beaniedbeat: // J. JONES
he shrugs, an all too amused glint in his eyes as he thinks on exactly how the agreement to write anything for the register had come about. “ acid queen alice may have finally admitted that she’s not the absolute gold standard of journalism, apparently she was actually keeping up with some of what I was writing in college, or one of the dads and/or mom was bragging, probably some combination. either way, she appealed to my humanity and asked me to work on… a thing I can’t give details on yet. ” too pleased with himself, absolutely too pleased with himself — but it’s not often that alice cooper bends, and jughead’s been just bored enough that jumping at something to do was always going to happen. that deviously bemused look, though, softens when finn starts to talk about his family.
that had been a surprisingly difficult part of the split, feeling like he’s lost an entire extended family in addition to… well, the person he loved. even since getting back together, jughead’s been just a bit too gun-shy to really properly reach out to even just cassie, though he’s been kept largely up to date by his dad. “ mm, yeah, I heard wedding stuff’s stressful. can’t say I blame her. good that it’s happening, though, happy for them. ” there’s a small, annoyingly persistent, voice that’s been telling him for about a year now that he’s never going to have that, so of course it picks up, and of course jughead shuts it down as he flashes finn a smile.
“ you’ve known me for… most of my life now, I’m almost positive you know the answer to that question. ”
“ fine. keep your secrets.” but he’s grinning, the undeniable fondness on his face softening his words. he lifts jughead’s hand to his mouth to press a kiss to his knuckles, lessening the blow even further, and revels in being able to do something as simple as this again. alice cooper is the last thing on his mind as he takes a moment just to drink in the sight of a happy, relaxed jughead --- a sight he’d been convinced only a few months ago he’d never see again. and speaking of people who’d thought they’d never see his boyfriend again... “ you should go and see ma, though. she misses you. ” understatement. “ just don’t drop by while she’s choosing fuckin’ flowers, or somethin’, she’s terrifying when she’s in mother-in-law mode. ”
jughead’s answer to his question makes him chuckle, and he’s sliding out of the booth before the other can protest, leaning down to press a kiss to his boyfriend’s forehead. “ think I still remember what you like... and you can take that any way you want. ” he’s glad the flirting comes as naturally as it always has, with none of the hesitation he’d been worried would crop up. “ be back in a sec. ” pop’s been watching them with a familiar twinkle in his eyes, finn notices as he rattles off what used to be their regular order --- unnecessarily, as it happens, since pop informs him he’d already guessed as much. his chest feels tight for a moment, warmth rolling through him and leaving him beaming as he returns to their booth. “ almost two years and we’re still as predictable as ever, apparently. food’ll be here soon. ”
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