novelizes | [ ic: daemon ]

[ his starting lines make her nervous, she feels her stomach start to drop, she begins to prepare for some horrible bombshell and....

he kissed archie? okay. so that is....]

Wait, what? [ she blinks rapidly before her lips quirk just a little, like she's trying desperately not to laugh. because she is. it's a reaction to nerves, it's from relief. ] That's it? [ she shakes her head, realizing that she might be minimizing his hurt over it.] Jughead, do you really think that after all we've been through here, together, that a kiss you used to maintain a ruse is going to make me hate you? [ She pauses.] Unless it was more than that...

Of course it's not! [ the words come out rather brusque and he clenches his teeth before releasing a slow breath. he should've known she wouldn't be mad. it's betty, after all. but his own fears were rearing their heads and he has to get a control of his emotions before he continues. ]

Arch is like my brother. Can you imagine having to kiss your brother like that? It wasn't pleasant.

[ and all the while, all he could think about was how archie had kissed betty and how he was betraying her. ]

Jug-- [ she squeezes his hand apologetically. she hadn't meant to make him feel anything other than forgiven. even if there was nothing to forgive. she gives him a gentle smile, tilting her head so he'll look at her properly. one hand moves to touch his face.]

I'm sorry that happened. [ she glances down at his hand in hers.] Are things awkward between you two now?

[ returning the gentle squeeze, he sighs again, but leans into the touch of his face. his eyes close as he relaxes into the feeling of her palm on his skin and he tilts his head just enough to press a kiss to her palm. ]

A little, yeah. He texted me to say he told Veronica. Who knows what she'll do.

Well, [ her mouth curls into a bit of a smirk, knowing that what she says next will get a reaction out of him.] she and I kissed once back home so I don't think she's going to react much differently than I did.

[ seeing that smirk, he huffs a laugh and shakes his head. all this time he's been worried about what she'll say, what veronica will do, and all the while, they'd already kissed. ]

What the hell. [ his tone is amused. ] Let me guess, Cheryl was involved somehow.

[ she looks a little smug about it even if it was completely her friend's idea. ]

Veronica thought it would add a little oomph to my Vixens tryout. [ she drags her teeth over her bottom lip.] Cheryl didn't agree.

I don't know what Cheryl was thinking. If I was in charge, you'd both get in right away.

[ nudges her gently. ]

Of course, I wouldn't be caught dead coaching cheerleaders. I have a reputation to keep.

I'm not sure I'd like to see what the cheerleading coach version of Jughead is like. [ she grins at him before she leans in to press a soft kiss to his lips, then another to his jaw.] Knowing V, she'll probably think the idea of you two kissing is hot.

If you can imagine routines set to indie music, you're on the right track.

[ returning the kiss, he reaches out to pull her closer. ]

Yeah? Well, you can inform her that it was anything but. For one, it was freezing outside.

I'm not sure I can roll my hips to Dashboard Confessional.

[ she lets him pull her closer, she draws the arm of the hand she's holding to wrap around her waist. ]

So why did you have kiss?

[ smirks at that, already trying to picture her trying. ]

We were putting up posters and almost got caught. Archie spouted something about trying to spice up our sex lives—which was a pretty ridiculous lie—and the guy wasn't buying it, so...

[ he gives a wave of his hand to imply what happened next. ]

[ she makes a face at that because it seems awfully invasive for a man to require some kind of physical proof... then again, the world they'd been apart of... 'invasive' was a mild word to describe most of the things the citizens did. ]

That's awful. Is Archie okay? [ betty thinks that archie's masculinity was a lot more fragile than jughead's.]

[ he shrugs. it's hard to know what archie's feeling right now since they haven't really talked about it. they should, he knows, but getting around to it is a lot harder than one would think. ]

Dunno. We haven't really talked.

[ his gaze drops at that and he frowns. ]

It's going to be okay. [ her hand slides down from his face, to his neck and touch his hair.] Do you want me to reach out to him?

[ making a low noise of approval, he reaches up to catch her fingers, bringing them around to kiss them. ]

Nah. This is something me and Archie have to work out.

Okay, [ she says with an encouraging smile. she hopes they do work it out. because here, they only have each other and they need to stick together. things might get awkward here again.]

I am going to reach out to V, though. I want to make sure she's okay.

[ kissing her hands again to show his appreciation, he nods. ]

Sounds like a good plan.

[ she smiles as he does, loving him for loving her, scars and flaws and all.]

I'm glad you told me, Jug.

[ he can't help it. he's irresistibly drawn to her, largely because of her flaws. he doesn't want some perfect princess girlfriend. he wants her. ]

There's no way I wouldn't. You know that.

[ she loves him for so many reasons, his honesty is one of them.]

I know. [ she leans in to press her forehead to his, her smile a tiny bit teasing.] I just thought some positive affirmation might do you good.

[ snorting, he rubs her nose with his own, nipping her lips. ]

From you, I'll accept it.

[ she moves now to climb into his lap, straddling it as she dips her head to kiss him, briefly, teasingly.] Do that again.

[ nipping at her lips, he obliges, repeating the soft gesture. then, tilting his head, he begins pressing soft kisses to her jaw, going up until he reaches her ear. ]

I love you, Betty Cooper.

[ she shivers at the sensation of his mouth against her skin and then again when he murmurs those words to her, a breathless smile on her lips and flush on her cheeks.]

I love you more than anyone in any world, Jughead Jones.

[ ic: daemon ]

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