A Rose in Winter

The moment when Steve saw Danny, his legs buckled and almost gave out. His expression said it all: shocked devastation. 

I noticed this thing when I was rewatching the finale. How Steve searches for Danny’s eyes as if trying to get at least a shred of approval after saying that he loves him. You know how you try to make eye contact with somebody whom you know you’re upsetting, but you’re not in the mood for actually apologizing, so you kinda just try to make sure you’re still good, so you really need them to look you back in the eye.

Steven does that because he feels bad for leaving, and at that moment he really needs reassurance that Danno still loves him, too, that it’s okay to choose himself. He really doesn’t want to go, and at the same time, he wants to. I know what it feels like, when you want two polar opposites. Look how he then stands there to watch Danny as he lands heavily on the chair. Steve doesn’t check on him so that Danny makes it back on the chair safely. He just doesn’t wanna go so he’s stalling.