lovelorns / betty cooper
they all thought they had forever , didn’t they ? when you’re young - well , you have forever ! you see your friends every day , know them as well as you know your own family , as well as you know yourself . in high school , your friends were your family away from home - and in riverdale , pop’s is your second home . and for betty and archie ? such thoughts are there as well , except she’s the girl next door and he’s the boy next door .
the two of them were the CONSTANT in each other’s lives - or at least betty was . even when jughead became the ripper , archie was there ; when he found out she was a hunt , archie was there ; and when they found jughead - archie was there . they were always going to be in each other’s lives .
they’re there for each other , even when she physically isn’t - late nights on the phone ( thank god for facetime , she can’t imagine how horrid it would be had to skype - or worse , oovoo ) , constant texting throughout the day , voice messages - and of course , their six year snap streak !
it’s still not the same as being in archie’s arms , not the same as her throwing her head back and laughing while blonde tendrils ripple in the air . ‘ you need to come visit more often ! and guess what : no more roommate boundaries , so you can stay as long as you want . ’ arms wrap around his neck , she pulls him closer and feels as if she can finally BREATHE , the feeling of archie surrounding her .
‘ i’ve missed you so much , too . ’ and she finally pulls away , HUGE smile upon her pink lips breaking out , nodding in agreement . she’s going to make archie love new york as much as she does . ‘ have you eaten yet ? ’
most of the time, he’s content. he’s okay with the way things have played out --- he has to believe it’s all been for a reason, or that it’s apart of some bigger plan for things to align the way they’re meant to. it isn’t always simple. he’s in riverdale. he’s reliving the highs and lows of their high school adolescence every singly day, while the rest of his friends have seemingly made it out --- one way or another. he was never made for change, and even with the normality of his hometown at his fingertips, he’s afraid to face everything that’s changed. it’s like everyone’s so sure of where they’re meant to be, what they’re supposed to be doing, what they need to make of themselves --- and archie’s just stuck. it’s a thought he’ll have to shake away; this is their weekend, and betty always felt a little bit magic in her ability to relieve archie’s anxieties.
“ i’ll stay as long as you want me to, betts, ” he reassures her, placing an arm across her shoulder. they fit like a puzzle this way --- together, in each other’s arms, no presence of werewolves, or hunters, or guns and silver bullets. none of the stressors that had once drawn them apart.
“ not yet, ” archie starts, staring out at the streets and buildings in their view. he’s not acquainted with the city --- he could get lost in it, if he isn’t paying enough attention. he’ll rely on betty to show him around. “ where d’you think we should go ? i’m sure nothing’s quite like pop’s, but i hear good things about food trucks. ” perhaps it’s in his nature to revert to what’s comfortable --- the lack of unknown in their routine at pop’s, with no new horizons to learn how to tread. this trip will be different --- but archie wants to understand. after all, if betty loves it, then he wants to as well.
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* ( FOLKLORE ALBUM / SENTENCE PROMPTS.
These may have been edited for clarity or length or to better apply for roleplaying.
the 1
❛ I’m doing good, I’m on some new shit ❜
❛ I’ve been saying “yes” instead of “no” ❜
❛ If you never bleed, you’re never gonna grow ❜
❛ We were something, don’t you think so? ❜
❛ If my wishes came true It would’ve been you ❜
❛ But it would’ve been fun if you would’ve been the one ❜
❛ You know the greatest loves of all time are over now ❜
❛ It’s another day waking up alone ❜
❛ If one thing had been different would everything be different today? ❜
cardigan
❛ When you are young, they assume you know nothing ❜
❛ A friend to all is a friend to none ❜
❛ I knew you ❜
❛ Chase two girls, lose the one ❜
❛ You drew stars around my scars ❜
❛ I’m bleeding ❜
❛ I tried to change the ending ❜
❛ I knew you’d haunt all of my what-ifs ❜
❛ I knew I’d curse you for the longest time ❜
❛ Cause I knew everything when I was young ❜
❛ I knew you’d come back to me ❜
the last great american dynasty
❛ There’s only so far new money goes ❜
❛ Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud ❜
❛ There goes the last great American dynasty ❜
❛ There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen ❜
❛ She had a marvelous time ruining everything ❜
❛ I had a marvelous time ruining everything ❜
❛ I had a marvelous time ❜
exile
❛ I think I’ve seen this film before and I didn’t like the ending ❜
❛ What am I defending now? ❜
❛ You’re not my homeland anymore ❜
❛ I’m not your problem anymore so who am I offending now? ❜
❛ We always walked a very thin line ❜
❛ I can see you staring ❜
❛ Second, third, and hundredth chances balancin’ on breaking branches ❜
❛ You didn’t even hear me out ❜
❛ You never gave a warning sign ❜
❛ I gave so many signs ❜
❛ I never learned to read your mind ❜
❛ I couldn’t turn things around ❜
❛ You didn’t even see the signs ❜
my tears ricochet
❛ Even on my worst day, did I deserve, all the hell you gave me? ❜
❛ I loved you ❜
❛ I swear I loved you ‘til my dying day ❜
❛ I didn’t have it in myself to go with grace ❜
❛ You’re the hero flying around ❜
❛ You can aim for my heart ❜
❛ You had to kill me, but it killed you just the same ❜
❛ You turned into your worst fears ❜
❛ When I’d fight, you used to tell me I was brave ❜
❛ I can go anywhere I want, just not home ❜
mirrorball
❛ I’ll show you every version of yourself tonight ❜
❛ When I break, it's in a million pieces ❜
❛ I know they said the end is near ❜
❛ I can change everything about me to fit in ❜
❛ I’m still on that tightrope ❜
❛ I’m still a believer, but I don’t know why ❜
❛ You’ll find me on my tallest tip-toes spinning in my highest heels ❜
❛ I’ve never been a natural, all I do is try ❜
❛ I’m still trying everything to keep you looking at me ❜
seven
❛ Are there still beautiful things? ❜
❛ Cross your heart, won’t tell no other ❜
❛ Love you to the moon and to Saturn ❜
❛ I think your house is haunted ❜
❛ I think you should come live with me ❜
❛ I used to scream ferociously any time I wanted ❜
august
❛ Are you sure? ❜
❛ Cause you were never mine ❜
❛ Will you call when you’re back at school? ❜
❛ It was enough to live for the hope of it all ❜
❛ Meet me behind the mall ❜
❛ So much for summer love and saying “Us” ❜
❛ Cause you weren’t mine to lose ❜
❛ You weren’t mine to lose ❜
❛ I can see us lost in the memory ❜
❛ Cause you were never mine ❜
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╰ ✰ ‘ 𝙱𝙴𝚃𝚃𝚈 𝙲𝙾𝙾𝙿𝙴𝚁.
one of the best things betty cooper could have done for herself after the whole … jughead turning into a werewolf , jb already being one , and reggie and veronica starting their weird little pack … was getting the HELL out of riverdale for college . before senior year of high school , the girl wasn’t even aware she had a future out of hunting - before realizing : there were plenty of rouge wolves in new york and central park just the same . she’s a bit happier away from her family , she thinks .
betty jumps on his back when she recognizes him at washington square , because OF COURSE she would recognize archie andrews anywhere , even if this was a planned meetup . he’s her best friend - but he’s also the person she trusts the most on this entire planet . slender hands cover his eyes , she leans in , hair brushing against his face as she does . ‘ guess who ? ’ betty asks in a sing-song voice , as if he doesn’t know her every move as well as she knows his ( he does ) . ‘ are you ready to see my roommate-free and betty cooper approved redecorated apartment ? ’
archie was once fooled into believing he had all the time in the world. that augusts spent working on a jalopy & octobers at drive-in movie horror nights would never end. he once believed the horror would stay on the screen -- that nothing could touch him or his friends, for they were invincible. he believed it’d always be him, betty & jughead -- no tribes to divide them, nor city lines.
then jughead was the riverdale ripper. betty was a hunter. archie learned to shoot a gun. the beginning of an end. high school ended. the group graduated. they moved on. everyone moved on -- except archie.
he always pictured himself in riverdale, at the end of everything. it’s hard to picture himself anywhere else when this small slice of american suburbia is all he’s ever known. betty was always meant for more, yeah, but it’s hard not seeing her. her bedroom light, her window curtains -- closed indefinitely, at least until the summer.
but the summer’s not enough when you’d had autumns, springs & winters. she’s his best friend. it’s with this in mind that he’ll make the trip out to new york city -- a boy in washington square park, tall as ever & staring blankly at his phone screen. admittedly, he doesn’t really fit in. he’ll make the space for betty cooper.
with her arrival, a smile is painted on his features, dimples at the corners of his mouth, ❛ betts -- ! god, i missed you, ❜ he spins her around before they’re grounded, face to face, like nothing’s even changed. ❛ ‘course i am. you have to show me everything. & tell me what it’s like, betty. i wanna know everything. ❜
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