Two Years Later-
The timer went off for the cookies that she had put in the oven. Max stood and jogged into the kitchen to turn it off and pull the chocolate chip cookies out. Roman walked in from the backyard. She turned and watched him as he grabbed a water from the fridge. Sweat was glistening on his arms. He pulled the shirt up and wiped the sweat from his face. She bit her lip as her eyes raked over his abs.
He turned to his wife and smirked.
"I hate to ruin the show for you, but I need to finish out back", he said.
She giggled.
"Or you could take your shirt completely off and I can watch you from the window", she suggested.
He walked over to his wife and set his arms around her waist.
"I knew it. You only married me for my body", he said.
"And your sperm", she said.
He laughed.
"That too", he said.
Her eyes drifted to the scar on his neck. Her smile fell and her finger traced it. It reminded her that she almost lost him, that her daughter would have been fatherless because of her, and their son would have never been born. She would have been a complete mess and hell bent on revenge, even with him alive she was hell bent.
"Stop", he said, knowing exactly what she was thinking.
She looked up into his eyes.
"Don't do that to yourself", he said.
She stood on her toes and kissed him. Her hands gliding down his arms and squeezing his muscles. He laughed into the kiss.
"I just wanted to hear your laugh", she said.
"And I just want to hear you moan, but that's going to have to wait for tonight. The backyard is calling my name to finish it", he said.
"Don't tease me", she said, biting his lip.
His smile grew and he released her before reaching for a warm cookie and taking a bite. He moaned. She slapped his butt as he made his way out.
"Tease", she called after him.
She grabbed the second cookie sheet and placed cookie dough on it. Amara walked in and sat on a bar stool watching her mom. Her four year old was starting to look a lot like Roman's side of the family.
"Did you make peanut butter cookies too mommy?", Amara asked.
"I sure did", Max replied.
"I love peanut butter cookies", Amara said, looking at the cookies set on a plate on the counter.
"Oh, Mara, can you bring me the baby monitor? I left it in the office", Max said.
Amara jumped off the stool and ran to the office. She had set her two year old son, Raiden, down for a nap a few minutes ago. Max had gotten to name Amara, while Roman took his daughter's middle name, Luna. This second go around, Max having an obsession with Mortal Kombat as a child and watching the movies while pregnant, had settled on the name. No matter how hard Roman tried to change her mind. Roman got his son's middle name, Benjamin.
"Got it mommy. Raiden is still sleeping", her daughter said.
"Thank you baby", Max said.
During her pregnancy, Max had a hard time living in their old house. Roman didn't like that his wife couldn't sleep or seemed to cry herself to sleep with worry. It wasn't healthy for her or his son. He found them a new home, closer to Brie and Dean, but not too close.
They had fallen in love with it as soon as they walked through the doors. The backyard was also bigger than their last home had. Thor sure enjoyed it. They turned the study downstairs into Roman's office. Four bedrooms upstairs, a bathroom that connected two rooms and a bathroom in the hall.
Roman walked back into the house and closed the space between he and his daughter.
"My monster", Roman said, tickling and kissing his daughter's cheek.
She giggled loudly, making Max smile.
"They aren't here yet?", Roman asked.
"Nope. You have plenty of time to shower before they get here", Max said.
"What? Why? I smell good. That's that all man smell. Hard working man smell", Roman said, before flexing.
"No daddy, you stink", Amara said, covering her little nose.
Roman wrapped his arms around his wife from behind and kissed her cheek. Max laughed and playfully pushed him away.
"Gross, now I'm going to smell like cut grass", Max said.
"Hey, its one way to keep the competition away.", he said.
Max pinched his butt as he walked away and out of the kitchen to go shower. Someone knocked and Roman said he got it.
"Hey my girls", Max heard him say.
Girly giggles filled the living room. Amara jumped off of the stool to go see her cousins. Brie and Dean's girls. Max followed to see Roman hugging Ellie, Hattie, and Rosalie. Roman was kissing their cheeks.
"Uncle Roman, you stink", Hattie, who was almost four said.
He released all three girls.
"Alright, I'll go shower", he said.
Amara hugged her cousins. Brie walked in with her three month baby bump. Max walked over and kissed her sister's cheek. She rubbed her small bump.
"Man, when he told you he could compromise, he wasn't kidding. How's number four?", Max asked.
Brie laughed softly.
"He, is doing great. Dean already called dibs on naming him.", Brie said.
"Finally. Dean gets his buddy in a house full of women", Max said smiling.
"He's excited", Brie said.
Just then, Dean walked in with arms full of groceries. Max stood to help him, but he declined and went to set things down. He walked back into the living room and kissed Max's cheek.
"Where's my brother?", he asked.
"Shower", Max said, pointing upstairs.
"Uncle Roman was stinky", their two year old, Rosalie said.
Dean chuckled and lifted her into his arms.
"So I hear you are finally getting your boy", Max said.
"Its new territory for us. We are use to girls, but yeah, I'm excited.", Dean said smiling.
The front door opened again, Nikki walked in, followed by her son Theo. He held his twin siblings hands, Colby and Lily.
"Lily", Max said.
Her three year old niece ran to her and sat on her lap. Colby went over to Dean and he lifted him.
"The girls are in the backyard playing. Rosie, take your cousins to the back", Max said.
Rosalie nodded and Dean set her down, along with Colby. Seth walked in with bags of ice.
"Hey family", Seth said.
Everyone waved. They made their way into the backyard when Raiden woke up. Dean and Seth started on the food when Roman came down. All the kids ran to him and jumped on him. Dean hugged him and then Seth.
"Oh by the way, I am finally getting my boy", Dean said, standing behind Brie's chair and kissing her cheek.
"Finally man", Roman said, he walked over to Brie and kissed her cheek, before touching her bump.
He went to sit next to his wife after hugging Nikki. They ate, enjoyed nice conversations, and helped feed the kids. The guys were enjoying some nice cold beers.
"Anymore for you guys?", Roman asked.
"I think Brie and I are done after Cade is born", Dean said.
"I like it. Cade", Seth said.
"Me too. I hope Brie likes it too", Dean said.
"Nikki and I have talked about it, but we haven't decided", Seth said.
"We have definitely talked about it, but we want to wait till Amara is in school. That way she only has Raiden to take care of while pregnant", Roman said.
"Yeah, it's a bit hard for Brie. Ellie goes to school and she has Hattie and Rosalie with her all day. No time to squeeze in a nap so that means, I don't get none. She's fast asleep by seven.", Dean said.
Seth patted his back.
After everyone went home, Max was washing dishes while Roman put the left overs away. He watched her for a bit.
"Can I ask you something?", Roman asked.
She looked over her shoulder at him.
"If this is about a threesome, answer is hell no", Max said.
He chuckled.
"Damn it", he mumbled.
She heard and grabbed the hand towel, throwing it at him. He grabbed it and placed it on the counter.
"Seriously", he said.
She nodded.
"Ever thought about going back and", she stopped him with a look.
"You know the answer to that. You know why I can't.", she said.
"Yes you can, you are just being stubborn. You don't think I hear you when you get up, but I do. I see you look out the window and watch the street. I follow you to our kids rooms to make sure they are ok. You go down and check the doors and that the alarm is on. You keep Thor by the kids rooms to make sure no one hurts them. I see you baby", he said.
"I must be losing my touch if I don't hear you behind me", she mumbled.
"You're afraid Lana", she cut him off.
"Don't. Don't mention her name, ever again", Max said.
"Why not? Does it scare you that much?", he asked.
She turned off the water and looked at him.
"No, it doesn't. What scares me is losing you. Losing our kids. I hate her, so much that if I saw her tomorrow, right in front of me. I would shoot her, not caring about the consequences. I am pissed, not scared, big difference", she said.
"Its ok to be angry", he said.
Her eyes landed back on his scar.
"I am scared you're going to get sucked back into that life, but if it means protecting our kids, I am all for it. Find her and end this, so we could all get some sort of peace of mind and you can get some sleep", he said.
She exhaled, before she could answer him. Someone knocked.
"I have to get that", she said.
"We aren't done here", he said.
She walked passed him and went to answer the door. The kids were watching Pets on tv. She opened it and Mike stood there.
"Mike?", she said.
Roman walked into the living room. Mike Rome stood in the door way.
"Hey Garcia, I mean, Reigns, sorry", he said.
She gestured for him to come in. He did.
"Look at how big she is, man, and you have son. That's great", Mike said.
"Cut the crap. What are you doing here? Did you bug my house?", she asked.
"What? No", he was confused.
"We were just talking about work", Roman said.
"Oh. No, we left you alone. Hunter made sure of it.", Mike said.
"How did you know how to find us then?", Max asked.
He didn't want to rat him out. Max raised a brow.
"You don't even need to answer, I already know. I can read it all over your face. Zayn is a dead man", Max said.
Roman chuckled.
"No. He gave it to us because we needed to find you. Its important.", Mike said.
"Not interested", Max said.
"But she's willing to hear you out", Roman said.
She raised her brow at him.
"Trust me, Max. You aren't going to believe this", Mike said.
He set the laptop down and pressed play. She watched as a man was being tortured.
"Is that", she stopped.
Mike nodded.
"Jason Jordan? Yeah", Mike said.
She looked at him.
"How is he?", she asked.
"This was sent to us this morning. He's still alive", Mike said.
She looked back on the screen in time to see Lana walk up to him and slap him. She pressed pause on the video.
"I was getting to that", Mike said.
She stood up straight and looked at Roman.
"Come back in once piece", he said.