The Shield One Shots Book 2!

Strangers In The Night Pt8/Ambreigns

 Roman Reigns sighed, as he walked down the street to the coffee shop to meet up with his best friend...brother, co-worker and roommate Seth Rollins. As he walked the busy streets he began to think about the train trip he had been on two weeks earlier; a trip that had changed his life forever. The trip itself hadn't been anything special, it was the gorgeous, mysterious man named Dean Ambrose, he had met that changed his life. Unfortunately, their short-lived, rocky relationship ended the day Roman stepped off the train and Dean didn't come with him. He sighed again, as he thought about everything that happened to him on that trip.

 Roman had spent two weeks nursing his sick mother back to health, when she was better she insisted he go home to his life. Feeling exhausted and unlike himself, his mother suggested he take a train home, so that's what he did. He boarded the train and faced five long nights and six long days...it sounded like Heaven! Roman wasn't sure why he felt like he did, he loved everything about his life. He loved his job and especially his best friend...brother Seth; they've been friends since they met in elementary school, they clicked the moment they met and have been best friends all their lives. They live and work together at a Real Estate agency, there was nothing they didn't know about each other! Lately though, he's been feeling like something was missing and before it affected his job or friendship with Seth, he needed to figure it out and deal with it. So, when his mother suggested the train trip home he figured the time alone to unwind was exactly what he needed.

 After boarding the train and finding his bunk, he decided to go get something to eat. He went to the Dining Car, but it was completely packed, so he decided to go to the only non-packed car which was the Smoking Car and have a drink instead; he'd grab some food later. Roman didn't usually drink very much, but since he wasn't driving and he didn't have to work in the morning why the hell not; he deserved it! He got his beer and sat down at a booth behind a guy who was a smoker and was also sitting alone, he decided to talk to the guy. When the guy turned around to reply to him, Roman froze, he was the most gorgeous guy he had ever seen! They ended up arguing over Roman being in the Smoking Car, before the guy ended the conversation and turned back around in his seat. The rest of the time they were in the car they didn't speak again, which Roman regretted.

 Roman ended up spending time with two men who had thought knew him, but were wrong; they had apologized and went to leave, but Roman stopped them and asked them to join him. The entire time he talked with the men, he knew the guy was listening to every word they said; even though he pretended he wasn't and Roman snuck glances at the man smiling, which were unnoticed by the guy. By 3 AM Roman had had enough, so he said his good nights to his new friends and they left. Once they were gone, Roman turned smiling to talk to the man, but was very disappointed to find he was gone; he wasn't even sure when he had left. Sighing he got up to leave, when he noticed the man's lighter on the table, so smiling he picked it up. It had the initials DA on it, so he knew it was important to the man. He stood waiting...hoping to see if he'd come back for it, when he didn't Roman; not wanting someone else to take it, decided to hold onto it for him and return it tomorrow. He went back to his bunk and after changing, he got into bed. He lay on his back playing with the lighter, as he smiled. He was attracted to the blond-haired, blue-eyed, dimpled man who owned it, but it wasn't just the man's looks he was attracted to, it was his personality too! He knew it wouldn't be easy to get to know the man, but Roman wouldn't quit until he did! He put the lighter on the small table by his bed, before he fell asleep dreaming of the man.

 The next day he talked to Seth for a few minutes, before he went to breakfast, hoping he'd run into his mystery man, so he could apologize for the way he acted the night before and return his lighter. A couple of hours later after no luck finding his mystery man, he sat in the nearly deserted Smoking Car, playing with the lighter, as he looked out the window. As he did he heard someone laugh and saw two men sitting by the door; one had the same hair from behind as his mystery man. So, he got up and went to them, unfortunately, it wasn't him, so he apologized and returned to his seat disappointed. He didn't see his guy at all, even at dinner, so at 9 PM Roman went to the Smoking Car again, sitting at the same booth as the night before and waited. Finally, at 10 o'clock the guy appeared and sat at the table he had sat at the night before too. Nervously he tried to get the courage up to talk to him, but couldn't...until the guy began looking for his lighter; giving Roman a reason to talk to him.