"And I don't want perfection or validation,
just someone who will treat me like
a fucking human being and remind me
that true happiness is always just
a few minutes away."
R M D R A K E

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"So you two are together, I thought she wasn't even a friend?" My mom smirked as I sat in the backyard staring over at the place that she hadn't changed much even though it was nearly a decade since my dad passed.

"She wasn't then." I stated recalling our visit to my mom last year, not sure why I said that when I probably wanted her then. She was still annoying, but annoying because she drove me crazy but in a good way and I didn't like it.

"And now you're engaged?" She questioned again after I had blurted out that my girlfriend couldn't make it first thing.

A reason I didn't feel like crawling my way back to the nest was the interrogation and the last time I had missed that with Renee occupying her and now Renee was all she seemed to want to talk about ever since she got the surprise of her life seeing me on the doorstep with Xander.

I sighed and shook my head, "Its too soon for that"

According to Renee at least...

"So it was part of the job then?"

I frowned slightly realizing that she indeed actually watched Talking Smack and even my matches to have seen that.

"Yeah, they love twisting things." I shrugged knowing I wasn't really being convincing about shit. You could say I was at my lowest at the moment having not seen Renee in a couple weeks was annoying. She was now on both Raw and Smackdown and for the last couple weeks been fixed to Raw. I had figured she had migrated to Raw to get away from me until I saw she was an official free agent a few days before. I wouldn't have blamed her if she had considering I had left that night but I needed to see her.

I had packed up most of our things which honestly said something cause had she been there I would have done most of the distracting and that's only cause she chose to walk around in my shirts with nothing underneath most of the time which drove me crazy.

"Where is she?" I heard my mom and sighed running a hand over my face.

"Who?" I questioned realizing after who she obviously meant.

"Renee. I'm happy to have you drop by but I haven't seen you since the beginning of the year with her by your side."

"And?" I raised my eyebrow knowing she had something to say about it.

"Nothing, Tom. You might say you didn't see her as more than a colleague then but I saw the way she looked at you and I know you saw it too." She sighed treading lightly with her words which hurt a bit but I knew my own temper was fucking shit. No one was spared and I could hardly ever control it.

"How?" I sighed.

"With a twinkle in her eye." She smirked and I smiled slightly before glancing away.

"Yeah well that shooting star is fading." I shrugged knowing my temper was getting worse and while she knew me for it, she didn't like being controlled and I didn't intend to be that way.

I was mad at everyone but her but ended up taking it out on her because she was the only one there. Before it was easier, with the physicality, I'd fuck her brains out and even after but now I couldn't just fuck her with anger. I'd feel one way and then she'd look in my eyes and I'd end up smiling.

"I'll be up in my room, I've been meaning to sort through some stuff" I stood up deciding it best not to share too much and hoped I would finally get some sleep.

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I woke up with no Xander beside me and sighed as I stood up and slowly made my way down the steps but frowned as I heard the familiar loud laugh.

"I'm terrible at it, I mean its such a simple dish and my mom would bust me on it." She cringed which caused me to almost chuckle until confusion filled me when my Blondie had definitely not been around before I went to sleep.

"Its the sauce that adds it though, Tommy loves.." My mom saw me first which caused Renee to turn with a slight jump.

"What are you doing here?" She blurted out as soon as she realized it was me.

I frowned, "Its my mom's house."

She giggled as my mom conveniently left and Renee seemed almost annoyed with her for ditching her. She moved towards me as she smiled now seeming happy to see me.

"I know I mean.. I didn't..." She began.

"Wait, if you didn't know I was here why are you here?"

"Well uhm..." I heard a bell sounding off and she turned away from me and went to the oven.

"Dinner is ready." I frowned in confusion for what was probably the tenth time in that moment, seeing my favourite. "Okay thing is I am a good cook, but also a terrible one and I know how much you enjoyed the mac and cheese Amy makes. And well you're still subtly mad at them and I haven't been home with you much so I figured you've probably been living on delivered foods. Since we're in Kansas I wanted to figure it out and then surprise you but you surprised me. Well probably not me because you're mad at me, so surprise..."

I had told her we should end things and she had nodded before allowing me to leave and we hadn't talked since. No me texting her some random shit or her sending me goofy snaps before meetings or texting me while she was supposed to be listening to Bryan or whoever.

If I were honest, that night I fucking wanted to crawl back to our room cause I couldn't fucking sleep but also knew I needed a proper sleep to clear my head. She had driven to the next city and I ended up forced into a car with the Usos and Naomi with neither of them questioning her absence luckily for me.

I chuckled which led to a small smile forming on her face. "You know that's weird right?"

"What?" She questioned generally curious before pulling out two plates. "I'm assuming your mom won't be joining us since she left me to fend for myself. Now I know where you get it from"

"What from?"

"The ditching me when we're experiencing an awkward moment. One minute you'll be by my side and the next where is the wolf? I feel like the chick who cried wolf" She shook her head and I narrowed my eyes.

"I have saved your ass from awkward situations before." I sat down at the counter as she dished dinner into the plate. I had probably only been sleeping for a couple of hours which I guess was enough time for her to concoct whatever.

"I guess your saving moments outnumber the times you have abandoned me" She smiled and I knew she was referring to the incident when I had found out about her ex. "But what's weird, Corbin?"

I watched as she set the rest back into the oven before taking a seat beside me, "Visiting my mom without me."

"Well if we're going to be engaged I might as well be family friendly." She shrugged and I waited for the laughter but all she did was eat.

"We broke up." I whispered before glancing away.

"Its not the first time you've said that, Corbin. Truth be told I figured you didn't even remember doing it so I gave you some time to track me down and bite my head off for the radio silence but there was no such thing so here I am. Well I wanted to see you at TV cause I'll finally be back in the land of the blue next week but you got me."

She usually said that I was full of fucking moods but I wasn't sure if I was still dreaming because she seemed not to have realized what happened that night, "You agreed."

"Technically I didn't agree, I just listened to you and let you leave before I stopped you and you'd say more things. Things that you would have hated to know you had said while you were sober. Do you want me to leave?"

I shook my head and set my fork down, turning in my seat so I could stare at her, "Renee, I have some issues I know that I'm sorry I went off on you about the ring. Its just its so fucking clear to me that I don't fucking deserve you. The whole world fucking knows it and so do I, I've been trying to make you less perfect make you flawed but you're so perfect and its fucking terrifying"

"I'm not" She half smiled as she placed her hand on mine.

"You are and I guess its good if you want someone else cause you don't deserve to be with a guy who would rather spoon you than head out on the town with your friends. You're the life of the party and all I want is to have you to myself" I sighed, I didn't want her to leave me but I had to be honest with her.

In my own annoying way I had grown dependent on having her there constantly. I needed her more than anything and while I let her know she meant a lot to me I doubted she understood how much just having her with me meant to a guy who was so used to pushing everyone away.

"There's nothing wrong with that, is that what all this is about? Baron, I want you and I love our nights in. I'll always be the life of the party, we just have a VIP party going on and where do you think I would rather be? A club filled with couples? I'm the life of the party to compensate for being alone. And then after I met you I definitely wasn't the life of the party and that was because I was so crazy about you too. I'd literally sit there in places that I used to enjoy and think about my travel buddy in my hotel room or the angry wolf somewhere who I figured didn't want me. We have gone through this back and forth of insecurities due to Corey but like I said he doesn't factor in this wolfship."

"So you're telling me when people that you have known longer than me let you know I ain't the man that you need, it doesn't bother you?" I questioned as I stared blankly at her.

"Why do you care what they say?" She whispered.

"You know why" I shook my head and sat back but she leaned forward and rested her hand on my thigh.

"No. It doesn't bother me because while they were there for the last few years, none of them could keep my bed warm. And as far as guys being there that you think are a better fit? Where were they when I needed someone? Nowhere. Because they either don't want me or they were afraid and that's their loss cause I'm fucking head over heels for you."

"I was afraid too" I mumbled staring at her hand.

"Yeah we both were and now I'm afraid I'm going to lose you cause you're an idiot for thinking anyone else is better for me. You make me bad remember? I'm your bad little wolf and you're my big bad wolf. There is no turning back, we fucked on a full moon night so I am yours" She shrugged and I chuckled loudly with her words and felt her kiss my cheek.

"Baron, no one makes me happy like you do! And I missed you so much over these last two weeks, its insane. Didn't you miss me? I mean you're posting gloomy selfies so I assume you do." She pleaded before playfully biting my neck which led to me gripping her face to stop her from doing too much.

She wrapped her arms around my neck as she stood between my legs and I lift her so her face was level to mine.

"I did. A lot. Look, you can stop wearing your ring, if they're going to point it out at work" I suggested because the last thing I wanted was her uncomfortable, maybe my brother was right I was rushing things cause I was afraid that she would leave me or it would end and me pushing her away prevented the rejection but here she was.

"So now you're just done? You're calling off our engagement?" She narrowed her eyes.

"I can't tell if you are serious or not." I whispered and she smiled.

"We're on a ship together, Corbin. I'll sail whichever way you want to, if you want to be stuck in the middle of the ocean with me then we can do that." She briefly kissed me and I quickly returned it and pushed my tongue past her lips forcefully. I gripped her hair and pulled her closer as my other arm wrapped around her.

I slowly broke it and licked over my lips before kissing her cheek again.

"After that kiss I'm beginning to question which you missed more, me or my lips" she giggled and I was about to answer when she kissed me again.

"Why would you want to?" I mumbled into her lips.

"Why would I want to what?"

"Be engaged to me." I whispered.

She smiled and remained silent for a bit, smiling so much it led to me smiling when I had no fucking idea what was going on inside of her head. She then giggled slightly, "Because you idiot wolf I'm fucking in love with you"

"What?" I blurted out.

"What?" She smirked and I narrowed my eyes wanting her to be serious.

She sighed before shrugging, "You stole my heart, wolf!"

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