Disclaimer: This story will contain graphic language and adult situations. This is something that has been in my mind for a really long time now and I finally got it down on paper then on my computer. It's an AU obviously and I'm excited to hear what you guys think of it. Please enjoy!

Seth hated school. He hated the teachers who, day after day, watched him get picked on and shoved around yet said nothing. He hated the people he once called friends who mercilessly teased him and called him names. He even hated learning, something he believe it or not once loved. Now though he just went to school and waited for the day to be over, listening to the music on his phone through headphones unless he had a class with one of his three friends. Otherwise he just ignored everything. The lesson and all the people who seemed to glare at him in disgust. It wasn't always this way, in fact Seth was once considered popular. He was the younger brother of a member of a band that everyone knew would become something. Things were good for him and the middle of his freshman year he felt comfortable enough in telling his closest friends that he just so happened to be gay. That, however, was a mistake. They shunned him, ridiculed him then told everyone else so they could do the same. Now the only friends he had left were Brie Bella, a sweet girl who was the twin sister of the captain of the cheer squad and didn't care that her association with him labeled her an outcast as well. AJ Lee who moved to their school Junior year with her straight-edge boyfriend CM Punk. Just because they lived a different lifestyle they were instantly tossed aside by the rest of the students. Honestly though Seth could say he was grateful because if they hadn't been his friends things could have ended up much worse for him. Punk had found him after he had received one of the many beatings. Seth had been hiding in the third floor bathroom, the one no one really uses and he had decided that it just wasn't worth it anymore, all the pain. He had some anti-depressants his therapist had prescribed him and took them all at once. He would have died if Punk hadn't forced him to throw it all up. After that incident AJ and Punk never let him forget how special he is to them. While it's all cheesy and annoying at times he is glad they came into his life. Then there's his best friend. The one that stuck with him through everything. The one that didn't care his best friend was gay but supported him. Dolph Ziggler. Dolph is the star of the soccer team much to everyone's dismay. He's still relatively popular although he doesn't care about labels or even the whispers and looks he gets for being friends with Seth. He just tells everyone to fuck off or asks them what their problem is. Right now is one of those times. Seth had just walked out to the parking lot, all ready to go home and leave this awful place when he noticed his car. His gunmetal Audi R8 his brother had gotten him as an early graduation present looked like it had been through a tornado. The windows were busted out, the body was dented in various places so much so that he couldn't even open the door. It looked like someone had t-boned it over and over again. Seth ignored all the laughter and giggles coming from a group of people who no doubt caused all the damage. Dolph though had no qualms about telling them exactly what he thought.

"It's not worth it, Dolph. Let's just go." He started to walk away as if he was going to walk the three miles to his friend's house which was closer than his when Dolph stopped him.

"What do you mean it's not worth it? This is a $150,000 car! They shouldn't fuck with a man like that!" he yelled the last part at the group who only scoffed and said that Seth would know about fucking a man. Would this ever end?

"Please can we just leave?" His voice was small and he felt horrible about the car. His brother would no doubt be angry, not at him but still. The bleach blonde groaned but started walking towards his house with his friend.

"You know it's going to get better, right Seth?" he managed to give Dolph a small smile even though he didn't believe him. People were always going to be judgmental about his lifestyle. Some people just couldn't handle a man being with another man. It's just how the world is and always will be.

Forty five minutes later the finally made it to Dolph's house. He lived in a nice neighborhood with houses Seth could only describe as cookie cutter. Almost every house looked the same on the outside. Brick, tall pillars framing the front porch, two car garage, nice yard with trimmed hedges, the whole works. But then you walk inside and it's like you're walking into a different world. Dolph's mother is an artist and his father an archeologist so their house was filled with all sorts of colorful and frankly strange things. When they put their bags down by the front door, Dolph's mother came out of her studio, covered in paint with a frantic look on her face.

"I was so worried about you boys! Where on earth have you been?" His friend's mother had the same bleach blonde hair and impossibly good looks as Dolph except she was much shorter than the two high school boys. Seth threw a pleading look at his friend begging him not to tell her the truth even though there was no other explanation. Dolph, of course, ignored that silent plea.

"Some assholes at school vandalized Seth's new car." The small woman gasped in shock and did the whole poor baby routine all mothers did hugging him close and petting his hair as he glared at his friend who started smiling.

"It's okay mom, really I'm fine. Although I know my brother is gonna be pissed." He dreaded telling Roman what had happened. The blonde woman pouted when she pulled back from the hug for all of two seconds before she smiled.

"At least stay for dinner then I'll have Dolph take you home."

"Oh I can't. My mother wants my brother and I home for some new recipe she's trying out tonight. I'll just call Ro to come pick me up." She seemed content with his answer and went back into her studio to finish whatever it was she had been working on, leaving Seth and Dolph alone.

"Liar." His friend accused him to which Seth just rolled his eyes. Okay so that wasn't true, he just wanted to go home and be left alone, maybe for the rest of his life. He pulled out his black IPhone 6 plus Roman had talked him into getting and searched for his big brother's number. It didn't surprise him when the line picked up after three rings.

"Hey baby bro, what's up?" Roman's deep voice rang through the receiver.

"Can you come pick me up at Dolph's?" he asked quickly. It was silent for a bit before he heard a deep sigh.

"What happened?"

"I'll tell you when you come get me. Please, Ro?" He knew Roman would come get him and smiled when he said he'd be there in about 20 minutes. So after hanging up he and Dolph decided to work on their trig homework together. One because they had nothing better to do and two Seth was actually really good at it while Dolph, not so much.

True to his word Roman showed up almost exactly 20 minutes later and as he was getting into the car he saw his brother wave to Dolph and his mother. It was quiet for a few minutes as they headed back home before Roman finally asked what happened to his car.

"Some people decided to use it as batting practice, and put it in a demolition derby apparently. Not a big deal." Roman was very different looking from Seth. While Seth was muscular in a lanky way Roman was built like a brick house. Wide shouldered, incredibly tall with an attractive square jawline, piercing grey eyes, long wavy black hair and pouty lips framed by a nicely trimmed beard that he sometimes let grow out. A shout out to his Samoan heritage. Whereas Seth had plain brown hair with plain brown eyes, a nose that didn't seem to go with his face, lips that didn't beg to be kissed all framed by a beard he just started growing but at best just looked like scruff most of the time and there was nothing special about his heritage. He and Roman were technically half brothers. Roman's dad died in a horrific car accident and when their mother got pregnant with Seth, his father ran like a little bitch leaving her to raise two boys by herself. She did a pretty damn good job too if he said so himself.

"Not a big deal?! Seth it's a huge deal! You can't let them get away with this. Stand up for yourself!" Seth groaned before looking over at his brother.

"it's not that easy Roman! If I stand up to them they'll just start beating me up."

"We both know that you can take care of yourself!" Roman was eluding to the fact that Swath was pretty ripped for a teenager. He started going to the gym with Punk and Dolph his Junior year and they got him into jujitsu. Then one day he saw this class doing some crazy workout routine called CrossFit and when he checked it out he fell in love. It was intense and made him push himself to the limit. He hadn't been in a while though because one of the guys who picked on him at school started and he didn't want to have to deal with it there as well.

"Can we just drop it?" Seth asks to which of course Roman says no.

"I'll go to the school tomorrow and talk to the principle. See if we can get the people who did this expelled or something." Seth whipped his head around as if he was slapped.

"What?! No you can't do that! Please don't come to the school, you'll only make it worse." He so did not need his brother coming to his rescue being thrown into the already vicious insults. Roman started to say something but he cut him off with another please. The older brother merely sighted and shook his head mumbling a 'fine'.

"I'll get it towed to a shop and fixed. Until then you can just take my car."

"That's fine. I don't want to put you out. I'll just catch rides with Punk or Dolph." Punk lived close to him anyway and he didn't want to chance something happening to Roman's Range Rover. It was custom order after all. Another sigh left his brother's mouth but Seth is saved from any more conversation when a phone rings throughout the car. Roman clicked the answer button on his steering wheel and didn't get a chance to say anything before the person on the other end spoke up.

"Dude, where'd the hell you go? I went to grab some beers, came back to talk to you about this tour and you were gone."

"Yeah sorry Dean, Seth had a little trouble. Had to pick him up. I'll just drop him off at home and come back over."

"Oh Seth's there? Hey Seth! How's it?" the older man sounded like he was smiling and Seth knew he would be. He was always really nice to Seth.

"Its okay." He knew he was blushing but hoped his brother wouldn't notice. Dean Ambrose was his brother's best friend, had been since the two were in second grade and Dean moved with his mother to Vegas. Dean's home life wasn't that great though so most of the time he could be found at their place. When Seth reached the point where he could be truthful to himself he realized he was extremely attracted to the auburn blonde, baby blue eyed male and ever since then he's had this stupid crush on him. He hadn't told anyone besides Dolph though. Afraid that if it got to Dean then he'd start acting like everyone else. Apparently while he was in his own little fantasy world about Roman's best friend their phone call had ended.

"When are you leaving for your summer tour?" he asked his brown eyes flickering to his brother's face. Roman had never allowed Seth to travel with him, always giving the same excuse.

"It starts Friday night at the MGM Grand."

"Friday? Ro that's graduation. You're gonna be there right?" Seth sounded hurt but dammit he didn't want to walk unless his brother would be there to witness it. Ro snapped his head to the side at the silent accusation.

"Of course I'll be there. Along with Jimmy, Jey, Paige and Dean." The Uso twins were their cousins on Roman's side and also members of Rampage, Roman's band. Jey played the bass, Jimmy the rhythm. Dean was the lead guitarist and back up vocals, Roman played the drums and his girlfriend Paige was the lead singer. Paige was a nice girl, often misunderstood and frankly she sort of scared Seth when he first met her. She was small framed, about 5 foot 8 inches and barely a buck ten in weight he guessed. She had long raven hair fading at the tips to an electric blue, big brown eyes often framed by dark makeup and porcelain white skin. She tended to wear a lot of leather and fishnet stockings at least on stage. He knew that sometimes Roman would complain about what little she wore when she was performing but Dean had told him he was stupid because as long as she came to his bed in those skimpy outfits he had nothing to be worried about.

"Oh okay." It was quiet and Roman assured him once more that he'd be there before he left it alone.

"Do you think I could come with you this time?" Seth had no idea why he asked when he knew it'd be the same answer as always.

"Seth you know you need to be here for mom." Ro said matter of factly.

"But-"

"Seth I'm not talking about this. You're not gonna come, got it?" Seth groaned as an answer and pouted as he looked out the window for the rest of the ride home.

A/N: There you have it, the first chapter. Please review and let me know what you think and if I should continue this journey.