The Shield One Shots Book 2!

Living In The Past Pt12/Ambrollins

Seth Rollins sat alone at the table in the small coffee shop near his work, he sighed as he finished his coffee and looked out the window at the falling rain. The coffee shop wasn't busy today, besides him, there were only four other customers. He picked up his phone off the table and checked the time, he was meeting his best friend Roman Reigns here and he was late. He wasn't going to come at first, after what happened three days ago, but Roman had begged him to meet up with him so they could talk and he had agreed. He wasn't in a rush to get back to work, so he decided to order another coffee and if Roman hadn't shown up by the time he was finished it, then he was leaving. So, he got up and went to the counter, after getting his coffee he returned to his table and sat down, as he did his phone went off, signaling he had a new text message. He sighed, as he picked his phone up and looked at it, the message was from Roman, so he read it.

R- I know I'm running late, I'm so sorry, dude! Class went longer then I thought, I'm changing now and I'll be there in 15!

Seth sighed again, as he put his phone back on the table and thought about what had happened three days ago between himself, Roman and the man Seth was still desperately in love with, his ex-boyfriend and Roman's best friend...brother Dean Ambrose. Of course, like always, thinking about Dean made his heart ache and he began to think about everything that's happened, how he lost Dean all because of his own stupid jealousy!

Seth and Dean had the kind of love you only see in movies, they were 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 he'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 he would never have! The only comfort Seth had was that Roman had been gone for a few years, which meant he didn't have to worry about losing Dean to him. At least that's what he thought, until a few months ago, 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 he 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 him. 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!