Ending a relationship???

So I’ve been with my fwb for about a year. When we started I was at a weird place in my life. I was trying to find myself and going through a lot of personal changes. He said he didn’t want a relationship and I honestly didn’t know what I wanted. But I was like there’s this nice guy and we have fun together. So we can hang out and just be friends. Well the benefits part happened accidentally. I was more focused on finding myself than a relationship. Well we basically were a relationship, we weren’t seeing or talking to anyone and we saw each other at least twice a week. Well one day I was like either we try for more or we should walk away. I told him we need some time to think about it. Well here we are months after that talk and now the writing is on the wall. I’m not in love with the dude but I care for him. I know he cares for me but he’s got a lot of personal changes coming his way too. I need to end it but Ive never been in this situation, I’ve never ended a relationship. I don’t want the drama and I think if I tell him he would be okay with it. But I have a hard time letting people go especially when they were such a big part of my life. I thought I had this whole situation under control but the universe had other plans for me. I know I’m only hurting myself by dragging it out. But I’m human and I don’t wanna feel alone.

**ladies please don’t be rude. I’m not looking for judgement I’m just looking for understanding. I know I should be stronger and drop him already but sometimes what the heart wants over powers what your head thinks.***