Chapter One - Today and Tomorrow

"… I'll see you in a week.

Love always,

Dean."

With a sigh and a smile, Roman laid the letter down on his night stand. Well, just as soon as he was done reading through it a few more times. He turned onto his side and breathed in deeply. The letter was dated June 20th.

"Home tomorrow." Roman whispered to himself, looking up at his alarm clock.

10:30, July 26th.

He gazed at the empty space next to him, thinking that tomorrow night, it'd be filled. A little while later, he was sleeping peacefully.

Roman sat at his desk, impatience weighing heavily on his usually chilled out and professional demeanor, as the hands of the clock ticked by. Twenty minutes to go. He loved his job but, today was just not a work day. Dean was coming home. Every minute felt like an hour.

"He's home today, huh?" a bright voice broke his train of thought.

Roman looked to his short, bubbly colleague and smiled happily. "Yeah, I'm picking him up after work."

She gave a wide, cheesy grin and squeaked. "Oh my God, I bet you can't wait to see him!" she bounced back over to the cashier's counter and plopped down in her seat, looking at her wedding ring. "I can't even imagine what it'd be like if Phil was away for six months in one go..." she sighed happily.. "I mean... making up for all that lost time-"

"Yeah, it's been a while." he nodded, cutting her off. He got up from his seat and walked to the coffee machine. "Hey April, you want a coffee? I'm going to get some."

"Oh, yeah... thanks." she smiled from her spot, turning back to her screen and tapping away, closing up the till for the day. When Roman came back over, she looked away from the screen and grinned at him. "So, when are you guys going to... y'know?" she worried her ring in his direction.

Roman chuckled, sipping his coffee. "I don't think it's for us. We're happy as we are."

April cocked her eyebrow at him. "Well, let's evaluate shall we? Relationship evaluation time with Aunt AJ." she raised her finger, watching Roman roll his eyes. "You live together. You've been together for as long as I've known you. You love him like a fat kid loves cake and he loves you. Just get married for chrissakes!" she grinned. "The sight of you two makes me wanna puke rainbows, you're so damn perfect..."

"Ever since you finally got Phil to settle down with you, you've been pushing me to marry Dean." he laughed. "I love him, he loves me, that's all that matters."

Her smile stuck to her features. "Yeah, well. My wedding day was the happiest day of my life and you guys deserve a moment like that."

Roman nodded. Her wedding day was a wonderful occasion. Dean had been granted special permission to come back for it. AJ looked beautiful, the location was amazing and the ceremony was perfect. He remembered secretly holding hands with Dean, in the church, on one of the back rows. He'd always thought that he'd be married by now, when he was in his teens. He couldn't see himself marrying Dean but, in that moment, watching AJ say 'I do.', he looked at Dean and wanted what she and Phil had.

"I always thought I'd be married at the age I'm at but, I don't think Dean's the marrying type." he looked down at the counter in front of him. "Besides, I'd look awful in a dress." he joked.

AJ giggled and took his large hand in hers. "Yeah, you would." the clock chimed in the background. "Ah, the weekend starts here." she tapped his hand and let him go. "Y'know, when you and Dean get a moment out of bed," Roman shook his head at her and smiled, turning to walk away. "you should come and hang out with Phil and me."

"Sounds like a blast..." Roman furrowed his brows playfully.

"He does a mean steak..." she tried reasoning with him.

"Ooooh." he thought of a plate of steak and fries and gave in. "Okay, I'll call you, see you on Monday."

"Enjoy!" she breezed, heading to her locker.

Roman stood in the arrivals lounge, waiting on the announcement saying that Dean's plane had got in. He checked his watch and got himself another coffee, his third within a two hour period.

"Rome?" he felt a hand on his shoulder.

He twirled round and met the smile of a woman, with long blonde hair, pulling her into a hug. "Michelle!" he smiled brightly, embracing his friend tightly. "How are you?" he pulled back and held her shoulders in his hands.

"Excited!" she beamed. "Did you hear?"

"Hear what?" Roman rose his eyebrow, his grip lessening, smile fading. "Is there something wrong?"

Michelle shook her head. "No, not at all. The plane's a delayed a little. They hit turbulence."

He took a breath in, relieved. "Oh, by how long?"

"About half an hour." she smiled.

He smiled back and looked around the room. It was filled with people he recognised, all of them waiting for loved ones. "Where are the twins?" he asked of Michelle's baby boys.

"With their Grandpa." her face lit up. "I can't wait for them to meet their Daddy for the first time."

"He'll fall in love with them as soon as he sees them. They're beautiful." Roman stated, suddenly desperate to see Dean. "We should go to the gate. They'll be here soon."

A/N: So, what do you think? It's obviously AU and it's kind of what I do best, haha. Hope you enjoy this. It'll be a semi-shortish multi chapter which I will post over a few weeks, depending on the speed at which I write it! Mwah xx