Emotional connection possible after being physical?

I started dating this guy over a month ago, we took things really fast to the physical level and he still acted like he liked me and spent time with me even without the physicality involved. Even after we would be intimate he would remain next and close to me and didn't back away. He then spent the weekend at my house and all of a sudden backed off. I realized that he probably got scared and so I gave him about a week with no real contact and then i decided to casually text him and in that told him that I feel pushed away and I feel we took things too fast and I want to start over, he agreed and said he didn't want me to be hurt. I told him I am not the kind of woman to run away from hard situations considering we are both extremely busy, him working 12 hour shifts and going to school and have to find time. After that I did not expect to hear from him again, he texted me the next day asking how i was and we had such an amazing and fun conversation and he said he missed my cat and we were being silly and then he asked if he could see me that Saturday. We were texting Friday afternoon and he asked me if he could come pick me up later that day, go to a movie and stay at his place so I could already be there for the whole day Saturday (he has to drive 1.5 hours each way). We ended up spending the weekend together and it was absolutely amazing, we talked, laughed and it was nice, no pressure. Basically, is this a good sign that he initiated contact and asked to go on a date after I expressed all my feelings? how do I build an emotional connection considering we were already physical?