Riverdale Wishes

V&R - Archie Andrews Returns

Couple(s) - Veggie
Season - 3
Focus - Archie Andrews returns to Riverdale

Jealous Archie Andrews
Veronica had done everything for Archie. She had stayed in his corner even when that meant turning against her own father. She was his own personal cheerleader and the keeper of his heart and he hers (or so she thought).

But then he left.

She tried to act as if it didn't hurt her strong heart, but if you listened closely you could hear pieces chipping away as it continued to beat in her chest.

Now Archie Andrews had the perfect excuse for running away. He was being hunted by Veronica's father (the man in black). That is what Veronica told herself. He had no other choice.

A month later
Riverdale welcomes Archie Andrews with open arms. He walks across the town border with the wounds of his journey decorating his body.

Veronica was cleaning the Speak Easy when the dyed brunette made his entrance.

Her hips sway to the music playing in her ears. Her heels move back, left, middle, forward and her hips rotate.

Her arms are soon full as she hoists the cleaning bucket on her hip. "Ronnie," Archie Andrews steps away from the stairs. If she heard him then she discounts it as her own memories escaping her head.

He steps closer to her. "Ronnie," his hands reach for the bucket that escapes her grasp. His hands are around her waist grasping the bucket and her head is turned and her eyes on him.

He pushes the bucket back on the clean counters. "Archie," Veronica removes the earbuds letting the cord dangle around her neck. Archie Andrews returned home with that single word. He feels the urge to pull her into a kiss and never let her go, but he knows she is furious with him for the phone call.

"Archie your back," she tears up and she throws her arms around him pressing into him tightly. He groans softly in pain. His chest still sore. "Oh," she hops back. Her eyes look at him concerned. She doesn't look pissed she just looks at him with love.

He leans in to kiss her on the lips. His lips press against something but it's not her lips. He opens his eyes and what he sees shocks him. She has her hand up blocking his lips. "Oh," he backtracks, "I'm sorry," the love in her eyes that was a sign, "I know your mad," there wasn't any sign of it but that had to be it.

Her beautiful eyes close and then open again to meet his. Her hand falls to her side but then is quickly brought back up to stroke his facial hair. "Archie," she cries softly. "I love you and you will forever be my Archicans but I can't..." She stumbles on her words.

"I can't do this now. You just returned from—"She looks at the dark shadows under my eyes and then at my chest. She can't see under the shirt but my groan earlier was enough to tell her "—Hell." I shake my head. All I want is to hug her close. I have been away from home for so long.

"Just tell me Ronnie," I stroke her hair. "I know that what I said on the phone—" she interrupts and for the first time I see the fire on her eyes that I was expecting all along. "You broke up with me! I know, I know that you were and are scared, but so am I. So was I when you were working with my dad. So was I when you ran off to the Southside with a gun. So was I when you formed the Red Circle. So was I when my dad got you arrested. And so was I when I busted you out.

"But do you know the difference, Archie?? I was there! I was there supporting you. Through everything." Tears fall down her cheeks ruining her perfect makeup. "Ronnie—" Archie chokes up as he remembers the knife the bloody knife and Hiram Lodge's body.

He stumbles back. "I'm so sorry," he mumbles. "I know," Veronica looks at him with pity. He tries to hide his hands fearing she'll see the blood. Her father's blood.