Deep silence filled the room after a rather heated argument. Seth laid on the bed, curled up into a ball sobbing silently under the covers. Roman was stretched out on the couch, covering his eyes with his forearm while Dean was outside their apartment smoking a cigarette. This was by far the biggest argument they have ever had during their relationship. The three members of The Shield worked very well inside the ring but outside it was sort of a different story. Their real-life personalities were different from each other and they would bump heads once in a while. This particular fight though, landed Seth on the bed after Dean slapped him across the face.

They had never put their hands on one another so violently so they pretty much hit the limit. Dean obviously didn't mean to slap his boyfriend but all his anger was built up and he just reacted rapidly before his brain could catch up with his actions. He instantly felt like shit and he tried apologizing, to no avail. Seth immediately yelled at him to get out of the apartment so that's what he did. Dean wasn't sure how he was going to fix that and what they were fighting about in the first place. Adopting a child.

(2 hours ago)

Seth walked up the stairs in full excitement with the adoption papers tightly in his hand. He couldn't wait to tell his boyfriends the good news. Smiling, he took a deep breath before entering the apartment. He didn't see his boyfriends in the living room so he knew they were in their bedroom. Entering the room, he saw Roman and Dean laying on the bed, wrapped in each others arms. They pulled away after they noticed Seth enter. The two-toned man jumped on the bed, in between his lovers and smiled at them as he relaxed on his knees.

"What are you so happy about baby?'' Dean asked curiously.

"Guess what I have in my hand?'' he waved the big yellow envelope in the air.

"What is it?'' Roman rubbed Seth's thigh lightly.

"Adoption papers. They finally approved us to adopt a child! Isn't that great, we can adopt Lucy now!''

Lucy was one of the few girls in the orphanage and the hounds of justice instantly fell in love with her just like she did with them. When they visited the place for the first time, she was the first one they met and they never asked to meet the other children after that. They knew that Lucy was a special girl once they hit it off so quickly.

Lucy was 6 years old, black hair with black eyes. Her hair was naturally curly and was really long, stopping just above her tiny waist. For being at such a young age, Lucy understood what they were about. She knew that if there was a possibility they could adopt her, all three of them would be her fathers. It didn't take a genius to understand that Seth, Dean, and Roman were in a relationship together. Lucy got that and everyone was surprised at how naturally she fit with the shield. Everyday, the 6-year-old was hoping that day would be when they would adopt her. She already knew what she would call each one if they ever did become her fathers. Seth would be Daddy, Roman would be papa, and Dean would be simply called dad. Little Lucy sure had high hopes that they would adopt her. She couldn't ask for a better family.

"Seth, we talked about this a while ago.'' Dean groaned. ''We agreed to not do that right now. Our schedules are really busy and you know we can't take care of her right now.'' The dirty blonde really did want to adopt Lucy, and he loved her but he didn't feel like it was the appropriate time. They barely had enough time to visit her at the orphanage. Their WWE schedules were extremely busy right now and backstage would not be a safe enviroment for a 6-year-old. Plus, she needed to be in school. He had explained all of this to both Roman and Seth a couple of weeks ago and now Seth was insisting again. "Remember everything I said? We can't have her on the road with us. She needs to be in school and we aren't going to be spending as much time with her as we would need to.''

"Baby come on.'' Seth whined. "Ever heard of home schooling? She can come on the road with us. We can hire a home school teacher to travel with us. Plus, you know we can hire someone to take care of her while we're wrestling.''

"I said not right now Seth.''

Rollins pouted then turned to Roman and smiled. "What do you think babe? You like the idea don't you? You have to admit that we're ready and Lucy is ready too.''

"I honestly don't know what to say. Dean has a point but everything you suggested would help.''

"Dammit, I said no!'' Dean yelled in frustration.

"Stop yelling!'' Seth got off the bed and approached him. "You're not the one that makes the decisions for all three of us! We make our decisions together. That's how a relationship works! You know we can work everything out. You're just a pussy that can't handle it! You're scared!'' Next thing Seth knew, Dean slapped him and he stumbled to the ground.

"DAMMIT DEAN! WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM!'' Roman was livid and picked Seth up, laying him down on the bed. As he approached Dean, he could already hear Seth crying. He shoved the U.S. champion and Dean just stormed out of the room and out of their apartment.

Roman walked over to the bed and laid down. He began to stroke Seth's two-toned hair but he jerked his head away. "Leave me alone right now Roman. Just leave me alone.'' he said quietly in between breaths and cries. Roman sighed and rolled off the bed, heading for the couch in the living room.

(Present time)

Dean stomped out the little that he had left of his cigarette. He moved around and sat on the ground, his back leaning against the door of their apartment. He had a lot of thinking to do. Of course, he would love to have Lucy become their daughter officially. Everything was just sounding so difficult. Between their job and all the traveling, it all seemed too hard to deal with. Then again, he recalled what Seth accused him of, that ultimately earned him the slap. Scared. Dean was scared to be a dad to Lucy. He wasn't sure if he could do a great job of being a father. Surely, he would have Seth and Roman's help but it still terrified him. What if he did a horrible job and Lucy ended up hating him? He could never forgive himself for ever making her hate him.

Surely, he was being paranoid and he knew that. He took a deep breath and thought some more until he finally decided on what he was going to do. He was fully committed to pull through with this. First though, he needed to make things right with his men. He stood up and walked back inside the dead silent apartment. He saw Roman sleeping soundless on the couch. Dean smiled as he got on his knees in front of him. He caressed the Samoan's cheek and kissed his forehead lightly. "I love you. Goodnight.'' he whispered before standing up and heading to the bedroom.

Dean slowly opened the door and saw Seth who was also in deep sleep; the adoption papers still in his hands. When Dean stood in front of him, he watched him for a while and could see the redness on Seth's cheek. He felt so bad for hitting his boyfriend like that. He regretted it so much, he couldn't contain the tears that were threatening to fall from his eyes. He watched how innocent Seth looked to him right now; tear stains on his cheeks and his pouty lips parted as he inhaled and exhaled. He laid down on the bed, slowly, facing Seth. "I'm so sorry baby. I hope you can forgive me for hitting you. Fuck, I'm sorry.'' he kissed Seth's forehead and then his cheek. "I'm going to fix this. I promise...I love you'' Dean grabbed the adoption papers from Seth's hand without waking him up and stashed them somewhere only he knew they would be at. He laid back down and fell into deep slumber rather quickly.

Author's Note: REVIEW and let me know what you think so far :) It's going to be short story. It will not be more than 10 chapters. Hope you guys like it :)