Jarchie oneshots

I love you 🦕🌊

Type: angst,fluff
-contains:self-harm,strong language,mention of mental health issues-

Jughead and Archie have had the biggest crush on each other since they were kids and everyone knows it. The problem is that they're too different. Archie was a northsider,smart,captain of the football team,
popular,caring family,always happy,good friends,a big future ahead of him. Where as Jughead was a southsider,apart of the serpents,shit mental health
Loner,drop out,abusive family.You get the point,Archie was everything Jughead wasn't. And they were always quite mean to each other. They acted like they hated each other. Jughead would always call Archie names, like nerd or preppy and Archie would always call Jughead snake or loner. The serpents and the southside didn't have a problem with Archie,and the north side never had a problem with Jughead. They just didn't like each other.

Well,after years of hiding their feelings they've finally started dating. To jugheads surprise,Archies friends and family and even the football team excepted them together and were extremely kind. Jugheads dad was disgusted,he kicked Jughead out and told him to unalive himself because he was such a disappointment,but being kicked out wasn't a problem for Jughead. He moved in with Archie. Everything was going great. Archie and his friends helped Jughead get better grades after transferring from southside-high to riverdale-high and within a few months went from -F to B+ and for someone who has not been to school for almost a year he was doing pretty good,he felt normal. A bit to normal. It felt weird without the fights and skipping school or drinking with his friends whenever he wanted. They always say 'remember where you came from' and Jughead made sure he remember where he came from,along with self harm. Every night when Archie was asleep he would sneak into the bathroom and draw bloody lines across his arms with his switchable. Until one night he cut a bit too deep. It was 8pm and Archie was out with some of his friends,Mr.Andrews was at the construction site so Jughead was alone in the house

Third person POV:
As he was washing away the blood off his hands and arms he heard the door open.shit. Archie was home early. He was wearing a green hoodie as always so he quickly rolled down his sleeves and put the switchblade in the pocket. He heard Archie call his name as he entered the room. Jughead didn't think much about the cuts because after some water on them they'd usually just stop bleeding on their own but these ones didn't. He had no time to properly clean them so he tried to ignore it and act like nothing happened as always. When he stepped out of the bathroom he saw Archie sitting on the bed with loads of snacks. He had totally forgot it was movie night. He ran over to Archie and hugged him.
"I've only been gone for a few hours baby" Archie says hugging him back "where's the angry Jughead tonight?"
Archie always referred Jughead as two different people when he was angry.
"He's not here right now,he's tired"
Archie reached over to the other side of the bed to grab the remote while Jughead was still clinged onto him and curled up in a ball on his lap.
"Right,what are we watching?"
"Uhhh zathura!"
"Again? We always watch zathura"
"It's the best movie ever! You love Zathura"
"Zathura it is then"
Archie goes onto Netflix and turns on zathura. He lays back against the pillows while Jughead puts his head on archies chest.

During the movie Archie noticed some blotches of dark red on jugheads hoodie. They weren't very big but they were extremely clear since he was wearing a light green hoodie. At first he thought it was just ink but the red liquid was spreading quite a bit. If it was ink it wouldn't of spread randomly. Archie was starting to get worried. He knew Jughead had a violent past and that he used to self harm and drink quite a lot.
"Jug" he says pausing the movie
"Mhm?" He hums
"What's that?" He asks looking down at the blood on the sleeve of his hoodie. They both sit up and look at each other
"What are you talking about?"
Archie pointed at the blood on his hoodie. Jughead looked down at the blood,and was way to scared to look back up at his boyfriend
"Have you been cutting again?"
Jugheads heart dropped. He quickly stood up and hid his arms behind his back. Archie reached forward to his arms so he could look at them  but Jughead quickly reacted in pushing archie away.
"Don't touch me!" He shouted
"Jug,just let me see" he stood up and moved towards Jughead and tried holding his arms a second time.
"Get your preppy hands away from me!" He felt himself lose his temper. It was like a fire burning inside of him.
"I just wanna help"
"I don't need your fucking help"
Archie knew Jughead wanted help,he just didn't like asking for it. He wasn't used to it. He was just reacting how he would normally react.
"Jug I'm not gonna be mad I just want to make sure it's nothing serious so I can help you get better"
"I don't need to get better! I'll always be like this and none of your stupid friends or good grades can fix it because I don't need fixing!!" He steps back with tears in his eyes,his jaw was clenched and his fist was tightened. "You dragged me into your stupid perfect life and expect me to like it! WELL I DONT! I hate it,I hate everything about this! Your just an idiot that feels bad for me!!-"
Before Jughead could shout anymore words that were filled with anger,he was pulled into a hug by His boyfriend.
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Archie understands Jugheads anger issues and how it can get the best of him. But he also had to remember that he was brought up like this. The way Jughead was talking and shouting at him was the exact example he got for the past 15 years of his life. He didn't mean anything he said. He was taught that the only way to react to a situation was with violence,wether it hurt him or his friends. Even if it wasn't physical his words were very powerful and the anger in his eyes explained a lot.
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"LET GO OF ME!" Jughead protests
"You just gotta calm down,okay"
"I SWEAR TO GOD!-"
Jughead carried on struggling to get out of the red heads grip but failed as his anger slowly disappeared. He unclenched his jaw,released his fists,stopped struggling and instead he melted into Archies warm touch,he closed his eyes trying to control himself. After a while he let Archie clean his cuts and bandage him up,he was much calmer and relaxed. They were cuddling on archies bed. Archie was playing with Jugheads fluffy hair and listening to some music.
"I'm sorry for losing my temper. I tried not to,I really did I guess I'm just scared,I don't like living the northsider life. It feels weird,everyone accepts me for me and everyone is always happy to see me,I have good grades,I can't get high anymore. I just don't like change,what if everyone thinks of me differently"
"In what way would they think of you differently that would make you scared"
"Well,my dad told me if I don't act like a southsider I'm just gonna get walked all over,but even when I did act like a southsider my dad was the one walking all over me"
"You don't wanna let your guard down"
"Exactly"
"You know,you don't have to lie to me,if you feel sad you feel sad. You can visit the serpents anytime you want. Maybe you don't feel sad and your angry,or something maybe triggered you. I'll always be here for you,and I'll listen. I won't judge you and I most certainly not tell anyone"
"I know,that's why-...I-"
"What?"
"I-uh..I love you"
Archie sprung up from his position,his jaw dropped. Did he just say 'I love you' ?!
"W-What?"
"What,you always say it to me"
"W-Well yeah! But you never say it back!"
"Well don't make me repeat myself,It feels weird"
"Y-Yeah,oh-I love you too"
They lay back down and intertwine their fingers