quotes
- Ste – “Maybe I should've just gone somewhere new. Started a new life where nobody knows me.”
- James – “Well, I, for one, am glad you didn't.”
- — When Ste returns to the village in 2020
- “I also had you down as a no mark scally. Seems I was wrong about that too.”
- — James, after Ste helps him with Juliet's case
- “He's like a lovesick teenager whenever you're around.”
- — Marnie, talking about Ste's feelings for James
- “James, is this your weird, emotionally unavaliable way of saying you were actually worried about me?”
- — Ste, after they take down Victor
- James – “I'm tired of wasting time, Ste. I want us to be together”
- Ste – “...Ste and James are in a relationship.”
- “Somehow we fell into this, because it felt right. I don't know the rules, but I do know that I want to be with you.”
- — James, before Ste breaks up with him
- “I like how different we are. It's almost as if that's the reason why we do work.”
- — Ste, when Sid tries to get him and James back together
- Ste – “There is nobody else for you, right?”
- James – “Of course not.”
- James – “You make me happy.”
- Ste – “You make me happy too.”
- “I am very fond of you, Ste.”
- — James, after bringing Ste flowers
- “Don't let him push you away, 'cause he needs you right now. More than he's willing to admit.”
- — Donna Marie, to Ste when James is grieving
- “I love you, and I'm not going to let you go through this alone.”
- — Ste
- “I don't deserve you.”
- — James, the morning of Marnie's funeral
- “I am into you. Only you. It's just us now, yeah? For the long haul.”
- — James, after returning to the village
- “I know that we're not together anymore, but I will always care about you.”
- — Ste, before sleeping with James
- “James, I want to be with you so much.”
- — Ste
- Ste – “I want you back.”
- James – “I want you back for good.”
- “For him, I'd walk around the world twice.”
- — James
- “I realised how much I still loved you, and loving you, I never want to hurt you again.”
- — James, before breaking up with Ste
- “I miss you. You make me happy, and let's face it, not a lot of people do. ”
- — James
- “I like him. I have done for a long time.”
- — James, when Juliet confronts him on his feelings for Ste
- “I want that guy to be you.”
- — Ste, after telling James what he wants from a relationship
- “I am so proud to be with you, Ste... I love you, and I never want to lose you again.”
- — James, proposing to Ste
- James – “Thank you for not turning me down in front of a pub full of people.”
- Ste – “Thank you for asking me.”
- Leah – “Are you saying you actually like it here?”
- Ste – “Why wouldn't he? I'm here.”
- — James staying at the Lomax's
- “All that matters is you and me. Our love. Our vows to each other.”
- — James
- Ste – “You really hate me for this, don't you?”
- James – “Despite my better judgement, I think I love you more.”
- James – “...They wouldn't even let me in your room! Next of kin only.”
- Ste – “Well soon, that's exactly what we will be.”
- James – “We don't need all of this; the castle, the suits, all the pomp and ceremony.”
- Ste – “You love pomp and ceremony.”
- James – “Yes, I know. But I love you more.”
- “So we're gonna find a solution... together. Apparently that's what husbands do.”
- — Ste
- “Fast cars, winning a case, the highest of highs... it don't come close to the way I feel when I am with you.”
- — James
- “We're committing to each other. And not because we're the same people. Because we make each other better people”
- — Ste
- Ste – “I love you, James Nightingale.”
- James – “I love you too, Steven Hay”
- — At their stag do
- “I am James Nightingale and I am getting married today. To the man I love... You may not think I have changed, but I have. And that's thanks to you. This marriage is going to change us, but it's not all gonna be one-sided, I promise.”
- — James
- “My dearest Steven... If someone had told me five years ago that I was marrying you, I'd have balked. Not because of you, but because of me. With everything that has happened in my life, with the childhood I had... I truly believe that a part of me had decided that I didn't deserve to be loved like that. That I was somehow broken. But along you came, crash landing into my life and forcing me to see... that I wasn't broken. I was just waiting. Well, now I'm done waiting, and I want to start living with you.”
- — James' vows to Ste
- “James, I love you so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so sooooo much. You make me happy, and I know I smile a lot and I know I say stupid things. And I know I'll always be your chav in the lav. But.. I don't always try to be happy. Sometimes I run straight at things that I know will hurt me, and you make me not want to do that. Cheers for that! Also, I like your hair.”
- — Ste's vows to James
- Ste – “How are you?”
- James – “I am so so so so so... happy.”
- — During their first dance
- “We're tied together forever now, do you hear me?”
- — Ste
- “No matter how much it hurts, and it is gonna hurt... I promise you, I am going to love you a hundred times harder. I'll be strong for the both of us. I swear.”
- — Ste