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Dean was sitting in the employee lounge along with Baron. Both Charlotte and Becky were off getting the last minute touches for Roman's birthday party later on that evening. They managed to get the gazebo for the night after their shifts end for the next four hours. So, both were off running errands as well as to get the final touches.

Dean was remembering what happened four days ago, when he brought Roman food and how Roman broke down to him…

"I'm sorry…." He said in a broken voice…..

"Hey…Hey…no need to be sorry, I am just sorry that you felt that you had to deal with this alone. Please don't think you did anything wrong, you were just angry and hurt." Dean said as he leans over and places his arms around Roman's neck as he sobs into him.

"But…But I said some hurtful things to you Dean, you didn't deserve it. You have been nothing but kind and sincere with me. Please don't hate me…please…" he cries as he hangs onto Dean tightly, afraid to let him go again. "I'm so sorry…."

Dean had to fight back the tears of his own that was threatening to fall. He knows that Roman didn't mean what he said, yeah, it hurt him, but he knows that it wasn't directly to him. He knows that Roman was hurting and letting that hurt go was what was needed.

He held Roman tighter, "I don't hate you Roman….I could never hate you. I can't even imagine what you went through in your life, but I do know that it will and has made you stronger. You are a survivor Roman, a true, true survivor in every sense of the word. You deserve happiness in your life. You deserve the whole fucking world at your feet right now. Never forget that, okay?"

Roman nods when he sniffs as he sits back up and wipes his face on his sleeve. He looks at Dean with those red brimmed, brown eyes into the blue eyes that meant what he said. "I know, but I told you that I didn't need your happiness, that I was alone even with you here. But that is not true. For the first time in my life, I don't feel alone when I am with you. For the first time, I feel happiness when I am with you. For the first time….you made me feel safe. And for that, I can never repay you."

Dean smiles as he fights back the emotions that were threatening to show forth, "Roman, your smile and warmth is payment enough….please don't ever feel that you need to repay me, you are doing just by thriving and surviving."

Roman smiles softly as he raises his hand to caress Dean's cheek. Dean closes his eyes at the touch. The next thing he feels, is Roman's lips gently on his. Dean then puts his hand behind Roman's and responds to the touch. Their lips softly moved as the waves of the ocean in their minds.

Roman breaks the kiss and lays his head on Dean's with his eyes still closed... "Thank you….."

"Hey! You okay there Dean?" Baron asked as he snapped his fingers in front of his face. "You seem to be drifting off there for a minute."

Dean chuckles, "Yeah, just thinking about things is all."

"With Roman?" he asked.

"Yeah, and what went down after the meeting of his so called parents."

Baron pops a grape in his mouth, "I heard from Charlotte that you finally went to bring him food after a couple of days. He was so out of it." He said as he continues to chew.

"I know, it was so heartbreaking to watch him during that time, but he seems to be slowly coming out of it." He replied as he takes a drink of his coffee. "I hope now that he can go forward and move on from all this." Baron goes to speak but Dean puts his hand up, "I know what you are gonna say, and I don't mean he will ever get over it, I just mean that now, he doesn't have to worry about them anymore. They have no say in his life. He can start to heal again and know that they will never hurt him again."

Baron smiles, "You know, me is starting to think you are falling for him, am I right?"

Dean freezes at that comment. "Wha…what?" he stammers as he tries to hide the blushing in his cheeks.

Baron smirks knowing he just hit the jackpot. "Yep, you are falling for him…slowly, but surely, you are falling for him. I mean, he's good looking, strong as hell, and tough as a warrior in a gladiator ring. He is also a broken soul that you are slowly putting back together through patience, kindness, and yes, love."

"I don't know what you are talking about…" he mumbles as he gets up and throws away the coffee cup. "I got to get to work, Roman's party is later on and there is things that needs to be done."

Baron laughs as he gets up and throws his garbage away. He pats Dean on the back. He leans in and softly whispers, "I won't tell anybody your secret." He winks and walks out the door, leaving Dean as red as a tomato.

"Fucking hell…" he whispers as he rubs his face and heads out to start his day.

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Dean has a special breakfast tray made for Roman. After all, it is his 21st birthday and he wants to make it a special day. He knows that deep down, Roman has never had a birthday to celebrate….until today. He had them make his special 'Happy Bowl' breakfast that he knew Roman would like, so along with that, he had juice, fruit salad, bacon, milk and coffee with a little bit of sugar. He just hopes that this will be the start of a new beginning for Roman, with nothing but good and happy thoughts.

He takes the tray and heads to Roman's room. He had people looking at him and the tray, eyeing it, but he didn't care, he wanted to make sure that he had the best breakfast he could come up with.

He softly looks in and sees Roman laying there reading a book. He smiles as he slowly opens the door and peeks in. "Roman?"

Roman looks up and smiles. After their conversation a few days ago, things between them have grown a bit. Dean was a little bit more flirty and Roman is slowly starting to let go of the past and let himself be a new person. He started to actually take care of his hair by placing it in a bun, he shaves his beard off and leaves the goatee, and he is starting to wear tank tops and shorts a bit more. He even took up more yogo and mediation to help put his mind and body at ease more.

"Hi Dean," he said softy as he watches Dean smiles back. Then his eyes gets big as he sees what Dean is carrying.

"Hi Roman… Happy Birthday!" he said as he walks over and sets the tray down. Roman saw the food and looked at Dean. "I brought you a special birthday breakfast for your special day today, I hope you don't mind!"

"Birthday? Today? Mine?" he asked in confusion. "Seriously?"

Dean smiles falters a little, of course he didn't know his birthday was today. He never had to celebrate it. "Yes Roman, today is your 21st birthday. I hope you are ready because today is all about you, okay?" he said as he smiles at Roman again.

Roman shook his head a bit after realizing what Dean said. He smiles back and moves to the desk where the food was. "This looks so good Dean, thank you…" he softly said as he picks up the fork and starts to dig into it. "This all looks great, but…." He pauses as he looks at the sandwich funny, "umm…what is this?" he asked.

Dean chuckles as he opens the texas toast and shows him the eggs inside. "It's my specialty. I call it the happy bowl. You have two texas toast with two over easy eggs inside. You put it together and you mush it together."

Roman looks at it funny then looks at Dean. "You sure it's safe to eat?"

Dean sticks his tongue out. "Pffttt! It's good! I grew up on this! I made it my own! Try it!" he said excitedly. "You won't regret it, I promise."

Roman took the sandwich hesitantly and does what Dean said, "Can I put some bacon in it?"

"Sure, make it however you want." He said as he sits down on the bed and watches Roman. "Let me know what you think."

Roman nods as he puts the bacon in between the toast, on top of the eggs and closes it back together. He then takes ones bite and damn near falls over. "Holy shit this IS good. How did you come up with this concoction?" he asked as he takes another bite, savoring the morsel taste that ran together in his mouth.

Man was Dean happy to hear that noise. He was really hesitant about what Roman thought, but the look on his face has he continues to eat told him everything he knew. He loved it. He really loved it and it made Dean's heart so happy it almost burst.

"Long story short, when I went to college, I didn't have much money. Even working 30 hours a week, going to class five days a week, I still had to pay for room and books. So food was scarce for me." Roman stopped as he wiped his mouth. He was listening intensively.

"So one day, my friend, Garry, showed me a trick on how to eat a good meal for cheap other than ramen noodles and frozen pizza. And he came up with an egg sandwich you could make and freeze for up to two months. So after thinking and looking, I came up with this idea. And every since then, I make this on special occasions."

"Damn Dean, this is really good. Thank you for sharing it with me." He said as he took the last bite. "I don't know what to say…."

Dean takes Roman's hand into his and gently squeezes it. "It's my pleasure," he responded, "besides, we aren't done yet."

Roman squeezes back as he takes a drink of his juice. Then stops and looks at Dean. "Huh?"

"Yep, got special permission to take you out of here. To take you out shopping, or walking along the beach, or the park, or whatever you want within 100 mile radius. We just have to be back by 7pm is all.

Roman stares at him in shock, "Wha…what? I…what?" he fumbles as he tries to find his words.

"I get to take you out of here for a few hours. It's your birthday and I want to make sure you will remember it. So, I got special permission to check you out of here so that you can enjoy yourself."

Roman looked at him with tears brimming. No one has ever done this for him. No one ever took the time to show him what a good birthday is. No one ever took the time for him like this. He was truly at a lost for words.

"Roman?" he asked worriedly, "You okay? Did I do something wrong?" he wondered.

Roman nodded as he pulled Dean in for a tight hug. Dean hugged him back but was still worried. "Please talk to me…"

"Thank you….so much…." He said as he fights the tears back. Dean was truly his saving angel.

Dean rubs his back slowly. "Hey, don't thank me, you deserve it honestly. It's your day so I want to make sure it is memorable for you."

"You have, Dean, you have…" he told him as he releases the hug.

Dean wipes Roman's face, "No more tears right now, finish up your breakfast and then get dressed. I will pick you up in an hour or two, okay?"

Roman nods and smiles as he eats the rest of his food. Dean gets up, kisses his forehead and winks at him. "See you in a bit and also, check your dresser as well!"

Roman shakes his head as he turns back around and smiles at the breakfast that Dean had made specially for him.

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A few hours later:

"Okay, Dean just texted me and said that him and Roman were leaving to come back here in about 30 minutes, so we need to make sure everything is in place for Roman." Charlotte said as she puts the phone down and finishes hanging up the party sigh at the gazebo entrance.

"Dean is really lucky to have a friend like you Char," Baron said as he blows up the last of the balloons and tying it. "Not many bosses would do this for them."

She chuckles as Becky hands her the last piece of tape. "Yeah, well, Dean deserves happiness like Roman does. Especially after his relationship with Terry."

"Yeah, I heard about that actually, it was a pretty bad breakup wasn't it?" he asked as he tapes the balloons to the chairs.

"It was, one of the reasons I brought Dean here with me. He is a good guy that has a lot of love to give and Roman is the one guy that needs that love, so I thought it would be a good idea to pair them up and see how it went," she then dusted her hands off as Becky helped her down. "And as you can see, it worked."

"What exactly happened?" Becky asked as both her and Charlotte put the plates and plasticware down on the table."

"Not my story to tell honestly, but I will say this much, Dean may not have gone through what Roman has been, but domestic abuse isn't a joke either. I just want Dean happy as much as I want Roman to be happy."

"Wow…never thought Dean would…wow…." Baron replied.

"Yeah, it doesn't just happen to women, men go through it to, just not as known about it."

"Well, Dean is a great guy and if anything, he does deserve happiness, and truth me known, I think he may have found it." Baron winked as he turned and picked up the cake to set on the table.

"I agree…" Charlotte said as she smiled at the work them three did.

We are here-D

Charlotte's phone buzzed. She picks up the phone and reads the text. She smiles as she texted back.

Good, just in time, whenever you are ready. –C

Okay, be there in a few-D

"Okay, they are here, let's get ready!"

All three puts their party hats on and listened for Dean's voice.

A few moments later, they hear him.

"Okay Roman, I got to bring you here so you can end the day on a high note."

"Dean, you've done so much-"

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROMAN!"

Roman stood there, in shock at what Dean did for him.

"Happy Birthday Roman…it's all for you." He whispered as he takes Roman's hand into his.

"Dean…oh my …you shouldn't have…" he struggled as he looks at the scene in front of him. He has never had a birthday party in his life, and here again, Dean made that happen.

"I know, but you deserve it Roman, you deserve all of it. I just wanted to make this day special for you."

Roman turns to Dean with tears running down his face. He placed one hand on Dean's face and leans in. He kisses him until Dean lets him in.

"Umm….guys?" Charlotte said as she clears her throat while both Becky and Baron laughs.

"Thank you…." Roman pants as he places his forehead to Dean's.

"Let's go and enjoy your party…." He smiles as he leads Roman to his first birthday party for his first day of his life.

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