Not all close relationships between two individuals have to be romantic.
Platonic relationships are actually the norm.

What is with this incessant need for everything and anything to be represented in media?

I submit that it’s a bad idea to look down on people because you think they did something you dislike and your only evidence is their race, gender, and home state.

I’ll offer this ray of hope. Probably won’t get out of the greys, but it’s worth saying.

My entire adult personality is simply layers of the TNG senior staff, with opacity on each layer defined by the necessity of the moment.