That night had ended under the spray of the shower, then crawling into bed together and just trying to cling to each other in the chaos of it all.
Their world was not as stable as it had been at home, quite the opposite in fact. Years ahead was a hope, not a near certainty. And yes, she could see little reason why they should wait for some date far off into the future when what mattered was the here and now. As much as he wanted her as his wife, she wanted him as her husband. Ring or no ring, license or no license.
When he asked about witnesses, it was the first time that Az realized how few real interactions she had had on board the ship. She had spoken to quite a few people, of course, but only a few stuck out in any concrete way, and she still did not know much about any of them. "Oh," she had to think, "Jamie and Brodie perhaps?" And... "Sean and Molly?" Az had to go find them and ask, as well as make the decision to actually get to know people onboard ship.