That's lovely..."falling in fond!"
I think, though (speaking from my own experience), that when someone is hurting emotionally, or not secure in meeting other people, that the much needed human contact and physical affection can easily turn into feelings of "love." I did this a year or so ago after a three year abstinance from dating. Thought I was ready, but then because of physical attraction, became too soon involved sexually. I quickly fell "in love," and he did not! How much better off I would have been if I had just allowed myself to "fall in fond!"
Patty