Wye wasn’t like Kaye. Even if he’d been with Reid in his worst moments leading up to the contest, and even if he was here now, they weren’t close. They were both adult men. It would just be offputting and pathetic.

This passage, where Reid explicitly compares Wye and Kaye in his head, reads both like shiptease and also that sort of internalized homophobia thing where men are afraid to get emotional support from other men because they're worried it'll make them look gay, and therefore weak. It's also a marked contrast between how much effort Reid put into keeping up appearances around Chase, Tanner, and Hadley.

I don't know if this is the the type of work where they kiss at the end, but clearly there is some strong emotional bond there.