Riverdale: A Ghost Town (Male Reader Insert)

Part 1

I think many of us, maybe the entire town, had been hoping against hope that somehow Jason Blossom wasn't dead when he was finally found after so long. 

We'd come to school Monday morning, and there Jason would be, or that we'd see him and Cheryl in a booth at Pop's, but that was before the undeniable, irrevocable fact of his bloated, waterlogged body. A corpse with a bullet hole in it's forehead, and a message left behind on a voice tape saying,

"Welcome everyone, to my brand-new T.V show~" The male stranger's voice speaks, as if taunting everyone that Jason is dead. The Blossoms look at both the recorder and Jason's body with mournful expressions and anger. "Starring your favorite Horror movies and film."

Then, to add salt in the wound, there's a click and Jason's own voice speaks next. "Today, we begin with the spoiled piece of filth that is Jason Blossom." Before it then switches back to the stranger. "But tomorrow, there will be others."

All of this leaving behind terrible secrets that can only be revealed by the cold steel blade of coroner's autopsy scalpel, or the telltale beating of a guilty heart. 

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Archie can't sleep. After the police revealed Jason's cause of death, he thinks that maybe Grundy's fears were right, that the gunshot they heard was the one that killed Jason Blossom. Not only that, but the guilt from last night and the fear of losing Betty plagues Archie's thoughts.

 He still hears the gunshot in his head... And it's stressing him out.

He needs someone to talk to. He reaches for the phone on his nightstand and looks for Betty's contact. 

You: R U up? Can we talk?

Betty, not really asleep as she wants, solemnly looks at Archie's text before replying.

Betty: No... And no.

Dang it, that's the last thing Archie wanted to see, she doesn't even want to talk to him. Archie stands up and stares through the window which faces Betty's room.

You: Please!?

Betty stands to face him, but shakes her head and turns off the bedroom lights, shutting him off completely. Archie mentally sighs gloomily.

Guess he should try someone who doesn't hate him right now.... Someone who also lives nearby.

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Y/N wakes up to the loud hum of his phone, which he forgot to turn the volume down. He groans, and looks at it with blurry eyes, but quickly sees that it's Archie texting him. 

Archie: Can we talk? Betty still hates me rn.

Y/N chuckles to himself, poor guy. He sits himself up on his back and replies. 

You: Sure, what's up?

Instead of replying, Archie just calls his cell, which Y/N guesses that it works as an answer. He picks it up, closing the door is closed so no one can hear them. "Yeah?"

"I don't think Betty wants to look at me anymore." Archie says with a guilty voice, is that what's been keeping him awake? "I screwed up, big time." 

"Oh, with the closet game?" Y/N queries, already knowing the answer. "I mean, it's not like you actually kissed Veronica in there right?" He asks him humorously, no response. Y/N's eyes slightly widen. "Wait, you actually-" 

"Look I don't why, okay?" Archie admits, mentally punching himself. "I just did it... in the moment, she was an attractive teenage girl, and I'm still a stupid teenage boy, okay?"