It took a while for me to finish the editing on this just because I had a weekend to myself and relaxed a bit. But here's the next chapter for you all.
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Roman awoke to his alarm going off, reaching behind him to set it on snooze for ten minutes. He looked down seeing the blue eyed man sleeping snugly against him lightly snoring away. He ran his fingers through the unruly soft locks that were now dry. The heat radiating from Dean wrapped around him like a blanket making him not want to move from the spot. When his alarm went off again he reluctantly pulled himself away from the sleeping man getting up from the bed to relieve his bladder. He tucked the sheet around Dean making sure he was warm before heading to the bathroom.
Roman showered quickly and changed into his suit and tie, leaving his things in Dean's room as he made his way into the hallway to wake Maddie up for school. He walked in seeing her sleeping soundly and hated to wake her up. He gently shook her a few times till she stirred opening her eyes. She shot up from the bed surprised to see the Samoan in her room. "What are you doing here Roman?" She asked rubbing her eyes. He smiled telling her that he was going to be taking her to school today which excited her, causing her to jump out of bed in a hurry. "Tell me what you want for breakfast and I'll make it while you're getting ready." He told her as she pulled clothes out from her drawer mentioning something about oatmeal and toast as she rushed around the room.
Maddie appeared in blue skinny jeans with a black shirt with generic writing on hit with black chucks to finish the outfit off. She had great timing as Roman just turned the fire off to the pot and scooped her out a few spoons of the oat cereal. He brought her the bowl and a small plate with toast followed by a cup of orange juice. He ate a banana standing against the kitchen counter as she dug into her breakfast eating everything and downing the juice. Roman couldn't help but smile as he watched the little girl take her dishes to the sink before heading to her bathroom. Roman heard his name being called by her and took off in a hurry afraid that something happened. He saw that she had gotten her brush stuck in her hair and helped her get it free. "Will you fix my hair for me Roman." She asked him through the mirror her blue eyes sparkling at him.
"Uh sure, though I'm not really good with hair per se." He told her causing her to giggle when he asked her what was so funny she told him bluntly that for someone to have luscious hair like he did how he didn't know how to style hair amazed her. He laughed knowing she made an excellent point to him. He ended up giving her a messy but stylish bun pinning down the spots that were sticking up. She gave her approval and handed him the hairspray so he could spray it in place. Roman felt his heart swell as he helped Maddie get her bag on and exit the apartment. He was already forming an attachment to the auburn hair little girl, every minute spent with her was being slowly embedded into him. He really hoped that things worked out between him and Dean because he desperately wanted to be a part of Maddie's life.
Roman found himself singing along with Maddie to the car radio as they made their way to her school. He parked in the front opening his door telling her to stay put. She watched as he walked around putting his sunglasses on and opened her door for her. She giggled as she stepped out grabbing her bag putting on her bag. "Will you be picking me up after school as well Roman." She asked him looking hopeful as she adjusted her bag on her shoulders. "I'm not sure if I do I'll be waiting right here in this spot for you." he told her hearing the bell ring, she hugged the Samoan around his waist as Roman returned the hug telling her to be good. She looked up at him and beckoned him close to her he leaned down to her level and was met with a quick kiss to his cheek with her telling him bye before skipping towards the door.
Roman touched his cheek in the spot where Maddie had just kissed him and smiled as he made his way back to his car. He wore a huge smile on his face as he pulled away from the school tapping his fingers to the beat of the music on the radio. Nothing could bring down the good mood he was in and was ready to tackle his work day ahead of him.
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Dean awoke with a smile on his face as he felt the soreness in his limbs as he stretched out. He'd never been fucked like that before and damn Roman for ruining all future guys for him. Dean felt a ping in his heart at the thought, he didn't want another guy he only wanted Roman. He stumbled out of bed and headed for the bathroom a shower is what he needed so he could think about him and Roman. When he appeared in only a towel in his room he saw that it was past noon and his eyes bugged out. "The fuck" he said out loud before laughing to himself as Roman's words came back to him. He shook his head as he made his way into his closet to dress.
Roman wondered if Dean was awake or not and decided to send him a quick text. "You awake yet sleeping beauty?" He pressed the send button looking at the screen before sitting his phone down. He heard it vibrate and picked it up.
"Yea, been up for hours, grab some breakfast, ran some errands all that good shit." Roman snorted at his response knowing damn well he was lying. "Nah, I just literally finished getting dressed and now being a lazy ass at the moment." Roman couldn't contain the shit eating grin that appeared on his face.
"Do you want me to pick baby girl up from school then?" Dean smiled at that the endearment that Roman used for Maddie it suited him. "Yeah, if it's not too much trouble for you that is." Roman looked at the clocked seeing it was close to one and he was about finished looking over a proposal.
"Will see you around 4:30 then, maybe we can go out to dinner tonight or something." Dean found himself nodding his head "That works for me, now get back to work." Roman laughed and did what he was told with a smile on his face.
Dean flipped through the channels finding nothing but soap operas and talk shows on the TV when he heard his phone go off, thinking that it was Roman he opened the text without looking at who sent it.
"I'm sorry about last night Dean please give me another chance I want to be in Maddie's life" his lip curled up as he read the text over before replying with his own "I said no and that is final! You lost that right when you assaulted my friend in front of Maddie. Not only did you piss me off but you pissed off Maddie who has no desire to see you ever again. If you want to see her then take me to court I'll tell you right now who would win." He angrily texted out then pressed the send button throwing his phone muttering a few curses.
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Roman pulled up to Maddie's school fifteen till the bell rang and found a close spot to the front doors. He got out of his car walked around leaning against the hood when he heard his name being called. Upon looking he saw it was his sister and grumbled when she came approaching him "What brings you here brother hmm." She asked way to happy for his liking, he cleared his throat "I'm picking Maddie up for Dean, he had a last minute errand to run and asked if I could." He replied to her seeing her smile widen like a chestier cat. "Did Dean have a last minute errand to run this morning too? Cause I swore I saw you dropping Maddie off." She told him making him shift a little. "What difference does it make if I did, is that a crime." He bit back at her as she held her hands up "No, just curious that's all since the school is on the opposite side of where you live so I was wondering if you spent the night over at Dean's place." She said causing Roman to sigh.
"It must be getting serious between you two if you're already spending the night and taking Maddie to school and picking her up." She told her brother who was glad he was wearing his sunglasses because his eyes would have given him away. "By the way Roman before you take off tonight's family dinner, I think it be best if you brought Dean and Maddie with you. Introduce them to the family mom would be thrilled to meet Maddie." She told him walking off just as the bell rung drowning out the loud groan that came from him.
Roman saw Maddie exiting the doors with Haley in tow, when he saw her glance at him the smile that crossed her face was priceless as she took off running towards him. Roman bent down in time to catch her as she jumped in his arms hugging him telling Roman how happy she was to see him. Roman felt his heart stings thrum at the comment it warmed him. He opened the back door letting Maddie get in before closing it, getting into the car himself and pulling away from the school.
When they pulled up to Dean's place Maddie rushed out the car and up the stairs pounding on the door. He watched as Dean opened the door and Maddie disappear quickly into her room. Roman shut the door behind him seeing Dean giving him a questioning look. "The only time Maddie is that excited is if she is going somewhere special so mind filling me in Roman." He asked the Samoan man who let out a nervous laugh "I ran into my sister at Maddie's school and she mentioned about family dinner tonight and suggested I bring you and Maddie." He told the blonde man who raised his eyebrow "If you say no then that's fine by me we can go somewhere and I'll just tell them we have other plans." He rushed out afraid that he might of made Dean upset.
Dean slowly approached Roman making the big man take a step back only making Dean grin "I guess I'll take one for the team, but you owe me big time Roman and by big I mean that ass of yours is officially mine." He told Roman who gulped seeing that Dean's face was inches away from his now. Dean closed the gap and pressed his lips to Roman's cupping the back of his head as he worked his tongue into Roman's mouth. The kiss though brief was effective as Roman whispered that Dean could have him, when the sound of Maddie's door opening got their attention did they break apart.
Maddie appeared dressed in a short sleeve cream colored lacy dress with flats with a matching cardigan in her hands. "Daddy will you fix my hair for me?" She asked as she made her way to the bathroom with Dean following behind. Roman decided to change out of his suite into something more comfortable and went into Dean's room to change. Dark wash blue jeans and a fitted black dress shirt finished off his outfit as he made his way out. When Dean finished his daughter's hair and sent her on her way he stepped into his room to quickly change. Dean returned to the living room finding Roman and Maddie in conversation that lead to him quickly tickling her as she tried to catch her breathe. "You guys ready to go?" He asked the duo who nodded their heads.
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They pulled up to Zeke's round seven this time taking Dean's vehicle, Roman got out and opened Maddie's door for her. Roman notice that Maddie took his as well as Dean's hand as they made their way inside, Roman saw his family who waved at him all of them staring at the little girl who was holding his hand. The trio made their way to the table as Dean greeted Roman's parents as did Roman. "So who's this adorable little angel here?" The older women asked smiling down at Maddie, "I'm Maddie, nice to meet you" She said to the women who gave her a warm smile telling her it was nice to meet her as well. Roman's mom looked at Dean who seemed tensed "You have a beautiful daughter Dean, she looks just like you." She told him seeing the blonde man let a sigh of relief. Roman's dad introduced himself to Maddie and she shook his hand before sitting down in between her dad and Roman.
After light conversations where their meals were brought out, Roman notice that Maddie was having a hard time with her pasta dish and helped her by cutting the noodles up for her, unaware that his family was watching him as he interacted with her. Dean saw Roman's mother's eyes light up as she watched him show Maddie how to use a spoon to get her pasta on her fork. It was obvious how badly she wanted kids for him, Dean saw his daughter catch on and ate her pasta like a pro looking up at him smiling before returning to her dish.
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Sierra had just walked into Zeke's with Kevin beside her where they were shown to their table for the night. Sierra ordered wine as Kevin ordered a few beers. Sierra was still fuming from last night and wanted to drink the night away. She was looking over the menu when she spotted a little girl sitting a few tables down from them that looked like Maddie. In fact the blonde man that was walking back over to the table from the bathroom was in fact her ex Dean. She pulled the menu to her face looking over it seeing that Roman was there and sitting next to Maddie. Her blood boiled seeing him interact with her as she smiled happily up at him. "Babe what's wrong?" Her on again and off again boyfriend asked her as she threw her menu down. "Maddie's here with Dean and that asshole he's with." She told him clearly disgusted as Kevin shrugged his shoulders.
"Why does it matter according to Dean you were no longer allowed to see her unless you took him to court, so why waste your time on it." He told her going back to looking at the menu. "Because she is my daughter and I want to be a part of her life and the thought of that man being there for her instead of me sickens me. It should be me there not him but Dean ignores my concerns and has her around him anyways." She spat out grabbing her wine and chugging it.
Maddie excused herself to the ladies room as Roman helped her with her chair watching her as she headed off to the right direction. "Dean honey, does Maddie know that you and Roman are together." She asked him as Roman cleared his throat "Mom where still dating we haven't talked about being a couple yet." He told her seeing her frown "Well Christina mentioned about the zoo and how you were taking Maddie to school so I thought you guys were serious now, since you were around Maddie." She told him as Dean looked at her then to Roman who looked a little sadden. "I was going to wait till after dinner but since you brought it up already no since beating around the bush. Roman how would like to be my boyfriend?" He asked the Samoan who looked at him with wide eyes clearly stunned.
"I'm sorry Dean I didn't' mean to ruin your moment." Roman's mom told him clearly embarrassed looking at him. Roman looked at Dean wondering if he was putting on an act or not. He long to hear those nine letter words for a good while and here was Dean offering it to him. "Are you serious Dean you're not joking right?" He told him watching as he smiled his dimples on full display "I'm dead serious Roman, I want you to be a part of me and Maddie's life. She adores you already and well I've fallen hard for you over these past few days or so." Roman felt his heart pounding hard in his chest as he set his napkin down as he smiled at the blue eyed man. "Yeah I'll be your boyfriend then Dean." He told the blonde man who grabbed his hand and placed a kissed on it. "I'll thank you more properly when we get home." He told Roman who blushed furiously as his dad cleared his throat while his mom wiped a lone tear from her eye.
Maddie was on her way back to the table when she felt someone grab her arm she looked up seeing that it was Sierra. Maddie tried to free herself but the women held her firmly "Maddie I think we got off on the wrong foot I'll like to try again with you." She told the little girl who yanked her arm free from her so called mother grasp rubbing it. "I don't want to see you again you hurt Roman when he didn't deserve it, Roman said your just upset cause me and daddy are happy without you. Well we are happy without you and Roman makes us happy." Maddie felt a sting along her face before she let out a blood curling scream. Dean turned seeing Maddie holding her face with Sierra covering her mouth and ran to his daughter. He picked up Maddie seeing the redden face print on her face as she cried in his shoulders
"Did you just slap my daughter? Answer me!" He shouted towards her causing Sierra to jump "It was an accident Dean I lost my temper I'm sorry sweetheart" She tried to reach for her daughter but Dean retracted from her touch. Roman finally reached the pair seeing the print on Maddie's tear stained face immediately seeing red. "You're lucky that you're a female or else I would deck you for putting hands on Maddie." Roman told her stepping up to her looking down clearly pissed when a stocky heavy seat man got up from his seat and face Roman. "Got something to say here buddy?" Roman looked at the man and smirked "Yeah put a leash on your bitch and teach her some manners." He told the heavy set man who laughed before decking Roman in face.
Roman tasted blood and tackled the man to the floor where he landed a few blows on his own to the man. Sierra was yelling at Kevin as he kicked Roman off of him Dean ran Maddie over to the table handing her off to Christina as he made his way back to his boyfriend who was now on his back taking a few hits. Dean pushed the man off of Roman as Sierra grabbed Kevin to stop him. Roman got up and tried to charge the man but Dean held him back as the manager came over telling them both to leave or he would call the cops.
Sierra and Kevin quickly hi tailed it out of there as Dean took Roman outside for some air, where the Samoan hit the wall with his fist stifling the yell that wanted to come out. Dean grabbed Roman by his face forcing him to look at him "Baby you got to calm down please, there gone okay it's over." He told the Samoan as he stroked his face with his thumbs seeing the stormy grey orbs "She touched baby girl Dean how can someone slap a child." He asked voice shaking causing Dean to embrace him feeling Roman grab on to him burying his face in his neck as he let out a shaky breathe. "She's heartless Roman that's all she is." He told him in his ear as his family made their way out with Maddie in tow, she ran up to Roman who kneeled down. "You're bleeding Roman." She said touching his mouth as her eyes began to water and wrapped her arms around Roman's neck "Sierra's boyfriend hurt you Roman." She whimpered out as he lifted her up holding her tightly against him.
"It's just a scratch it doesn't hurt that much baby girl." He told her seeing Dean talking to his parents probably explaining what's going on. "How about we stop and get some ice cream and we can watch movies till we fall asleep." He told her as he piped up a bit "We can watch avengers I have all of them." She told him as Dean made his way over telling Roman that his mom wanted him to call her first thing tomorrow.
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Dean started the movie as Roman brought out the bowls of ice cream and popcorn sitting in the middle of the plush sectional with Dean on his left and Maddie on his right cuddle up against him with her blanket. They ate their ice cream and popcorn as they movie played halfway through it Maddie was fast asleep in Roman's lap. Roman played with her hair as he looked down at her seeing that her cheek was back to normal and he was glad for that. "I'll put her in bed." Dean told him as he moved to get up but Roman stopped him. "Would it be okay if I did." He asked getting a nod from Dean before he got up lifting Maddie with ease carrying her in his arms as he made his way to her room. Dean followed moving her covers back for Roman so he could place on her bed. Roman found himself leaning down and placing a kiss on her forehead before covering her up and exiting her room with Dean in tow.
The pair went back to the living room seeing that the movie credits were already rolling. Roman stretched out on the couch yanking Dean down with him locking his legs around Dean's to pin him. "Did you mean what you said earlier about me being your boyfriend." He asked the blue eyed man who was looking up at him. Roman snaked his hand down to Dean's shorts palming his member as he placed light kisses on his neck. Dean's eyes fluttered shut briefly as he let out a harsh pant as he captured Roman's lips with his running his fingers through the Samoan's hair roughly. "I meant every word of what I said tonight baby." He told Roman against his lips who smiled before picking Dean up with him. "I know you're still worn out from last night but I'm craving something sweeter then ice cream right now." He told Dean walking him into the room and shutting the door behind him.
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Next chapter has Seth making an appearance who's got his eyes set on Roman. Until then…