Sometimes they need a lot of help to take that next step. What a great image this is, and Ray's understanding that it isn't normal but not caring is great:
After a while, though, it occurred to him he could just slouch down and wrap his arm around Fraser and—there, much better with Fraser's cheek resting on his chest. Okay, so it was a little weird, like snuggling, and partners didn't usually snuggle up on the couch while watching the ballgame. Not even after a six-pack.

And I love the way Ray see's Fraser when he' s high especially here:
His eyes looked wild, and he still had a glow, which seemed right somehow. Ray had always wondered about him. No one else like him. Fraser wasn't quite real.

"Crazy Mountie with a halo," Ray said. "Don't belong in this world, Fraser. What were they thinking, sending you down here into the muck?"