#ephemeralexistence

La Douleur Exquise 

AU. Rating: T+ || Status: Complete 2/2 || Angst, Pining, Hurt/Comfort  || Aesthetic by @srainebuggie || Spot-on playlist by @paperlesscrown

Summary:

Jughead Jones is on the final year of his training as a thoracic surgeon when he began experiencing ferocious chest pains that seized him at arbitrary times of the day; sometimes, he coughed out blood accompanied by curious forms that distinctly resemble flower petals.

He discovered (with great incredulity) that he suffered from a disease called Hanahaki Disease - a rare type of disease that allegedly affects individuals that suffer from a profound unrequited love. He'd have easily dismissed it as an alternative fact when he realized that his symptoms started appearing when his best friend of a decade started dating a man of prominent stature, and he watched her slip away from him.

Fortunately for Jughead, the disease is completely curable. It'd go away when the object of the patient’s affections returns his feelings, or by surgical removal. As a surgeon, the choice shouldn’t have to be difficult for Jughead; but as he discovered, once the curious growth is resected from the diseased lungs, the feelings along with all memories of the beloved disappear. And if he leaves the disease on its natural course, he may end up dead.

Ride Home

AU. Rating: T+ || Status: WIP 2/? || Aesthetic by @jordansconnor || Pining, Hurt/Comfort

Summary:

“I wish we could just go. Just… hop on a motorcycle and leave Riverdale… go to a place where there’s no crazy moms, or drunken dads…”

“Like Romeo and Juliet but we live happily ever after instead.”

Or, AU. Where Betty and Jughead made it out of their childhood hometown and made it big in the outside world. Only there’s no motorcycle involved, and certainly not with one another.

Or, a world where Betty is a popular Hollywood singer who secretly hates her glamorous but insular celebrity life, so she sets out to find an ex-boyfriend in an attempt to feel genuine connection again. And Jughead is a professional photographer who is incapable of getting over an ex-girlfriend.

a lot like forever

Pre-canon/Canon Compliant || Rating: G || Status: Complete 1/1 || gif by @jughead-jones || Fluff || For @thedenisecarla

Summary: 

What happens when 10 year old Betty and Jughead talk about marriage? And then, what happens when older Betty and Jughead talk about marriage? Also involves someone celebrating a birthday, and a few milestones in life.

Broken Things

Canon Divergent || Rating: T+ || Status: Complete 1/1 || aesthetic by @livelovebughead || Angst, Hurt/Comfort

Summary:

When Jughead Jones was imprisoned in the juvenile detention center, he was bent on pushing Betty Cooper out of his life. This was the last draw that pushed Betty over the edge, and it took a toll on her mental state.

Trigger warning: mental instability, depression, PTSD

Temporary Arrangements

Canon Compliant, Post-2.16 || Rating: G || Status: Complete 1/1 || Fluff

Summary:

Jughead takes the brown bags and pads to the kitchen. He arranges the table for three, like it’s the most normal thing to do, when he remembers that Betty no longer lives in the trailer.

“Would you like to stay for dinner?” he asks in her direction. “I think my dad forgot that you no longer live with us. He got take-out for three.”

Betty’s profile lightens up, and looks like she’s about to agree, when FP calls out from across the room, practically shouting, “Would you like to stay forever?”

A Fishy Tale

Pre-canon || Rating: G || Status: Complete 1/1 || Fluff || For @sprousehart-x

Summary:

Betty joins a summer costume contest and has a costume emergency. Good thing Jughead is around to bring her comfort. Inspired by this comic strip

all is well in the world

Canon Compliant || Rating: T+ || Status: Complete 1/1 || gif by @jugheadsbetty || Fluff

Summary:

A slightly poetic take on our favorite Bughead scene in Riverdale 2.12

He refused to let go

Canon Compliant || Rating: T+ || Status: Complete 1/1 || Angst

Summary: