[ ....ah. A lot of Ronan's overreaction about this whole thing seems to make a lot more sense now, looking at it in the light of a belief in abstinence. Until he's married, hm. Any other time, andyr would likely say he's too young to be worrying about that, but there's the one glaring fact, that andyr comes back to with a soft voice. ]

Ronan, you're dying... [ not saying it as if that's something the boy isn't well aware of, just as something that needs to be considered in this. ] I'm not saying stop hoping, but... it's a miracle he ended up here at all. When you've got a deadline, there's not gonna be a perfect time.

Propose. Don't risk either of you having to die without getting to live that dream. [ because here, it's just as likely Adam could die before Ronan. If they want to be married, they should be. Virginity issue aside. ]