The Fool (spoilers for all RotE books, including LST)

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...Fitz writes: all that night , I cradled him in my arms, as closely as if he were my child or my lover....I let him take whatever comfort he could in the warmth and strength of my body. I have never felt less than a man that I did so....

No man would be so concerned about comforting a woman. A man comforting a woman is traditional, natural and expected. Obviously, to Fitz the Fool is a man. Thus he is describing that in spite of comforting another man he did not feel that he, Fitz himself, was being less of a man. As I have said earlier, this emphasizes the friendship between them. Two people can deeply love one another regardless of gender. Love does not always include sexuality. When you love you love, period.