Sadistic Bastard:
Isn't nice to be wanted, even if it's a long distance or "never to be in real life" type relationship?
There's an odd beauty to unconsummated lust/love. I've had one of those relationships for 10 years...may NEVER end up with her face to face (although now that I'm a free man, I've thought about it more than once). But the affection goes on, and now it's got kind of a unique life of it's own.
Hope you two enjoy it. Flirting is highly under-rated.