In love with another aspie. Wat do?

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So I'm making this thread because the vast majority deal with AS/NT relationships and that doesn't apply in my case.

Anyways, about my situation:
We first met about 5 years ago at this club for kids and teenagers with developmental disabilities (both of us have high-functioning autism) and for the first 4 1/2 years I didn't really pay attention to him for two reasons: 1. I was battling a crippling depression
2. I didn't really feel any need to make social connections back then due to both the depression and my autism
And during that time, he talked to me and I just listened quietly not saying anything until he went away.
Nowadays it's completely different. Now that my depression is mostly under control and I have started to feel the desire to socialize, I have been talking to him when our club meets and we have been able to talk about the stuff we're interested in. Mostly video games and internet stuff. When we're not at the club, we communicate via Steam's chat service. When I talk to him via Steam the topic sometimes veers towards rather personal things and we've been able to calmly discuss serious topics like politics and religion. We are currently pretty good friends.
Anyways after the last few times I've met him at our club him and the time I've spent chatting with him on Steam, I've started to fall in love with him and I have no idea what to do now. While I have fallen in love, nothing has come of it due to my inaction (except in one occasion involving an absurd amount of luck) and I want that pattern to change. Only thing is, I have absolutely no idea how to tell him my feelings. I simply don't know about these kinds of things, so some sound advice would be appreciated.
Also, he doesn't know I'm gay, but he's not homophobic at all so a violent rejection is not an issue. Also, what if he's not straight? Because if it turns out he's straight then I can't do anything, I just gotta deal with it. But what if he's gay xor bi and he has no feelings for me? How do I proceed from there?

tl;dr
I've fallen in love w/ my one and only friend, who is also autistic, and I have no idea what the hell I'm supposed to do now.

So update & shameless self-bump.
Asked my friend if we could hang out this weekend and he accepted.
Nothing romantic yet, haven't confessed my feelings for him, but I feel it's a step in the right direction.