The receptionist quickly had called for a nurse and within minutes Roman found himself sat down in one of the treatment rooms, Dean still in his arms. The black haired man sighed. He was just glad that they hadn't had to wait for hours in the overfilled waiting room next door, to finally see a doctor.
"Mr. Reigns?" A male voice, made Roman look up from Dean, who was still sleeping peacefully in his arms.
"Yes." The tall man answered, watching a man - completly dressed in white - shut the door behind him, before he came over to the Samoan to politely shake his hand.
"I'm Dr. Jackson."
Roman nodded slightly, shaking his hand, before the doctor took a seat on his chair right in front of the tall man.
"Is that the boy?" The other man asked and Roman caught himself out thinking what a stupid question that was. But instead of firing back if the doctor was seeing some other baby boy in here, Roman held himself back and just answered.
"Yes. I found him in the middle of the night. Somebody left him in a small wooden basket in front of my door."
"Did you already inform the police about that?"
That question hit Roman by surprise. No, he hadn't called the police yet. But the doctor was right he should have done it to make sure that Dean's parents would be found soon. The Samoan's breath caught. Did he even want that the boy's parents were found? What if they had treated him so badly?
Roman shook his head, trying to clean up that mess of question in his mind. First he had to make sure Dean was alright, before he wanted to think about the police and everything which would come after that.
"Honestly …" The black haired man sighed, "… no. This was all a bit too much for me during the last couple of hours." Nervousness was coming up in Roman's body, avoiding eye contact with the doctor. "He seemed to be okay and really tired so I just decided to wait until tomorrow. I thought maybe, whoever left him there would come back …"
"That's okay Mr. Reigns, we can do this for you." The doctor said much more friendly, giving Roman a smile, when he noticed how nervous the Samoan actually was. "It's good that you brought him here though. Now we can do a full check-up on him to look for any diseases or injuries."
"Actually that's why we're here." The words left Roman's lips without noticing that he already had started talking about we and no longer just about him and the baby. "I found those bruises around his arms and legs."
The doctor had come closer, to take a look on the marks and Roman quickly unzipped the jacket to give the other man a better view on the boy. Carefully the doctor took one of Dean's short arms in his hands, causing the boy to rip his eyes open in shock. The tall man felt Dean's breathing increase, while the boy buried his tiny fingers in the Samoan's shirt.
"Shhhh it's okay Dean." Roman's deep and soft voice made the boy look up and once again grey collided with baby blue. Fear, nothing but fear was sparkling in Dean's eyes and the Samoan quickly pulled him closer to his chest, while tears started to run over the boy's cheeks.
"Shhh he's not gonna hurt you …" Roman mumbled close to Dean's ear, trying to sooth the crying boy, "… I won't let him … You're safe …" He had started rocking Dean inside his arms and finally the boy started to calm down.
"There already seems to be a strong bond between you and … Dean?" The doctor smiled, watching how Dean cuddled himself even closer to the Samoan.
"Yes." Roman nodded slightly, "His name is Dean."
"Looks like he really likes this name." The doctor grinned, seeing how Dean began to smile brightly, hearing Roman saying his name.
"Could you please put Dean down here, so I can take a closer look at him?" The doctor asked, pointing on the examination couch on the right.
"Sure." Roman smiled, feeling much more comfortable now. Dean's charm seemed to have no limits. Sure … the Samoan had thought this would be easy. How hard could it be to put a three months old baby down on a couch? … really hard.
The moment Dean had realized, he was pulled away from Roman's chest, the little boy had fisted his tiny fingers in the Samoan's shirt.
"Uhhnnnggg …" A loud and really unpleased noise left Dean's lips, while he was clinging to the material in his fingers for dear life.
"Dean, Dean." Roman's soft and insistent voice reached the boy's ears and caused Dean to open his squinted eyes.
"Shhh it's okay Dean. It's just me." The Samoan utilized Dean's brief hesitation to lay him carefully down on the examination couch.
"Shhh …" Tears were sparkling in Dean's eyes and Roman started stroking his head softly.
"Don't cry. Everything's alright. I'm right here." The boy sniffed quietly, not letting the Samoan out of his sight. "I'm not gonna leave you." Roman whispered softly, kissing Dean's forehead gently. "I'm right here." Then he put is thumb into Dean's small palm, causing the boy to immediately capture it tightly between his short fingers. "I promise."
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