a Quiet burn

Cheryl Blossom is Riverdale High's HBIC.
Beautiful, sharp-tongued, and completely untouchable.
She's perfect on the outside. But on the inside?
She's breaking.

Her brother is missing. Her family is drowning in secrets.
And no one sees the cracks beneath the crown.

She has no one. No one to talk to.
No one to save her.

But Riverdale's about to change.

With Southside High officially shut down, Serpents and outcasts flood into Riverdale High-including Toni Topaz.
A black-haired, leather-wearing heartbreaker who wants nothing but hookups and a halfway decent senior year.
But even Toni has ghosts.

Because in a town like Riverdale?
No secret stays buried.
No past stays forgotten.

And love?
Love might not be enough.
Not when danger lurks around every corner.
Not when the truth could ruin everything.

This is a story about identity, grief, trauma, and survival-
Two girls carrying more than anyone knows.
And the quiet burn they leave on each other.

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⚠️ Content Warning:

This story contains depictions of:
• Suicide and suicidal ideation
• Self-harm
• Abuse (emotional, physical, sexual)
• Disordered eating
• Addiction
• Trauma, grief, and PTSD
• Homophobia and bullying
• Public humiliation
• Cheating and morally gray relationships