[ awkward isn’t the right word, neither is unsettled. peculiar, maybe. jughead jones has been many things to him over the years - a friend, a brother, the scorned - but never someone that he’s thought about romantically. they’ve always been close, disregarding the one summer they aren’t quick to dredge up. there’s really no arguing that their feelings are intense, that their lives are bound together. he frowns in spite of himself, too puzzled to make something out of nothing.
is this new for jughead? is it simply point a to point b for him? if betty still has feelings for archie, then the most obvious solution is to share. he wonders how that seems rational to jughead, if there isn’t more to it than that. he’s seemingly unfeeling when he wants to be and overly protective of the few things he cares about when he doesn’t. archie has questions, none of which he’s brave enough to voice because curiosity implies interest, and interest will change things forever.
he doesn’t run from jughead. there’s nowhere to go and there’s nowhere else he wants to be. archie recognizes where the statement comes from, that those are his own words come back to him. he belongs with his friends and that makes him smile, uncertain as he may be about the other part of the invitation. ]
I'm in love with Veronica. [ he insists for clarification's sake, as if there's never been a single person in the universe that's loved more than one person at once. it isn't a no precisely, but it is a reminder. as open as he is with his heart, he can't give something away that doesn't belong to him anymore. ] That hasn't changed.
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is this new for jughead? is it simply point a to point b for him? if betty still has feelings for archie, then the most obvious solution is to share. he wonders how that seems rational to jughead, if there isn’t more to it than that. he’s seemingly unfeeling when he wants to be and overly protective of the few things he cares about when he doesn’t. archie has questions, none of which he’s brave enough to voice because curiosity implies interest, and interest will change things forever.
he doesn’t run from jughead. there’s nowhere to go and there’s nowhere else he wants to be. archie recognizes where the statement comes from, that those are his own words come back to him. he belongs with his friends and that makes him smile, uncertain as he may be about the other part of the invitation. ]
I'm in love with Veronica. [ he insists for clarification's sake, as if there's never been a single person in the universe that's loved more than one person at once. it isn't a no precisely, but it is a reminder. as open as he is with his heart, he can't give something away that doesn't belong to him anymore. ] That hasn't changed.