Most people remember a relationship in firsts. Seth Rollins was the same way. He still remembers the first time he realized he loved Roman.

That would have also been the first time Seth fell asleep on Roman. He couldn't remember what movie they had been watching. It was probably horror, which he usually hates. The sofa was small in the hotel room and Seth had leaned against him to make room for Dean; he ended up just staying there as Roman didn't have the heart to wake him. Set had slept like a baby, and Roman will never admit that it was one of the roughest nights he'd ever had. Of course Seth had been overly embarrassed when he finally woke up and discovered he was curled into Roman's side like a little puppy. Roman just smiled. It had been that beautiful smile that first made Seth realize how much he loved the older man.

The first time one had said I love you had been after Seth received a phone call from home letting him know that his mom had died. He knew she had terminal cancer and that the call was on the horizon, but he didn't expect it to be that soon. Roman just pulled him close and held him, This was also the first and, to date, only time Seth had cried all over him. His tears stained Roman's shirt as he cried into his hair. He remembered Roman whispering that he loved him and that it would be okay.

The first kiss? AJ Lee and the traditional holiday menace known as mistletoe would be to blame. The pint sized Diva went a little crazy that year, as opposed to what, he had wondered. She was a few Crayolas short of a box that's for sure. Roman and Seth had been walking to the locker room when a sprig of the stuff fell on Seth's head and then another sprig on Roman's shoulder. Thus obligating them to kiss. Since the mistletoe had divebombed him first, Seth had kissed Roman. He was the risk taker and decided to go all in. Roman did kiss back; did he ever kiss back. It was all a little too hot and passionate. They both tried to ignore the skips and jumps their pounding hearts had done. Thankfully no one was around...except for a giggling little spider. They still hadn't figured out how she got up there even now.

Now the first time they slept together had been the previous night. He prefers saying they to "sex" or "fucking". He was raised to be a gentleman after all. If there was a reason to be given, it was probably a spur of the moment celebratory kind of thing.. They had won and Seth had gotten the pin. His first pin in singles competition on the main roster. Roman was gentle as it has been Seth's first time with a man. Like everything Roman did it was passionate. By far the best sex he ever had...even if he woke up sore as hell.

And now? As of right now, Seth is thinking of all of this and more as he lounges across Roman's broad and bare chest. The Samoan teddy bear (read beast) is sound asleep and looks peaceful. Seth plays with his hair, tangling his fingers in it's surprising softness. Seth's heart thuds contently against his bare chest and he is somewhat aware that it almost matches the beat beneath his ear. Listening had become a habit as had falling asleep to the sound of his lover's heart beat. His fingers trace the intricate tribal tattoo on the strong arm wrapped around him as he listens.

He feels bigger, warm hands trace his own Chinese symbols at his spine and it dawns on him that he was awake before Roman. He looks up into Roman's green grey eyes and smiles.

Oh well. There's a first time for everything.