<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

I've been close friends with this guy for a couple of years, and I've started to develop feelings for him (we're both gay). I was planning on asking him out at the start of the semester, but I just learned that he was going to be a TA for a research project that I was going to get involved in. Grading is a simple pass/fail. I'm not 100% sure if he is doing the grading, but there's a pretty good chance that he will be in some sort of leadership position. 

I really need some sort of advice at this point. I've already spent the last few months trying to work up the courage to ask him out, and it would hurt to have to wait until that next semester ends before being able to make a move. On the other hand, this is a project that I've been waiting a long time for the opportunity to join. I also have crushed this hard on literally one other person in the past which also leaves me afraid to let the feelings just fade away. If he finds someone else in the meantime then that would also be pretty painful to watch. Is there any way to make this work or am I just going to have to suck it up and hope things can work out once the semester ends?
<bot>: Guy who I'm seriously into is going to be a TA for me in the future for something that I really want to get involved in, and waiting for the semester (that hasn't even started yet) to end kind of sucks.