Is there a way to being back lust (m23 f20)?

Before anyone says “just break up with him,” please don’t. We’ve been together for almost a year, and I know he loves me and finds me attractive. He tells me often, and I feel the same about him. But when it comes to our sex life, I don’t really feel much desire or lust coming from him, and it’s starting to affect me emotionally.

I know I probably want sex more than the average person, or at least that’s what I’ve been told, but what I don’t understand is how a relationship can feel so lacking in passion. My boyfriend works a lot, and I mean a lot. He finishes late most nights, and by the time we see each other we only have a few hours before he has to sleep. I completely understand that he’s exhausted. What hurts is feeling like he doesn’t crave me or desire me the way I desire him.

When I’m around him, I want to kiss him, touch him, be close to him, and show affection constantly. But I’ve almost never really felt that same energy from him. At first I thought maybe he just wasn’t a very affectionate person, but I later found out he was very affectionate and sexually active in his previous relationship, which honestly made me feel worse.

I’m not trying to force him into anything. I just want advice on how to encourage more affection and intimacy naturally, and how to feel desired by the person I’m so attracted to.

I’m also posting this because I genuinely don’t know what else to do. He doesn’t know this, but I’ve noticed he’s ‘faked it’ a couple of times. If anyone else has experienced that, you probably know how awful it feels. So… help a girl out?