Yeah, Weezie really managed to make lemonade with the rotten lemons she was served in early X-factor, and of course Walt is a legend. Looking forward to this.
And how many evil entities have already possessed Scott? I lost the count with King in Black #2.
Precisely in that story Storm says that she and Scott were never close friends but that she always respected and admired him.
In my mind, Scott has stronger relationships with the O5. Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Storm are his friends but not that close because he had to be a leader.
He and Kurt got along very well, but they haven't been together in one team regularly since DPS, unless you count in Utopia with 300 different people.
There is a bit of a mentor/student thing with Dani, albeit a graduated student.
Outside of the O5, he is closest with Alex, Emma, then I'd put Ilyana next. Lorna would have been up there but writers tend to ignore any relationship with her that isn't Alex. She and Jean used to be close too but that has also been tossed to the wayside.
Dark does not mean deep.