lilstinky:

bouncingbones:

i mean. i mean it could. sure. in some cultures. i mean. yeah, why does kissing have to be inherently romantic anyway? friends should be able to do that. sure. good point. i agree. but like. after seeing this all i can think is that geordi told him that after slipping up and kissing him once and then being embarrassed and not wanting to confront this ~thing~ between them just yet so he was like “uhhh yeah friends do that all the time”. that is the headcanon my little shipper brain has decided to go with and no one is taking it away from me.

#also after this episode u can bet ur ass data surprised geordi with a kiss of support at some point#like there’s a problem in engineering and geordi’s stressed about fixing it to save everyone or something#and data just has this ‘a-ha’ moment and makes that cute little ‘i know what to do’ face#and grabs geordi by the shoulders and just#lays one on him#and geordi is like ?????????? ?? ?#‘uh… data… what was that?’#‘that was for support. you seemed to need it.’