I think my boyfriend only wants to take a break to keep his emotions to himself

My boyfriend and I have been together for 2 years. We had talked of marriage and kids, where we were going to live, we had even started the process of building a house together. About 2 months ago the job he had taken out of town 3 months prior started to turn bad. He was working for some friends and they had lied to him to get him to take the job. When they stopped paying him he came back to the city I live in to look for another job. Well 2 months later he is having trouble finding a job. About 2 weeks ago he asked for a break. About an hour after he left he started talking to me on the computer and talked to me everyday since. I got upset twice because I missed him and he says that I blew up at him. A couple of days ago he decided that if we are on a break then we shouldn't talk at all. I am giving him his space as best I can. I see his stuff all over the place. We have lived together for almost a year so everything in the apartment reminds me of him. I think it feels like he is protecting me from him being a failure. Like I deserve better. I love him for who he is not how much money he makes. I know he is not handling this properly but he is freaking out and grew up in a house where emotion was never shown. If you get scared you face it.

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