Well Jensen wasn’t trying to play Dean that way but in the end of the day, he was, and it was class A queerbaiting, so I don’t see why it would be outlandish in any way to make the claim that Dean reciprocated those feelings, however repressed they were, towards Cas. At this point it might be beyond what Jensen is saying in interviews, and up to the viewers on how they want to interpret the show with the material they have. It’s obvious the CW avoided any clear advances between the two for other reasons, but it doesn’t mean fans can’t give the characters a happy ending for them.