One
Fall
Dean Ambrose wasn't sure how he ended up in a Ferris that one Friday night in November but yet here he was, enjoying the view of the small town he had just moved into barely two weeks ago sitting next to an adorable looking man wearing black rimmed spectacles who was unable to sit still apparently too.
Moving from Dallas had been a good idea.
There was so much memories there that it irritated him to no end. Pissed him off that he couldn't even get his coffee without someone bringing up his name or why didn't they patch things up; they were such a cute couple.
Oh they were a cute couple alright until one of them decided that they could do so much better and decided to hook up with someone behind the other person's back.
He was the scum of the earth, Dean thought and no way was he ever reuniting with him.
So he did what any sane person would do: spin the globe and put his finger on any random spot with his eyes closed.
It led him to here: Serenity Valley.
Small town with five thousand people, with houses lined up with picket fences though the further part of town had low rise apartment buildings as well. Small cafes and decent people. Nice men too. Even Mr Gorgeous beside him who looked ill at that moment when the Ferris wheel jerked to a stop then suddenly.
"Why are we stopping?" Mr Gorgeous wanted to know.
Dean shrugged. "Probably a technical glitch."
"We're at the peak!"
"Yeah… so?"
"So anything could happen! This thing could collapse or this cubicle could fall off-"
"Relax, bro. I doubt things will turn Final Destination here, okay? It'll probably just take them a minute to resolve the problem. Why are you so nervous anyway?"
"I have acrophobia."
"Acrophobia? You're scared of spiders?"
"No. That's arachnophobia. Acrophobia is the fear of heights."
"Oh." Dean cast him a side glance; he was now perspiring and looked pale faced. Better to distract him. "You know, I don't have any fear whatsoever."
The man looked dubious now. "You don't?"
"Nope. Not one thing. Well except bad food which I had to endure for a while."
"Why?"
"Well, I spent two months in a jail once… in a small, little Mexican border town. It was alright; food sucked but the bed was quite comfortable surprisingly. But I couldn't sleep so instead of counting sheeps, I counted punching Seth Rollins in the face."
"Who's Seth Rollins?"
"My ex boyfriend."
"...oh."
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I'm too shy."
"Shy?" Dean gave him a lookover then; black hair and that incredible physique and goodness his lips were so luscious that he wondered what it'd be like to kiss him. "You're shy?"
"Very."
"What do you do for a living, Mr Shy Guy?"
"I own a small cafe down Second Avenue."
"Oh. Nice. I may have to check your place out sometime."
"I hope to see you there. I bake everything myself and my coffee is freshly brewed."
Getting him to talk seemed to have calmed him down. "Really? What would you recommend I eat there?"
"Apple pie? You can put ice cream on it too if you want."
"Sounds delicious."
"I think so. It's one of my best sellers. What about you? What do you do?"
"I'm a professional motorcross racer."
"Oh wow. So what brings you to a small town like this?"
"Seth Rollins."
"Your ex lives here too?"
"Nope. Our break up was so bad that I had to leave my previous place." The Ferris wheel started moving slowly then. "See? I told you it was nothing."
"Yeah, you did."
When their cubicle finally reached the ground, Dean let Mr Shy Guy go out first before he followed shortly behind. "Well."
"Thank you so much for not making fun of me."
"Why the hell would anyone want to do that for? Listen if anyone makes fun of you, you look me up and I'll sock them for you."
"Oh that's not necessary… ummm… I don't know your name."
"Dean. Dean Ambrose."
"Roman Reigns."
"It was nice talking to you, Roman." Dean shook his hand. "I'll drop by sometime to try that apple pie of yours. Save me a slice and a scoop, would you?"
"Uh yeah… sure."
Dean winked at him before he turned around and left to go back to his place. Man, he could use a nice cold beer now.
A/N Something I had uploaded on ao3