When Roman woke up, he was greeted by his family. "Wapa, Wapa!" Addison happily said when she saw her daddy looking at her. Everyone was there except Seth. He had been asleep the entire time his jaw was healing. He didn't take too well with his jaw being wired shut, and having to be fed through a tube. The doctor thought that it would be best for the Samoan to stay asleep until his jaw was healed. Him being asleep also helped the swelling of his brain to go down.
"Mom, Dad, where's Seth?" Roman asked his parents. He hasn't seen Seth in weeks and it was weird that he wasn't there with him.
"Honey, you know Marek attacked you both, and harmed Addison. He took her after he was through with you. The only way for Seth to get her back was to go with him, and in return Marek would allow you to have Addison." Stephanie told her son. She could see the hurt on her son's face, and there was nothing she could do about it.
A week later Roman was released from the hospital. He had spent a lot of time cleaning up his house and spending time with Addison. He loved his daughter, and she reminded him of Seth. Everything about her reminded him of Seth, and he missed him even more. Roman tried to call Seth, but never got anything back. He was going to find him, he had too. Roman decided to make a phone call to the one person that could find out where Seth was. "Hi grandpa, I need your help." Roman called the one person who knew everyone in the wrestling business, and he could get the information that he needed.
"What can I do for you, Roman?" Vince McMahon said back to his grandson.
"I know mom and dad have told you what Marek Brave did to me and Seth. He held Seth and I's daughter over his head and made Seth go with him in order for our daughter to be safe. I need to know where he took Seth so I can get him back before Marek kills him." Roman answered. He knew Marek would kill Seth. That's how this plays out. He needed to get Seth out of this before anything happened to him. Seth deserves better.
"I will get what you need." Vince replied.
"Thank you grandpa." Roman said back. The line went dead. He knew his grandfather wasn't a big fan of his. He has heard several arguments when he was little that Steph and Hunter were already busy with wrestling and having Dean, that having him around would only put more strain on them. He was just thankful that he was willing to help.
Roman went back to see what his baby girl was doing when he saw Dean sitting on his chair. "When did you get here?" Roman asked his brother.
"Who were you talking to Rome?" Roman's brother said to him.
"No one." Roman replied.
"Don't bullshit with me Roman. Who were you talking to?" Dean said, getting in Roman's face.
"Vince Dean, I called Vince." Roman shouted back.
Dean walked out of Roman's house. He knew if he got their grandfather involved then there was nothing that Roman wouldn't do to get Seth back, and that scared him. He walked to the next house over and went in. "Mom, dad, I need to talk to you." Dean said going into the kitchen, but he was surprised at who was there with his parents. Going over to the man, Dean got in his face and said "Stay away from Roman, and forget that he called you." Dean said to his grandfather.
"Well hello to you too grandson." Vince said to Dean.
"Dean, listen son, Vince is here to tell us that he knows where Marek is, and that he was surprised that Roman called him for help. He was worried about what Roman would do. So he is here to help." Hunter said to Dean.
"You want to help? You never liked Roman. So why help now?" Dean questioned. He knew his grandpa didn't like that Roman was brought into their family. It wasn't a secret.
"Listen Dean, it's not that I never liked Roman. I was worried about your mother and father being young and early in their careers, and they had you. I knew they worked hard, and I didn't want them to spread themselves too thin. It was never Roman's fault what happened to him. I was worried about my family. I have recognized Roman as my grandson since you both were younger." Vince said back to his grandson.
"Where is Seth grandpa? We have to be there for Roman, before Roman does anything stupid." Dean said to Vince.
"He is in Iowa with Marek. They are in a little house in the middle of nowhere. Marek still does indie shows, but Seth hasn't been seen at any of the shows, and I never told any of this to Roman. I looked into it before he called me." Vince said back to the people in the room.
"We need to get there." Dean said back leaving his parents home, he went back down to his house and packed a bag. He was going to go get Seth. "Renee baby, I will be back in a few days. We are going to go get Seth. I want you to stay here with my mom, the girls and Addison. I can't have something happen to you." Dean said going up to his fiance and wrapping his arms around his pregnant soon to be wife. "When I get home, I want to marry you Renee. I don't want to wait any longer." Dean said, kissing Renee.
Laughing, Renee said "I can't wait to marry you Dean. I just want you to be safe. Please, we need you to be safe and to come home to us. You've seen what this man is capable of Dean, look at what he did to Seth and Roman. Hell, look at what he did to Addison. He beat her so badly, and then he used her to get Seth all to himself." Renee said back to Dean. She knew he had to help Seth and Roman, but she didn't want anything to happen to him. He was her everything and now they were going to have a baby.
Hugging Renee, Dean said "I know baby. I know what he is capable of, and I promise I won't let him hurt me. Him hurting my family is over. I promise you that." Dean wanted Renee to know that nothing was going to happen to him. He was going to dish out what Marek deserved.
Later that day, Dean, Roman and Hunter left for Iowa. They had a long drive ahead of them. "Why are you two even here? I should be doing this alone. I don't want either of you to get hurt." Roman said to his brother and his father.
"We both know what you went through Roman. Me as a parent, I never wanted to happen to you or Dean what you went through. Never as a parent should I see my child laying on a hospital bed fighting for your life. I will not let you or Dean anywhere near Marek Brave by yourselves." Hunter said to his oldest son.
"That's why you and Dean shouldn't be here, dad. I don't want you to see what I am capable of when I get a hold of Marek. He hurt Seth, he hurt my daughter, and he hurt me. He will feel all the pain that we all felt, and God help him if Seth is hurt again. There will be no stopping me." Roman said, looking down at his hands. Dean and Hunter looked at each other.
"Rome, I know he has hurt you in ways I will never know, but please don't lose yourself because of this asshole. You are a kind hearted man. You love with your whole heart. Don't let this guy change who you are." Dean said to his brother. He was afraid of what his brother was capable of. When Roman cared, he cared with his heart and Marek broke his heart and he wasn't sure what Roman would do when he saw Marek.
"He raped me Dean. He bashed my head in and he beat the shit out of me. He beat and kidnapped my daughter. He beat and raped my fiance. When I hurt him, and if I lose who I am as a person, then so be it." Roman said back. He was willing to risk everything to get payback for what Marek did to his family.
For weeks now Seth has been back in his hometown in Iowa. He wasn't allowed to leave the house, and with the way that he looks, he wouldn't want anyone to see him. He knew this was going to be his life once he traded his for his daughter's. Marek went to do indie shows and he would chain Seth to the wall with a chain around his neck. When Marek would come home, he would beat and rape Seth every night. He hated his life and just once, he wished that Marek would beat him so bad that he wouldn't wake up, but never was his luck.
"Hey baby, how was your night? You missed me?" Marek said to Seth when he opened the door to the basement. Yeah he kept Seth chained up in the basement. He didn't want Seth getting any ideas.
"Yes Sir I missed you being here. How can I be of service?" Seth asked Marek.
"What was that whore?" Marek grabbed Seth by his hair, and slapped him across the face, hard. "You know better. Now address me correctly." Marek yanked back on Seth's hair. Seth could smell the alcohol on Marek's breath.
Crying out, Seth knew he had blood coming from his mouth and nose. "How...how can I be...be of service Master?" Seth said, addressing Marek how he liked.
"Well since you asked so nicely." Marek said back to the young man. He shoved Seth face first into the dirty mattress that Seth had to lay on, and shoved himself into Seth, no lube or prep. Seth screamed out in pain. He knew he would be bleeding from this act, but Marek didn't care and proceeded to do what he wanted. "Yeah that's right. Cry out Seth, those are my favorite sounds." Marek kept going. He didn't care about Seth's well being. "Oh god this feels good. You are so hot when you are on your hands and knees." Marek was driving into the two toned man beneath him.
When he was finally done, he kicked Seth a few times and left him there. Seth could feel the blood and semen running down his legs and he curled up in a ball and cried himself to sleep.
Finally Roman, Dean and Hunter arrived in Davenport, IA. It had been a long drive, and he couldn't have been more happy to get to the hotel that they were staying at so he could get out and stretch out his legs. "Here are your keycards." Roman handed one to his brother and the other to his dad. He was kinda happy that they came with him, but he was also worried that something would happen to them.
The other two men took their keycards and then they went up to their room. They told the hotel in no circumstances were they to tell anyone that they were staying there, or what room they were staying in. They wanted complete privacy. That night, the three family members slept knowing that the next day, they were going to go into a situation where anything could happen. Hunter just needed to keep his sons safe, no matter what.
The next day, Hunter was up before his two boys. He made a very important call when both boys walked into the living room part of their hotel suite. "You boys ready?" Hunter asked his sons.
"Let's go get my fiance and the father of my daughter." Roman said to his dad. They left the hotel room and they headed to the address where Seth was.
When they got to the one story house, they knocked on the door. When Marek opened the door, Hunter quickly pushed through the door and hit Marek in the face so hard it knocked him backwards. "Roman, Dean, go find Seth." Hunter called out to the two boys.
"Rome, go find Seth, I'll stay here with dad. I'll keep Marek down. Go." Dean said to his brother and then went and kicked Marek hard in the face. Hunter and Dean were beating the hell out of Marek and Roman went in search of Seth.
Searching the two rooms, Roman didn't even see a trace of the man in the house. "Seth! Seth, where are you?" Roman called out, but didn't hear him. Going out to the living room, Roman pushed Dean out of the way and started throwing fists at Marek. "Where is my fiance!" Roman yelled at the beaten man underneath him.
"That whore is dead." Marek said back with blood pouring out of his mouth.
Roman kept beating the shit out of Marek, and Hunter stepped in and pulled his son off the bloody man. "Get off me dad. He deserves to die." Roman was fighting against his father's grip.
Hunter pushed Roman out of the room, and said to go search for Seth again. Roman did, and that is when he saw the door in the corner of the kitchen. Roman opened the door and saw that it led to a basement. Roman went down and turned on the light on his phone. He quickly ran down the stairs when he saw Seth lying naked on an old raggedy mattress, chained to the wall. "Seth baby, wake up. It's me, baby. I'm going to get you out of this hell okay? I promise you. Just stay with me." Roman said to an unconscious Seth. After trying to get the chain off from around his neck and the wall, Roman goes back upstairs to see where that asshole put the key to free Seth. When he gets to the living room, he sees cops taking Marek away in handcuffs. "Wait, where is the damn key to free Seth?" Roman said to Marek before the cops took him out of the house.
Marek just laughed at Roman, and the one cop said "Get this piece of shit out of here." He then turned back to Roman and said, "Where is Seth? Take me to him, and we will get him free."
"Follow me, but he is going to need some EMTs. He is in bad shape." Roman said back to the cop and took him to the basement where Seth still lays unconscious.
"Holy shit." The one cop said when he saw the state that Seth was in. Once they got the chain off the younger man, the EMTs took over and got Seth out of the basement and on his way to the hospital where he could get all the help that he needed. Once the ambulance was gone, the cop turned back to the three family members. "We have been in touch with the police from Tampa, and we know what Mr. Brave did there, not only to Mr. Rollins, but to Mr. Reigns and their daughter. None of it will be forgotten. Now we would like to escort you three to the hospital." The cop left and the three men followed after.
Once they got to the hospital, Roman immediately went to see where Seth was located. Hunter thanked the cops for all their help, and said to them "My son, the Samoan one, that's Roman Reigns. Thank you for not forgetting what happened to him at the hands of Marek Brave back in Florida. As a parent it means a lot to me and my son that Marek gets all that he deserves for what he did, to not only my son, but his family." Hunter shook the hands of the men that helped them that day with Marek and Seth.
Running back over to him, Roman and Dean had the information on where Seth is at. "Dad, Seth is still in the ER, but they said his room will be on the eighth floor, in room 841." Dean said to their father. Hunter nodded and he and Dean went to the elevator, but saw that Roman was still standing in the center of the lobby. Going back over to him, Hunter said "Roman, what's wrong?" Hunter was kinda worried about his son.
"I'm afraid to go see him. What if he hates me? What if he doesn't want to see me?" Roman responded. He was afraid that Seth would hate him for what happened to him. That Seth would blame him for Addison getting kidnapped, and Seth had to go through all this because Roman couldn't protect their daughter.
Hunter took Roman over to a chair in the lobby. Kneeling down in front of his son, he said "What if the only thing he wants to see is you when he wakes up? You are always so quick to think of the negatives, Roman, but you never think of the positives. He will probably cry when he sees you because he loves you so much." Hunter knew that when it came to his oldest son, his perspective on life wasn't always optimistic, and it all started when he was with his family before Hunter and Stephanie got him. Roman when he was with the Samoan Dynasty, he had to think of what he could have done better so not to get beat again, but the beatings and the starvation always came no matter how good he was. He still struggled with that today, even though he is twenty-two years old. It was something that they have been working through since they met him when he was four.
Before going up to Seth's room, Dean thought it would be fun to see the gift shop. Dean was a sucker for buying cute stuffed animals for Renee. "Rome I think you should get this for Seth." Dean said to his brother.
Roman laughed, and took it from his brother. It was a stuffed animal dog, and it was the cutest thing. Seth told him one time that he wanted a dog, and this would make his day. He then found some other things to pick up for Seth, and for his daughter.
When they were done at the gift shop, the three men went to see Seth. Roman was the first one to walk through the door and he already had tears in his eyes. He went over to the side of the bed and sat down. Hunter and Dean came in, but stayed to the far side, leaving Roman to have his time with his fiance. "Hey Seth. Dean said I should get this stuffed animal for you. It's a dog, and I know how much you always wanted a dog. It's not the same, but he will keep you company all the same.
Roman, Hunter and Dean stayed in Davenport, IA the entire time with Seth. Hunter would call his wife to see how everything was, and Dean would do the same with Renee. Roman could tell that his brother was missing Renee, and that his dad was missing his mom. Hell Roman was missing his daughter. He has never been this far away from her for so long. Things took a surprising turn when one day Stephanie, along with Renee, Roman's daughter and three sisters came into the hospital room.
"Mom, what are you all doing here?" Dean said to his favorite ladies in the entire world. He hugged his mom and then hugged his pregnant soon to be wife.
"We missed you all, and we could tell that you all missed us. Plus we thought it would be safe to come out since Marek had been arrested, and doesn't sound like he is getting out for a really long time." Stephanie said back to her son, but said it for her other son and husband to hear since they were awake. Hunter greeted his wife and hugged her. He then hugged his three baby girls that he missed dearly.
As Dean was sitting with Renee and talking to her, and Hunter was with Stephanie and their daughters, Addison walked over to where her Papa was. "Wapa!" She was so happy to see her Papa. Roman couldn't help but to
shed tears when he hugged his daughter. He had missed her so much.
"I missed you baby girl. I missed you so much." Roman told her, and he didn't expect her to reply considering she is only two. "Look who I found." Roman turned Addie around so she can see her daddy, even though he is resting comfortably.
When Addie saw her daddy, she wanted out of Roman's arms. Roman decided to put their daughter in bed with her daddy. She laid there and rubbed Seth's face, and snuggled up tighter to him.
That's how the past week went. Roman woke up to a pair of eyes looking at him. "Damn Seth, nice way to scare a guy." Roman said to Seth as he went over to his bedside. "It's really nice to see those pretty brown eyes again baby." Roman said, kissing his fiance.
Finally breaking the kiss for some air, Seth said "It's nice to see you. I've missed you so much Ro." Seth didn't want to let Roman go in case this was a dream, and Roman really wasn't there with him.
The family left Roman and Seth alone for the day. The three sat together with their daughter playing with their stuffed animals. "Waddy, woggy!" Addison showed her daddy his new dog. Seth laughed and hugged her tighter.
The next week, Seth is able to go back home to Tampa, as long as he keeps in touch with his doctor. They agreed and the next day they would fly back home, knowing that Marek was finally out of his family's life for good. It was a weight finally taken off his shoulders.
It took a lot longer until Seth could wrestle again, but he and Roman spent nights together when Addie was either in bed or spending the night at her grandparents home right next door. "So Dean and Renee are getting married in a few weeks. I can't believe Dean is actually settling down." Seth said to his fiance about his best friend. Seth looked up at Roman and kissed him. He didn't want to talk right now, he wanted to be with his man.
"Seth you keep this up, I won't be able to stop." Roman said to the love of his life. He just wanted to be with Seth all the time. He almost lost him, and he never wanted to give him up.
"Maybe I don't want you to stop. Maybe I want to spend all night with you having fun. Addie isn't here to interrupt us." Seth said, straddling Roman's lap, grinding down on him.
Roman let Seth grind on him long enough until Roman was done with his baby's games and flipped him onto his back and grind his erection onto Seth's. "No more playing baby." Roman said. He was currently stripping Seth of his clothes and his own. Prepping Seth to make sure he was ready, Seth gave Roman a little nod, telling him that he was ready. Roman was going slow, not wanting to hurt the young man. It was perfect. Seth could feel all of Roman inside of him. In amongst the heat of their passion and love making, Seth said "Put a baby in me Roman, please." Roman stopped making love to Seth and looked at him. Their first pregnancy wasn't planned, hell neither one of them knew that Seth was even pregnant when they found out that their baby died. Realizing that he said it out loud, Seth began to panic. "I'm sorry Roman. Oh god, I am such an idiot. Forget I said anything." Seth said to Roman as he began to try to get out from under Roman. He and his big mouth killed the mood.
Roman wouldn't move though, and he wasn't letting Seth out from underneath him either. "Were you serious?" Roman asked, looking down at Seth. Seth looked away in shame. "Seth, answer me please." Roman again asked the man now sitting beside him.
"I...I want a baby. I want...want a baby with you." Seth said back to the Samoan man beside him.
"Talk to me baby. Tell me what is going through your head." Roman pressed for Seth to talk to him.
Resting a hand on the curve of his stomach, since he had lost a significant amount of weight when he was Marek's whore, he said "All I can think about is Dean and Renee having a baby. She is getting bigger, and that should have been me. I mean I was pregnant and never even knew it, and it was all taken from me. I should be pregnant with a nice bump, but instead I am very underweight. I want a baby with you. I pictured us with Addison and a baby on the way. I have for a while." Seth finally told Roman what he has been feeling for a while now. All his insecurities and jealousness all laid out for Roman.
"You really want a baby?" Roman asked.
Nodding, Seth looked up to meet Roman's gaze and answered "Yeah I do. I know we have NXT and our careers, but I am only twenty-two. I want to be a young dad. I can still wrestle, but because of what Marek did to me, I can't wrestle right now anyways."
Roman kissed Seth. "I want a baby too. I can't help but to picture you with a big bump, carrying my child, our child. Let everyone know that you are mine, and our love made the child that you are carrying."
Seth attacked Roman in a heated kiss, and Roman rolled Seth over so he was now on his hands and knees. Roman pushed right back into Seth and fucked him at a brutal pace. Seth couldn't help the sounds that were coming from his mouth. It only egged Roman on more. It was hard and rough, but both of them were enjoying themselves too much to care.
When they were done, they laid together for a few hours, when they went back at it again. This time it was a less brutal pace, but more deliberate. When both men came, Roman pushed a plug inside Seth. "There, my cum is inside you and isn't coming out. I will be adding to that." Roman kissed Seth.
"Is that a promise?" Seth asked back.
"Believe that baby boy." Roman responded and then pulled his fiance back down with him to lay in bed and both men fell asleep that night in each other's embrace.
Three weeks and Seth still wasn't cleared to wrestle. His doctors still think that he is too thin to wrestle and think if a move goes wrong, that he could internally hurt himself to the point that he may never be able to wrestle again. Seth didn't mind it too much. He was still in the gym working out trying to rebuild the muscle that he lost, and on top of it all, he was sick. His nausea would come and go. It sucked, but figured it would be fine, maybe it was his body's way of telling him that he wasn't used to the workouts that he was putting himself through. Then there was running after his little two year old. Man could she move fast, and she was into everything. He and Roman had to child proof their entire house just so Addison couldn't get into anything that would harm her.
Seeing his wouldful fiance cooking breakfast, Roman went up behind him and put his arms around his waist. "How are you feeling so far baby?"
"So far so good, but I really don't have anything in my stomach to expel since I did that all night long." Seth said back, kissing his man. God Seth loved saying that, his man.
When they heard movement coming from their daughter's room over the baby monitor, Roman said "I will be right back. I'll go get our little munchkin ready for breakfast." Roman walked off to go get Addison.
When the small family sat down to eat, Seth's stomach flipped at the first taste of food and got up and ran into the nearest bathroom, and emptied the contents into the toilet. "Uh oh Wapa." Addison chimed in when her daddy ran to the bathroom. Roman continued to cut up her food, when Seth came back out. He sat down and ate, this time keeping it down, until later that is.
Not liking that he was sick all the time, Seth decided to make a doctor's appointment. His doctor knew what he went through with Marek, and he thought that he was still trying to recover. His doctor told him that he would be getting blood tested for several things so they could start ruling out different things. That is how he found out the cause of him being sick.
"Mr. Rollins, here are your results, and here is your medication I want you to start taking tomorrow. I will see you back in three weeks, and we will see how you are doing then." The doctor said to Seth and then Seth went and scheduled his next appointment.
Walking into the Performance Center, Seth went to see Stephanie. Knocking on the door, Seth waited until his boss called him in. "Hey Stephanie. I was wondering if I could talk to you." Seth asked his fiance's mom.
"Oh Seth sweetie. Had I known it was you that was out there, I would have brought you right in. It has been a very busy day. I am sorry." Stephanie said to Seth.
"It's okay. No worries. I just came from the doctors and I need your help." Seth said to the woman.
"Anything sweetie. What can I help you with?" Stephanie asked. She knew it must be something big if he asked her for help.
"Well I am not cleared to wrestle yet. They want me to gain more weight and put on more muscle. The doctor also had some blood work done, and the results came back that nothing is internally wrong, but um something did come back positive." Seth told his boss.
Seeing the worried expression on his face, Steph went over to him and said "Honey you can tell me."
Clearing his throat, he said "The positive result is that I'm four weeks pregnant. Roman and I about four weeks ago were having a night together, and during it, I accidentally said that I wanted Ro to put a baby in me. He stopped and we talked and he said that he wanted a baby too. I just can't help but feel like it was in the heat of passion that he said he wanted a baby, and if I tell him that I am actually pregnant, will he be excited or will he feel obligated? I want him to want this baby, but I'm scared." Seth said with tears in his eyes.
Steph saw the tears in Seth's eyes and she hugged him. "Seth sweetie, Roman has always wanted children, but thought it would never happen for him. He never found someone worthy of him, until he found you. He loves you with his whole heart. You two share your daughter together Seth. When you tell him about the baby, he is going to be so happy and excited. Give him a chance sweetie. He'll surprise you."
"Thanks Steph. I will tell him. He deserves to know." Seth said to the woman. He took Addie and went to find Roman.
As Seth was walking around with his daughter, he talked to many of the new talent. He watched some of the guys working their in ring skills, and gave pointers here and there. Addie clapped her hands. She was having fun. Then they went to watch others working their mic skills and again Addie clapped her hands even if some of them were just bad. Some of the guys and girls came and talked to him and the girls swooned over Addison. She ate it up, but stayed planted on her daddy's lap. Finally though she had enough and said "Daddy, Wapa pease." Seth took his leave with his daughter who was looking for her papa. She was adamant on finding her papa. "Wapa! Wapa!" Addie shouted, but couldn't find her papa anywhere. Looking everywhere, she couldn't find him, and she became frustrated and started to cry.
"Baby don't cry. We will find Papa. I promise. This place is huge." Seth said to his daughter, trying his best to sooth his crying baby girl. Addie continued to cry. Seth stood there thinking where else to look for Roman. That is when he felt a pair of arms going around his waist.
In the middle of Addie crying, Seth was relieved to know that Roman was found. "I miss you when I'm not with you, and so does someone else." Seth said to Roman who turned in his man's arms and kissed him.
Roman kissed him back and then took their crying daughter out of his arms. "Hey baby girl, why the tears?"
In between sobs, the little girl said "Wapa, I wiss you." She wrapped her little arms around her Papa's neck.
"Shhh, no more crying baby. I'm here and I ain't leaving. I promise." Roman hugged his little girl. He loved her with his every being. One of the best nights of his life was when he signed the papers to officially adopt this wonderful little girl.
Later that night the whole family went out to eat, including their Uncle Shawn. They were all having the best night. It's like the bad things that happened to them over the past few months never happened.
"Wapa dis." Addie said pointing at a picture of food on the menu.
"Baby girl, I don't think you will like that. How about chicken fingers and french fries?" Roman asked his little lady.
Clapping her hands, she yelled "Uh huh, ohay." She was excited and Seth and Roman laughed at her. Seth then shushed her and told her not to yell when they were in the restaurant. She nodded her head, and Seth kissed her.
As they placed their orders, Seth got more than he usually did, not knowing what to get. Everything sounded so good. "Hungry baby boy?" Roman asked.
Laughing, Seth said "I can't decide what to eat. Everything sounds good to us."
Roman looked at Seth confused. He heard what Seth said. "Us?" Roman asked back. At this, the entire table stopped and heard what was going on. "Seth, what's going on? What are you hiding?" Roman asked his fiance.
Seth closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "I'm not hiding anything. I found out something today at the doctors. I was going to tell you, but I was trying to figure out how."
"No better time than the present." Roman said back to Seth.
Seth nodded. "Well I went to the doctors to see if I was able to wrestle yet, but the doctor said no, because I am still too underweight and they were afraid of internal injuries. He would like it if I put more weight on and more muscle weight. He also ran multiple tests and something did come back positive." Seth said, but was scared to finish. He looked at Stephanie and she smiled and nodded her head. Sighing, Seth said "I'm pregnant Ro." Seth said in a timid voice. He was scared of what Roman would do or say, despite what Steph told him earlier. He knows that Roman would never hurt him, but actions can hurt just as much as physical actions.
Roman just looked at Seth. He didn't say anything. He just sat there and looked at Seth and to his stomach, and back up to look at his face. He knew he and Seth were intimate since Seth came home, but Roman wasn't expecting Seth to become pregnant so soon. 'I guess when Seth asked him to put a baby in him the one night, he actually did it.' Roman thought to himself. On his face, he had a smirk, thinking about it, but no one else knew what he was thinking. He looked back at Seth and he could clearly see the hurt on his face.
"Um, please excuse me. I...I have to...um I have to go." Seth said to the people at the table and took Addison who was seated beside him and walked out of the restaurant.
Looking confused as to what just happened and Seth leaving with their daughter, Roman looked around at his family. It was his mother who was the first to speak. "Roman Joseph Reigns, what is wrong with you?"
Roman looked at his mom, and said "What do you mean?" He was still shocked at what Seth had just told him and then confused because he walked out.
"Seth, your fiance just told you that he is pregnant and you didn't say anything, and he was upset and walked out. Probably thinking that you are mad or don't want the baby, your baby that he is carrying." Stephanie said to him. She got up out of her seat and went to sit beside her son. "What's going on baby?"
Roman looked at her, and said "What if I can't keep them safe again? What if something happens to this baby like it did before?" Roman said back to his mom in a soft voice.
Taking her son's face in her hands, she said back "What happened before was nothing you or Seth did. None of you even knew he was even pregnant Roman. Things are different now. Everyone is safe and there is nothing that is going to jeopardize this pregnancy. You deserve to be happy Roman. Everything that has ever happened, you didn't deserve any of it. Let yourself be happy. No one can take that away from you. Someday you will realize that. Now please go after him."
His mom was right. There was nothing to hurt them or their family. He had always wanted what his mom and dad had, a great relationship and a big family. He now has that chance with the man that he loves, and their daughter and a baby on the way. He and Seth are going to be married and have been arranging things for their wedding, and this pregnancy announcement was the icing on the cake. He just had to get his man...and daughter. Roman quickly hugged his mom and got up and went in search of his fiance.
Looking at her other son and his soon to be wife and mother of her grandchild, she said "Thank goodness you aren't as complicated as your brother and Seth." Dean and Renee just laughed.
"It's not his fault mom. Rome never was supposed to have a good life. To him, I think he is still waiting for the other shoe to drop. Has since you and dad took him in that night when he was four." Dean said to his mom. He and Roman were close, as close as two brothers can get. They are best of friends and there wasn't anything that they didn't tell each other.
Leaving the restaurant, he saw Seth standing there by the car crying, and Addison was playing with his hair. "I thought you left." Roman said, startling the younger man.
Looking at Roman, but not in the face, he said "I wanted too, but I don't have keys. So I have been waiting for a cab to come by." Seth said back, drying his eyes, but the tears refused to stop fully.
Going over to Seth, Roman wrapped his arms around his man. "I didn't mean to be a jerk in there Seth. I was surprised, and then checking my ego in my head, and it didn't register that I had not said anything. It took my mom to talk reason into me. I'm sorry." Roman said to Seth.
"Your ego?" Seth replied back.
Laughing Roman said "Yeah. I thought back to the night when we fucked and then made love that you asked me to put a baby in you, and I thought to myself that I did just that. My ego got to be a bit much, and I was a little proud of myself." He looked at Seth.
Seth nodded his head. "Well done. You did it. I understand if this is too much." Seth said back. He was hurt.
"I love you Seth. Yes this is a lot, but it's everything I have always wanted. That night I told you I wanted a family, and I stand by that. I always wanted a big family like my parents have. You are the love of my life, and I want that family with you." Roman said, bringing Seth's face to look up at him. Seth had tears in his eyes again. He loved Roman with his whole heart, and was afraid to lose him.
"Come back inside." Roman took hold of Seth's hand and together they walked back into the restaurant. The couple sat down at two empty seats. "I was never meant for a life like this." Roman said to Seth. That statement got Seth's attention. Roman looked at Seth's face and could read the thoughts he was having like an open book. So Roman continued. "My life wasn't supposed to be like this, the happy family, parents and siblings that care. The happy ending with the man that I love, a daughter, none of it was in the cards for me. I lived four years of my life locked away in a cold dark cellar, never knowing when I was going to eat or get beaten or touched. My family hated me because I wasn't what they wanted, a girl. I got stale moldy food, and by that I mean a piece of bread or a cracker or two. I got water in a bowl, like a dog. I had a beaten down mattress and a blanket that was small. I had dirty clothes and they had holes and were too big. I haven't seen daylight for four years. It's like I never existed to my family or the world and they wanted to keep it that way. They would touch me and do unthinkable things to me that no one, especially parents, should never do to their children. They would beat me, hoping that if they did it enough, that I would eventually be too bad to keep going, and I would die. They literally threw me away one night at an arena that my dad and family were wrestling at. No, my life was never meant to be this good Seth. Ever since Dean found me that night, and mom and dad adopted me, I always waited for the next beating to come or the touching, or the starvation, but none of that ever came. All my life I have been waiting for them to give up on me, but they haven't, or at least yet, anyways. My parents and Dean to this day have to keep telling me that I deserve all the good things in life, but I don't always believe them. Why should I? My own parents never thought I deserved anything. So when you came into my life, you were a good thing and I was waiting for you to find a flaw in me and to drop me like my parents did, and I would take the pain and heartache because to me I'd deserve it, but here you are almost a year. When you asked me to adopt Addison, I was so damn excited, but part of me was waiting for you to never let me see her again. When everything that happened with Marek, I couldn't keep you or our daughter safe, I thought you had found the flaw in me and you would leave and that I deserve what happened to me at the hands of Marek, but you risked your own life for ours. I didn't think I deserved that, and when you were gone, I wanted to die, but I had to keep the one thing safe that meant the most to you. So when you just told me that you were pregnant again, I didn't know if I could keep you safe, and be the man that you truly need, and when you took Addie and left, I thought, hell everyone leaves me, why not you too. When my mom came to me, and told me to let myself be happy, I came after you and Addison, because it is you two that make me happy. This baby right here (Roman places a hand on Seth's stomach), our daughter and you is all I need Seth. Please, I am sorry I made you feel as if I didn't want this baby, that was never my intent. I just have insecurity problems and I probably always will. Please forgive me." Roman looked down. He has never said that to anyone other than Dean, but his parents knew, they always knew.
It was Seth's turn to be tongue tied. He didn't know what to say. He knew he had a hard upbringing, but he never had happen to him what Roman had happen. "I understand if you can't forgive me, and or want to be with me because I'm fucked up. Nothing can be done with Addison's adoption, but I won't fight you to see her. It will be like I never adopted her, and I won't interact with her." Roman said. He saw that Seth was still sitting there, not knowing what to say. Roman sighed. "You know the saying, if you love something, set it free?"
Seth nodded in confusion.
Roman kissed Seth with everything he had, and kissed Addison on her head. "This is me setting you all free. I love you, Addison, and this baby. More than anyone will really know. Now, go back to my family and eat dinner. I want you to have the house also. I don't need anything there. Take it all, and do what you want with it. I love you Seth, and this is me saying goodbye." Roman got up and left the restaurant.
Seth was again crying. Why couldn't life just be easy for him. Walking back to where Roman's family sat. "Hi Seth. I am so happy to see that you came back. Is Roman with you?" Steph said to the young man.
Tears are now falling from his eyes. "He says he doesn't deserve happiness, and his happiness is me and Addison, and so he set us free." Seth was crying. He hugged his daughter and cried to her.
Hunter and Dean got up and left, very quickly. After they reached their car Dean said "Dad, he's given up. We have to find him please."
"I promise Dean we will find him, and bring him home." Hunter said to his son. They went to Roman and Seth's home and found him there. "Roman, where do you think you are going?" Hunter said, looking at his other son.
"It was just a matter of time. Things can't always be perfect, no matter how much everyone says they can be." Roman said to his father.
"Roman, you are in your head again. You are letting your head tell you that you don't deserve happiness and that you have to give everything up, and that's not true. Roman you of all people deserve all the good things that come your way. Please don't throw it all away. I saved you all those years ago, and I will do it again and again and again." Hunter told his son. He knew Roman let his head get the better of him most times. He was constantly telling Roman that he was worthy of a good life.
Roman looked up at his father with tears in his eyes. "I don't know what to do dad. I love Seth, Addison and the baby that is on the way, but how can I make them happy and keep them safe, when I can't even make myself happy or keep myself safe. I let people hurt me." Roman said through tears.
"Those people hurt you when you are just a little boy. There was no way that you could keep yourself safe, but now you can do whatever you want. You can choose happiness. Is it always going to be easy, no, but that's life. You and Seth are always happy together and never really fight, hell even your mother and I even argue, but that doesn't mean we aren't happy." Hunter told Roman. He needed to see that not every moment of life is good and easy, but that doesn't mean that happiness doesn't exist.
Roman got up off the bed he was sitting on. His father was right, he needed to try this. He has been with Seth for almost a year and he was happy, why can't he just keep being happy?
"Where are you going?" Hunter asked his boy.
Turning around with a smile on his face, Roman replied "I'm going to go find Seth and be happy." Hunter smiled and hugged his son. They walked out into the living room and they saw just the man that they were going to go see. "Seth." Roman said, stopping dead in his tracks when he saw Seth standing in the living room. Dean was holding a sleeping Addie. Walking over to him, Roman said "I'm happy to see you came back."
"Ro, I want to say something to you. I love you. I want to be with you for the rest of my life. I want a family with you, and only you. I would do anything for you and our family, but if you ever pull that shit with me again, I will kick your ass." Seth said to Roman. Roman laughed and wrapped Seth up in his arms and kissed him like his life depended on it. " I mean it Ro. Pregnant or not." Seth said once they were done kissing. Roman nodded his head, wiping the tears from his eyes.
Later that night, Seth and Roman were in their bed enjoying each other's company. "So there is really a baby in here?" Roman said as he rubbed Seth's stomach.
Laughing lightly Seth nodded his head "Yeah there is. A baby that we created together." Seth looked up at the beautiful man that was laying with him and kissed him. The couple stayed together that night in each other's arms.