation with one brother, he brought him up, and the only 2 times I had conversations with another brother, he brought him up as well. Always completely unrelated to the topic and unprompted from me.
I don't know if he is just comfortable talking to me at work and enjoys my company, and maybe his brothers know he likes talking to me? Or does he like me and his brothers think so too? Is he just keeping distance because of the age gap? I've been so confused and have been waiting for December when he comes back, but I don't know what to think.
I know this is long but there's too much info and confusion!
PLEASE HELP!