Sometimes the best proposals aren’t flashy or spectacular. But that doesn’t keep them from being completely heartfelt and perfect, even despite being in unfavorable circumstances.

After two years, the remaining American hikers who accidentally crossed into Iran illegally have been released.  Two of the hikers, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd were informally engaged while imprisoned and have now become “formally” engaged on Friday in Oman.

Bauer first asked his girlfriend  to marry him while they both were imprisoned so they could focus on their hopeful future rather than their dismal present. He gave her a makeshift engagement ring out of threads from his own shirt.

Unfortunately after being released a year earlier than Bauer and the other hiker, Josh Fattal, due to medical reasons, Shourd lost the ring while traveling around the United States as she worked to help free her fiancé and friend.

However, now reunited, Bauer gave Shourd a real ring and the two are looking forward to their exciting future and a life outside of the Iranian prison. Their other hiker friend, Fattal, will be the best man at the wedding, relatives said in a CNN report.

Their story is proof that all you need for the perfect proposal is a little bit of love and a whole lot of hope.

What do you think about the imprisoned hikers’ love story?