No, they won't ever have this conversation. Because then the producers would have to acknowledge the depth of the relationship, and explain what it means to each of the characters, and goodness knows two men not actively having sex aren't allowed to love each other, no.

Not that I'm bitter.

Right now in my head there's nothing more after these lines. If a fic writer such as the one you described (*cough*you*cough*) felt the desire to run with them, I'd happily offer them up.