"I can get on board with a rescue dog that's house-trained and knows all its commands," he promises, his eyes bright with the hope of actually getting a dog, which is something he'd ruled out when he and David had started getting serious.

The envelope goes down so Patrick can wrap his arms around David's neck, pressing kiss after kiss to his cheeks and lips, so buoyantly delighted and happy, and grateful. "You really are the kindest, sweetest, most incredible man," he says, and there's no sarcasm in those words, because he's genuinely touched that David would do this for him.