Bughead Oneshots ~request open~

~ anatomy of a murder ~

~ send me a prompt and I'll make a one shot babes ❤️ ~

There they were, watching the video on the flash drive anxiously. Jughead sat there hoping his father didn't walk into frame. They sat there, breathless and waiting, when the last person they ever thought to see walked Infront of Jason...Polly Cooper. Everyone gasped except for the girl holding the laptop. Veronica started to cry when the shot was fired, so did Kevin. Jughead had his hand over his mouth, a hand on his girlfriends shoulder. Archie sat there speechless. Betty hadn't blinked since she saw her, hasn't taken a breath, mouth closed, only silent tears rolled down her cheeks. She slowly shut the laptop as Veronica started to sob. She put the laptop on the coffee table Infront of her, her hands immediacy recoiling into themselves, breaking skin.

" Betty" Jughead whispered standing up, stepping towards her. She kept her arms tight to her sides, fingers digging deeper. She stepped away from him and pulled out her phone.

" Betty who are you calling?" Archie says.

She dials a number fiercely, putting the phone up to her ear.

" hello, sheriff Keller" she sounds frazzled and weak. Jughead reaches out to touch her arm at the sound of her frantic voice, she doesn't react to his touch.

" I need you here now"

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Wooden barriers surround the Cooper household, as police storms the house. Hal and Alice stand behind Betty, one hand on each of her shoulders. Jughead, Archie, Veronica and Kevin watch helplessly from across the lawn, on the other side of the barrier. Yelling comes from inside the house as they drag a flailing Polly out of the house. Betty is horrified, so are her parents. Tears roll viciously down her face as she watches her sister being pulled along by the police. Polly makes eye contact with her sister.

" how could you do this to me Betty" she yells, tears rolling down her face. She manages to break free of the police and runs towards Betty. She grabs onto her arms shaking her. Jughead jumps over the barrier,  breaking into a sprint towards them.

" why Betty?" She yelled shaking her sister.

" I'm sorry polls" Betty whispers. The police pull Polly away as Jughead embraces  Betty, she collapses into his arms. He whispers encouraging words into her hair so only she can hear, he throws his hat to the side. A loud scream rips through the air. Betty starts to lift her head. Jughead gently puts a hand behind her neck, pushing her down against his shoulder.

" don't look" he whispers, tears of his own running down his cheeks. Betty sobbed, his arms wrapped tightly around her. Archie and Veronica shove their way past the police, Kevin going towards his dad. Veronica knelt beside Betty, rubbing her back calmingly. Archie stood there, hands behind his head. And there they stayed until all the cop cars where gone.

Jughead helped Betty of the pavement, her parents down at the station.

" let's get you inside" Jughead mumbled. He put her arm around his neck, letting her lean heavily against him incase she collapsed. Veronica and Archie walked each step of the way with them.