the "L" word

so I have been knowing my boyfriend in total of two in a half months, and have been boyfriend and girlfriend for one month...... any how when im with him i feel really safe, and the L word just slips my mouth with out me even knowing it just slips lol and i surprise myself... but now that i lmow i truly have these feelings for him i hold my tongue because he still hasnt said it .... should i continue to hold it. i dont want to keep saying it and then him feel to say it just because i am... any suggestions?