Talk:Keefe and Sophie/@comment-75.21.90.161-20161116213523/@comment-27175294-20161116235715

The fact that they even have interactions at all can be considered that they Sophie and Keefe] care for each other (most of the time), and as time progresses, caring for someone can eventually lead to you starting a romance with them. That's why I (and lots of others) included every time Sophie and Keefe interact as part of their shipping theme because it also helps to illustrate their closeness.

Also, many  of the (but again, not all of them as their friendship progresses) Sophitz moments are implied and are what Sophie hopes/wishes that Fitz is trying to do. Many of them revolve on unclear subtext and easily could be interpreted as friendship (and I'm not saying Sophie and Keefe don't have their really strong, more-friendship-than-romance moments, too) simply because we don't get a read on Fitz's feelings because let's be honest, he can kind of be an enigma sometimes.

Keefe can be very open with his feelings because he is naturally a flirt, and we can easily see that his feelings for Sophie run a bit deeper than friendship. This is further impressed upon us through Tam's shady remarks about the two and [LODESTAR SPOILER] once Sophie becomes an Enhancer, when Keefe holds her hand, we can see that he is very happy with the way she feels regarding him (and his safety/choices), which he can tell using his newly-enhanced (through Sophie), Empathetic abilities.