Jughead doesn’t make friends easily. Betty is nothing but friendly.
Anyway, it’s about old friends.
A When Harry Met Sally… au.
(I’m reposting because @arsenicpanda made me this beautiful gif!!!! Sorry for any confusion but can you blame me?)
Better Call Saul
felled by you (held by you) | kim and jimmy after the car crash | rated t | 1.1k words
i know it’s over (still i cling) | double drabble of saul after the breakup | unrated | 200 words
passing time in her arms | after the desert, jimmy and kim process | rated t | 1.2k words
Breaking Bad
emotional motion sickness | post-canon, marie puts the pieces back together | rated t | 2.7k words
Euphoria
go astray with me | au where fez only misses the first half of lexi's play | rated t | 2.8k words
Hadestown
they took each other’s hands | hades and persephone, after | rated m | 3.8k words
House of the Dragon
this is what they call (hard feelings) | alicent and rhaenyra before their world changes | rated m | 2.5k words
The Hunger Games
the world seems a violent place | snapshots of haymitch and effie learning to tolerate each other against a backdrop of impending war | rated m | 14.2k words
Pitch Perfect
fall right into me | in junior year, beca comes to a realization | rated m | 2.1k words
Riverdale
all the things we did (look what we became) | riverdale through betty’s eyes. slightly canon divergent from 4.17 on | rated t | 7.1k words
my aching heart needs you more than the angels do | five times betty and polly argue about sharing clothes and one time they don’t | rated t | 2.7k words
Stranger Things
addicted to the chip on my shoulder | when lonnie walks out, jonathan has no choice but to step up | rated t | 2.1k words
all that’s left is a ghost of you | after hopper’s death, el learns how to live without him | rated t | 6.3k words
and i’ll be yours for the weekend | mid-70s, hopper returns to hawkins for a funeral and comes across joyce at the bar | rated m | 3.4k words
and you kiss me in a way that’s gonna screw me up forever | hopper grapples with his feelings at an end-of-year bonfire after junior year | rated t | 1.1k words
as though nothing could fall | canon divergent ending to season three, where hopper escapes the mall before the russians find him and joyce realizes what she almost lost | rated m | 1.3k words
believe in one thing (i won’t go away) | after the gate is closed, joyce and hopper talk about trust | rated t | 1.1k words
called your name till the fever broke | a study on touch-starvation | rated e | 3.1k words
drown it out | in which nancy is overwhelmed during thanksgiving and hopper offers her an out | rated t | 2.1k words
everything comes back to you | ongoing collection of prompt fills from twitter | rated t | 4.1k words
everything you lose is a step you take | a look at joyce’s life from 1957-1979 | rated m | 4.5k words
extend your hand to me (we can make it if we try) | joyce and hopper in the parking lot at the snow ball | rated g | 865 words
feels good (girl it feels good) | hopper makes it out of starcourt and he and joyce finally get over themselves | rated e | 2.9k words
give me your hand (here is my heart) | after a rough night, joyce and hopper take advantage of the fact that they’re both here and alive | rated m | 2.4k words
i’d give up forever to touch you | an exploration of physical touch after joyce and hopper find each other again | rated t | 2.7k words
i’d withstand all of hell to hold your hand | the moments immediately after joyce and hopper reunite | rated t | 1.1k words
if the world was ending (you’d come over, right?) | missing scene from season one where hopper and joyce talk about the lab | rated t | 2.1k words
like you’d get your knuckles bloody for me | three times hopper punches lonnie in joyce’s defence | rated t | 3.1k words
love you with my eyes closed. in which joyce and hopper give in to desire and talk about their feelings, in that order | rated m | 3.3k words
more than just a short time | after the fourth, joyce mourns what could have been | rated t | 3.4k words
running home to your (sweet nothings) | a few moments of calm in the hopper-byers household, set post-season four | rated t | 1.2k words
sacred new beginnings | a backyard wedding after season four | rated t | 1.3k words
the joy of rediscovering you | after the dust settles, joyce and hopper slowly find their footing. au after season one | rated m | 17.2k words
things i want to say to you | hopper finally opens up to joyce about russia | rated t | 1.1k words
this love came back to me | an alaskan motel and a love confession | rated t | 1.1k words
till forever falls apart | joyce and hopper through the eyes of everyone else, from 1983 to 1986 | rated t | 5.9k words
time makes you bolder | season four canon divergence in which hopper and joyce reunite in alaska as originally planned | rated m | 8.1k words
we could be us | joyce and hopper finally break the tension in the russian base | rated m | 1.2k words
when we stole the night | joyce has a need and hopper is more than willing to fill it | rated e | 1.4k words
worship (in the bedroom) | joyce and hopper get sidetracked while packing up the california house | rated e | 3.2k words
you can hear it in the silence | post-season four, hopper and joyce finally get a minute alone | rated m | 1.9k words
you have my heart (so don’t hurt me) | after russia, hopper and joyce talk about what they are to each other | rated m | 3.6k words
your name has echoed through my mind | an exploration of jim hopper and the relationships, places, and events that shaped him | rated m | 42.9k words
Succession
i’ve said too much (i haven’t said enough) | tom and shiv after everything | rated m | 800 words
Twisters (2024)
dust and devils on my conscience | the aftermath | rated t | 1.8k words
takes one to know one | tyler stays in kate’s room that night | rated m | 1.3k words
He walks over to her and surprises her by reaching for her left hand. He lifts it up, and she’s startled to see that she’s wearing two diamond rings. She stares at them, her hungover brain not fully understanding their significance - and then Jughead lifts his left hand to show her a silver ring on his own fourth finger.
Her breath catches in her throat, and for a moment, she feels dizzy. “Ohmygod,” she says, the words rushed together. “Ohmygod.”
…
Or, Betty and Jughead get accidentally-married in Las Vegas.
a collab by @sylwrites and @lessoleilscouchants
An absolute classic.
Some of the best writing in the fandom.
Full of tropey goodness with tenderness and humour and some of the best Bughead characterizations ever.
If you weren’t in the fandom when it was new, give yourself a treat and read this one. If you were here, then you should reread and comment and remind @syl-s and @anniemurphys how amazingly talented they are. 💙💛
Riverdale through Betty's eyes; or, Betty Cooper has gone through a shit ton of trauma and is not handling it well.
Read on AO3
Knowing that Jughead, too, did his due diligence, makes something uncoil inside of her. She steps up to him and, with the simplicity of a gesture that’s rooted only in want, presses a kiss to his mouth.
He kisses her back, hands hovering by her hips but not quite landing. Betty’s own hands stay by her sides, but her fingers are loose, unclenched.
When they pull apart, she meets his eyes. She feels like she’s riding a rollercoaster: valleys of shyness, hills of bravery. “Hi,” she whispers.
“Hey there,” he says.
— (my youth ain't) tangled up in bad decisions by @anniemurphys (submitted by @bugheadcuddles)
“Will you be my escort, Jones?” Betty says, letting her voice take on an air of friendliness. “I promise I’m a fun date.”
Jughead’s entire face lights up, and she knows she doesn’t imagine it. It makes something stir deep in her stomach, but she tamps it down.
“It would be my pleasure, Betty,” Jughead finally stammers out.
“Great,” Betty says, smiling and unsure what to say next.
Perhaps inspired by Betty’s bravado, a kind junior named Ethel Muggs boldly steps up beside Betty, her hand outstretched toward Archie, as she says, “Will you take me to the cotillion?”
Archie’s eyes soften with some mixture of amusement and surprise and he kindly answers, “Of course. I’m Archie.”
“Ethel,” she says, coming to stand beside him. “You’re from Chino, right?”
Betty exchanges a smile with Jughead. “I better get back to Veronica,” she says. “But we’ll talk more later.”
“O-okay,” Jughead says, grinning sheepishly. Elated, Betty is at first surprised when she returns to Veronica to find her glaring across the room. Until she follows Veronica’s eyeline to reveal Archie and Ethel, laughing, with Ethel’s hand resting innocently on the crook of Archie’s arm. Ah.
suggested listening: music from the o.c. mix 2
Betty thinks if she’s going to have a reputation, she might as well earn it. She might as well truly deserve it.
She just needs a willing candidate. The right willing candidate.
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Betty’s life has taken an unexpected deviation from her expectations. She attempts to regain some semblance of control.
by meditationonbaaal
Betty makes Jughead her pit guy to deal with her TBK trauma and to help him deal with his alcohol dependency and writer’s block.
Words: 3208, Chapters: 1/6, Language: English
hi! do you know of a fic where betty works as a waitress and jughead comes through on his motorcycle late one night and decides to stay? they have an unconventional bond and it comes out that betty’s son died as a baby and that jughead’s been in jail. veronica and archie were huge key players as well, going through their own issues. it was such an incredible story, filled with so much nuance and skill. if you could find it that’d be amazing! thank you
Hiya. You're looking for this one. 💙💛
among the wildflowers by @heavy-lies-the-crown (11/18 - M)
Summary: On the edge of town there’s a sign that tells anyone who wants to know, exactly where they are. Nowhere. She’s known nowhere and its people, its rolling fields and flowers her entire life. He’s never been to nowhere before, but he figures it can’t be all that different from everywhere else he’s been. Or – what makes a place feel like home.
Hi, this is weird but were you the one that wrote a short fic of Betty remembering her and Jughead together in Rivervale. Or you reblogged it because I swear I read it on your blog and recently too but when I go back I can’t find it. Sorry if this was my mistake.
Hi anon! I’m sorry, that wasn’t me, and I don’t think I know which one you’re talking about! There have been a few of these fics lately, to be fair.
Anyone know what they’re referring to?
So I wrote a new fic?
Wait, that sounds like I’m not sure.
I wrote a new fic!
It’s kind of a season 5 fixit, exploring some of Betty’s time with TBK. Lots of thoughts of Jughead up in here, and eventual rescue. Ruminating on her past mistakes, contemplating her current situation, and a very chatty serial killer.
There is violence in this, but I’ve tried to make it non-graphic. If such things bother you, please don’t read.
Oh, I should post the link, for people who do want to read it: Our Future Selves (Staring Back at Us).
And it’s a one-shot, about 5k words, which is really short for me, so if you’d like to try one of my fics but can’t commit to a 50k+ behemoth (and I can’t blame you), maybe give this one a try.
As always, I welcome your thoughts, reblogs, kudos, and all around good wishes.
This is a great fandom. I’m so glad I wandered into it.
It feels like something is falling into place, like an exhalation at the end of a long day and an explosion all at the same time. She feels it from her fingers to her toes, from ear to ear, from the very depths of her soul.
In which we uncover a mystery (or do we?)
As always, gorgeous gif by @bettycooper
or
sixish sentence sunday
from chapter 4 of right back where we started from aka motherfuckin cotillion
“You can always count on these events to provide top-notch entertainment,” Jughead says while twirling Betty around expertly.
Betty can’t help but smile at the comforting feeling of his hand in hers as they move together as one. “Jughead, I have to compliment you. You can really dance!”
Jughead smirks and says, “Don’t all Newport kids know how to ballroom dance?”
“I guess you’re right,” Betty says, her face flushing.
She’s weirdly embarrassed to say what’s on the tip of her tongue: that Jughead is the best dance partner she’s ever had. Even with Adam, there was usually at least one stomped-on foot before they found their rhythm. But with Jughead, all that awkwardness has been so far nonexistent.
This is me wrapping up a long overdue prompt (well, more than one) for a story from The Bunker’s perspective for last fall’s @riverdalepromptathon. Better late than never?
SUMMARY: On the eve of its tenth birthday (which equates to AT LEAST fifty human years, mind you), The Bunker is feeling introspective. It also has some words of wisdom for its old pal, Jughead.
NOTES: This little one-shot may be one of the strangest things I’ve ever written, but I felt it was Very Important to understand things from The Bunker’s POV.
Many, many thanks to @raymondebidochonlifechoices for encouraging/humoring my weirdness and for providing me with much appreciated feedback prior to posting.
Read on AO3.
when I figure out how to combine orpheus/eurydice elements with rivervale’s reality breaking dynamics in a fic concept that is completely divorced from riverdale canon, it’s over for all of y’all.
P.S. If you are interested in the high concept fics I have already written:
Reality is Broken: The town called Riverdale (multichapter, complete, 7/7)
Time Travel to Save a Life: A trick of the wind (one-shot)
Time is Out of Sync: for you/not me (one-shot)
Ghosts??: The Cooper House (one-shot)
This House ate the girl I have a crush on: THE HOUSE IS NOT HAUNTED (one-shot)
The Gargoyle King is Real: return to Eldervair (multichapter, incomplete, 1/3)
Betty is engaged to Archie, something about that doesn’t sit right with Jughead.
Inspired by the latest promo
like many people, i’ve gone straight into winter wonderland mode even though (american) thanksgiving hasn’t even happened yet. whatever! i’ve been re-reading so many cozy holiday / winter fics and thought i should put together a rec list. feel free to reblog with any i’m missing! i’m sure there are a ton! <3
Double-Booked by IndianSummer13
Love, Avalanches, and Other Natural Disasters by MotherMaple
Needing/Getting by slantedsunlight
Oh the Weather Outside by synonymsforchocolate
roy orbison singing for the lonely by Anonymous
where i found you by bugsbetty
