riverdale fics

She Hates Me

Originally posted: March 21st, 2017

Pairing: Jughead x Fem!Reader (ft. Ethel)

Words: 2.8k

Summary: Ethel is crushing on Jughead, but she sees Y/N as a threat so she attempts to tear them apart or Ethel targets the reader's anxiety when she feels like the reader's relationship with Jughead is much more than friends, and causes the reader to avoid Jughead.

Warnings: I think there's a swear in there somewhere and the beginning might be a bit triggering as it's Ethel being a meanie + mention of anxiety

A/N: Is this terrible? Idk maybe, it's up to you to decide, but I do think the idea is good. Cole said that they were probably going to play the Ethel x Jughead angle on Riverdale in an interview and the idea of a Jealous!Ethel kinda inspired this thing + I'm playing off on the shadiness seen in 1x03. Feedback is always greatly appreciated! 

p.s.- I apologize if there are any mistakes. 

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             You're too much of a nervous mess to make sense in any sort of conversation, aren't you? No wonder he never talks to you, he probably just lets you hang out with him out of pity. Your anxiety is a damper to be around so how about you just leave Jughead alone. He doesn't need you in his life and he sure as hell doesn't want you in it either, so maybe it's time for you to finally get the memo.

             Ethel's words echoed in your head as you walked home with takeout from Pop's, a place you had loved to take refuge in, now an environment full of negative emotions– too much of them to bare all at once. Jughead and you had been close friends since middle school because of the sitting arrangement in your English class at the time. You didn't think anything had changed between the both of you, well not until Ethel crashed joined your quiet nights at Pop's with Jughead.

            She'd constantly make conversation with Jughead, and crack jokes that made him chuckle. You were happy there was a girl interested in him, except that she was a total bitch to you. Scratch that, Ethel didn't even acknowledge your presence or the comfortable silence that there was between you and your best friend before she got there. Jughead either didn't notice or didn't care and would just continue to type away on his laptop while listening to Ethel talk.

            Then the incident between you and Ethel happened whilst Jughead was in the restroom. This was the first time you and Ethel were left alone with each other. You wanted to start a conversation with the girl who showed such fondness towards Jughead but found it hard to start a conversation with Ethel as she glared at you. You had already felt incredibly uncomfortable and felt close to tears seeing Jughead not need you as company anymore, but when she let those harsh words out you left immediately. You didn't understand why she had it out for you, but she seemed to embody the voice in your head. You could barely walk as you were struggling to breathe, so thank God Archie had found you on his way to Pop's.

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            It had been five days since you and Jughead had spoken. You had tried to distance yourself from him and Jughead had noticed your efforts. He tried to talk to Archie about it, but he said that he promised you not to meddle. Archie didn't agree with what you wanted, but he also didn't want to see you in that state of distress again. Jughead wasn't sure what he did wrong as he hadn't noticed anything off the last time you guys hung out. You had left early because of some family issues, but family issues always seemed to arise more often nowadays.