"If they ever decide to give you a chance to hold the damn thing, we are going to have a party. And there will be cake and sparklers. No buts, little miss.”
Sami said with a scruffy grin, composing himself after the feel of Bayley’s arms linked around his shoulders. There was just something inexplicable about the young woman which drew out latent protective instincts from those around her, and he had to wonder if the reason that she hadn’t been approached by any men backstage (quite a shame in his opinion) was because they feared the repercussions if things went awry and the long line of ornery big brothers to be dealt with in the aftermath.
"You can even invite those wacky, inflatable tube buddies who’ve been welcoming you down the ramp all this while! I betcha they’re gonna say yes. Honestly though, Lottie’s a gem but it’s high time they had a new champion you know?"Â
"Better tryin’a win that championship first before y’make your way to the big stage, babydoll. Everyone is right…and probably have it in your best interest. The new batch there only managed to get this far scrappin’ and clawin’, wouldn’t believe how many times we had ta talk about it to Adam and Paige. She ain’t gonna tell you of course, but there were a good few times she thought about comin’ back here before AJ returned. They’re doin’ a’ight now I think—-got themselves to bounce off one another."
Roman spoke up a little more seriously this time, the deep baritone carrying a rare gravitas. He had been one of those lucky enough to make the jump early on and were spared the scrutiny of Dunn who upon discovery that Hunter’s projects were changing the landscape of the company and were lauded as the Youth Movement, had gone out of his way to make the lives of those who came in later a living hell.Â
Of course the senior batch—-himself, Seth, Dean and Cesaro took none of the man’s gaff and said man was too fearful of the Wyatts to even consider approaching them. Adam Rose, Paige and Bo however had suffered the effects.Â
The young Anoa’i wasn’t so sure he was willing to allow the same thing  to happen to Bayley without sending Dunn through a row of toilet stall walls first.Â
"You’re safe here. You’ll get your chance to taste the spotlight sooner than later, but enjoy things down at Developmental while you can yeah?”Â
And he was being completely sincere about the advice as well—-headlining Wrestlemania was certainly a dream of many a superstar, but he couldn’t deny there were days, hard days where he missed the familial simplicity and acceptance of the NXT hallways.
"Of course we considered you."
Cesaro raised an eyebrow as he extended a hand in offer to Tyler to help the man up.Â
"Hunter is not denying you are capable certainly, and there is a certain Agent Peacock allure about having you on the field. As things stand my friend, you merely do not fit the criteria he is looking at currently though that can change to suit a mission. Of course…there are times I still question his reasons for selecting potential cadets….”Â
His gaze settled on Sami for a moment, a mixture of affection and exasperation crossing his weathered features.Â
"….especially those who have no business seeing the belly of the underworld."
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