Remember the scene, the evening after they had cleared the prison yard. Darryl’s on watch, Carol brings him some chow and asks him if he “wants to fool around”?
His response, “Pfffft.”
Maybe his appeal is like a boy band member, a non-threatening young male?
But I said to my wife, ‘Odd, he doesn’t seem gay.’
He did seem to dig Aaron.
The producers are just messing with us. Notice how scorned Rosita followed him into the woods. Now if he can't find a reason to cozy up to her, then there's no hope for him.