Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen are engaged and “head over heels”

Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen are engaged!

On Friday, November 29th, it will take place Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The 27-year-old star and the 28-year-old Buffalo Bills quarterback announced they are tying the knot after getting engaged a week ago.

They both shared a romantic photo on Instagram of Allen kneeling on one knee in front of Steinfeld, both surrounded by an arch of pink and red roses by the water. The headline was just a simple date: November 22nd.

The comments soon filled with well wishes from friends and fans.

“Congratulations bro!!!” wrote actor Chad Michael Murray.

“They were head over heels from the start,” a source close to the couple tells PEOPLE. “Their families are thrilled.”

Steinfeld and Allen were first linked in May 2023, shortly after rumors began circulating that he had split from then-girlfriend Brittany Williams. Steinfeld also spent time with Allen’s mother.

A source later confirmed their relationship to PEOPLE in May 2023.

In August 2023, Allen appeared in the Pardon my opinion Podcast in which he indirectly spoke about some of the challenges the couple faced from the public eye.

During the On the podcast, he was asked if he had seen any headlines about him “making out with his girlfriend.”

“The fact that anyone cares still drives me nuts,” Allen replied.

He added that some photographers had intrusively tried to take photos of the two of them, recalling one particular instance where he saw a photographer “on a boat” trying to take a photo of him and Steinfeld .

Allen said it was a “disgusting feeling” and created a feeling of “unsafety” for the couple.

In October 2023, the couple made their first public appearance together at an NHL game against the New York Rangers at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY

Steinfeld and Allen were at the game snapped from the stands in what looked like a suite as they watched the season opener, which the Rangers won 5-1.