@Francis Thanks for sharing all this man, and thanks for asking for an update. Been meaning to post one. First let me respond to your most recent post.
That completely makes sense what you say about levels of dominance, and it totally lines up with the experience this girl and I are having. Also that is really interesting about the older lady you met.
Onto the update, again a big thanks to you and to all who posted. It was really helpful. In brief, it's gone incredibly well - almost too well. She was blown the fuck away that I was ballsy enough to go after her so quickly. After two days of hanging together in her town, I went back home, she was basically dying for more and came out to visit me a day and half later for almost three full days where we spent the majority of our time together. We covered a lot of ground in terms of getting to know each other more deeply (not to mention fucked like nonstop). It's been intense to say the least. This girl is extremely independent and strong-willed as fuck, but absolutely loves how much I am just taking charge of the situation with her, and with other situations (whether sexually with her or in general when we are just out doing whatever in public). She told me this is one of the first times in her life she feels she has been with a "real man" that takes care of her and desires her the way she wants.
Now my worry is that she has fallen too hard too fast. I told her I am really into what is happening between us and want it to continue, but we should just give ourselves a bit of distance (I said a week or so) as that will help us sit back, think about how great things are going, enjoy it all more, look forward to seeing each other and whatnot. She is on board with that, but she has been writing a lot. Nothing that I perceive as "too much" yet, but she is clearly wanting more from me and extremely excited about what has been happening so far. I almost think it's good we are not living in the same city, but it's nice that it's not too far if things do continue to develop in a positive direction.
I was right about one of the potential red flags, which I no longer necessarily consider to be a red flag, given she and I have communicated directly and openly about it (but it is definitely something to keep in mind). Basically, she initiated a talk where she said she thinks it is good if we continue to see other people due to how new we are, and the fact that we don't live so close together that we can see each other all the time. I completely agree with her and obviously told her so, but it struck me that she would even bring this up after just a few days! It is also interesting that she came out with this when she is telling me so many statements like "I have never felt X like this with anyone before" or "this is the first time I have ever felt so compatible with someone so quickly."
Another thing linked to the above is the fact that it does not sound like she has had any serious relationships in her life. It sounds like she has had good, at least somewhat (if not very) healthy FWB situations, and she has definitely had periods of her life where she was dating very actively - but for some reason this girl has never really had a proper boyfriend I don't think. I suspect she is dismissive avoidant or possibly anxious avoidant(/disorganized), though when talking to her she seems really secure, confident, and well-rounded psychologically (caveat, it's obviously too early for me to make judgments or be thinking about things like this, but I suspect I may be onto something here...).
Anyway I do not want to think about how things could turn sour too much at such an early stage. I think for now we just need to keep things lighthearted, live our separate lives, and meet up maybe every week or second week to enjoy time together and see how things develop.
But yeah man, I guess the TL;DR version is that she is a really cool girl and things are going well so far overall! Thanks again for the advice, and if you might have any more thoughts or advice I would love to hear it of course