Spoiler alert! This story contains major spoilers for Grey’s Anatomy’s November 14 episode “If You Leave.” Episodes can be streamed with a Hulu subscription if you need to catch up.

"It was the hardest, most stressful, scary thing I've ever done in my entire life. And I'm so glad that I did it, and I'm so glad that we got to tell this story of Levi."

We may not have much time to miss Grey’s Anatomy’s Jake Borelli. The actor, who scrubbed out midway through what would have been his eighth season in Thursday’s episode (recapped here), is already talking about returning to the long-running ABC drama.

"I think it's so beautiful to see two gay men in a loving relationship like this, where they are willing to take huge leaps of faith for one another," Borelli tells PEOPLE