#also idk if this counts but my moms old boss' daughter was a writer for days of our lives
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maybe them meeting their daughters girlfriend, or their sons friends thinking veronicas hot when they go to their house, idk you pick
(I didn't edit this. Sorry for the mistakes)
âRemind me again why weâre doing this?â Archie asks as she follows Veronica around the kitchen he remodeled last summer with his own hands to distract himself from the imminent fact that his baby girl would be going to college and he was fast approaching his midlife crisis. Freddie mocked him and therefore he was punished into painting cabinets under Veronicaâs ruthless quality inspection.
Veronica opens one food container her favorite caterer just dropped with some fancy-looking salad, and a smile grows on her face. There are several more filling the kitchen island.
âBecause we want to have family time with our children and friends, enjoying homemade food.â She opens the next container with beet hummus, and she quietly adds, âand I donât cook but we can always pretend.â
Snorting a laugh, Archie wraps his arms around her middle from behind and presses a kiss to her cheek. âYouâre the best organizing and bossing people around, the Veronica Lodge brand. Besides, Iâll be manning the grill so we can count that as homemade.â
âYou seem to forget Iâm an excellent mixologist. One does not own a bar without learning a few tricks.â Veronica turns around in Archieâs arms, her eyebrow kinking up.
Archie leans closer to her, provoking a smile on her beautiful face, âWe also swore we wouldnât tell our kids about your entire business history and I wouldnât tell a thing about my vigilante days.â
She giggles and makes a shushing gesture by placing a finger over her lips, before she rises on tiptoes to give him a kiss. Itâs funny how after decades together, after a long marriage and children, sheâs still fond of playing with his ears when she kisses him. Veronicaâs nails rake the short hairs of the back of his head â where she claimed to have spotted a few gray hairs just last week.
Kissing his wife is certainly one of his favorite things â and it must be good for his blood pressure because it soothes him and has kept him sane for years. No one could blame him when he hums in delight from deep within his chest but of course they will anyway.
âEw, Daddy, we have guests,â Audrey quips when she enters the kitchen, hand in hand with a slightly taller girl with red hair who is smiling in amusement.
âShush, Addie. Just like you, I have the right to kiss my beloved. Even more so after more than thirty years.â Veronica pecks Archieâs lips once more to make her point.
Audrey chuckles and turns to her girlfriend. âSo, BB, are your moms as disgusting as these ancient creeps?â
Bella Blossom might be Cherylâs kid but she was raised by Toni as well, so instead of making a snide remark, her eyes widen and she stares at her girlfriendâs parents not knowing what to say.
âWatch it,â Archie warns with a lopsided grin and winks at the girls. âWeâre happy you can join us for lunch today, Bella.â He walks past them, dropping a kiss atop Audreyâs hair, making her giggle.
âThank you, Mr. Andrews.â
Oh, how he dislikes being Mr. Andrews. Is there anything else that can make him feel older? Only the way his knee hurts when he hits the gym and he doesnât warm up.
As he makes his way outside to the backyard deck, Archie hears Audrey teasing Veronica about her home-cooked meal. Itâs a running joke in the family how each time the kids had a bake sale, Veronica spent more money buying pastries than the school made selling them.
Burgers are almost done when Cheryl and Toni arrive. This time heâs not lucky and gets a few of those Cheryl Blossomâs snarky remarks while Toni makes damage control because Bella seems upset to see her mumsy being insufferable.
âI sometimes wonder what you did in your past life to have this kind of karma,â Jughead comments before taking a sip of his beer. âLodges, BlossomsâŠâ
âBears,â Munroe jests but Archie doesnât pay much attention to his friends when he spots three of Freddieâs friends looking at his wife too intensely for his taste.
Itâs a known fact Veronica was deemed the hot mom years ago when Audrey started high school, and even before that when she was teaching and she was the hot teacher. She always tells him he canât complain because the same thing happened to him â well, tough luck, because he hasnât noticed other people lusting after him.
He hands the spatula and grill fork to Jughead so he can take care of the barbecue without thinking. Fortunately, Munroe decides to help instead when he sees the panic etched on the writerâs face.
âHey, guys,â Archie greets the teenage boys huddled in a corner, with a smile that makes his face hurt. Heâs never been good at pretending. âDo you want a beer?â An easy test to fail for a group of fifteen-year-olds. And they are boys, so they hesitate before one of them makes the right choice by meekly shaking his head.
With a humorless laugh, Archie smacks the shoulders of two of them, with much more force than needed. âGood choice. But you must be thirsty. Were you thinking about having a drink?â He tries, this time looking at his wife pointedly. But again, these teenage kids wonât take a hint.
Veronica is serving a cocktail and chatting with Cheryl. When she feels his gaze on her, she winks at Archie and makes a simple gesture to beckon him.
Just then Freddie returns to his friends, holding a bowl of sweet potato chips and baba ganoush â because this kid might be a carbon copy of Archieâs dad but he definitely has Veronicaâs sense of style and palate.
âKid, your friends are thirsty,â Archie says without preamble and because this is Veronica Lodgeâs son, he knows it will take Freddie less than a second to pick up what he means. One look shot at the bar, the tilt of his head, an arched eyebrow and⊠âYou should be a good host.â
Freddie has a glint of mischief in his eyes. âYouâre absolutely right. Iâll get you something, and then I can tell you how in my family as a rite of passage in our family you must fight a bearââ
âFreddieââ Archieâs eyes widen. Veronica hates that story. She absolutely loathes it to the point Jughead enjoyed irking her by giving teddy bears to the children for their first birthdays. âDonâtâ
âWhy not? I thought youâd like for them to know you fought a bear, were in the army, worked as a firefighter, and in construction so you basically know how to kill them and make them disappear in hundreds of ways and no one would find them.â Then he turns sharply and stares at his friends. âAlso, I advise you to stop looking at my mother because letâs face it, you think youâre good-looking but youâre not. Sheâs smarter than the three of you put together. Richer than everyone else in town. And with beauty only good genes I inherited can give.â He sighs. âSo, unless you fought a bear, is there anything that makes you stand out in this place?â
âDude,â one of Freddieâs friends mutters. It feels like this talk was a bit harsh, but Freddie also hated when Audreyâs friends flirted with Veronica.
âI know! Sad. I go to therapy because living under my parentsâ shadow is unbearable,â Freddie replies, which is a lie. This boy is a Lodge in the body of an Andrews â and itâs scary.
When Archie makes his way to Veronica, he immediately wraps an arm around her and pulls her close to bury his nose in her hair.
âWhat?â she laughs at his childish gesture.
âOur children scare me,â Archie confesses.
âYou realized it just now?â Veronica leans against his side, enjoying his hold on her.
âNo, but I hate having more proof.â
She chuckles and soon cackles when he tells her what happened.
âThink about this, at least Freddie didnât lock me in the supplies closet at school like Audrey did when her classmates ogled you on her eighth-grade talent show.â
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