that definitely works for me! if baz was attracted to cliff off the bat (which i'm going to assume he was and that there were ~sparks~ from the get go) then he would have been flirtatious and drop hints while still trying to be semi-professional until it ultimately led to something happening between the two of them! but i think he also would have been intrigued by the thrill of the chase since cliffton is this young ceo of a startup, meanwhile he's working for a video game company as a front end developer and taking freelance jobs to cover his rent so there would also be an element of reaching above his own tier (which would make him slightly self-conscious, but since he hates being vulnerable that would have only led him to amp up the confidence on his end).