#━━ ✦ TATUM RILEY & DEWEY RILEY * dynamics

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[thefanficmonster]

could u possibly do headcanons for dewey x reader where the reader is his childhood best friends? love ur writing!

I've said it countless times before and I'll say it again: DEWEY MY BELOVED 🧸

Thank you so much for your request, hun! Hope you enjoy the headcanons 💕

Pairing: Dewey Riley x Reader (Gender Neutral) {Platonic}, Dewey Riley x Gale Weathers {Background, Romantic} [Scream]

Warnings: SPOILERS for Scream 1,2&3, Swearing, Mentions of death and guilt

Genre: Platonic Fluff, Hurt/Comfort

- You and Dewey met when your family moved into the house neighboring to the one of the Riley family

- You both were five years old at the time, both about to enter the first grade and both very unfamiliar with the whole concept of school

- Your parents moved around a lot because of their jobs so they never enrolled you into kindergarten, hindering you from becoming as social as you probably should've been at that age

- Dewey wasn't much different, he himself was a very shy kid that rarely got along with the other kids in the neighborhood

- In his defense, they were all straight up hooligans that knew nothing better than getting into trouble

- That's another thing you and Dewey had in common: being rule-followers and overall goody-two-shoe's

- It's those very similarities that brought you two close when you started school, turning you both into chatter boxes around one another

- You had plenty of the same interests and loved the same cartoons or comic books etc. which left you with an endless supply of things to talk about

- Over time you started breaking free from your shell and attempted to help Dewey make new friends as well

- Even to this day you’re the more social one between you two

- When you were both eight, Tatum was born and you rascals were overjoyed

- Baby Tatum was already annoyed by you and Dewey since day one and that never changed

- Not when you babysat her as a toddler, not when you’d drop her off and pick her up from the local kindergarten or from school, not in her teenage years

- Never

- And when I say she was annoyed by you, I mean it in the best way possible

- She loved you like a sibling and always preferred you as a babysitter, knowing she could get away with more stuff if you were on the watch

- It’s not your fault you couldn’t say no when she gave you that tear-filled gaze and a pouty lip

- She also preferred talking to you about personal stuff like crushes and boyfriends while she turned to Dewey for help with school stuff

- It’s not like you couldn’t help her with that too but there had to be a balance in the dynamic somehow

- You remember all the times you’d wake up with her cuddled up next to you on the couch that was declared yours anytime you’d sleep over

- There were no questions asked: if Tatum had a bad dream, you were the one she’d go to, that is if you were in the house of course

- And when a bad dream, a downright nightmare became a reality, you couldn’t bare the fact that you weren’t there to protect her from it

- You couldn’t and still can’t forgive yourself for not being there, not that you could’ve known any of what was about to go down at that house that night anyway

- But still, you forced yourself to put on a brave face in front of Dewey who was light years more crushed than you were

- You were his shoulder to cry on while you cried into your pillow at night

- You were the pillar, he was the softie

- And he’d probably still be down in the dumps, or at least be doing a lot worse than he currently is if you weren’t there for him

- That’s why you’ve sworn to be by him every step of the way that you can

- Every time he’d want or need you there, you’d be by his side

- You were the one who first found out about his interest in Gale Weathers

- And you were also probably the first person to turn the tables on the reporter, asking her questions she wasn’t too keen on answering

- But you knew better than yo let her off the hook so easily

- You couldn’t let just anyone date your best friend

- You are as picky with his partners as he is with yours

- He’s probably got a point, though, you do have a bad taste in romantic partners

- You were also the first one to hit him square in the face with the fact that he was in love with the woman but he found it absurd

- And not even a week later he asked you to help him plan the proposal so...absurd my ass

- Needless to say, you had the chance to witness the proposal and be there for the first-hand experience of just how anxious Dewey can get when faced with a big upcoming event aka their wedding

- It reminded you a lot of the time he was about to accept his deputy star and official badge, he was sweating buckets all throughout the ceremony

- At least this time he managed to keep that bodily function under control as him and Gale exchanged their vows and were proclaimed husband and wife

- You were sitting front row on the groom’s side, hating your seating position because it left you with no way to hide the fact that you were tearing up

- And yes, you did tell yourself you wouldn’t do such a thing but alas you did

- And yes, Dewey noticed but luckily, in that moment, he couldn’t exactly tease you about it

- But don’t worry, Sidney, who was sitting next to you, did it for him

- Her and you had gotten closer over the last year with you having officially joined her protection squad��

- She handed you a tissue, “Never pegged you for a crybaby.”

- “Zip it, Prescott, you’re crying too.”

- “I am?”

- Yeah, you were both crying which automatically brought tears to the groom and bride’s eyes as well

- You didn’t feel sorry though

- You wanted Dewey to know how proud you were and always have been of him, how happy you are for him and Gale and how quickly you’d sacrifice your own happiness for his

- You’ve neve been to vocal about loving people, but you showed it in your actions, and in this situation, your tears were more than enough to send your message across

- I’m so proud of you, Dewey. Tatum is proud of you too, I bet my life on that. You deserve the world, Riley, I haven’t told you this a lot in this lifetime so far, excuse me, I’m not good with words and you know it, but I’ll still say it and I’ll keep it short and simple....

- I’m so lucky to be able to call you my best friend, my brother. I owe so much to you and I’m not sure I’ll ever pay you back for all you’ve done for me. But since we never know what tomorrow will hold, I want you to know only one thing: that I love you, Dwight Riley. I love you, brother.