Portraying a same-sex male relationship for the consumption of straight women is not "queerbaiting". That is all
ETA: To clarify, straight women complaining about "queerbaiting" because a slashy relationship wasn't made canon come across as taking gay men's real, serious problem with representation and stapling it onto their frustrated fantasies. (Same thing happened with Sherlock -- a show which was very clear it wasn't going there.)
ETA: To clarify, straight women complaining about "queerbaiting" because a slashy relationship wasn't made canon come across as taking gay men's real, serious problem with representation and stapling it onto their frustrated fantasies. (Same thing happened with Sherlock -- a show which was very clear it wasn't going there.)