⠀⠀swooping some whipped cream with her ( CARMINE ) nail ,, she licked it. savoring the sweet taste. it was so familiar ,, && nostalgic. reminding her of the time her && jayjay would come to pops ( EVERY ) Friday night to enjoy some milkshakes. once ,, they got scolded by pops for having a milkshake fight in the middle of the shop. there used to be a hanging picture of the two when they were younger ,, somewhere in the diner. it was taken down in the wake of his killing ,, possibly to ease cheryl down. everything reminded her of him ,, it wouldn’t matter. they could put away every picture that existed of them && she’ll feel the same. ⠀❛——RIVERDALE❜ isn’t as big as people would like to think. it practically lives up to the name ‘ SMALL TOWN ‘.

⠀⠀cheryl looked at veronica’s hand ,, that held her pale warm one. her lips curved into a smile. immediately she hid the smile before ronnie could see. not ( WANTING ) to put them in an awkward position. she ‘ DIDN’T ‘ want her to realize what she felt for the raven haired girl. ( FIRE & ICE ) ,, the perfect ‘OXYMORON’ ,, that fit the two like a puzzle piece. as the two clashed in the beginning of the school year at ‘ CHEER TRYOUTS ‘ ,, && eventually leading them to sleep overs && possibly more. at least on cher’s side. oh how much she desired to cup her face && look at veronica with adoration.

⠀⠀she then thought back to ‘ HEATHER ‘ ,, an old friend & lover. something her ( MOTHER ) destroyed so she feared what would happen with or to veronica. the devious woman would of course slide through to cut off any relations between the two. it made cher sick to her stomach just ( THINKING ) about it. the idea of ‘ LOSING ‘ ronnie didn’t settle right with her. she slightly regretted eating popcorn at the theatre. she was sick ,, && became paler. fear crawled over her body. it was just waiting ,, creeping around the edges. to just jump out & terrify cher. put her in a scare.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀  ⠀⠀❝——is there something wrong with me veronica? ❞

⠀⠀cheryl couldn’t help but ask ,, looking into her eyes. waiting for an answer ,, for validation && the truth. an honest truth ,, not something she received often. as people would lie to cheryl through their teeth making her trust issues jump up. it was that. the thing that gave her the ice cold mask ,, in her heart & eyes. making people ( TREMBLE ) with fear && stay out of her way. she ended up surrounding herself with the worst people because of it.

⠀❛——LOVE,SIMON❜ ,, the talk of the town. came to the movie theaters near you. everyone knew what it was about ,, some were just raving to see it. especially ‘ CHERYL BLOSSOM ‘ ,, whom had a secret herself. a secret that her mother hid away. throwing away any trace of what cheryl hid deep within her. so here she stands ,, at the theatre ,, sipping a cherry cola. eyeing the audience ,, no one came to her attention. ‘ THEN ‘ a raven haired female came clear to view. ⠀❛——VERONICA LODGE ❜ ,, an undeniably dazzling girl who was also ‘ BREATHTAKING ‘. it seemed to cheryl she wasn’t with anyone ,, so she approached her.

⠀that night ,, the two sat in the movies ,, hands brushing whenever they reached for popcorn. small whispers about the movie in each other’s ears. more towards the ‘ COMING OUT ‘ part of the film ,, tears streamed down cheryl’s face. she had learned to silence herself when it came to tears. believing no one noticed ,, she was so wrong. the raven haired princess had spotted the tear stained face. not a single word said to each other. wiping her eyes ,, cher rushed to leave the theatre. she was ( EMBARRASSED ) ,, at the pieces that were lying around her. a mirror that her mother smashed in.

⠀the idea of going home was just not an option ,, not like this. instead of leaving the lodge girl behind ,, cher offered to take her to pops. some milkshakes && cheese fries didn’t seem too bad at the time. && so they went ,, sitting in a booth ,, alone in the back. a perfect untouched strawberry milkshake with a pink straw through it. whipped cream swirled flawlessly making it too pretty to drink. the hot cheese fries were beginning to go cold since cher wasn’t all too hungry anyway. then it came to the moment ,, the thing she dreaded but also dreamed of. to openly come out to veronica ,, whom cheryl felt something for. the attraction was indisputable. ( UNQUESTIONABLE ) would be a better word. tears welling up in her eyes.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀❝——i never cry at movies. real life’s tragic enough. but when simon’s mom said he used to be such a carefree kid, growing up, and then at a certain point he stopped being that happy kid because he was hiding a secret, it just…❞

⠀⠀cheryl took a deep breath and paused. she knew what she was about to do. this will change the course of things ,, throw the whole game off. an unsettling feeling churned inside her ,, and after what felt like an ( ETERNITY ) ,, her cerise lips were opened back up & spilled the cup she never wanted to tip over.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀❝——everyone thinks I’m this loveless monster, but it isn’t true. i loved someone who loved me.❞

⠀⠀cheryl’s oxygen got hitched up in her throat ,, heather was the name of the girl she loved. && from then on ,, love was such a ( RARE ) thing for cher. foreign to the tongue && scarce. long nails tapped against the table in anxiousness ,, a waterfall dripping down from her eye sockets. was this the way she wanted to go? to the girl she held ‘ SOMETHING ‘ for?

“That’s true. I wouldn’t put it past Professor Sprout to make us have joint custody or something like that.” She glanced at the plant, nose scrunching as she looked at the creepy thing. “It’s a Venomous Tentacula. Try not to let it strangle you. At least we’re allowed to curse if it does.” She shrugged. She was more worried about it’s poison and bite than she was the strangling.

┈ ▒█ ♛

“ How far would you go, Veronica? ”

It wasn’t an unforgiving question, nor an invalid one. At the very core of her, Cheryl hungered for her vengeance just as much as her freedom, looming on the horizon after so long kept unwillingly in the dark. But the wounds were still raw enough to ache, like the bruises that defaced the insides of her elbows, the short term damage that left just as many marks as the muscle deep, invisible ones. A sharp breath left her, the kind that came from her toes, weary, bone chilling and soul stirring. Nausea had crept into her innards, gripping where it could, burying deep like nostalgic restlessness into the darkest reaches of her.

Eyeline shifting, fixing on the other girl, Cheryl gave no impression of dismissal, only silent gratitude, a viciousness only residing in the way her teeth clenched, deflected almost in the tenderness of her touch, hand briefly settling atop Veronica’s. “ We all have our own crosses to bear. Thistle House belongs to my Nana Rose, not my would-be caregivers. They’re swine. THEY belong face down in the dirt… Not Jayjay. Not me. ”

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On the treacherous edge of full blown civil war in Riverdale’s picturesque streets, Cheryl ran; no time to make the dash in her classic ride to the diner where death had left its mark once too often, no refuge there or at the sheriff’s station from the onslaught when RIOTS had begun to break out, breaching the southside, too. Staying home might have proven an sufficiently efficient choice when the world had begun to slip on its axis and she’d practically hunted down the man she suspected of being none other than her dear cousin’s progenitor —– Hal, the man behind that terrifying black hood. With the chase on and Betty warned, she’d continued onward on foot, the urge to somehow cease the staggering pulse in her chest at the thought of whatever had happened to Fangs repeating itself again and again, though she’d passed it off under the even tone of her nonchalance. A sense of serenity brought on by a storm of a magnitude she’d never sway, calm reassured by an arrow wound preventing the Black Hood’s quick and LESS than painless escape.

When she’d happened upon the Pembrooke, though, with its shattered door and BLOOD spilling over marble tile, she felt that slip, held her bow a little tighter.

“ Veronica? ”

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okay so i needed a bit of time to recover from that episode but now i am here with all the feeelss and muse!

Ya he's not dead lol

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It wasn’t the first time someone had told the serpent to stay away from the vixen, that Cheryl wasn’t safe, that she’d break Toni’s heart and leave it to pieces. But it felt different, it didn’t seem as if Toni and Cheryl’s relationship could break, because their time alone, was something of a fairytale. Something no one could understand. “Of course, but she’s different than you think Veronica. Cheryl, she’s, broken, and I want to help fix her, show her that she is truly a person who deserves love.”

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