The Shield One-Shots!

Living In The Past Pt4/Ambrollins

Seth Rollins sat on the couch, drinking another glass of wine. He sighed, as he looked at the clock; 11:30 at night, he sighed again as he looked at the now cold dinner he had made to surprise his boyfriend Dean Ambrose with. Dean had called him from work, four hours ago to let him know that he'd be home soon, he just had to drive his best friend...brother and co-worker Roman Reigns home first. Seth had spent all afternoon cooking and setting everything up so it would be perfect for Dean; Seth was so excited to do this. As time passed by though, without any sign of Dean or a phone call from him, Seth knew once again that thanks to Roman, his perfect, romantic night with Dean was ruined! He finished his wine and got up, he began to clean up and as he did he thought about his life and how everything's changed now that Roman was back!

Seth and Dean have the kind of love you only see in movies, they're so happy and in love! Despite their intense love and devotion to each other, Seth from the very beginning of their relationship secretly felt like he was in competition for Dean's heart! It wasn't just anyone Seth was in competition with either, no it was with Dean's ex-boyfriend Roman! Dean and Roman had been together eight years, they were so in love, until Dean was left broken-hearted, when Roman broke up with him and moved out of town. Roman was the first person in Dean's entire life he's ever loved romantically and that was something you never forgot or got over.

Seth knew Dean loved him and would never purposely hurt him, but their entire relationship Seth's felt like he was living in Roman's shadow. He knew all about their past and that Dean still and always would love Roman. Seth was jealous of Roman for having the kind of love and bond with Dean, that Seth would never have! The only comfort Seth had was that Roman had been gone now for a few years, which meant he didn't have to worry about losing Dean to Roman. At least that's what he thought, until a few months ago after going out to celebrate their four year anniversary, they were cuddling on the couch watching a movie. As they did Dean told him the news he had been scared to hear...Roman was moving back to town for work and Dean was so happy about it! Hearing that Seth freaked out and ended up fighting with Dean; who had no idea why Seth was so angry!

He was so upset that he moved out for three days staying with his friend and co-worker Dolph Ziggler. He ignored all of Dean's calls and texts, pretending he wasn't there whenever Dean came to Seth's job or Dolph's house. Finally Dolph convinced him to go home, it felt so good to be home, until he found out that Dean offered Roman to stay with them, until he found his own place and not only that, but Dean also offered Roman a job at the gym he owned! Seth tried to hate Roman, but couldn't because he was a genuinely nice and funny guy; if the situation had been different Roman was the kind of guy Seth would be friends with.

As the days passed, he tried to act normal and remind himself that Dean loved him not Roman. Dean and Roman were always together at home and work, making things harder for Seth. He had tried getting the courage up to tell Dean how he felt, but never could not wanting to hurt him. So, for three months Roman lived with them and Seth suffered in silence. Finally one day, Roman told them he was moving out into his own apartment and Seth was so happy to at least be able to be alone with Dean at home again. He thought once they moved Roman into his own place that their lives would return to normal, but he was so wrong! Now, Dean spent most of his time at Roman's place hanging out or doing odd things around his apartment for him, leaving Seth to wait to spend time with his boyfriend whenever he could, for however long he could; most times it was only for a few minutes and Seth was reaching his limit!

He finished cleaning up and headed upstairs to their bedroom, he changed and got into bed. Once comfortable he picked up his laptop off the nightstand and began to finish some paperwork he had to do for work; he worked as a Real Estate Agent. As he worked he heard Dean come home, he came upstairs and into the room, Seth looked at him and noticed how tired Dean looked.