"Hey babe. I just landed. It's raining and so so late. I'm sorry i didn't get here sooner. You're probably sleeping so i'll just use the spare key to get in. Love you." Dean hung up his cell and put it back in his pocket. He was supposed to make it to New York by 12 am but he was finishing up his art pieces for the local museum back in Ohio and lost track of time. It was now breaching three am and Dean was standing out in the cold New York city rain with his suitcase and duffell bag. Trying to hail a cab.
There was none to be found and Dean thought about just giving up and calling Uber when he heard a car beep near him. Dean turned towards the noise and couldn't fight the smile forming on his face as he saw the familiar black vehicle. It was Roman's land rover. He got out the car and ran over to Dean smiling at him. His gray shirt was soaked but Dean didn't care, he dropped everything and jumped on his boyfriend, wrapping his arms and legs around Roman before giving him a slow, passionate kiss.
The wet kiss was returned by Roman with a smile, right before he put Dean down back to his feet and gave him a hug. "You waited up for me?" Dean asked, as blue stared deep into gray.
"Yeah. I got your message that you were boarding late and the one you just sent. But, by the time i received your voicemail i was almost already here. Besides, i wouldn't ever leave you out in the rain." Roman pecked his lips once again then picked up Dean's bags. Dean watched as Roman popped his trunk, not even caring how wet he was getting.. all for him. He blushed, walking over to the car and opening the drivers side to get in. Roman slipped into the passengers seat, wetting up his daddy's expensive leather in the process. No fucks were given though as he ran a soft finger through Dean's wet brown locks.
"Rest baby, I'll get us there in no time." Dean said softly, smiling a bit as he watched Roman watch him.
"Okay i will. Just make sure to turn on the GPS so you know where you're going okay?" Roman gave him a soft kiss and Dean could taste the sweet rain on his lips as he kissed him back.
"I will. Now rest." Dean winked and pushed the car into reverse, before driving off to Roman's house.
He got there in about 30 minutes. Traffic is thankfully very minimal at 3 am. The rain was down to light drizzle now so when Dean got out of the car and took his stuff he didn't get soaked. He carried his own stuff upstairs then came back down to get Roman. Dean opened the passengers side door and gave his boyfriend a soft kiss, automatically waking Roman up. He smiled through hooded eyes and Dean helped him out, locking all the doors and turning the car off as well.
They made it to Roman's apartment and once inside, Dean stripped himself and Roman of all clothes. He laid his boyfriend on the couch then put the wet clothes in Roman's dryer. After he was done he scooped Roman up and carried him to his bedroom. Roman was completely asleep again so he missed Dean's show of strength as he walked them both inside and placed Roman down in bed. The comforter was put over him then Dean crawled in front of Roman, feeling the young law student immediately wrapped him in his arms.
Dean smiled to himself, thinking that no one loved him more than Roman did. And no one ever would. He kissed the side of Roman's forehead then closed his eyes, finally falling asleep.
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Roman woke up first, looking down to see Dean sleeping in his arms. He smiled and planted a soft kiss to his neck. Dean had known last night that Roman was dead tired and honestly he was. He had finals coming soon and Roman was studying hard so that he'd be ready for his bar exam. Dean knowing this information, decided to take care of him. He was so sweet and compassionate. Roman twirled a sweet curl of Dean's hair around his finger and kissed him one more time in the same spot. That spot he knew would instantly turn Dean on. His morning erection pressed gently against Dean's ass and he could hear the younger artist giggle in his sleep.
"Ro put that thing away. I'm tired." Dean mumbled in his pillow. Roman nodded behind him, but still grabbed onto Dean's hip, pressed even harder against Dean's glorious asscheeks.
"Mm. How about a quickie babe? I can do all of the work. You don't have to do anything. Just let me have you?" Roman pleaded.
"Mm fine. Get lube though so i can still rest." Dean barely moved as Roman got the lube and started slicking it up and down his erection. After he was done he lined himself up with Dean's entrance and slowly pushed in. He held onto Dean's hip as he started a slow pace, hearing nothing but small moans from Dean's tired figure. Roman released a curse as he went deeper, his lips moving as he leaned down to kiss at Dean's neck. Dean let out a soft whimper and when Roman pressed him firm against his front, and Dean knew by now that his sleep time was pretty much over with. Roman sucked on his neck, giving him a hickey in the process. He was so close, so very close until Dean's phone started ringing.
"Fuck babe. It must be Seth. Grab it so i can answer?" Roman thrusted hard inside of him then groaned, reaching back for Dean's phone. He grabbed it, ready to tell Seth to fuck off when he looked at the phone screen. It said "Elias Clifford." Roman stalled, and then handed the phone to Dean, trying to figure out how he remembered that name. Dean paused as he looked at the caller ID, trying to figure out how Elias got his phone number.
Roman pulled out and Dean felt it, he didn't want him to stop but he knew Roman probably was mad at him for actually answering the phone call. "Elias?" Dean said softly, "Hey. How did you get this number?"
"Your friend Alicia gave it to me." Elias lied with a smile. "Dean please i need your help. Are you at your dorm? Can i come and see you please?" Elias played up the fright in his voice, sure to get Dean going.
Dean looked back at Roman who was watching him. He gulped before he answered, "I'm actually in New York with my boyfriend right now. Elias what's wrong?"
New York. Ugh. Elias figured he would be. He had to make this sound believable. "A bunch of guys off campus cornered me and.. and they.." he pretended to choke up, "They hurt me bad Dean. I'm on my way to the hospital now."
Roman could see the genuine worry in Dean's eyes for this Elias guy. Suddenly it hit him. Elias. The same dude from the sorority party last weekend. The guy he had to fucking punch for being too hands-on with his boyfriend. Roman could feel his anger rising. So Dean was befriending guys like Elias in his spare time? Cool. Roman got up, absolutely livid with Dean at the moment. He walked into his bathroom and slammed the door. Dean watched it slam with a wince and then tried to focus back on Elias.
"Elias i can't come back there now. My ticket isn't booked until Sunday night. I'll check on you then okay? But right now i gotta go. I'm so sorry about what happened to you." Dean hung up and Elias grunted angrily. This was gonna be harder than he thought.
"Ro?" Dean turned the knob only to feel that Roman had locked it. He knocked on the door then waited for Roman to answer. After about five minutes Dean heard the shower. What the fuck? So Roman was purposely ignoring him now? Fuck that shit. Dean banged on the door screaming at Roman to come out.
Sami and Kevin woke up at the sound of screaming. He looked at Kevin apologetically then got up and put on a shirt. Sami walked into Roman's room. He saw Dean banging on Roman's bathroom door. "Dean? What's going on?"
"Roman's fucking mad at me because I answered a phone call while we were having sex!" Dean screamed into the door.
"That's not why I'm mad Dean now fuck off!" Roman yelled back.
"Fuck you! How's that?" Dean yelled back.
"Don't you mean fuck Elias?" Roman's spat through the door. Dean mouth hung open in shock that Roman would go there. Anger boiled inside of him as he furiously started pounding on the bathroom door, banging rapidly. Sami tried to control him but he physically couldn't contain the wild Dean. Kevin heard the commotion so he ran into Roman's room and picked Dean up with ease, lifting him up and away from the door.
"Take a walk bro.. now." Kevin told him sternly, pushing Dean away from the bathroom. Roman came out of the bathroom after a few moments and he and Dean shared this intense stare. Filled with anger and hurt. Dean pushed Kevin away from him and started to put on Roman's clothes since his wasn't unpacked yet. Roman watched him then after Dean put on his sneakers, he grabbed his phone and wallet and left out the door.
"Roman what happened?" Sami asked, putting his hand on Roman's shoulder. He noticed Roman watching the door to see if Dean was gonna come back, even though he never did. Roman sighed and shook his head, pushing Sami back gently.
"Nothing happened." He tried not to sound hurt. "I have errands to run. I'll see you guys tonight at dinner okay?" Roman didn't wait to leave the room. If only because he didn't want Sami and Kevin to see the tears filling up in his eyes.
Dean called Seth and asked him if he landed yet. Seth said yes and told Dean he was at Nikki's. So he decided to take the train uptown and got there in about 45 minutes. Dean knocked on the door and Nikki opened it with a smile.
"Hey D. Where's Rom?" The mere mention of his name had Dean feeling like he wanted to punch a wall. He looked down, avoiding Roman's best friends eyes.
"Umm.. I really don't know. Can i... come in? I told Seth i was coming.." Nikki noticed Dean not able to look at her and she sorta realized that he was going through something. She nodded and let him in. They walked to the living room where Seth was in his underwear, playing videogames.
"Dean bro!" He smiled and tossed a controller at him. "Wanna play?"
Dean caught the controller easily but still set it down on the coffee table. Seth frowned because he could almost automatically tell that Dean wasn't feeling like himself. His friend moved to sit next to him and Seth paused his game, hazel eyes looked towards him and saw Dean fiddling with his fingertips. Mm. Something was definitely wrong. He completely turned off his game and turned to Dean. "What's wrong?"
Dean looked up and noticed Nikki still there. She looked like she wanted to know what was wrong too. But Dean didn't really want to talk to Seth about Roman around Roman's best friend. "We can talk about it later." Dean said shyly.
Seth looked at Nikki and gave her a look that Nikki automatically got. "I'm actually gonna go take a long shower. I'll see you boys later okay?" Nikki winked at Seth and he smirked, watching her ass as she walked away. God he loved her. Once he saw the door slam behind him, his focus was back on Dean.
"Okay she's gone. Spill. What's going on?" Seth said calmly.
"Ro and i had a stupid fight. We were having sex this morning and my phone rang. I thought it was you so i picked it up but it wasn't you it was Elias..." Dean readied himself for the verbal smackdown Seth was about to lay on him at the mention of Elias' name.
"Elias? That fuckboy who keeps trying to get into your pants?" Seth shook his head, not understanding, "Dean please tell me that you.. you're not.. cheating on Roman... are you?"
Dean gave Seth a glare, "I would never cheat on Roman." He tone was laced with disbelief that Seth would ever make that conclusion. "Ever."
"Then why is he calling you?" Seth asked confused.
"I dunno. I don't even have his number so i don't know how he got mine. He called and sounded so distraught Seth. A couple of jerks beat him up and he needs me." Dean hated how pathetic he sounded, "He has no other friends."
"So you decided to befriend a guy who has tried to get in your pants many times without letting Roman know? Sorry D, but i can kinda see why he's furious. Roman punched this guy clean out, totally out of character for him by the way, all because he was trying to take advantage of you. Roman loves you D. Even i can admit that." Seth starts to say.
"I know he loves me-" Dean replies meekly.
Seth moved closer and put his hand on Dean's leg, cutting him off. "I'm gonna give it to you straight D. Unless you want to lose Roman, i don't think you should persue this friendship with this Elias guy any further."
Dean looked down at Roman's jeans that he was wearing and he realized Seth was right. Even if Elias didn't have any friends, it wasn't Dean's job to take him in. He's a proven jerk who tried to take advantage of Dean once and Dean shouldn't of forgiven him so easily. "You're right. I can't lose Ro. He's the best thing that's ever happened to me."
Seth smiled at that, tossing an arm around Dean's shoulders. "And you're the best thing that's ever happened to him." He nudged him gently and it made Dean smile. "Now go home, and go get your man."
"What if he's still mad though?" Dean asked, pushing some of Seth's curls behind his ear. Seth smiled, and held onto Dean tighter. "What if i made a big mistake i can't fix?"
"Well first.." Seth ran some fingers through Dean's hair and smiled, "You should apologize. And second if that doesn't work.. you should use the one thing we both know that Roman can't resist." Seth responded simply.
"What's that?" Dean asked in confusion.
"Seth smirked and rolled his eyes at his oblivious love sick friend. "It's you, Dean. You."
Roman got back from running errands around 6pm. It was almost time for the triple date and he needed another shower. He walked in, going to Sami's room but the door was locked. He could hear something going on in there but he didn't want to interrupt so he just decided to go to his room to change. He walked to his closet and pulled out something casual for tonight's dinner when he heard Dean's voice from behind him.
"Hey." Dean said softly.
"Hey." Roman responded, unwilling to look Dean in the eye. He wasn't really mad anymore just upset that Dean never came back home. But he also knew they needed to talk soon enough, and stop this avoidance game they were currently playing.
"Ro, can we talk please?" Dean pleaded from behind him.
Roman sighed, "Dean i don't know-"
When he finally turned to look back at Dean, Roman lost his train of thought completely as he took in what Dean was wearing. Dean was wearing absolutely nothing but his old soccer jersey from his high school days. He forced himself not to bite his lip as he looked at him, Roman's mouth going almost completely dry as Dean gave him a soft, inviting smile.
"Can we talk please?" Dean asked again, watching Roman's eyes rake every inch of his body up.. and down.
"Y- yeah we can." Roman was finally able to stutter out some words. He sat on the edge of the bed and Dean stood right in front of him. "Where did you find that jersey?" Roman asked, involuntarily licking his lip.
"Deep in your closet. You like?" Dean smiled, a soft blush staining his cheeks as he watched Roman hungrily scan his body up and down again. The older man's hands were clenching, like he was trying to force himself to behave. Dean smirked, because Seth was right. He liked having this kind of power.
"It looks good on you." Roman whispered, his eyes now on the fact that everytime Dean rose his hands it showed that he had on what looked like.. a thong. Fuck. It was Roman's favorite color too. Blue.
"Ro, i didn't know Elias would call me. I don't even know how he got my number. I tried to be nice to him but i realized i was just being stupid. He's a jerk, i should've went with my instincts. I promise, there will be no more Elias in our lives. I'm sorry i didn't tell you. And to apologize i wanted to offer you something.." Dean took off Roman's jersey slowly, lifting it up and over his chest then tossed it to the floor. Yep. He was definitely wearing a thong.
"Dean my god where did you find a blue thong?" Roman clenched his fingers even harder, trying to let Dean control the pace of the conversation. He was barely listening because Dean was fully erect almost popping out of the flimsy underwear and the thong looked like it was doing wonders for his booty.
"Store." Dean simply replied. "So.. do you forgive me baby?" He didn't give Roman time to answer the question. Dean smirked then pushed Roman back on the bed and climbed on top of him. In no time at all they were making out and Roman had handfuls of that glorious ass of Dean's, alternating between squeezing and slapping it. Dean moaned in his mouth as he grinded against the erection in Roman's jeans, causing sweet friction.
They were in the middle of such an intense makeout session that they didn't even realize Sami and Kevin were standing there.
"They're kinda hot." Kevin added raising an eyebrow with smile.
"Shut up babe." Sami laughed, knocking lightly on the door. "Ro, sweetie umm... you guys do know that the door is wide open, right?"
Roman and Dean stilled and Roman sat them up, covering Dean with his sheet. Dean embarrassingly laughed into Roman's neck. "Sorry guys, umm i forgot to lock the door."
"That's okay but umm, you guys know we have reservations at 7:30? It's 20 minutes until then. Seth and Nikki are on their way there now."
"Okay got it. Thanks Sam. Can you umm close the door?" Sami laughed and nodded, closing the door behind him.
"Wanna continue this later?" Dean asked as he kissed the side of Roman's neck softly.
"You know i do. But i need you to do one thing for me." Roman said grabbing his ass once more, grinding Dean against his erection. Dean wrapped an arm around Roman's shoulder and held on, looking deep into Roman's eyes.
"Anything baby." He panted softly.
"I need you to wear this thong to dinner." He said holding handfuls of Dean's ass.
Dean smirked and nodded, "For you? Of course i will."
Eventually they got there on time and the hostess sat them down at their table. Seth looked down towards Dean and Roman who were smiling at each other and he figured that Dean took his advice. He even had Dean looking sharp in his black leather jacket and tight shirt and jeans. Nikki grabbed Seth's hand and he kissed it with a smile, causing a blush from his girlfriend. She quickly got a text though and smiled as she let go of Seth's hand. He looked at Sami instead now and the red head and Kevin were laughing about something together and everything seemed to be so perfect. Like absolutely nothing could go wrong now.
Right?
"... So i see him in front of Roman's apartment looking all sad and i just thought he was the cutest thing. He asked where Roman was and i kinda knew that he and Roman were probably more than friends but i didn't push. I just told him what i knew and he smiled at me. The rest is kinda history. Anyway that's how we met." Kevin said sipping on some wine.
"Mmm." Is all Nikki said as he looked down at her salad. Seth started to wonder why her sudden change of mood but he figured it had to do with Nikki checking her phone every five seconds.
"Wait, Roman how did you guys meet?" Kevin asked them looking between Dean and Roman.
"In a bar actually. There was some girl there trying to hit it off with Dean but he just brushed her off. I thought he was cute smartass honestly, and i convinced him to leave the bar with me instead of that girl and after we just walked around Manhattan together, talking. We had a lot in common. I really thought we hit it off so mistakenly... i kissed him at the end of the night." Roman looked at Dean who was blushing now.
"Despite everything.. It was a pretty good kiss." Dean said back looking at Roman. He put his hands on Dean's thigh underneath the table, and slowly he moved it up until it landed right near Dean's dick. He softly cupped it and Dean giggled nervously as he tried to focus on what Sami was saying.
"You guys are so cute. Roman actually gave me the strength to come out and be happy with Kev." Sami kissed Kevin on the cheek and that's when Nikki made another noise with her mouth, like she was disgusted by Sami. The whole table looked towards her and Seth put his hands on her arm.
"You okay babe?" Seth asked gently in Nikki's ear.
"I'm fine." She said sipping some more wine before she finished off her glass. "I was actually just texting Brie. Sami.. you remember Brie right? My twin sister... your wife?"
Sami stiffened as Nikki brought up Brie. He hasn't thought about her in awhile actually. Kevin turned to Sami confusedly. "Your what?"
"His wife. He didn't tell you that he was married?" Nikki slurred her words but still poured more wine. Seth tried to take the glass from her but she was quick and finished it off.
"You're married?" Kevin said it in disbelief.
"I..." Sami didn't know what to say right about now. He was so embarrassed. He was planning on telling Kevin about Brie after this stupid divorce battle was over.
"You disgust me Sami. You're here parading around with a dude but refuse to sign the divorce papers? Brie told me everything just now. How you left her, saying that you needed to 'find yourself' she's a mess because of you and i wish i checked in with her sooner to tell her what scum you are!"
The whole table went quiet and Roman and Seth caught eyes, giving each other a knowing look. "Babe maybe we should go..." Seth tried to stand up but Nikki pulled him back down.
"We're not going anywhere. It's you that should leave!" She pointed to Sami, "How could you hurt her like this? She loved you!"
"Nikki calm down." Roman told her seriously, "You don't know the full story." He tried to defend Sami.
"I actually don't really feel like finishing dinner now." Kevin got up and threw some money on the table before he walked off angrily.
"Kevin wait!" Sami ran after him, leaving Dean and Roman, Seth and Nikki at the table.
"I can't believe you did that Nik! Especially without hearing Sami's side." Roman was disgusted with Nikki's behavior. His hands left Dean's thigh and he got up off the table, put money down and took Dean's hand. "Let's go babe please."
Dean looked at Seth apologetically then left with Roman, leaving Seth and the drunken Nikki there alone.
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They drove home in silence and once they got there, they walked into Roman's room quietly and began to undress for bed.
"Brie was probably texting Nikki at dinner. Plus the alcohol which was making her upset. She'll probably wake up tomorrow and regret everything babe." Dean walked over to Roman and hugged him from behind. Roman smiled and turned around, giving Dean a soft kiss to his lips.
"I just wish she knew everything. Brie isn't innocent in this and Sami's been hurt a lot. He was finally starting to be comfortable in his own skin and now i think he's gonna regress a bit." Roman sighed. "I just hope they can work it out you know?"
"I know babe." Dean turned Roman back around and walked him into the wall. Roman hit the wall gently, cracking a small smile. "How about we forget about them tonight and you let me make you feel good?" He smiled as he unbuckled Roman's pants and let them fall. Dean created a soft bite on Roman's shoulders as he cupped him through his underwear. Roman moaned out softly and soon Dean had his hands above his head on the wall and he locked it with his one of own as he started to stroke him through his underwear with the other. Roman whispered his name, looking back at Dean with the most appreciative expression he could muster.
Hands tore off his underwear and soon they were both naked. Dean pushed Roman onto the bed and after some lube he lined himself up with Roman's entrance and pushed in. Roman moaned loudly as Dean filled him up, tossing his leg over his shoulder and started to thrust deep inside of him.
As they were making love Dean's phone blazed to life with 10 missing calls, all from Elias.
"Hey Dean it's me again, I'm just thinking about you. They have me on so many drugs at the hospital because of my injuries. I was just thinking about you. I think i just repeated myself (giggles) I hope you come see me when you get back. I can't wait to see you. Anyway, bye."
When Dean woke up in the morning, surrounded by Roman all he could think about was how happy he was. He kissed his boyfriend and pushed some of his hair out of his face. His phone buzzed on the dresser so he picked it up and noticed all the missing calls from Elias. Dean turned to see if Roman was sleeping and sighed as he got up and went into the bathroom to go listen to them.
He closed the door then put it on speaker so he could hear properly. Roman woke up not soon after Dean left and wondered where his man was. He walked to the bathroom and cracked it open, hearing Dean listen to Elias' voicemails.
"Just thinking about you.." Elias said over the phone.
Fear struck in Roman's heart. Dean promised that he would stop talking to this guy but there he was. Sitting there listening to his voicemails. Roman gulped then went back to bed. He laid down, sadly looking out towards his window. When Dean came back and wrapped his arms around him, Roman felt confused and a little betrayed.
"I love you." Dean said to him in a whisper and for the first time in a long time..
Roman didn't believe it.
A/N: Someone who reviews my fics said that Ambreigns would survive anything. I wonder if this chapter changed their mind? Brie gave Nikki the tea and a drunken Nikki spilled it quicker than Boston brah. It's safe to say some angst has returned in Once. Bye bye fluff I'll miss you.
Oh yeah about I'm Fine: I got some pretty nasty reviews from guests to the point of where i had to moderate guest reviews now. If you don't trust me as a writer then kindly unfollow. I've been way too nice and I'm constantly getting negativity and there's absolutely no room in my life for that. Negative reviews without any constructive criticism behind them will be deleted, period. For the rest of you i want to thank you for getting my fic to 400 reviews! It's my very first fic at 400 and i didn't realize i was breaching 500 until the other day! It means a lot to me as I'm still growing as a writer. So thank you. For all your reviews, favorites and follows. You mean more to me than you know. I love you all! #Melleto500! - Melle