There was literally nothing between them. He said as much himself, "he knows I'm queer but I know the boundaries" it was all about friendship and banter. That is until tubs became obsessed with the chap, and hounded him. Since he's passed its all about those "intimate" moments. yeah, since his passing where he can't respond or defend himself.
It's one hell of a switch between 'yes we are mates with cracking banter', to 'intimacy and soul mates'. Especially given he was warned off by the man for turning up at his home and they were no longer friends before he passed. The beg is deluded. Festers in his pit day to day, daydreaming, imagining different scenarios and relating them to song lyrics like that bloody Ed sheeran song he has on loop lately