Havoc’s /crush/ on Roy is more than ‘oh lol he’s pretty’, Havoc’s feelings to him are very much real and somewhat feels foolish at times for feeling them. Jean hears others whisper about /how good looking Roy is/ or how they want to date him /due to power/, it kinda puts Jean in a state of ‘oh I’m like everyone else’ but also not really as he only hears females natter about it, which digs him into a deeper hole of depression thinking how he really isn’t like ‘everyone’ he’s just weird.
It’s HARD for Havoc as he jokes around mocking Roy, but he never does it as a real jab. Havoc knows what things really hurt him and would never aim to really attack that! Havoc is very fast to stick up for Roy even when it’s someone else joking. OH BOY someone bad mouthing Roy pushes Jean and he kinda just snaps at whoever does it, not even with his /feelings/ Havoc has so much respect for Roy and thinks so much of him that hearing someone belittle him kinda just sets him off as Havoc knows how hard Roy has worked to get as far as he’s come.
In some verses I do heavily have Havoc in love with Roy, I really believe his feelings for Roy would be pulled out more after Lust. I feel with the aftermath of Lust, the aftermath of Roy saying how ‘he’ll meet him at the top’ really hit him and his feelings to the max. Havoc probably hasn’t really had someone /really/ believe in him that much, Havoc gave up on himself and Roy didn’t and never did and that to Havoc really means so much to him and that just made his feelings grow deeper.