^ this is what the sweatshirt looks like! Its the one Seth wears during Eclipse and I thought it would be cute if it came from Roman!

3RD POV

Roman arrived outside of city limits a few moments later, quickly putting on his shirt and shorts before setting off to the hospital. Roman never liked hospitals, they were always too sanitary, too quiet, just the constant sound of beeping monitors and those in pain.

But as he neared the hospital, there was a familiar scent leading away from it. A moment later, he got a phone call.

“Hello?”

“Roman. You should get to the Clearwater house. Now.” Sam.

“What about Harry?”

“I'll explain when you get here.” His voice was clipped, tense.

“Okay, I'll be there in ten.”

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The clearwater house was like any other on the reservation, old but still beautiful. There was a feeling in the pit of Romans stomach, a kind of sensation pulling him toward the house.

He walked up to the door and knocked. A moment later an older woman with puffy eyes answered the door and quickly ushered him in.

“You must be Roman. Its nice of you to come, I'm Sue.” SHe gave him a watery smile before closing the door and motioning for him to follow.

“This night just keeps getting better and better, first Harry,” She takes a breath, “and now all this stuff with Leah and Seth.” 

She sighs, “Sam says you can help with this.”

They walk into a living room, or, what was a living room. The furniture was all torn and the glass door shattered, shards shimmering in the setting sun.

He whistles, “What happened?”

“First time shifters.” Sam walks in, followed by a few of the pack, “Harry’s kids, Leah and Seth. The redhead came through close by and with the accident, they shifted.”

Roman looked around, “Well, where are they?”

Sam sighed, “They ran, Embry and Paul are chasing after Leah, we lost Seth. He's fast.”

“You want me to track him?”

He nods.

Roman sighs, “of course I'm stuck with the pup.” he mutters, stepping over the glass to look at the forest behind the house.

Quil snorts and Roman smirks at him as he sniffs the air. There's an unfamiliar scent coming from the west, mixed with the familiar ones of Paul and Embry, but there's another, just a little past that, gotcha.

Roman nods at Sam one last time before running into the trees, shifting. He quickly picks up speed, gaining on his packmates as they pursue Leah.

You see the pup?

He can feel their surprise as he runs beside them. Yeah, he broke off a little ways back, but Embry lost him.

Embry rolls his eyes as much as a wolf can and motions to his left, That way.

Roman nods, leaving them to chase after the white wolf. He runs, following the clumsy tracks left in the mud.

After a while, he slows, watching the snowfall around him. He continues on as the snow becomes heavier, making it hard to see.

He stops when he hears a howl close by. It’s scratchy, new. He takes off toward it and soon finds himself at the edge of a meadow. In the middle of the field is a small sandy-colored wolf rolling in the snow.

Roman walks closer, startling the young wolf when he steps on a branch.

Seth quickly stands up and bares his teeth, ears lying flat on his head. Roman does the same, growling as he stalks closer, meeting the wolfs eyes.

All of a sudden, Roman is flooded with visions. Him and Seth running through the woods, swimming, laughing, surfing. Seth. Seth. Seth’s. He can hear an echo of their voices.

“Biggest, bestest, brightest.” 

Roman can see himself come up and ruffle the boy's hair, “and the slowest.” 

He watches as Seth pouts and he laughs. 

Now, they are laying together in a field, watching the stars. Seth is laughing about some joke he made, Roman just smiling, just watching.

Then he’s back. Back in the woods. Back in the snowy meadow at the border of Washington and Canada. Back wIth Seth.

Imprint. 

Seth is looking at him, wide-eyed. What was that?

Roman doesn't say anything, just tilts his head and turns. He hears Seth try to run to keep up, but is still unsteady.

Keep your weight level. The sandy wolf tilts his head, keep your tail out and remember, you have four feet not two.
He tries and a couple minutes later is able to walk a lot smoother. Roman looks up at the sky, Come on, it's late.

On the way back to the Clearwater house, Roman can feel every movement Seth makes as if his own. The images were still flying around his head. He could hear the pack in the back of his mind, wondering what just happened. They could sense something was different.

A few hours later, they find themselves behind Romans house. Roman turned to Seth, stay here. He turns and walks toward his house, quickly shifting and walking inside to his room. Once there he gets dressed and grabs some smaller clothes that he thinks would fit Seth.

He walks back out to find Seth jumping around, chasing the snow. Roman leans against the doorframe for a moment, watching with a smile on his face. After a few moments, he clears his throat, gaining the boy's attention.

The wolf was staring at him as Roman walked toward him. “I need you to shift back, Seth. I got you some clothes.”

I don't know how, he said. There was panic in his voice

“You need to be completely calm. Think of something happy, take your mind off of everything.”

For a moment, as he stared into the wolfs brown eyes, he thought he saw something. A flash of a memory played in his head. No, not a memory. It was them. Them at the beach, Roman trying to teach Seth how to surf. Them laughing. Them happy.

He could feel Seth’s confusion as he saw them too. A moment later, in place of the sandy wolf was a boy, no older than Roman. He had long black hair and deep brown eyes.

Roman quickly looked away and handed him his old tribal council sweatshirt and a pair of shorts, “Sorry if they’re a little too big. I thought you’d rather change here than in front of the whole pack.”

“Um,” his voice was quiet, way different from the vision, “thanks.”

Roman nodded and cleared his throat, turning all the way around and pulling out his phone to call Sam.

“You find him?”

“Yeah, did they ever catch Leah?”

Sam laughed, “You should have seen them sliding all over the place.” he paused for a second and his voice got quiet, “She's a natural.”

“Thats a relief.” Roman said.
He knew that Sam still did not forgive himself for how things ended with Leah, but you can't do anything once you meet your imprint.

Imprint.

“Oh uh, Sam? I have something to tell you when I get there, its important.”

“I know, we will discuss it once you both get here. Where are you at?”

“My house.”

“Dude!,” Embry was on the phone now, “don't you think thats a little fast?”

Him and Paul were cackling in the background as Sam took the phone back, “just hurry up and get here, Leah and Sue are worried sick.”

“Got it.” He put his phone away and raised his voice so Seth could hear, “Are you dressed, Seth?”

There was a quiet “yeah” so he turned around. Roman was right, the clothes were a little too big and the sweatshirt arms went past his fingers. He smiled slightly to calm him.

He stuck out his hand, “I'm Roman.”

Seth slowly reached out his hand and when their hands met it was like fireworks were going off under their skin. Seth was quick to jerk back. Roman put his arm around Seth’s shoulder and was glad to see that there wasn't much of a height difference. Roman is just a few inches taller.

“Come on, lets get you home, pup.”

“I'm not a pup.”

“You are when you’re the youngest in the pack.” 

“You’re only like a year older than me!”

“Yeah, but I'm an alpha, can't really look like a pup now can I?”

They reached the truck and get in. Roman smirks at Seth as he pulls out of the drive, “You better get used to it. Pup.”

He looks over at a glaring Seth and their eyes meet and he is again assaulted with visions. Even after he looks at the road, hes assaulted with visions. Seth in a coffee shop. The beach. The sun. Laughter. Running. Surfing. Swimming. Singing. 

He closes his eyes and lets out a breath when they reach the Clearwater’s. He shakes his head after a moment and turns to see Seth looking out the window, lost in thought.

“Come on, lets go.”

CODE RED. I REPEAT, CODE RED.

THEY HAVE FINALLY MET. MY BABIES ARE FINALLY TOGETHER AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I LOVE THEM SO MUCHH

This chapter was very exciting to write, I had a smile the whole time. I just live for the idea of Roman constantly teasing him about being the youngest and calling him pup. Its just so cuteeeee.

Also, what would be a good ship name for these two?? Idk if there is one tbh

Reth?

Soman?

Blackwater?

Blearwater?

Clack?

I HAVE LITERALLY NO IDEA, PLEASE HELP MEEEE (im horrible at this kinda stuff if you can't tell lol)

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