<human>: So I was a pretty late bloomer/ never was very successful with women or dating or whatever. I had a girlfriend in early high school that didn't get very far, lost my virginity during a one-night stand when I was 21, then had a long break until 22 when I had a girlfriend for 1.5 years. With her, we had sex for the first time after texting for a while, had sex again after a first "date", and then moved pretty quickly from "liking" each other, to being exclusive, to "loving" each other.

As you can see, I don't have any frame of reference for hooking up or FWB type stuff. I don't know proper etiquette and generally what dating for the sake of dating is like, meaning right now I don't want a serious relationship, but all I've known is there being a linear progression from meeting someone to being in a BF/GF relationship.  This means I don't know the rules about everything from texting to dates, emotional expectations, proper intimacy levels, etc. I don't want to be negligent, but I also don't want to be overbearing.

In this specific situation, after 2 great dates we had sex. We had a great time and it seems like we have great chemistry, but like I said, all I've ever known how to be is a boyfriend, not a dating partner. How do I proceed? What is dating/ communication/ intimacy like in the middle stage between being a purely one-night stand or "what's your last name again?" hookup vs. a BF/GF exclusive relationship?

Can you give me a shortened version of the text?
<bot>: What's the proper etiquette for "dating"-- or whatever you call the middle stage between FWB/ hooking up and an exclusive relationship?