a serpent’s sister // rm
requested by anonymous: Can you pretty please write about Reggie falling in love with jugheads twin sister and following her around like a lost puppy because she doesn’t believe him but fluff at the end 💗💗
author’s note: okay, so as i was writing this, it became more than i expected so this will most likely be a two parter bc i want y/n and reggie to end up together but for now, enjoy!! (:
You and Jughead were twins, but that was where your similarities stop. You two were polar opposites. Jughead being the self proclaimed loner weirdo and you being the nerd who liked to have people around. Jughead chose to get involved with the Serpents while you chose to stay away. Sure you were friends with them but you stayed out of their business. You wanted nothing really to do with the gang.
Everyone sat around the student lounge, talking and carrying on as per usual. Everyone reminiscing on the party that happened over the weekend. You remembered a specific conversation you had with Reggie and looked over at him to catch him staring at you. He sent you a smile that you halfheartedly returned. Reggie was drunk off his ass at this party and pulled you into an empty room to confess his undying love for you. You had text him the next day if he was talking out of his ass or being serious to which he responded that he meant every word. You were skeptical, thinking he was using it as a tactic to piss of your brother and the other Serpents, knowing it was the perfect way to get a rise out of them - being the Serpent King’s daughter and the twin of the next in line.
Fangs and Sweet Pea walked in, sending you head nods causing you to give them a small smile and wave. After Reggie’s terrible excuse for graffiti on the Riverdale mascot tiles, all gang affiliation had to be covered up and taken off - meaning no tattoos were allowed to be visible and no Serpent jackets. Of course, your bother didn’t listen. He came sauntering in, proudly wearing that worn out hand-me-down leather jacket with the snake prominent on the back.
“For the love of god, Jug.” you said to yourself.
“Take it off.” Reggie growled from next to you. You hide your face in your hands to avoid all the commotion. Reggie and Jughead began their little debate over a stupid jacket.
“y/n do something. That’s your brother, maybe he’ll listen to you.” Josie pleaded trying to find a way to avoid another fight this week.
“You know damn well Jughead is not going to listen to me.” right as you spoke, Sweet Pea and Fangs jumped up as well as the other bulldogs and a giant fight broke out.
“Okay, true. But Reggie might.” she said. You had told her everything to get an opinion on the whole Reggie thing and she is most definitely on Reggie’s side with this one. You finally had enough, rolling your eyes. You stood up and hopped on top of the coffee table before yelling at the group.
“Alright you idiots. Knock it off.” Reggie pushed Jughead off him and everyone stepped away, “this has got to be the dumbest thing to fight over. Find something productive to do!” you said before gathering your stuff and walking out of the lounge right as Principal Whetherbee had everyone involved go to the office.
“Wait, y/n.” you heard someone call. A hand grabbed your arm and turned you around.
“What do you want, Reggie? Shouldn’t you be heading to the office?” you asked rolling your eyes.
“No, just those snakes.” he answered.
“Those snakes are my friends and my brother, need i remind you. Also a load of bullshit, you started the fight.”
“Right, sorry. Look i don’t make the decisions. Whetherbee specifically said the Serpents to his office.” he said making your roll your eyes again. “I thought we could talk. For real this time. Completely sober.” he pleaded.
“There’s nothing to talk about, Reggie. All of your actions lead me to believe you’re only playing this because i’m your enemy’s sister. An easy in to piss everyone off even more.”
“That’s not what this is. I really like you, y/n. I have for a while but never had the courage to tell you.”
“You want me to believe you actually like me, then maybe stop picking petty fights with my brother and the others just because you hate the part of the town i live in. You always seem to forget that i’m a southsider too.”
“I’ll work on it, okay. I’m going to make you believe me.” he said taking your hand in his.
“Good luck with that, Reg.” you said sliding your hand from his and turning back around to head to class.
The next day you walked to your locker, finding a note taped to it. You grabbed the tiny envelope, opening it and taking the note out: phase one of my plan to get you to believe me. Careful when you open your locker -Reggie. You put the note back into the envelope before putting your combination in and slowly opening your locker door. A giant bouquet of your favorite flowers sat inside making your mouth drop a little.
“How the hell did he get this in here?” you mumbled taking the bouquet out and exchanging it for your books. You brought them to your nose to smell the delicious scent with a small smile on your face.
“Like them?” Reggie said from behind you making you spin around.
“Two questions - how did you know these were my favorite and how did you get them into my locker?”
“I had Betty ask your brother and Veronica gave me your combo.” he answered simply.
“Well thank you, but what the hell am i supposed to do with a giant bouquet for the rest of the day. I can’t just carry them around with me to class.” Reggie shrugged not really thinking about that part either. You sighed, turning back around toe grab what you needed for first period and sitting the bouquet back in your locker before carefully closing the door as to not crush the flowers.
“Can i walk you to class?” he asked taking your books from your hands.
“Um yeah sure.” you said furrowing your eyebrows. He didn’t really give you a choice since he already had your books and started heading towards your first class before you could answer. You sped up your walk to catch up with him, walking side by side to your class.
“Is this mutt bothering you, y/n?” Sweet Pea asked crossing his arms over his chest as Reggie sat your books on your desk, a scowl spreading across his face as Sweet Pea spoke.
“Why don’t you mind your business, reptile.” Reggie spat.
“For fucks sake you two.” you said stepping in between the two angry boys, “Reggie, go to class. Sweet Pea, go sit down. You both are bothering me now.” Reggie’s face immediately held a look of sadness for a brief second before he nodded and left the room.
“What’s that all about?” Sweet Pea asked sitting back down in his desk that was situated behind you.
“He’s trying to prove to me that he actually likes me and not using it as a way to piss you guys off, but in all honesty, i don’t know if this is going to work. If he can’t get along with you guys then it’s a no go.”
“Look, i don’t really like the guy, but don’t let his hatred for us stop you from being happy, y/n. I know you like him or else you would’ve told him to fuck off already.”
“I can’t. He hates the Southside so much, Jughead included. You can’t hate my friends and family but not hate me when i come from the exact same part of town. I’m not a Serpent, but i’m a Serpents daughter and another one’s sister. I’m really no different than any of you and the things he says apply to me to whether he means them to or not. You can’t pick and chose who from the southside you’re not going to hate. If you hate one of us, you hate all of us.” you rambled. Sweet Pea understood where you were coming from. Even though you chose to stay out of all things Serpents, you were still very much an advocate for the Southside and he appreciated that you stuck up for them so much. They were still your family.
“Have you told him any of that?” he asked.
“Not fully but yes, i’ve mentioned it. He knows how i feel about this feud and if he really wants to be with me then he can get over it or lose me completely.” you stated turning around as the teacher called for everyone’s attention.
Reggie had heard the entire conversation you had with Sweet Pea. Both of your desks were by the door and right as Reggie made it halfway down the hallway, he turned around to apologize but caught your conversation instead. He turned down the hallway in search of your brother to try and make things right.
“What now, Reggie? Come to pick another fight?” he asked.
“No, i want to win your sister over and i need to know how i can do that?” he said sitting down.
“Well for starters you need to know she’s all about family - that means the Serpents. My advice to you would be to get your head out of your ass.” Jughead stood up and walked out of the lounge leaving Reggie with his thoughts for a minute. He decided to skip first period and just think of what to do. Realizing there was only one thing he could do, he let out a sigh and ran his hands through his hair before getting up and heading to Whetherbee’s office.
After class you headed for the lounge to spend your free period, hoping to find Reggie so you could talk and tell him everything you told Sweet Pea earlier, but couldn’t find him. The announcement bell went off and Whetherbee’s voice rang through the speakers.
“All punishments handed out to any Southside students has been revoked. You will not be held accountable and will no longer need to serve detention. However, tattoos and all gang related clothing is still not allowed. Again, all detentions and suspensions have been lifted from all Southside students. That is all.”
“What was that all about?” you asked looking around to your group who all shrugged their shoulders. You looked over at Jughead who stood smiling happily with Fangs, Sweet Pea and Toni. The boys high-fiving each others. You got up and walked to the office to speak with Principal Whetherbee to figure out why all of a sudden he changed his mind - not that you weren’t happy about it, you were for sure, but it’s still a bit off.
“Principal Whetherbee, can i ask you a question?” you said standing in the doorway of his office.
“Sure, ms. Jones. Have a seat.” he said motioning to a seat the chairs in front of him.
“What made you change your mind about punishing all of the Southside students?” you asked sitting down in one seat and placing your bag in the other.
“I thought you would be happy about it, ms. Jones.”
“Oh i am. i just wanted to know why the sudden change.”
“Reggie Mantle confessed to spray painting the logo over our mascot and for initiating all of the fights. He practically begged me to take their punishments and let him serve them. It was a long conversation, but he was adamant and that’s the first time i’ve ever seen Mantle fess up to anything. That’s why.” your jaw dropped with this revelation. Reggie went out of his way to get the Serpents free of all punishments.
“And where is Reggie now, might i ask?”
“He’s serving his suspension starting today, ms. Jones. He won’t be back for a week and then he has quite a few detentions to serve when he does return.”
“Thank you, Principal Whetherbee.” you said as you grabbed your bag and practically ran out of the school. You hopped into your car and sped off to Reggie’s house.
When you arrived you banged on the door until he opened.
“Alright, what the hell?” he said opening it. His eyes got slightly wider when he saw you standing there, “y/n what’re you doing here?” he asked. You didn’t say anything, instead you walked up to him, placing your hand on the back of his neck, pulling his down and meshing your lips together in a heated kiss.
“What was that for?” he asked when you pulled away.
“For finally getting your head out of your ass. And a thank you for setting the Southside free and owning up to your mistakes.” you said with a smile.
“Was that a one time thing or can we talk?” he asked.
“I think we can do that a few more times. If and only if this isn’t a one time thing. You can’t go back to hating on the southside. This kind of behavior you showed today has to continue. No more fights, no more accusing any of them for whatever else bad happens in this town, no more setting them up. You don’t have to be their friend but i want you to be nice around them.” you said.
“Done. i promise you from now on, i won’t be a dick. The new Reggie is here to stay.” he said smiling down at you.
“Good.” you smiled pulling him in for a kiss.
The next month or so went smoothly. You and Reggie were official and his rude demeanor towards the Serpents died down, though it took a couple of days. That is, until Midge’s death. You and Midge were close, her and Moose going out with you and Reggie a few times in the last couple of months so basically witnessing her murder was hitting you pretty hard. You sat on the bench in the locker room - knowing you probably shouldn’t be in there but all you wanted was Reggie to comfort you but of course, he had to chat with the Bulldogs and spread the suspicion of who did it. You sat leaning against the lockers on the bench when Moose spoke.
“Midge was screwing one of the Serpents behind my back. I was mad and stormed out of her dressing room. I don’t want them to think it was me so i didn’t say anything.”
“Moose, why didn’t you just say the two of you had a little argument and you left. They would’ve checked your alibi.” you said, your voice coarse from crying. He stayed silent, shrugging his shoulders at your question.
“One of them was screwing Midge?” Reggie said getting angry. He kicked the lockers, making one of them fall over and almost land where you were standing before storming out.
“Reggie, what are you doing?” you said running after him. He busted into the room that Jughead used for their meetings.
“Rumour has it, one of you was screwing Midge. My guess, it was you Sweet Pea.”
“Reggie, are you fucking serious right now?” you said grabbing his arm and pulling him back. He tugged his arm from your grasp, ignoring you completely as him and Pea went after each other. Archie and Jughead yelled for them to stop and finally, it broke up. You were on the verge of tears as you stood in front of Reggie.
“You couldn’t just leave it be, Reggie? You know damn well none of them killed her. And it’s none of your business who Midge screws. Her and Moose were never fully together anyways, lord know who he fucked behind her back. All i wanted was my boyfriend to comfort me because our friend just got murdered pretty much right in front of us and there was nothing we could do to help her and you go and accuse my family of killing her.”
“Baby, no don’t cry. I’m sorry.” he said taking a step towards you.
“No, you’re not. You were doing so good at not hating them and blaming them. I told you at the beginning that this was only going to work if you put your unjustified hatred to the side, but you just couldn’t do that.”
“Come on, y/n. Lets go home.” Jug said trying to get you to leave seeing how upset and worked up you were.
“No, Jug. I’m not finished.” you said pushing him away from you, “in case you couldn’t figure it out, we’re done, Reggie. And please for the love of god, let me be. Don’t try to call me, don’t come to my house with flowers and empty apologies. Just leave me alone, okay. I can’t stand to even look at you right now.” and with that, you stormed out of the room walking straight to your car where you burst into sobs. Moment later you heard your doors being opened. Jughead, pushing you over so he could slide into the driver seat, knowing your were too upset to drive. Sweet Pea getting into the passanger seat, leaving you squished between him and Jughead while Toni and Fangs climbed into the back. None of them said anything as Jughead started your car and pulled out of the parking lot heading for Sunnyside Trailer park. Sweet Pea threw his arm over your shoulder and pulled you into his side, where you curled up in a ball and cried into his chest over your now ex-boyfriend and your dead friend.
