Circumlocution ≫ Jarchie

[Chapter Six]

One Year Ago

Jughead was panting, his lips parted in shock as Archie continued grinding down on the boy, his strong arms placed gently on the raven haired beauty's waist.

"Archie, Arch, c'mon." Jughead wined, trying to push the redhead off of his body, but with no success. "Archie!" He yelled louder, immediately causing the redhead to pause his movements and take his hands off of his waist.

"I'm sorry, I just got distracted, I'm sorry." Archie began to ramble with wide eyes.

They had an agreement.

Jughead just isn't ready for sex. He's so used to people touching him just to inflict pain, and there's that fear that he'll be taken advantage of during sex too. He doesn't like being in positions that he's not in control of. He can't control what his dad does to him, but he can control what other people do to his body.

Or at least not put himself in a position to where people have control of his body.

"It's okay, just stop taking it there alright?" Jughead whimpered, pulling his arms into himself on the couch they were just having a moment on. The duo were sat in Archie's empty house on a Friday night.

Archie can think of lots of things to do with a boy in an empty house, but Jughead isn't ready and he has to respect that no matter how much he doesn't like it.

"Okay, I'm sorry, I won't." Archie sighed before rolling his eyes and getting up from the couch, making his way to the kitchen in long strides.

"See, you say that but then you keep taking things to another level and getting mad when I stop you." Jughead said softly, a little shaken up from the intensity of the whole thing.

"I'm not mad." Archie grumbled before opening the cabinets and slamming them shut, displaying that yes, he's mad. He made his way back to the couch with his jaw set, and his eyes refusing to look anywhere near his boyfriend.

"I'm sorry." Jughead whimpered before curling into himself more, not liking when Archie gets mad at him.

"It's not your fault. Look, I'm not your dad okay? I'm not going to hurt you, I'm not going to yell at you, I'm not going to lay a hand on you in any way unless you tell me I can, alright? I'm just frustrated but I can deal with it as long as you feel comfortable and safe around me." Archie reassured before scooting closer to Jughead and placing a hand on his knees, rubbing his finger in circles gently, a trick that's always calmed him down.

Jughead's body loosened, and he slowly lifted his head up to meet Archie's eyes. "I'm sorry." He whispered.

"Stop apologizing." Archie smiled before stretching his arms open and allowing Jughead to crawl into them with ease. "What movie do you want to watch?"

"You can pick."

"I always pick."

"And?"

"You have to have your own opinions and mind Juggy."

"Can we watch A Cinderella Story?"

"A Cinderella Story it is."

Jughead cuddled up more into Archie's side while the latter used his free hand to grab the remote next to him and scroll through Netflix, finding the movie and pressing play. He pressed a gentle kiss on top of Jughead's forehead and smiled. "I love you lots, you know that?"

"I love you more."

"That's impossible."

"Oh yeah? Try me Andrews."

"I love you to infinity."

"I love you from negative infinity to positive infinity!"

"Leave it to you to bring knowledge into this."

"You're just mad because you barely passed Trig with a D average."

"Not all of us are as smart as you."

"I'm only doing well in math, all my other grades are absolute shit."

"Why do you even like math so much?"

"It's the only thing that I can control."

"What do you mean?"

"I like that there is a plausible answer to everything. I can control and move numbers where I want, I can balance equations and I can make them equal. I can't solve every problem in my life and I damn sure can't control anyone else, but they'll always be a solution in math, even if it's imaginary."

"That's beautiful in a morbid kind of way."

"If that doesn't describe me as a person I don't know what does."

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I'm pretty sure the other chapters were wayyyy longer but bare with me.