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It was 5:49 AM, the clock on the microwave said as Roman poured coffee into his travel mug, all ready for work. He heard footsteps behind him, then a kiss on his neck, making him smile.
"Well good morning to you too." Roman laughed, "Sleep well last night?"
Seth smiled, "I did, last night was fun, you know after the movie..."
Seth kissed Roman's left shoulder, wrapping his arms around Roman's waist. Before last night, they had been on different work shifts and hadn't sat down and had a date night in months. Now that their schedules were going back to normal, they are planning to do it more often.
"That's good to hear." Roman smiled, closing his eyes and trying to stay in this moment for longer.
Seth's hand traveled into Roman's pants, Roman tilting his head back, moaning. "You know, we can always call in late, say we overslept or something and go upstairs..." Seth trailed off.
Roman opened his eyes, lifting his head, looking at his steaming hot coffee in his hand. He laughed, Seth's hand never leaving his pants.
"We can't, you've got to start getting ready for that open house and I've got to get to work in twenty minutes." Roman sighed, sounding upset. "Maybe we can do it later, after dinner?"
With that, Seth removed his hand from Roman's pants and his waist, walking over to the counter next to the fridge. He turned on the sink, washing his hands. Turning the sink off, Seth grabbed a paper towel and dried his hands, throwing the towel away in a trash can behind him. Opening a cabinet that held cups over top of the sink, grabbing a cup from there, sighing as well. Roman looked over his shoulder, seeing Seth's back. He was still in his pajamas shorts and a shirt he wears usually to the gym.
Going into the fridge, grabbing the pitcher filled with orange juice, Seth scoffed, shaking his head. He poured the orange juice into his cup, putting the pitcher back into the fridge before slamming the fridge door shut. It made a loud noise that caused Roman to jump.
"So now we're planning our sex life?" Seth asked, anger in his voice. To stop him from saying something else, he gulped down the orange juice and swallowing it before adding, "Why can't we just spice things up and have sex at least once again in the morning, like old times?"
Turning around, travel mug still in his hand, Roman gave a half smile. "I don't think my co-workers will agree with me smelling like sex, you know, being a school counselor and all..." He reasoned, drinking some of the coffee.
Seth shrugged his shoulders, leaning against the kitchen counter. "Then we take showers afterwards, no one will have to know that you had sex."
Roman shook his head, smiling fully. Putting his mug down onto the table, he walked up to Seth, letting one of his hands go around Seth's neck and pulled him in for a kiss, then pulled away, still smiling, "That's what I will always love about you - When anything bothers you, Seth Rollins must always talk about it."
"That and you love what's in my pants too." Seth laughed, now giving his anger up and smiling.
Roman nodded his head, "That too."
They both stood there smiling at each other before Roman looked at his watch and kissed Seth goodbye, saying, "Later tonight, I promise." and left the kitchen, going into the living room and grabbed his car keys.
"I love you, have a good day at work!" Roman yelled, opening the front door.
"I love you too!" Seth replied, staying where he was as he heard the front door slam and then a minute later a car starting, then driving out of the driveway.
After a long, hard day at work, Roman always went to Joe's bar for a few beers before he usually headed home but tonight Roman had ordered some hard liquor, just trying to forget about the hard day he had.
"Want another glass of scotch?" The bartender asked, pointing to the empty glass.
Roman looked up from his drink, shaking his head. "No, can I just get a glass of water?"
The bartender, Mike, grabbed the empty glass that he was drinking from and replaced it with a glass of water. Looking at his watch, a man sat down on the bar stool next to Roman.
"Scotch, please." He ordered.
Roman watched as Mike handed him a glass of scotch, the mysterious guy thanking him and smiling at Mike. The first thing Roman noticed about this guy was his hands. On his right hand, there was a small cut that looked new but didn't bother to take care of it.
"How'd you get that?" Roman asked.
The guy looked at him confused, asking, "Get what?" Roman pointed to his hand, then guy said, "Oh, that! Yeah, I got that earlier. See, I do some construction work and I was just put on this building that is supposed to be a grocery store and I got cut. It's nothing to really worry about though, I get these all the time."
Roman nodded his head, glancing around the empty bar, taking a sip of his water, swallowing it. He looked back at this guy, "What's your name?" He wondered.
The guy hesitated for a minute before saying, "Dean Ambrose... Yours?"
"Roman Reigns." Roman replies.
The two shake hands and Roman also notices his hands felt rough. After shaking his hand, Dean took a big gulp of scotch, looking straight forward to the wall, but Roman couldn't stop staring at his Adam's apple. Roman felt himself getting excited, quickly putting his hand in his lap to cover up the growth in his pants. He coughed, drinking some water. He was yelling at himself mentally for feeling sexually attracted to someone else rather than Seth - He was in love with Seth.
Looking down at his hands, Roman thought of a topic the two could talk about. They were the only two in the bar and no music was even playing. "Are you new to New York?"
Dean nodded, "I am, actually. I got put on a building here last year but after being put on this grocery store I'm working on now, I decided to move here. It's quite nice, I like it here."
Turning to Dean, he saw Dean looking him up and down. He felt heat rise to his cheeks, "So... Do you live nearby?"
"Yeah, my house isn't too far away."
"Are you in a relationship at the moment?" Roman wondered, eyes widening. He was shocked at this coming out of his mouth.
Dean started laughing, nodding his head. Roman saw he was blushing now too. "I am, sort of, actually. It's kind of complicated right now, he's still with his boyfriend but he told me he's going to leave him soon."
"He probably won't," Roman commented.
Dean and Roman shared an awkward stare at each other, then Dean's phone started ringing. He excused himself, getting down from the bar stool and leaving the bar area, going into the hallway near the bathrooms and the game room.
Roman couldn't believe the jealousy he was feeling right now. He reminded himself he loved Seth and then he felt bad for feelings these new feelings for this guy, Dean Ambrose. Sighing as he checked his watch, Roman shook his head realizing it was later than he thought. He was even late for dinner with Seth.
Roman got up from the bar stool, getting out his wallet and putting a $20 on the counter, walking away. When he got to the door, he grabbed his jacket and put it on. Seeing Dean in the hallway as he was leaving, Roman waved to him, Dean waved back, giving a smile.
Roman got a taxi home when he left the bar. Once he was home, he paid the taxi driver and walked up to his house. Opening the door, he quietly closed it just in case Seth had been sleeping. Walking into the living room, Roman saw Seth lying on the couch in the dark, watching reruns of trivia shows.
"Come on, say shampoo! Everyone buys that for a shower!" Seth yelled at the TV. When the person said something else and lost, Seth yelled, "See? You should've said shampoo!"
Roman couldn't help but laugh, making Seth jump. He sat up on the couch, leaving a spot for Roman to sit. Seth turned the lamp on, noticing that Roman was drunk. Roman sat down next to him, Seth grabbing the remote off the coffee table, turning the TV off. He turned his attention back to Roman.
"You missed dinner - "
Roman pulled Seth in for a kiss, biting his bottom lip and Seth let out a low moan, taking his shirt off. He went to unbutton Roman's shirt when Roman pulled away from the kiss and went to unbutton Seth's jeans when Seth stopped him, backing up. He gave a half grin, trying to process all that happened in the last few moments.
"What's going on, Rome?" Seth wondered, cocking his head to the side.
"I'm sorry I missed dinner - "
Seth tried putting his hand on Roman's hand that was next to his knee but Roman moved his hand, putting it on his lap. Shaking his head, "That's not it, did something happen today?" Seth cut him off. "Rome, I know you by now - Something's not right, what is it?"
Roman took a sigh - He wasn't going to tell him about Dean. "I went to Joe's after work because I had a hard day." Roman explained, "During lunch, the agency called me to inform me that they will be looking at a few more people before they make the final judgment of giving us Julian. I just don't want people to keep saying no and he end up being hurt." Julian was an 8 year old boy that Roman and Seth had been wanting to raise since the summer of last year.
Seth could see how upset Roman had been about this and he shook his head again, sighing. He didn't know what to say to him, "Maybe one day they will see that we are fit to take care of him and say yes." Seth assured him, giving a half smile.
A minute passed as they didn't speak. Roman holding onto that comment, hoping that maybe one day it would become true. One day, Seth said. Not tomorrow or in a week, just one day. Maybe Seth was starting to give up on the thought of them being allowed to raise Julian, but not Roman, he wouldn't. Seth grabbed the remote and turned the TV back on.
"Come on, let's get your mind off of everything and let's watch some trivia shows. Just don't laugh when I yell at the TV again." Seth said, chuckling.
"Okay, I won't." Roman agreed.
Roman turned to face the TV, smiling. Seth grabbed a small pillow, laying down on the couch, putting the pillow on Roman's lap, resting his head on the pillow. After a couple episodes more of the trivia show, and Seth yelling at the people on the TV, it had gotten late and Roman was falling asleep. He woke up when Seth had come back from the kitchen, taking the last bite of an orange. Grabbing the pillow, Seth put it on the other side of the couch. Roman stood up, stretching out. His shirt came up, showing off some of his stomach, which made Seth whistle. Roman laughed, pulling his shirt down. Checking the time, he muttered a cuss word under his breath when he saw it was past midnight. How long had he been asleep?
"Ready to go upstairs?" Seth asks.
Nodding his head, they walked upstairs together. Roman yawned as they went into their room, Seth started to undress and put his pajamas on. Roman sighed as he went to close the window that they must have left open earlier, shutting it. He turned around and went over to the bed, unbuttoning his shirt. Seth got into bed, watching as Roman taking his clothes off. Roman put his shirt on, getting in the bed and covering himself with the blanket, smiling as he got warm.
Turning to the other side, Roman faced Seth and he smiled at him. Closing his eyes, Roman put an arm under his pillow. Seth couldn't help but feel happiness as he watched Roman fall asleep.
"Roman?" Seth speaks.
Half asleep, Roman replies, "Hmm?"
"I love you." Seth said, his voice cracking.
"I love you too."
Seth felt the tears forming as he brought a hand up to Roman's face, tracing his jaw. Roman felt Seth's finger tracing over his face, wondering why it sounded as if Seth were about to cry.
Hey guys, I'm back with another story for you guys! I actually started writing this story last year before I wrote Double Vision, but I put it away and these last month I've been writing and changing some stuff around in this series.
Thank you guys for reading and I hope you enjoy this! Hopefully I will get the next chapter up soon. I would love to hear what you guys think of it!
Thank you again and sending loads of virtual hugs. You guys are awesome, Lizzie.