It finally happened. Nearly 10 years after Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth first met [1], the two made their love official and exchanged "I dos" [2] on Dec. 23. As if their marriage [3] alone wasn't enough to make fans lose their cool, Nicholas Sparks added fuel to the fire by weighing in on the longtime couple's milestone. The author — who wrote the screenplay for The Last Song (aka the film that first brought Miley and Liam together [4] back in 2009) — sent his well wishes to the lovebirds on social media shortly after the news broke on Wednesday.

"This makes me so happy. Congratulations @MileyCyrus and @LiamHemsworth. #TheLastSong," Nicholas wrote on both Instagram [5] and Twitter [6] while reposting a photo of the newlyweds embracing.

In the film adaptation, Miley and Liam play the roles of Veronica "Ronnie" Miller and Will Blakelee, who fall in love in a Southern beach town one Summer. Once the film premiered, the two actors were involved in an on-again, off-again relationship [7], breaking up and rekindling various times from 2010 to 2013 until they ultimately reconciled in 2016.

Needless to say, the fact that Nicholas congratulated them on their real-life nuptials had fans in a tizzy, as evidenced by the emotional reactions below. Congrats to the happy couple!