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Bashir and O'Brien did not just have what the official startrek.com website refers to as a "homosocial" relationship.
I think the writers did kind of start off with a bromance, and then the ~~slashfic writers~~ fans got a hold of it, and then this game of "chicken" ensued where the innuendo got more and more explicit.
There are many, many such moments: one comes from Field of Fire
The moment is even odder because we know from episodes like A Simple Investigation and Badda Bing Badda Bang that O'Brien and Bashir did go to the holosuites with others, including Jadzia Dax, for fun -- but when they went alone, together, they did not want anyone else to be there.
...But to me the real finishing piece is from Extreme Measures:
The dialogue doesn't even really do it justice, I don't see how you can watch that scene and conclude something other than that they had a romantic relationship.