Prom King

Seth tapped his sneakers to the bass of the music as he stood up against the wall at the back of the gym. Gold and black balloons adorned the roof of the school gym as the seniors partied the night away. He didn't know why he was there really. He didn't have a date and his best friend Cody had ditched him as soon as they had arrived. He spotted Cody in the middle of the floor dancing up a storm with some of the girls and he looked as if he was having the time of his life. Seth however, wasn't in the mood for dancing.

His eyes drifted around the crowd until they settled on someone who had managed to capture his attention this year by doing nothing other than being himself. He was the star quarterback and easily the most popular guy in school and the shoe-in for prom king. He was over six feet tall and stood out with his broad shoulders in the black tuxedo jacket with his shoulder length wavy hair raking the collar. Seth swallowed hard crushing the empty plastic cup in his hand. Roman Reigns. He had a crush on him eversince he had politely asked Seth for the homework one time in math class. But no one knew about the crush, not even Cody.

Seth knew better than to come out during high school. Why make things harder for himself when they didn't have to be? He could discover himself miles away in college where no one really knew him. He looked down his leg at the pants that Cody had told him were too tight but Seth wore them anyway. They went with his a bit too tight black shirt. Seth figured that he worked out hard in the gym and he could show off his body a bit if he wanted to. Cody already gave him heat for the single lock of bleach blonde hair at his temple. He wanted to bleach a whole third of his hair blonde but Cody managed to talk him down to the single lock. He didn't want to look too weird Cody warned. Well fuck it. After highschool graduation, Seth was going to look as weird as he wanted and no one would be able to stop him not even Cody.

Seth tossed the cup into the trash and headed out of the gym. He walked along the corridor running his fingers against the metal lockers. Roman. They weren't exactly friends. Heck, Seth wouldn't even called them acquaintances. They were polite to each other but that was it. Roman had tons of friends who demanded his attention otherwise while Seth had a select crew of people that he could actually stand. But the thing he liked about Roman other than his handsome looks, was that he seemed like a genuinely nice person. He wasn't a bully like some of the other jocks and he had seen him stop others from picking on freshmen a few times. He seemed like a guy that Seth would've really liked to have gotten to know. But he had never gotten a chance to.

He just continued to walk along the corridor not really paying any attention to the direction in which he was headed. Seth knew that the chances that Roman would actually be interested in him would be less than zero. He was certain beyond the shadow of a doubt that Roman was straight. Even if in some wild fantasy that he wasn't, Seth was sure that he was no where on the list. The guy hardly recognized his existence.

Seth came to end of the hall and pushed opened the double doors. He stepped onto the soft grass as his eyes adjusted to the starlit darkness. At least in a matter of weeks highschool would be all over. He would graduate and start life again in the neighbouring state. He leaned up against the building to shelter himself from the brisk spring wind. Outside smelled fresh and clean as if the rain had just fallen. Seth inhaled deeply. His eyes fixed on the stars above. He didn't feel like going back inside. He would just stay out here until Cody realized that he was gone and called him on his cell.

" Rollins?"

Seth felt his heart lurch in his chest at the sound of that voice. It couldn't be. The universe had be playing a trick on him.

Slowly he lowered his head and locked eyes with the owner of the voice.

" Hi."

" Hi." Roman took a step towards him. " I didn't think that I would find anyone out here."

" Well I didn't expect to find a guy like you out here either." Seth retorted before he thought it through properly. Given the wary expression that now crossed Roman's face, Seth mentally kicked himself. His fast mouth was always getting him into trouble.

" What do you mean by a guy like me?" Roman was wearing his varsity jacket over his tux and it made him look even more intimidating than he was already.

Seth shrugged his shoulders trying to appear a lot more relaxed than he was on the inside. " You know, you're Mr. Popular. The Prom King. There's a lot of people inside there who want to talk to you."

Roman gave a wistful sort of smile and shook his head. " Well I haven't been named prom king yet and ..." he paused for a bit lowering his head. " Sometimes Mr. Popular needs a break from all of the popularity."

Seth began to observe Roman in a way that he had never thought about before. Maybe being popular wasn't all that it was cracked up to be and noticing how Roman looked at the hills in the distance in such a forlorn manner, just maybe some people were forced into that position and didn't actually seek it out.

Roman then turned to look at Seth, the curiousity evident in his brown eyes even in the faint light. " Why are you out here Rollins?"

To get away from you. That was Seth's first thought but he didn't say it. " I don't know why I came to be honest." Seth scuffed his sneaker through the grass. " I guess to say that I went to my senior prom."

Roman nodded in agreement. " I hear ya." He glanced beyond the field. " I'm gonna take a walk. You coming?"

An invitation to have a private night time walk with his crush? Seth's lips couldn't move fast enough. " Sure."

He hoped that he didn't sound too eager as he fell into step next to Roman as they set off. However the jock didn't comment on it so he figured that all was good.

Seth rolled down the sleeves of his shirt to his wrists as they walked across the field. The night air was brisk but it didn't feel too chilly as yet. They walked over the small hill next to the field and then a little way down, they were hidden from view. Roman sat on the grass and Seth sat next to him. There was nothing in front of them except more open land dotted with some trees. The night was clear and the stars twinkled in front of them.

Seth was busy trying to come up with something to say but everything in his mind sounded stupid and trite. But this was his chance, his big break. Granted to him by some unknown deity. He didn't want to blow it.

" So, um, you know, they're probably looking for you about now." Seth turned his head to look at the quiet football player next to him.

" That's why I turned off my phone." Roman gave a half smile as his eyes remained fixed on the distance. " Let them look."

Seth started to laugh but it was cut off abruptly by a swift cold wind coming out of nowhere. He wrapped his arms around his body and rubbed his arms.

" You're cold." Roman stated matter-of-factly.

Oh great. Now he was probably going to think that Seth was some pussy who couldn't take a little cold.

Before Seth could respond he saw Roman digging into his tuxedo jacket. " I've got something for that."

Seth watched in wonderment as Roman brought out one of those tiny whiskey bottles that you got on a plane.

" Here." He handed the bottle to Seth who thanked him for it.

" Didn't know that you drink." Seth said as he unscrewed the cap from the bottle.

" There's lots that you don't know about me." Roman responded with a surety.

Seth took a sip of the whiskey, wincing as he swallowed the liquor because it burned his throat. But it was doing its job as he felt the heat radiating from the center of his body.

The bottle was already half empty as he handed it back to Roman. " What else don't I know about you?"

Seth watched as Roman placed his lips where his had been and drank the remainder of the whiskey. He capped it off and threw the empty bottle on the grass.

" Well for starters," Roman ran his hands down the front of his pants. " That's the second one of those that I had for the night."

" Really? Is it that hard being around all of those jocks and cheerleaders?" Seth joked.

" More than you would think." Roman replied solemnly.

" Oh." Seth wasn't expecting that answer. " Aren't they your friends?"

Roman shrugged. " I guess. I mean I'm always with them so I can see why people would think so."

" It doesn't sound as if you want to be there."

" I don't even know how I got here. One day I tried out for the team and made it and the next I'm surrounded by all of these people. I guess I just went along with it."

" Seems like you want out." Seth suggested a bit tenatively. The initial buzz of the whiskey was wearing off and he didn't feel so warm and confident as before.

" Yeah, maybe."

Seth didn't know what to say to that so he allowed the words to fall between them. He drew his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. Hopefully he could trap in more heat this way.

But now he felt his heart fluttering and it wasn't because of the cold. Roman had just opened up to him in a way that he hadn't expected and not only did he feel stupidly special because of it, his feelings also grew some more because of it. Feelings that he could do nothing about and that he hoped eventually could be worked into some platonic sort of admiration.

Seth nearly jumped when he felt something soft and warm covering his shoulders and back. He saw a sleeve dangling over his arm. It was Roman's varsity jacket.

He looked at the man next to him questioningly. He just smiled and shrugged his shoulders. " You were shivering Rollins."

Seth felt a bit embarrassed but at the same time it touched him to know that Roman cared enough to give him his jacket. " Thanks."

He pushed his arms through the sleeves and immediately he was warm again as the huge jacket covered him completely. " I get to wear the captain of the football team's varsity jacket. I feel special." He joked.

Roman chuckled as he looked him over in the jacket. " Yeah I guess you're cute enough to wear it."

Seth felt himself blushing immediately and turned his face away. Which he immediately scolded himself for. One because it was so dark out that he was certain that Roman couldn't see him blush anyway. Two, more than likely Roman had only been joking with him and he had meant nothing by it.

" Hey, are you okay?"

The heavy weight of a hand came to rest on top of Seth's shoulder. " Is it the whiskey? Did it not agree with you?" So much concern in his voice. Now Roman was going to think that he was a lightweight. Everything was just going wrong this night, wasn't it?

" No, I'm fine." He tried to smile to show that his words were true but Roman just seemed to be examining his face even more carefully. Seth playfully pushed Roman's chest, a bit surprised at the solid wall pressing back against his fingertips. " C'mon. Stop looking at me like that. I'm fine."

Truth be told Seth was uncomfortable being under Roman's careful scrutiny. He tried to hold eye contact with Reigns but his eyes kept on drifting down to the man's lips and he had to consciously drag them back up to his face but fortunately it didn't seem as if the other guy noticed.

Roman eventually laid back on the grass with one hand behind his head. His eyes heavenwards. Seth remained sitting up not quite certain on how to act or what to say. He needed to stop putting so much pressure on himself, he repeated in his head. To just let things flow naturally. Roman was hiding out for a few moments away from the public's eye and he just happened to stumble upon him. There was nothing more to it. He was so far removed from Roman's social group that he didn't even register as one of the people that Roman was trying to escape from. That realization hit him a bit harder than expected. He was a nothing in Roman's world. It was just a cruel twist of fate that he was here with him now. While he would probably go home and think about this night over and over again, Roman would go back to his friends and forget about it in a half hour's time.

Seth drew his knees up to his chest once more and rested his chin on top of a kneecap. He twirled a blade of grass around his index finger. He could smell Roman's cologne on the jacket. It was clean and fresh but something so undoubtably masculine about it that he wanted to sink into it forever.

" Are you sure that you're okay Rollins?"

He heard some shuffling and then he felt Roman's thigh pressing against his own. A strong arm against his back and a gentle hand touching his hip.

" Seth?"

He had actually used his first name. Seth slowly turned his head towards him. Roman's eyes were full of worry. They were brown like his own but a better brown of course. Everything always looked better on Roman Reigns.

" I'm fine."

Of course Roman didn't look as if he believed him. " You can talk to me you know." The fingers on his hip adding a tiny bit of pressure.

Seth lifted his head up. " No. I'm fine. Honest." Except for the fact that you're touching me and I just want to kiss your face off. Roman's face was so close to his. Just a few more inches and he could feel those plump pink lips against his own. So close but yet so far.

So he decided to make a move, albeit a small one. A move that he could cover if need be. He knew that if he sat there still any second longer without doing anything he would regret it. So he moved his right arm that was trapped between his body and Roman's and placed it on the other man's knee. It felt strange placing his hand on Roman but at least he could say that after tonight that he touched him even if it was through a dress pants.

" I feel kinda bad taking your jacket," Seth grinned. " I hope you aren't getting cold."

Roman did that half smirk thing that made Seth's heart beat even faster in his chest. " Nah, I'm good."

Roman then reached with his free hand and twirled Seth's blonde lock around his index and middle fingers. " I was always meaning to ask you Rollins. Why just the one blonde lock?"

" Well actually I wanted to dye the whole side of it blonde but Cody talked me out of it. He said that it would look too weird."

Roman was still twirling the blonde hair through his fingers and looking at Seth. " Sometimes it's good to be weird."

Seth suddenly picked up on a vibe between them. A strange tension almost. It suddenly hit him that they had been whispering their current conversation. He felt a sharp tug on the lock that Roman was holding and suddenly his lips were hovering right above Roman's. Shit. It went from just his racing heart to a fluttering stomach. He could feel the breath from Roman's mouth touch his lips. His mind could barely process what was happening.

When Roman's lips grazed against his own an electric shock zipped down his spine. His hand slipped down from Roman's knee to the middle of his thigh. Another lip graze. This was torturous. They weren't actually kissing, just barely touching lips and he was turned on beyond belief trying to make sense of the situation. Another impatient nudge of lips and then Seth got it. Roman was testing him. He was trying to feel out his comfort level and so far Seth had been giving him nothing.

Seth corrected this by nudging his barely parted lips back against Roman's. His free hand gently resting against Roman's jaw. He then felt Roman's lips parting beneath his own and then the sensation of two soft lips capturing his bottom one. Holy shit. Roman just kissed him.

He didn't care about the reasons behind it but he quickly gathered up all of his courage and kissed him back. Trapping that luscious bottom lip between his own for a couple seconds before releasing it. That hand on his hip grew insistant and pushed Seth even closer to Roman. They were slowly exchanging kisses now. Lips carefully locking and unlocking against each other. Seth was glad that he had decided to trim his beard and moustache down low that evening. He could experience everything so much better. His eyes remained closed as he felt Roman's hand at the back of his head. His fingers tangled in his hair. His face firmly pushed against Roman's and that was when he felt Roman's tongue licking at his lips. He immediately parted his lips and allowed the slick instrument to enter. Seth nearly whimpered at how good it felt having their tongues glide and stroke each other. It was better than all of the times that he had daydreamed about it happening. Roman's mouth was addictive and it seemed that he found his the same way because it didn't seem as if Roman wanted to stop kissing him.

Roman was pulling him even closer, so Seth straddled his thigh without even breaking the kiss. His hand going underneath Roman's jacket to rest firmly on his side above the belt. Seth was pretty damn hard already and he wondered if Roman was the same. Feeling brave, he moved the hand that was above the belt and slid it over the crotch of Roman's pants, his hand easily finding its target. A large, solid lump resting against Roman's left thigh. Seth gave it a squeeze and it caused the first substantial break in the kiss.

Roman gave that half laugh that Seth was beginning to find rather sexy. " You don't waste anytime do you Rollins?"

Seth stroked his thumb over it. " It feels good."

Roman's hand drifted downwards from around Seth's waist to his ass. He playfully slapped it and then gave it a generous squeeze. " So does this."

Fuck. They were actually sexually flirting with each other. Seth had never actually had gay sex before due to his remaining in the closet. But he decided then and there that if Roman wanted that cherry then he would be more than happy to give it to him even if nothing more came from it.

Seth resumed kissing him. He was more confident than before. Knowing that Roman desired to fuck him had made his night. In fact, scratch that. It had made his fucking year!

" So is this another thing that I didn't know about you?" Seth asked between breath stealing kisses.

" Actually no one knows this about me." The football player confessed.

" I guess I should feel special huh?" Seth teased.

Roman pressed a kiss to Seth's neck. " You are special. I gave you my jacket."

A/N: Do you like it? How badly do you need a part two?