Love Confessor

A Love Confession is when a lover declares his love to his beloved. But sometimes the lover can't or won't tell the beloved.

There are a few reasons this could be:
 * The beloved is unavailable for hearing the Love Confession.
 * The lover doesn't want his beloved to know how he feels.
 * The lover and/or the beloved are uncomfortable discussing their emotions—especially with each other!
 * The lover confesses his love to a third party. Instead of "I love you," the confession becomes "I love them."

Dramatically, this serves a few different purposes. It lets the audience know what the lover's feelings are, and/or confirms that the lover is aware of their own feelings.

It creates new dramatic potential, since the lover and the third party now share a secret that the beloved is not in on. Most importantly, it buys time for writers who want to delay the Love Confession till later.

Note that the lover must make their confession to another character; an inner monologue or soliloquy to the audience would be a Love Epiphany. That means, at the time of the confession, the lover should not have revealed their feelings to the beloved until later at the end

Examples

 * Robin tells Little John that he's in love with Maid Marian after he gets distracted thinking about her and leaves their food to overcook.