You never want a character to seem too perfect.

Patrick is comfortable in his own skin, adds Reid.

Levy says it was important to him that Patricks parents not be written as homophobic.

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So the minute we knew that we had that kind of hook, things sort of fell into place.

We want them to be presented with the same kind of casual ease that we present straight story lines.

I know thats something that Dan and our whole writing team have been really [cognizant of].

We sort of played into that by pairing him with Stevie only to reveal that he is pansexual.

Originally, Patrick was supposed to soften David a little bit.

It was a really pleasant surprise.

And we knew early on that this character was going to stick around.

And Levy looks forward to continuing to develop David and Patricks relationship.