Good news! TVGuide.com has learned that Tuc Watkins — who plays loveable schemer David Vickers — will stay on One Life to Live a bit longer than expected.

The buzz had it that Watkins would return home to Los Angeles after finishing out his OLTL contract in August. (The ABC sudser is taped in New York City.) However, I'm now hearing that Watkins will be working at OLTL through the month of October, which means he will continue to air at least through the November sweeps period.

Without spoiling any of the plot, let's just say David is a key player as the sinister story of his brother, Dr. Spencer Truman (Paul Satterfield), continues to unfold.

Once Watkins wraps his slightly extended OLTL stint, he will indeed return to L.A. Of course, that doesn't mean he'll be gone forever. "David Vickers went away for seven years once and came back," Watkins has previously told TVGuide.com. "So even if he goes to jail in Morocco or something, chances are he'll probably resurface at some point, even if he does go away."

I'll take every moment we can get. I don't even watch OLTL that closely or regularly but I adore Tuc/David.

I hate to see him go but hope he finds what he's looking for come October.

I was hoping that he would stay on longer.