#beronica drabble

[heytherejulietx]

beronica and cuddling

1k sleepover.

beronica - cuddling.

a/n - i was super excited to get this ask because i’ve never written for beronica before but i’ve wanted to for a while. thank you for sending this in nonnie! 🤍

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betty sighed as she stepped through the door of veronica’s bedroom, after being let into the pembrooke downstairs by smithers. she was there so often he always just sent her upstairs with a kind smile. her bag felt too heavy on her shoulder and her ponytail felt too tight, and she just needed a cozy evening with her girlfriend.

it wasn’t often that betty completely caved under stress, though with everything that was happening with her mother at home, and pressures at school, and not to mention running around trying to find a serial killer; she just needed a break.

veronica was laying across her bed on her stomach with a book in her hands, her silk pyjamas already on, and a matching pair in baby pink were sat on the end of the bed for betty. although betty wasn’t so into material things, it did make her smile that veronica got her little things like that.

“betty you took ages, your tea’s getting cold,” veronica mused as she looked up from her book and over her glasses at betty, though once she’d caught sight of her dishevelled girlfriend she frowned as she sat up more. “mi amor, what’s wrong?”

betty dropped her bag onto the floor with a sigh and all but collapsed into the chair at veronica’s vanity. “i’m so tired, v. everything’s just really stressing me out.” as her head fell into her hands she didn’t see veronica stand up from the bed, though she felt her warm arms wrap around her shoulders and could smell her vanilla perfume as she leaned her head against her chest.

veronica leaned down to press a kiss to the top of betty’s head as her hand gently rubbed up and down her back. “oh darling, i’m sorry,” she could hear her frown through her voice. “why don’t you get changed and comfortable and come cuddle with me, hmm? we can put on a movie and stay in bed this evening. there’s probably still of my mom’s pie left in the kitchen, too.”

betty nodded against veronica’s chest as she leaned into her embrace, though as another kiss was pressed to her forehead she pulled away to look at her girlfriend with a grateful smile. “thanks, v.”

“it’s no problem,” veronica smiled, a bright expression that never failed to make betty at least a tiny bit happier. her girlfriends hand cupped her cheek as a kiss was pressed to her forehead, before she was looking up at her as she smiled again. “get changed and pick a movie to watch. i’ll make you another tea and get us some chocolates.”

betty nodded and watched veronica leave the room with a thankful smile, already feeling better in the presence of her amazing girlfriend.

before long both girls were underneath one of the many fluffy blankets that veronica had stored in her room, legs tangled under the covers as maid in manhattan played in the background. though betty was barely focusing on the movie - although it was one of her favourites - as her attention was instead on the feeling of veronica’s fingers gently combing through her hair.

cuddling up closer to her girlfriend underneath the blanket, a comfortable warmth surrounding her from the fluffy material and the tea she had finished not too long ago, betty tucked her head against her shoulder as her eyes fluttered closed.

“thank you for this.” her whisper was soft as her arms curled around veronica’s waist to hold her close. she was so warm and welcoming, betty could probably fall asleep there and then.

“it’s no problem, love,” veronica whispered, her lips pressed to the crown of betty’s head as she held her tightly to herself. “i’m sorry you’ve been having such a stressful week. if you ever need a break from it all you can come and find me and we can do whatever you want. it’s better than being cooped up in the dusty blue and gold office with jughead complaining about one thing or another.” veronica joked and betty giggled softly.

“thank you,” betty mumbled again, and tilted her head upwards enough to kiss veronica for a moment. she smiled against her lips, feeling warm and comforted as the taste of strawberry lip balm was present. even after she’d pulled away she continued to smile as she tucked her head against her girlfriends shoulder and closed her eyes again, completely relaxed. “i love you so much.”

“i love you too, b,” she could hear the smile in veronica’s voice as she pulled the blanket up them to tuck it around betty. as the blonde started drifting off, she could feel another kiss to the top of her head as the sound of the movie was more a distant blur in the background. “i always will.”

[peterpparkrr]

(Veronica Lodge x Betty Cooper): Fantasies

Request: Riverdale AU where instead of asking Veronica to spend the night with him in exchange for Archie’s freedom, Nick St. Clair asks Veronica to fulfill his lesbian fantasy. She, of course, picks Betty and it starts out just for Archie’s sake but then they get super into it. PLEASE AND THANK YOU I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER!!

A/N: I’m so sorry this took so long!

Nick St. Clair seemingly appeared out of nowhere, “I have him, Ronnie. And it’s going to cost you to get him back.” He taunted her, “All I want is what I’m owed.”

Veronica glared back at him, arms crossed, “What the hell is that supposed to mean, Nicholas?”

“I want my night with you. And I want it on my terms.” Nick tells her, “You and your preferred female friend, fulfilling all of your lesbian fantasies. I get to watch.”

“You’re sick,” Veronica scoffs as she starts to walk away.

Nick grabs Veronica’s arm and pulls her back, keeping her from walking away from him, “C’mon Ronnie, it’ll be a fun little sleepover, and at the end of it you’ll get your precious Archiekins back.”

Veronica looks him up and down for a moment, weighing her options and how much she trusts Nick, “What makes you think I’ll do this.”

“I know you, you’ve always wanted this,” Nick replied ominously as he stood up, “I’ll see you and your friend in my suite at nine.”

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Veronica wasn't quite sure how she’d managed Betty to agree to this, but it hadn’t been as hard or awkward as she thought. 

The pair were sitting on the bed, making small talk about the Vixens in an effort to ignore any awkwardness about what they both knew was about to happen.

“I hope you didn’t start without me,” Nick said as he walked into the room, “Just pretend I’m not even here. It’s just a sexy sleepover.”

It’s for Archie. ‘It’s all for Archie,’ Veronica reminds herself.

Kissing. Kissing is simple. 

“Come on ladies, don’t be shy on my account,” Nick taunted from the corner of the room as he sipped his drink.

“For Archie, Ronnie,” Betty whispered.

Veronica gulped slightly before reaching tentatively towards Betty and placing her hands gingerly on Betty’s cheeks before pulling her into a kiss. 

Veronica was enveloped by Betty, any thoughts of Archie flew out of her mind as she took Betty in, her gentle lavender and vanilla scent, how soft her skin was, and how all she wanted to do was learn more about how Betty’s body worked. 

Veronica’s hands moved under Betty’s blouse, gently running up her stomach, leaving a trail of goosebumps before resting around the underwire of Betty’s bra. 

She could feel Betty exhale into her mouth while Veronica got to work pulling her shirt off followed by Betty hastily moving to help Veronica get her own shirt off. 

“Betty-” Veronica exhaled but before she could say anything else Betty has feverishly pressed her lips against her own and started to press Veronica down on the bed until she was laying down. 

Betty’s mouth started traveling down, nipping and kissing as Veronica’s neck, chest, stomach leaving Veronica to writhe and moan underneath her.

“Please,” Veronica hoarsely whispers. Betty glanced up at the raven-haired girl with a smirk before lowering her face and gently nipping at Veronica’s thighs before moving to her core. 

Veronica’s breath hitched as Betty’s lips settled on her clit and sucked lightly. But it was when Betty’s fingers were added to the mix that Veronica’s brain simply stopped functioning. 

It wasn’t until Veronica heard the hotel room door open and shut again that she was able to form complete thoughts again. 

“I told Nick he needed to get his own hotel room to take care of himself.”

Veronica cleared her throat, “That-”

“You don’t need to tell me that you enjoyed yourself, Ronnie, you’re not exactly subtle.”  Betty replied, cutting Veronica off, “Or quiet,” she added with a slight smirk.

“I was just thinking that maybe now that Nick’s gone it’s time that I repay you,” Veronica said as her own smirk appeared on her face.

“Well, I certainly like the sound of that.”

[kagszzy]

Well I wanted to work on a little more smut today, but this one beronica idea that’s been bouncing around in my head for a while wouldn’t leave me alone last night and I started to work on that instead. It’s actually a small ‘smut-less’ drabble, but I think I’d like to upload it anyways because it’s JUST juicy enough to be entertaining. There is a small implication of barchie though, so this is a heads up to that one anon who said they wouldn’t really read anything with that ship in it but, again, it is technically a beronica fic. 

[riverdalehighvixens]

Betty x Veronica Riverdale prompt: Archie vs Betty for Veronica's affection, with Betty winning out.

I don’t know if this is exactly what you wanted, but I made this quite a bit of oblivious!Betty until beronica gets together in the end. I do this mostly to stay pretty canon with how they act in the show, It’s cute tho :)

An unbeta’d drabble as per usual

685 words / G / AO3

Betty knows she has gotten over Archie,since her last pang of jealousy was from when Archie and Veronica did whatever they did in the closet.

At least she thought she was over it, untilArchie told her that Veronica helped him wrap his wrist. At the thought ofRonnie helping him, Betty felt jealous once again.

Betty thought about bringing it up withVeronica, but for some reason decided against it.

Now the whole gang is at Pops, Betty andVeronica sitting side by side across from Kevin and Jughead, with Archie in achair in front of the booth.

The gang has been chatting about what theyare going to order, Kevin and Jughead arguing about Jughead’s absurd eatinghabits, when Archie offers to pay for Ronnie’s order of fries and a shake.

“That’s okay Archie,” Betty leans forwardsto see past Veronica, “we’re splitting.”

The statement confuses Archie but Betty andVeronica share a smile, “sounds great,” Veronica says, leaning into Betty, andBetty feels herself glowing.

She is happy that Archie won’t be buyingfor Veronica, but is particularly happy that she will be splitting with her.

The thought briefly crosses her mind thatthere is something in common with all of her jealous situations, but she isdistracted by Kevin’s outburst.

“You can’t just eat ten burgers!” he shouts at Jughead, his raised voice alarming halfof the Chock’lit Shoppe. He sees the others have stopped their discussions tolook at him, “sorry.”

The gang bugs him about it until the bellfor the door rings and the Pussycats walk through the door.

“Be right back,” Archie says, standing up, “musicstuff,” and he walks away.

“The life of a starving artist,” Jugheadsays, accepting a plate of fries from Pop who came to take their order. Kevinstares, dumbfounded at Pops preparedness.

Betty remembers her doubts from before, butfeels nothing for Archie now. Why?

She looks behind her to see Archie talkingwith Valerie, and again, nothing. On her way to look back at the table, shesees Veronica watching her and flushes.

Ohhh.

Veronica.

Betty grabs a fry to munch on as sheassesses the situation. It makes sense, with the whole dark hair, dreamy newgirl, best friend who kissed you to get you on the cheer team thing. That hasto lead to something.

Archie gets back to the table and Popleaves with their orders. Betty assumes Veronica ordered for them and if notJughead ordered enough for the table.

“Did I miss anything?” Archie asks.

“No, but I was just about to ask if anyonewanted to join me for a movie tonight,” Veronica says with a smirk.

Kevin raises an eyebrow, knowing she has aplan, and Jughead moves the fries closer to himself. Archie pipes up, “I’m freeafter I get some work done on my music,” and Veronica turns to look to Betty.

“And you?” she says, waiting on Betty’sreponse. Kevin reaches for a fry during the pause before Betty’s answer andJughead slaps his hand away.

“I would love to,” Betty replies, “a girl’s night sounds like a good idea,”she raises an eyebrow at Archie, “if you are too busy with your music,” she adds quickly, not wanting to be too obvious.

Archie is looking at her weird then looks down for a second and Bettyfeels her phone buzz.

           A:I thought u were over me?

Bettylooks up to Archie just to roll her eyes at his before typing out her briefresponse

           B:I am

Betty nudges Veronica’s leg with her own, thennervously asks, “how about it?”

Veronica let’s out a small laugh, “It’s adate.”

+

“OH,” Archie says and Kevin nods at Archie’sobviousness.

“I even knew that dude,” Jughead says inhis mouthful of fries, and Archie just shoots him a doubtful look.

“Really?” Betty asks, wide-eyed.

“I was waiting for you to figure it out,”Veronica answers as their food arrives.

Pop drops off the food as Veronica rubsBetty’s back, Betty laughing nervously and the gang falling back into theireveryday conversation of Riverdale high gossip.

[detective-cooper]

blood of the blonde

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(theme four - horror) - click here for full list of themes @riverdale-events - Camp Riverdale, session one.

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— Betty is out for her nightly run through Fox Forest one night when she stumbles across a group of people standing around a bonfire; when she knows she should leave, Betty spots the new girl in town, Veronica, performing what looks to be a spell. It’s only when Betty spots a skull and Veronica’s bloodied hands, that the only sound she can hear is her own blood curdling scream.

[knives-and-lint]

hey. do you still write Betty/Veronica stories from prompts? if so, any chance i can get a little one where like Betty comes home to V taking a bubble bath so she sits on the side of tub chatting about crazy her day. idk like something sweet and domestic.

Bettydrops her keys into the dish beside the door, rolling her neck as shecrosses threshold and kicks the door closed, before shedding herjacket to place it neatly on the coat rack.

“V?”she calls, to no answer.

Steppinginto the living room, the couch is vacant and the TV off, as shecontinues on into the kitchen. Retrieving a bottle of water from thefridge, she drinks eagerly, not realizing how dry her throat actuallywas on the drive home.

Leaningagainst the counter, she takes another sip, eyes closing with theswallow and enjoying a moment of silence. Not quite silent, as thesound of music trickles down from the ceiling, Betty smiling softlyto herself upon the realization of where Veronica is. Placing the capback on the bottle, she makes her way toward the stairs and up, musicbecoming louder with the ascent.

Lightshines along the bottom of the bathroom door, and Betty knocks toannounce herself, before entering. Veronica takes no notice of herappearance, head resting contently against the tile, bubbles piledhigh across the water.

“Youlook comfy,” she comments, taking a seat along the edge of the tub.

“Feelcomfy too,” Veronica replies with her eyes closed, though sheimmediately shifts her head and opens them to greet her girl with asmile. “Long day?”

Bettysmirks, about to make the same assumption herself.

“Nolonger than usual.”

Veronica’sgazes tilts down to Betty’s waist.

“You’restill wearing your badge.”

“Hm?Betty questions, looking down. “Oh. Guess I am.”

Sheremoves it from her belt and slips it into her pocket.

“Whatabout you?” she asks. “Bubble baths coupled with smooth R &B, tells me you had a day yourself.”

Veronica’shand breaks through the water, reaching for Betty’s before pulling itto her lips.

“I’drather not get into it,” she sates before pressing a kiss to theskin. “If you don’t mind.”

Bettyleans forward.

“Idon’t,” she assures, suddenly crying out and gripping the side ofthe tub, as she almost falls in.

Veronicaerupts with laughter, taking some bubbles from the mound in her palmand blowing them Betty’s way.

“Ifyou’re so eager to join me,” she teases. “I can make room.”

Bettyleans forward again, though with more caution, kissing Veronica assweetly as her awkward positioning will allow.

“Well,she begins, reaching for buttons on her shirt. “I just might dothat.”

[enigma-and-chill]

Oneshot/Headcanon Requests are OPEN!

I’m bored and need to write more so head over to my asks and request headcanons or drabbles for whatever Riverdale ship. (No incest. NSFW is okay but to an extent)

To clarify, a oneshot is like a short fanfic and headcanons are like a list of things I imagine the couple to do.

❤️Archie

💙Jughead

💜Veronica

💛Betty

💖Toni

🖤Cheryl

💚Sweetpea

🧡Josie

💘Fangs

💝Kevin

💟Reggie

You can request other characters too I just thought this was cute.

Example: Choni would be 💖🖤

SO GO GIVE ME SOME REQUESTS ITS FREE

[writingforpassingtime]

Sentence Prompts

1-We are not lost I just decided to take the scenic route .

2-I can’t decide if I want to kiss you or kil you

3-My dog likes you more than I do 

4-Hand over the last piece of cake and you won’t get hurt 

5-We went to high school together,remember ? 

6-What do you mean the house is on fire ?!

7-Are you following me ? 

8-Lets play twister

9-Is this hell ? 

10-I really don’t wont to fight you 

11- You haven’t seen Star Wars !! 

12-I dont hate you,I think 

13- Run ! 

14-I need a drink 

15- Lets have a party 

16-Why am I in love with an idiot 

17-I don’t dance 

18- I am not doing that again 

19-Thats my coffee

20- I am not drunk !

21-We’re not married ?!

22- Its a deal

23-How are we getting out of this one ?

[shiphitsthefan]

Drabbles for Charity: Round 2, Fall/Halloween

After my spur-of-the-moment decision to write drabbles to raise money for Harvey relief efforts last month, I’ve decided to keep the momentum up and do it again! This time, I’m lowering the minimum donation to US $3 to make this more accessible (I know I’m not the only one who’s broke right now). I named the collection of drabbles on AO3 No Matter How Small for a reason, after all: every little bit makes a difference.

Here’s the deal:

Make a donation of US $3 or more to one of the following charities:

Hurricane Irma Relief Effort for the Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas

Topos México, a nonprofit volunteer rescue brigade helping recovery efforts from the earthquake in Mexico City

Hispanics in Philanthropy’s Hurricane Relief Fund for Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Florida

Send me a screenshot of your successful donation screen, either via submission or through tumblr’s messaging system

Pick one of the following ships:

Beronica

Destiel

Hannigram

In return, I will write you a drabble of at least 100 words!

This offer will run from Friday, September 22nd to Saturday, October 21st. The drabbles will be fall or Halloween themed, and may be either canon or AU.

Thank you in advance for your generosity. I can’t wait to write you a drabble! <3

[heytherejulietx]

riverdale drabbles;

bughead;

all bughead drabbles available on AO3

comforting.

reassurance.

kissing after a breakup.

nightmares.

lightly kissing on top of a freshly formed bruise.

kissing on sofa, foreheads pressed together, breathy, soft tender.

‘not wanting to let go’ hugs.

hugging and gently holding the other’s head.

dancing with each other.

messing around in the shower.

“i’m not going anywhere, i promise.”

rain

morning kisses exchanged before either opens their eyes.

that moment where they know they shouldn’t, but they kiss anyways.

waking up cuddling after accidentally falling asleep.

postcard.

? (i have no name for this i’m sorry)

trying to concentrate on a task, but your lover is kissing your neck, making your head spin.

beronica;

cuddling.

sweet pea;

hugging.

hugging (dif.).

kisses.

hand holding.

crying.

neck kisses.

making a goofy face until they notice and laugh.

“would it help if I stayed?”

jaw kisses.

kisses to shut them up.

hiding their face in each other’s neck.

first kisses.

holding the other’s chin up.

tracing one person’s lips with a finger before tilting their chin up for a kiss.

hand holding.

wedding kiss.

jughead jones;

clothes sharing.

hand holding.

flinching in an argument.

helping with an anxiety attack.

scaring.

dancing (w/ sitting in his lap for sweet pea).

goodnight kisses.

teasing.

betty cooper;

nose kisses.

reggie mantle;

helping the other person when they’re sick and have nobody else to help / top of the head kisses.

fp jones;

forehead kisses.

riverdale masterlist.

[peterpparkrr]

(Betty x Veronica): Study Session

Summary: Studying at Veronica’s and confessions are made.

A/N: Beronica kills me and I’ve had this idea floating around so I thought I’d just make it a little drabble

 Betty and Veronica were sitting on Veronica’s bed, trying to cram for their massive history test. They’d been in the same position for coming up on three hours, they’d been neglecting their studies to investigate Jason’s murder and now they were paying the price, they were completely unprepared for the test.

“Okay, how did the historical context of Cuba before 1953 contribute to Castro’s rise to power?” Veronica asked, holding her notebook up so that Betty couldn’t sneak a peak.

“Uh…” Betty stalled, completely blanking. It was at that moment that Veronica bit her lip, causing Betty to groan, “Oh my god, stop being so hot, it’s distracting.” She muttered, glancing down at the duvet in some attempt to find the answer to that question written in the stitching.

“I’m sorry, what?” Veronica asked, sitting up straight, completely forgetting the quiz question.

Betty stared at Veronica for a moment, realizing what she just said, “Did I just say that out loud?” She asked, feeling mildly nauseous.

“Yes you did,” Veronica replied with a grin, “Well, Betty, then this is probably a good time to tell you that I like you.” She said, shifting closer to Betty.

“I’m too sleep deprived to comprehend any of this.” Betty muttered, unable to break eye contact with Veronica.

“I like you idiot,” Veronica repeated, “Now hurry up and kiss me.” She added, moving her face closer to Betty’s.

That was finally enough to break Betty out of her daze and caused her to move her face forward to fervently kiss Veronica.

[nocember]

Beronica + serious fights or disagreements

Betty is her everything, until one day she's not. 

The finality comes when Veronica asked her over to talk about something important; her dad is coming home, and Veronica is terrified. But instead of Smithers letting her know that Betty's here, she gets a phone call, "Jughead needs me," Betty explains.

"I understand," Veronica says, even though she doesn't. I need you, hangs on the tip of her tongue but she doesn’t have enough gall to say it as they say their goodbyes.

It happens like that a few more times before Veronica stops asking altogether.

-

Her whole life people have made assumptions on what kind of a life she led. They’d assumed that she is Daddy’s perfect little girl who could get anything if she bats her lashes, and playing along with that misconception was always easier than revealing the truth.

Her father has been home for a few days now, and Veronica hasn’t been able to breathe properly since he stepped foot in Riverdale.

Where her father might have joined them in a home that isn’t his, her mother has all but left. Her face isn’t genuine as she moves around the apartment every day, watering the plants and fixing their meals.

Veronica’s been doing everything to snap her mom out of the haze she’s been in ever since they’d received the news that the court ruled in favor of the Lodges. She’s run up her credit card twice, stayed out until two am more times than she can count, spoken ill about her father when he wasn’t around, but none if it has done anything to take away the glaze that keeps her mom’s eyes from focusing.

“Mom,” Veronica whispers across the dinner table when her father steps out to take a call. “Mom, Mami.”

Her eyes lift to Veronica’s as a sharp warning before they fall back down to the meal on her plate that she’s hardly touched.

Suddenly, Veronica feels like the food in her stomach is enough to make her sick. “I’m going to my room,” she whispers, rising from her seat, and brushing past her father as he comes back to join them.

Tears are pooling in her eyes and she struggles to figure out why. She grabs her phone and her fingers dance over Betty’s contact before she realizes what she’s doing. She wants Betty, she needs Betty, she fucking misses Betty.

In the end, she decides against calling her estranged best friend. What would she even say? 

Hi, Betty! I know we haven’t spoken in a couple days but my mom looked at me funny, and now I’m on the verge of a breakdown. Or maybe, Hi, Betty! My life’s falling apart and you’re the only person who I thought to call. Or, Hi, Betty! You’re the first real friend I’ve ever had and now we don’t talk and I’m terrified I’ve fucked everything up.

Veronica falls asleep with her phone still opened on Betty’s contact.

-

Veronica doesn’t know how they ended up like this; making small talk. They sit in their third-period class together, waiting for the bell to ring. Veronica’s throat feels uncomfortably tight as Betty rambles on about the happenings of her life that Veronica is no longer a part of.

The pain of making small talk with Betty when they once would spill their lives out to each other is once she can’t bare. She puts on a smile that rivals the fabricated ones her mom has been wearing lately, and she decides she doesn’t want to have Betty anymore. Not like this.

Ironically, the smile Betty flashes her right when the bell rings looks a lot like her own.

-

Betty and Jughead break up, and Veronica finds out from Alice Cooper of all people. She calls her on a Thursday morning when school is canceled for the snow.

“She’s inconsolable,” Alice tells her over the phone. She sounds tired, yet concerned. It makes her ache for the mother her mom used to be. “Maybe you could try calling her?”

Veronica does try calling but her phone rings once before she’s sent to voicemail. Suddenly, Veronica’s inconsolable too.

-

“Veronica,” Betty says one day at lunch. The boys are still in line, getting their lunches, and the two of them are left with a rare moment alone. Their eyes meet, and a suffocating atmosphere soon settles in. “Are ... you okay?”

Instinctually, Veronica’s hand raises to touch underneath her eye. It's been hard to keep putting on makeup when the underneath her eyes are desperately darkening for help.

No, she nearly says. I'm not. I'm drowning, Betty, and you haven’t been around to help me breathe. 

"Of course," is just as good. “Are you?”

"Fine," is Betty's delayed response. It makes Veronica nauseous; Betty used to know when she was lying.

-

Things are the worst they've ever been with her father when Betty shows up on her doorstep, no warning from Smithers.

To be fair, he's never laid a hand on them, but he yells, and he’s stripped away their independence, and his presence is suffocating. She never realized how good it felt to breathe until she realized her father wasn't letting her.

Her mom is barely a person anymore. She cooks, cleans, and water the plants around the apartment. She’d come out of her shell so much when they’d first moved back to Riverdale, but that women is a stranger to them all now.

When he left, Veronica realized how much she’d become like him. That’s the reason that she’d sworn off how she’d climbed the social scene at Spencer; she won’t let her dad control her like that anymore.

Honestly, it felt so good when he was gone, and she felt so guilty for that. What kind of a daughter wishes for her father to stay in jail?

"Smithers," she'd asked a long while ago when she was still coming to terms with everything, "is my father a good person?"

His answer, or lack thereof, was telling enough. "Veronica." Betty's voice and glossy eyes draw her away from her thoughts. "I'm so sorry." But Veronica can't breathe because her father is around the corner listening. If nothing else, Betty's stayed safe from their separation. Even if it's cost Veronica heartache. So she bites back a sob that threatens to spill over and does what she has to. "It's too late, Betty." Betty's eyes, wet and wide, search Veronica's desperately for that truth. "You don't mean that. You can't." "I do and I can," Veronica says around a cracking voice. "Leave, Betty. We can't do this anymore." Veronica closes the door before Betty can properly respond. For someone who's hardly been her friend, the ache in her chest feels suspiciously like a breakup. "What was that?" her father asks when she tries to retreat back to her room. "Betty," Veronica sighs, pushing past him before her tears start to fall. -

Veronica’s best childhood memories were the ones where her father had to leave for business trips. Those were the times where she really got to know who her mom was outside of her dad. So when she hears that her dad is going back to New York for the week to take care of business, she’s ecstatic… until she realizes that her mom is going with him. The trust isn’t there yet, and Veronica’s sure he would take her too if she didn’t have school. But she does and he doesn’t, and she’s left alone in an apartment that doesn’t feel like home anymore.

There’s a knock.

She's expecting Archie when she pulls back the door, Betty's there and stepping into her apartment without an invitation inside.

It’s never been like Betty to give up.

Veronica shuts the door and turns to her warily. Where she expects a yelling match to ensue, Betty's arms are suddenly wrapping around her body wordlessly; drawing her against Betty's chest, her ear pressing against her thrumming heart. Harbored emotions suddenly erupt in Veronica, in Betty's arms. She can't help gasping against her rapidly tightening throat as weeks of repressed feelings surface.

Veronica returns the embrace, wrapping her arms around Betty and burying her face into her soft blue sweater, her lip wobbling. Betty’s hair is free from its usual ponytail and brushes against her forehead, calming her and overwhelming her all at once.

“Betty,” she says thickly. It's getting harder to swallow the sounds she struggles to keep quiet, harder to ward off the tears. "Veronica, breathe," Betty says, rubbing along her back. Veronica wonders if she's breathing at all when she sucks in a deep breath of air that sounds like a sob. The tears come before she can do anything to stop them. Betty hugs her tighter, making soft shushing sounds. It's the first time she's been held since the last time Veronica dissolved. Oddly enough, that'd been done in Betty’s arms too and was also caused by her father. Veronica composes herself enough to pull back from Betty's chest and asks a question. "What about Jughead?"Betty bites her lip. "He doesn’t matter anymore. You do." "Why?" Veronica whispers. Betty's hand traces her cheek and pushes dark hair behind Veronica's ear. "We can talk about that later. I’ve got you right now, okay? I’m sorry for everything.”

Veronica settles back against Betty’s chest and listens to her heartbeat thrum. “I’m sorry too.”

It’s the first time in a long time where Betty is the girl she first met in Riverdale all those months ago. Though this feels like the beginning of something new, and a start to dealing with the demons she faces in the form of her father, something she knows she can’t do alone.

-

When Veronica wakes up the next morning, Betty has a protective arm slung around her waist. Veronica breathes out easily, presses closer into Betty’s side, and lets herself fall back asleep.

It feels foreign, being able to breath easier again, but she’s hopeful that it’ll become familiar (along with waking up in Betty’s arms) again soon.

[soyforramen]

Oh look, I write things.  Links to AO3:

Riverdale: 

Tis the Season - Riverdale Holiday Prompts (On Going)

Washing Machine Heart - Bughead.  College Laundromat AU

Pink and Gray - Bughead drabbles from prompts (On going) 

Lost in the Wood - Bughead Urban Fantasy inspired by the BHDC (WIP)

Asea - Bughead Pirate AU (WIP)

Short and Sweet - BHDC Challenge Collection

Cry to Me - Bughead, pre-show.  When Betty’s stood up, Jughead finds a little dancing goes a long way.  

Dear Diary - Jughead finds Betty’s diary and gets more than he was expecting.  (Mind the tags please)

The Critic and the Chef - Bughead.  Jughead’s a chef and Betty’s a critic.  Things go about as well as you’d expect.  (Served with a side of SweetE; WIP)

This Time Around - Bughead. Persuasion, part 1. Years after he left without a word, an engagement throws Betty and Jughead back together.

Only You - Persuasion, part 2.  Wherein Betty and Jughead try to navigate friendship post Riverdale.

Palm Readings and You - Bughead body swap.  (WIP)

Short and Sweet - A collection of Bughead drabbles based on Raptorlily's prompt lists.

Pearl’s and Poetry - Varchie drabbles from prompts (On going)

Centerfold - Varchie; Veronica comes across a familiar face in the most unexpected place

A Wizard’s Peril - Varchie short chapter fantasy (WIP)

Saints and Sinners - Veronica Lodge was no saint.  (Self-Introspection)

Louboutins and Lace - Beronica ficlets

Yellow Isn’t Just for Friendship - Writtten for the Riverdale Pride and Joy Zine.  A Beronica re imagining of the Pilot Episode

Daffodils and Hyacinths - Veronica Lodge opens up a flower shop in Riverdale, right across from Betty’s tattoo shop.

It’s My Party (I’ll Cry If I Want To) - Betty/Toni.  It’s Betty’s birthday party and Archie shows up with her.  (Leslie Gore series)

What’s a Girl Supposed to Do? - Veronica’s determined to find out why Betty’s been avoiding her for weeks.  (Leslie Gore series)

Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Jeronica AU; They’ve got nothing in common, this isn’t a relationship, and she’s the most stable thing in his life.

Strawberry Blond - Barchie (one-sided); Their meeting didn’t go as planned.  Perhaps it’s time to move on.

The Haunting of Thornhill - Horror.  A week long college experiment goes horribly wrong. (WIP - Mind the tags for future chapters)

Sacrifices Have to Be Made - Horror, S2 divergence. A different take on the murders plaguing Riverdale.

Fairytales Don’t Always Have Happy Ending - Polly centric, wherein she escapes from the sisters and finds help along the way.  (WIP)

Morning In America - The kids of Riverdale aren't alright.  (Or a Polly centered fic on the spring semester before it all fell apart.)

Enough - Moose Introspective piece, written for Riverdale Pride & Joy Zine

Riverdale: Founding Families as Symbolic of 20th Century American (WIP nerd)

Parentdale:

Kill Your Boyfriend - Gladys&Alice friendship; Alice always did have the best ideas

New Year’s Day - Cleaning up after New Year’s was always a pain, but at least Fred had FP there to help (Fredsythe)

X-Men: 

Promises and a Table for Two - Romy; When Remy proposes to Rogue, it comes with an offer she can’t refuse (WIP, new chapter hopefully this month?)

Drunk on a Plane - Romy; Two failed engagements and a trip to Key West (WIP, though IDK why since it’s mostly written...)

Dancing on my Own - Rogue never wanted this life.  Movie-verse

Hurry on Home - Romy. Stuck in another banal meeting, Remy schemes on how to get out of it after Rogue starts texting him.

HP:

Libraries - Fremione; If Fred knew work study was going to be this boring, he’d have signed up for psych experiments instead (WIP)

Blind Dates and Sorbets - Fremione one-shots

Someone Like You - Fremione.  Fred meets a familar Muggle in London who knows nothing of the wizarding world.

Crispers, Cats, and You - Fremione.  Muggle AU (WIP)

Five Little Words - Fremione.  A different take on a magic bound marriage. (WIP)

50 Sentences - Fremione.  Writing exercise 

One More Song - Fremione.  A one-night stand and a single Weasley.  What else could a girl ask for?

Can’t Get You Off My Mind - Fremione.  When Hermione can’t get him out of her head, it’s obvious a potion is the reason.

Morning Angel - George/Luna, postwar.

So Much Better - Ron/Pansy, post war.

Other:

Sympathy for the Devil - Good Omens; Aziraphale’s dalliances with the arts concoct a devilish song

Fade (Into You) - Ada/Leon; Ada needs a safe space for a night

[riverdalehighvixens]

Beronica Cheer Practice

Okay but just imagine Betty feeling like she's not getting the moves down quite yet, so Veronica in all of her vixen glory goes over it with her. Then Veronica is praising Betty for all of her perfect cheer moves and the complements are making Betty blush and look down with a small smile, but Veronica won't let her not take the complement so she will come right up to Betty and tilt her chin back up to tell her how great she is again, looking her right in the eyes.

[detective-cooper]

Thank you <3

Good morning! Let me start with saying I am about sixteen different kinds/levels/flavours/patterns of tired right now.

I wanted to do a sappy thank you post.

I can’t individually thank everyone, because, laziness, tbh.

But I am completely and totally overwhelmed with the likes, reblogs and comments on my little additions do the Camp Riverdale is event. I know that I haven’t been overly active in the Riverdale / Bughead fandom since bringing a second baby earthside (THREE MONTHS AGO!). However, I have tried to make an active effort in contributing toward this event.

And, I am so glad I did. These themes haven’t been themes that would JUMP out at me, but, I like to think that I’ve done a pretty good job with nailing the brief.

Seriously. This tired mama, captain kookabughead thanks you.

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Theme 1: ancient history and mythology

Theme 2: fantasy and sci-fi

Theme 3: action and adventure

Theme 4: horror

Theme 6: your favourite genre or movie (supernatural)

....yes, I haven’t done theme five.

[books-and-milkshakes]

I was looking through an old notebook of mine and found this little drabble from 2015! I sometimes forget how long I have wanted Beronica together. This was in reaction to the awful comic that is Archie 2015. Please excuse the writing, it’s from five years ago.

Jughead wasn’t surprised when the two were spotted holding hands. Sure, all his classmates were talking, asking what this meant, but they never were as observant as him.

He had noticed the way Veronica’s eyes lingered on the girl next door when they should have been drawn to Archie. He saw the way Betty blushed in the company of the new girl.

So when he walked into the Blue & Gold one uneventful afternoon and saw the two entangled in each other, he just sighed and closed the door.

Betty had found him in Pop’s later that day, sliding into his booth and stealing his fries.

“I like her,” she said.

“I know.”

Her eyes found his and he saw that she was scared. “I think I love her.”

His heart did a weird jump in reaction to those words, at the sincerity in her voice. His hand found hers. “I’m happy for you, Betts. I think she is good for you.”

For years she had chased after love and now it finally found her in the form of a raven haired princess.

He squeezed her hand. “And I am always here for you.”