He should totally have leaned on him. And Wilson could've looked all put out but wouldn't have shaken him off. And they would have limped off into the sunset parking lot.

Key factor was definitely screen time (followed by name), since she met most other criteria. She may have had more than Wilson, but the fact that the camera stayed away from her from the lab scene until the hallway encounter ~15 minutes later allowed the focus to shift elsewhere. It really could've been ugly, with the obsession.