most ardently

“I love you. I’ve loved you from the moment we raced each other in that park. I’ve loved you at every dance, on every walk, every time we’ve been together, and every time we’ve been apart. You do not have to accept it or embrace it or even allow it. Knowing you, you probably will not. But you must know it, in your heart. You must feel it because I do. I love you. I want a life that suits us both. I know I am imperfect, but I will humble myself before you, because I cannot imagine my life without you, and that is why I wish to marry you.”

“When you’re working with a genre, like romance, which is about something fundamental that connects all humans, it’s so important that we can allow everyone to see themselves in that story. And that wasn’t necessarily there for me growing up, being able to fill the space playing a straight character, but as an openly gay actor.”