#rangs fogarty imagine

[southsidewrites]

36 with fangs

So I think the Fangs requests ended up being my favorite of all of these.  I seriously need to write more Fangs.

I stood in front of the mirror,cringing when I saw the way the silky material of the dress hit my hips. “Absolutelynot,” I muttered, yanking down the zipper and tossing the dress onto the bedwith the rest of the rejects.

Fangs walked into the bedroom,and his jaw dropped. “Babe, what the hell?”

I shot him a hard glare andstarted digging through the closet again. “What?” I snapped.

He gestured wildly at the bed. “Whyis our bed covered with every dress you own?”

“It’s not every dress,” I replied, not bothering to look back at him. “Justall the ones I’ve tried on so far.”

“So far?  You mean there’s more?”

“Of course, there’s more—you don’tthink I plan to go to the party in a bra and spandex, do you?”

He shrugged and walked up behindme to wrap his arms around my waist and tug my hips back into his. “I don’tknow, babe, I wouldn’t mind.”

I rolled my eyes and selectedanother dress—a simple black one with a little sparkle. “Shut up, Fangs.”  I wiggled out of his grasp. “You have it easy—allyou had to do was put on a suit.”

“True.” He sat back on the bed towatch amusedly as I attempted to wriggle into the tight dress. “But I did haveto shower and shave, too.  Oh, and I hadto style my hair.”

I got the dress on and shot himanother glare. “I hate you right now.”

“I know.” With a grin, he hoppedoff the bed to help me with the zipper. When he got it to the top, he pressed a soft kiss into the exposed skinbetween my shoulder blades. “Now, what do you think of this dress?”

I looked at myself in the mirror,and I had to admit it wasn’t bad.  Especiallystanding next to Fangs in his black suit, I looked pretty good.  Then, I saw the awkward way it was startingto bunch up on my stomach. “I don’t know, Fangs…”

“Babe,just pick an outfit so we can go. I mean, it’sjust a New Year’s party, it’s not a black-tie event.”

“It’s also the first time I’mmeeting all your friends,” I replied, turning to face him and wrapping my armsaround his shoulders.

“Not all of them,” he argued. “You’ve met Sweet Pea.”

“Okay, yeah, but not Toni andCheryl and Jughead and Betty and Joaquin and Kevin.”

“And I’m sure they’ll love youregardless of what dress you’re wearing.” He smiled softly, tucking a looselock of hair behind my ear. “And personally, I think you look absolutely gorgeousin this one.”

“You’re just saying that so I don’ttry anymore.”

“How many more can you possiblyhave?”

“I dunno.” I shrugged. “Like, atleast three.”

He ran his hands down my hips tomy butt, squeezing tightly and pulling me into him. “Well, I don’t see how anycan top this.”

“Fangs,” I giggled, slapping himweakly on the shoulder. “Stop.”

“No way, beautiful.” He startedkissing down my neck just light enough to make it tickle. “The only way you’dlook better than in that dress is in nothing at all, and I don’t think thatwould be super appropriate for meeting my friends.”

“Are you kidding?  I always try to meet my boyfriend’s friendscompletely in the nude.  I find it veryfreeing.”

He rolled his eyes, pressing a kissinto my forehead. “You’re so full of shit. So, are we ready to go?”

“Yup, I just need to pick outshoes.” I slipped out of his grip and opened the closet door to look at theshoe rack on the back. “Which ones do you think I should go with?”

“You’ve got to be kidding me.”

~

“No, Fangs, really, she’s clearlytoo good for you,” Joaquin mused, taking a sip from his champagne. “I mean,look at her.  I’m gay, and I can seethat.”

“Ha, ha,” Fangs said, wrappinghis arm around my waist. “What can I say, though?  I’m clearly a lucky guy.” He looked down athis phone. “And it’s almost midnight, so I think we need a little more champagne.”

Taking my hand, he led us back tothe bar and got us each a new glass of champagne.  Smiling, I left mine on the bar and wrappedmy arms around him. “Thanks so much for inviting me tonight, Fangs.  Everyone has been absolutely amazing.”

“Of course, they have—I told youthey’d love you, babe.  Not as much as Ilove you, of course, but still—”

Around us, everyone startedcounting down, and Fangs and I joined in, not looking away from eachother.  When we hit one, he grinned. “So,do I get my midnight kiss?”

“Absolutely.”  With my heels on, I didn’t even need to standup on my tiptoes to kiss him.  He held mywaist tightly, kissing me for a little longer than was probably appropriate,and then we broke apart, still smiling.

“You know, I think I want tospend a lot of New Year’s with you,” he said, his brown eyes fixed on mine.

“I couldn’t agree more.”

REQUESTS CLOSED FOR NYE STARTERS!

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[imagine-riverdale]

Commitment Part One- Fangs Fogarty Imagine

Part Two (coming soon)

“For fucks sake Edward!” Kimberly shouted as she entered the Whyte Wyrm where a bunch of the teenage Southside Serpents were cleaning their wounds and drinking. “It’s three in the morning!” She stomped over to him.

“What in the world are you wearing?” Fangs asked standing up as he noticed his girlfriend wearing only a pair of pajama shorts and a camisole along with her sneakers and a small cardigan. “Lord.” Fangs shrugged off his jacket and tried to slide it over her shoulders.

“Would you stop!” She shrugged it off her and rested her hands on her hips. “Toni called me, you idiots go into a fight with the Northside! What the hell?” She groaned. “Look at your face!” She motioned for him to sit and took the first aid kit from Toni and began to clean his split lip. “Why do you have to worry me? Huh?”

“I’m sorry babe, but it’s really hard for me to focus when you’re dressed like that.” Kimberly stopped cleaning his lip and glared at him.

“How hard do you want me to punch you Fogarty?” She asked as Fangs smiled wrapping his arms around her hips and pulling her closer.

“Depends, you hitting me with your hand, or your lips.” He asked smirking as Kimberly rolled her eyes.

“You’re an idiot.” She mumbled moving away from him and putting away the first aid kit. “I cannot believe you.” She stated.

“Baby.” Fangs stood up and set his hands on her hips. “We’re fine, you should probably talk to your brother though.” Fangs motioned over to Sweet Pea. Kimberly looked towards where Sweet Pea was holding a bag of ice to his eye.

“For fucksake!” Kimberly through her hands in the air. “What is with you people?” She asked moving towards her brother whom was pushing Toni away from him. “I got it Toni, thanks.” She looked to her brother. “What were you guys thinking?”

“I was thinking that I don’t particularly like having a gun shoved in my face by bulldogs.”

“A gun? So you went to his house!” She shouted. “Are you fucking kidding me Sweet Pea? You could have died! Fangs could have died! Hell you could have killed all of them.” Motioning around the bar at the group of Serpents that were all being treated.

“It was stupid, I know but,”

“But nothing Sweet Pea.” Kimberly stated. “Are you trying to get yourselves killed? I cannot lose you or Fangs, Pea.” She said softly. “I love both of you, okay? Stop putting your lives in danger. Please.” Kimberly begged as she looked at Sweet Pea’s eye. “You’ll live, put a bag of peas on it.” She teased. “Now I’m going home, to sleep.” She said heading towards Fangs.

“You leavin?” He asked touching her arm.

“Yeah, I’m headin home, I want to sleep, okay? I love you, I’ll talk to you in the morning okay? Go home, straight home, no more fights tonight, okay baby?” She asked.

“Okay.” Fangs agreed. “I’ll see you tomorrow, let me know when you get home.” Fangs kissed her as Kimberly nodded.

“I will.” Kimberly headed out but not before stopping and glancing back at her boyfriend. “You’re more than welcome to stop by when you’re done here.” She smiled. Kimberly didn’t even make it back to the truck she shared with her brother before Fangs was grabbing onto her and spinning her towards him.

“I can’t let you go home alone.” He teased before kissing her.

“Hmm, we can come back for your bike.” She hummed looking up at him.

“Yeah.” He nodded before the two headed back to the trailer that she shared with her brother.

-

“Kimmy?” Sweet Pea called entering the trailer. “You here?” Kimberly groaned as she looked at the clock and noticed the time being eleven in the morning, Kimberly looked over Fangs who was sleeping next to her. Standing and quickly throwing clothes on she headed towards the living room where her brother was.

“What Pea?” She asked. “Why are you coming in and yelling?” She asked moving towards their small kitchen and making a pot of coffee.

“You were supposed to be at the Wyrm an hour ago for work.” He stated. “I’ve left you like ten messages.” He stated.

“Pea, I forgot to plug my phone in okay? I’m fine, I slept in, especially after I got called down to the Wyrm last night.” She reminded him.

“And I’m assuming the reason Fangs’ bike is still at the Wyrm is cause he’s currently laying naked in your bed.” Kimberly laughed.

“Yes Pea, Fangs is currently asleep, in my bed, and he may be naked, you wanna go check?” She teased turning towards him with her coffee.

“Ew no.” Pea shook his head.

“I’ll get ready and head to work, okay? Don’t worry I’m fine.” Kimberly waved her elder brother away as she headed back to her room where Fangs was getting ready. “Well good morning handsome.” She teased leaning against the doorframe.

“Hey babe.” Fangs glanced over as he finished tying his boots. “Pea here?” Kim nodded as she moved over and sat on Fang’s lap.

“Yeah, he just came in. Reamed me a new one for being late to work.” She placed a kiss on his jaw. “Unfortunately I need to head to work.” She stated standing off his lap, but not before pressing a kiss to his lips. “You want a ride to get your bike?”

“That’d be great.” He stated as Kimberly nodded before beginning to get dressed.

-

“Hey Hog, sorry I’m late I,”

“Hey.” He held his hands up. “Don’t worry about it, I saw you come in around three and leave with Fangs, I get it.” He stated. “You’re good Kim.” Kim nodded before getting to work on restocking. “Heard about the brawl, good thing for them all.” He said as Kimberly laughed.

“They were reckless Hog.” She reminded him. “The kid had a gun for godsake.” She sighed. “Pea could have been killed, Fangs could have.”

“Speaking of Fangs, did I hear you call him Edward last night?” This caused Kimberly to laugh.

“Yeah Hog, that’s his name.” She mentioned. “He was only called Fangs because he used to have bad teeth when he was younger.”

“His teeth ain’t bad now.”

“No, they’re not.” She stated. “He got them knocked out when they were still his baby teeth.”

“By who?” Kimberly moved towards the store room. “Me.” She glanced back at Hoghead before moving to grab the stock she needed.

-

“Hey break it up!” Kimberly yelled around six that night as she was breaking up a bar fight between two people whom seemed to be from somewhere else. Kimberly picked up a bat from behind the bar and jumped over the table and hit it loudly against the cement floor. “I said break it up!” She shouted again causing the two men to jump apart as a few Serpents stood behind her. “Pay your tab and get out.”

“And who the fuck are you to tell us what to do?” The older of the two asked.

“I’m the women with a bat whom is very willing to use it.” She stated smiling sweetly. “Unless you want two dislocated kneecaps I suggest you do as told.” She held the bat up for them to see.

“Yeah?” The one asked as he pulled out a gun and pointed it at her. “And what is your bat gonna do against a gun?” Kimberly paused before hearing multiple Serpents point guns at the man.

“Oh it’s not gonna do anything, but I think your gun is outnumbered by ours.” She stated motioning around as the bell above the door rang, and in walked Fangs and Sweet Pea.

“Kimberly!” “Babe!” Both Fangs and Sweet Pea yelled pushing through the crowd as the guy put his gun down and four Serpents restrained the two men.

“Baby.” Fangs wrapped his arms around his girlfriend.

“I’m fine. You both owe me $36.” She stated stepping towards them. “Not including tip.” The two of the four Serpents holding them back pulled their wallets out and handed Kimberly two fifties. “Thank you, gentlemen, now get the hell out of my bar and don’t come back.” The two were kicked out and the bar went back to its normal self.

“Do not go after men with guns!” Sweet Pea shouted as Kimberly turned towards him.

“You mean like you two did?” She asked as Fangs shook his head and headed to the bar where he grabbed a beer. “Do not be a hypocrite Pea, plus I had the guys backing me.” She stated patting her brother’s chest and heading to the bar. “Hey baby.” Kimberly leaned kissed Fang’s cheek before heading behind the bar.

“You’re trying to give me a heart attack, right?” He asked taking another drink of his beer.

“Oh you mean like you did me?” She asked teasingly as she leaned against the bar. “Because I remember correctly you legitimately went after a guy with a gun yesterday baby.” She reminded her boyfriend before moving down the bar to continue working. “I’m off in an hour. You can buy your girlfriend a beer once she’s done.” She mentioned.

“How the hell are you so calm after having a gun pointed at your head?” Fangs asked looking at Sweet Pea who was sitting next to him. Kimberly stopped what she was doing and glanced at her boyfriend. “You didn’t even flinch when he pulled it.”

“Fangs.” Kimberly headed back towards him. “After having a gun pulled on you, so many times, you learn not to flinch, it gives them the reaction they’re looking for, scared.” She stated.

“And how many times have you been at gunpoint?”

“Doesn’t matter.” Kimberly shook her head before continuing her work.

“Don’t push her man, she’ll open up, eventually.” Sweet Pea stated. “Let’s play pool.”

-

“Here you go babe.” Kimberly set a beer in front of him as she fell into the seat next to him with her own beer and kissed his cheek, whilst he was talking with a few of his other Serpent friends.

“Wow you get beer hand delivered.” One stated as Fangs laughed.

“Not usually, only when she wants me to do something.” He stated glancing over at his girlfriend. “And what is it that you want from me?” He asked as Kimberly laughed.

“Nothing.” Kimberly shook her head with a smile.

“Kimberly.” Fangs stared at his girlfriend for a minute.

“I don’t want anything, lord Fangs.” Kimberly laughed.

“I’ve known you since we were eight.” He reminded her.

“Fine.” Kimberly caved and turned batting her eyelashes at him. “How much do you love me?” She asked as Fangs groaned glancing at the other guys.

“Fuck, what is it that you want?” He asked. “Or better yet, what the fuck did you do?” Kimberly looked at the beer bottle in her hand.

“Baby.” Kimberly touched his arm. “I love you okay, remember that.” She stated.

“What did you do?” He asked again as Sweet Pea headed towards where the two were sitting.

“Okay it was an accident.” She stated with a sigh. “You left your phone at the bar and it rang coming up with ‘Love of my life’.” Kimberly looked at Fang’s face to see his eyes widen.

“Are you cheating on my sister?” Sweet Pea asked as Kimberly shook her head.

“No Pea, he’s not.” She shook her head. “I my have answered it and called your mother a ‘whoring skank who needed to back the fuck off or I’d kill her.’” Fang’s mouth dropped as Kimberly handed him his phone, the rest of the table began laughing.

“Fuck Kim.” Fangs groaned leaning against the booth. “My mother is gonna flip, I have to go.” He motioned her out of the booth.

“Baby.”

“Kim, my mother is insane, I haven’t even told her about you. She is probably having a heart attack right now.”

“Wait you haven’t told her about me?” Kim asking sliding out of the booth.

“No! She’s insane and would have freaked.” He started heading for the doors. Kim following behind him.

“You haven’t told your mother about us? Fangs we’ve been together for over a year!” She shouted before glancing at her brother. “I’ll see you at home tonight bro.” She stated before continuing into the parking lot where Fangs was. “You’re kidding right? Your mother knows we’re friends but not that we’re dating? Why does she think I stay the night twice a week?”

“She thinks you’re helping me study!” Fangs shouted climbing onto his bike.

“Wait what?” Kimberly laughed. “Your mother, think I help you study? Fangs you’re doing better in every class than me.” She reminded him. “Hell you’re a year older than me, if anything you should be helping me study.” She stated crossing her arms as Fangs started his bike.

“I had to tell her something,”

“So you lied to her, instead of telling her we were dating.” Kim sighed resting a hand on her head. “Tell her we’re together.”

“I can’t Kimmy.” He told her softly.

“You’re not going to lie to your mother.” Kim stated. “So until you decide you want her to know that I was your girlfriend, we’re done.”

“Kim,”

“Edward.” Kimberly called him by his first name stopping anything that was going to come out of his mouth. “I love you more than anything, but if you can’t tell your mother, the most important person in your life, that we’re together, how much can you really love me?” She asked. “Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine.” She gave him a soft smile before backing up and heading back into the Whyte Wyrm. 

As always thank you for reading my loves! It’s the begging of the new semester and I’m drowning already so instead I chose to write. Hope you enjoyed! Thanks again my lovelies!

REQUESTS ARE OPEN FOR ALL RIVERDALE CHARACTER

[wayward-river]

Loving the Enemy (7)

Malachai x Plus!Size Serpent Reader 

AN: Alright y’all only one to two chapters left which is why this one is so short but its FULL so buckle up. Thanks to my beta @xserpentlife as always check her out. All mistakes are my own, I do not own any gifs I use.

Sweet Pea pulled up to your shared trailer you dismounted ignoring his questions. You walked in wiping your eyes.

“Y/N/N?”

You ignored Fangs sitting on the couch as you headed for your room. Hearing Sweet Pea rush in after you, you slammed your door locking it behind you. You covered your mouth as the sobs shook you, you slid down the back of the door until you reached the floor.

Sweet Pea closed his eyes as he heard the door slam followed by the muffled sound of your cries.

“What happened? Where’d you go?” Fangs looked to Sweet Pea for answers.

“What are you doing here?” Sweet Pea answered with his own question.

“You left so quick from the Wyrm after you picked up Y/N’s call I got worried.” Fangs admitted.

Sweet Pea nodded. “I picked her up from the House of the Dead. In not the shirt she left the Wyrm in.”

“What the?”

“Exactly what I said.”

“M… oh fuck.” Fangs’s mouth dropped open as he put the pieces together.

“What, spit it out Fogarty.”

“House of Dead. Just the letter M, fuck dude Malachai.”

“No…she wouldn’t do that, its Y/N/N” Sweet Pea sunk onto the couch.

“I did do it.” You quietly muttered as you sniffled, startling both boys. “Fangs is right...I fell for the Ghoulie King, without knowing he was who he was.”

Fangs got up pulling you into him as you tried to hold back your tears.

“Did he know?”

“He said he only found out a week ago when he gave me my necklace and saw my tattoo.”

You stood quietly for a few minutes still being held in Fangs’s arms.

“Bullshit. I can’t believe you trusted him.” Sweet Pea broke his silence.

“Sweet -” Fangs began.

“No Fangs! She was stupid. You could have got yourself killed Y/N! What were you thinking!”

You pushed out of Fangs’s grip. “Sweet Pea c’mon man.”

“No Fangs he’s right. I’m stupid, I let myself feel for once and it blew up in my face, whatever screw you Sweet Pea.” You didn’t let him respond as you stormed out of the trailer.

“She’s hurting and you go and let your anger get to you.” Fangs scolded.

“YOU DON’T GET IT FANGS. YOU DIDN’T FIND HER LAST TIME. I DID!”

You heard the yelling begin inside the trailer, their muffled voices going back and forth and you took off. You ran to the only place you had felt comfortable these past few months. You came upon the empty park taking a seat on the swing as you sat and listened to the sounds surrounding you. What had you gotten yourself into. You loved the Ghoulie King of all people and right now that was affecting your relationship with the one person who had always protected you.

“Well, well, well. What do we have here?”

The voice that rang out sent chills through your body as you froze.

“Imagine my surprise when I see you alive and not only alive but also walking out of the House of the Dead.”

You took a deep breath. “You’ve fucked up my life enough Penny, just leave me alone.”

“Oh pretty girl. You are my unfinished business.”

Before you could question anything your world went black.

[serpentwithatardis]

Assignment (Fangs x Reader)

Prompt: The reader is dating Fangs but is paired with Reggie (her ex) for a project. She starts spending loads of time with him and Fangs gets jealous. They argue, he accuses her of cheating on him, she shouts at him telling him she loves him, not Reggie.

"Fogarty, you are with Topaz." Fangs and Toni hi-fived as the teacher read out their names for the project. Fangs then turned around and smiled sadly at you, and you smiled sadly back. You were both hoping you could work on this project together, being boyfriend and girlfriend, but you just hoped your partner wasn't bad.

"(Y/L/N), you're with Mantle." The whole class froze. You and Reggie had dated for three months, before having a nasty public breakup after a football game, where you caught Reggie kissing a River Vixen. 6 months on, and you still hated him, but you had recently moved on with Fangs, your boyfriend of 2 months. You saw Reggie's eyes widen and Fangs' hands curl into fists. The teacher finished reading out the names.

"Now, these partners cannot be changed. You will work together no matter what. I'm not putting up with any childish behaviour." he said as the bell rang. You sighed and walked out, and you were stopped by Reggie.

"Hey, um, do you wanna go to the library after school to get started." he said, not looking at you.

"Yeah, sure." you sighed before walking over to Fangs. He snarled as Reggie walked down the hallway.

"I don't like the fact that you are working with that prick." he said.

"Neither do I, but you heard the teacher. Anyway, its been what, 6 months? We are both mature people. It will be fine." you replied.

"You're teenagers." Fangs deadpanned. You laughed and shoved him with your shoulder as you both walked off to lunch.

You were sitting patiently in the library, waiting for Reggie. He walked in, and placed his stuff down gently next to yours before sitting down next to you.

"Sorry i'm late, I had to talk to the coach." he muttered.

"S'alright." you mumbled back. You both sat in silence for a couple of minutes, before you rolled your eyes and spoke up.

"Look this doesn't have to be awkward. We are just partners, doing a school project.

Reggie nodded and you both got to work.

Over the course of the next week, you started spending more time working on the project with Reggie. You forgot how much you both had in common, and while you didn't love him the same way you used to, you had missed him as a friend. Every study session with him was filled with laughter, and you actually were doing pretty well on the assignment.  However, while you and Reggie became reacquainted, you had been neglecting Fangs. This project was very important, and you blew off multiple date nights and lunch dates with Fangs because of it. While you saw it as studying, Fangs was getting very insecure and upset about how long you spent with Reggie.

Two weeks after the assignment had been set, you and Reggie had finally finished. You went to Pop's to grab a celebratory milkshake. You were both laughing about the time you went ice skating, when the door to Pop's was thrown open and a visibly distraught Fangs walked in. You and Reggie looked at each other, concerned and you immediately ran up to your boyfriend. 

"Fangs, what's wrong?" you asked, tapping him on the shoulder. As soon as he saw you, he engulfed you in his arms.

"(Y/N), you didn't show up for our date night, I thought something bad had happened." he pulled away from you and shakily laughed.

"I'm ok, I was just celebrating with Reggie, we finished our assignment!" Fangs happy expression turned to a sour one.

"And why didn't you tell me? What, were you planning on keeping your little romance secret! Well, it's too damn late for that." he said before storming out. You shook your head and quickly pulled out some money to pay, before running out after Fangs.

"Fangs!" you called out. "Fangs, what the hell! I'm not cheating on you! There is no romance between me and Reggie!!" you cried out while racing after him. He turned around, tears streaming down his face.

"Don't lie. Please do not lie. I know how much you love him. He's a Bulldog, your first boyfriend, I mean there isn't anyway you could have gotten over him. I just wish, wish you would have told me, instead of running around with him. Inste-Instead of cancelling our dates to study and hang out with him." he sobbed. You sighed and embraced him. You didn't even realise how he must of felt.

"Fangs. I am so sorry. I was just focused on this project and I promise you, I am not remotely interested in Reggie. We are just friends. I mean, how could I like anyone else when I am in love with you." you said softly. Fangs pulled away from you.

"You-You, love me?" he sniffled. You laughed quietly. 

"Yeah, yeah I do." you whispered back. Fangs smiled as you wiped his tears away.

"I'm sorry I doubted you baby." he said sincerely. 

"Me too." you said.

"I love you too." You simply smiled and kissed him gently.

"Let's go back to my place, have a real date night." you said softly and he nodded. You then began your walk home hand in hand, your love keeping you warm even on the cold winters night.

A/N: Just a little note, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY WON TWO GOLDEN GLOBES!! So proud of the whole cast and crew and especially Rami Malek, because he won Best Actor and man did he deserve it! My Queen Imagines book will be up by the end of the week so please request for that book and this one!

[sweetfogarty]

7, 41 & 49 with sweet pea please

7. “You did what?!”

41. “Have you lost your fucking mind?”

49. “I may be an idiot, but I’m your idiot.”

You giggled wildly as you put your finger to your mouth, shhing Fangs as you rang Sweet Pea, your boyfriend of a few years. Your attempt at hushing Fangs’ laughter only spurred it on more, with more stifled laughs escaping his lips as he cupped his mouth with his hand to try and stop.

“He’s gonna be so pissed,” Fangs whispered through his fingers with a wide grin, shuffling closer to you on the sofa to listen to the call as the ringing sounded around the room.

“I know,” You replied quietly, already imagining how the phone call was going to play out. “But this is what he gets for leaving us alone together. It was never going to end well for him. If you think about it, technically this is his fault.”

You and Fangs hadn’t always been this close. When you first got together with Sweet Pea it was a learning process for you both. You didn’t necessarily understand why so much of Sweets’ time had to be devoted to the Serpents, and Fangs wasn’t thrilled with the fact that he didn’t have his best friend’s undivided attention anymore. It wasn’t until one night at the quarry with more of the Serpents where you were all drunk, that you finally had a deep conversation with Fangs one to one and realised that neither of you were trying to make each other’s lives hard and you actually weren’t so different. Accordingly, when Sweet Pea was at work, you two began to hang out. You brought out the best in each other and as a duo you were known for getting up to mischief when left alone. Today was no exception.

Sweet Pea had been working at the mechanics all day, fixing cars and bikes belonging to citizens across the Southside. It was something he really enjoyed, although the long hours he was working today, to make up for a sick day he took last week, meant you had been bored and called Fangs out of frustration. You couldn’t stand being in the trailer any longer, so you took a ride on Fangs’ bike with him and ended up at the pound. The pair of you wandered around the pound aimlessly, looking at all the dogs until you stumbled across a Doberman puppy jumping excitedly as you approached it. In your heart you knew you couldn’t leave him here, and it only took a little bit of persuasion from Fangs to convince you to adopt him there and then. He was a perfect fit for your little family with Sweet Pea, apart from the fact you never told him you were adopting the dog. You needed to break the news to him before he got home.

After a few more rings which seemed like an eternity, Sweet Pea picked up.

“Hey baby,” He opened smoothly, increasing your nerves as you realised you were about to drop a bomb on him. “What’s up?”

“Hey you, I hope you’re having a good day; I just wanted to give you some good news. I’ve been with Fangs today and-“

“Stop right there,” Sweet Pea began bluntly as he interrupted you, his voice dropping a few octaves when he realised this wasn’t going to be good news. “You’ve been with Fogarty today? What in God’s name have you done?”

“Nothing…” You replied lowly, causing Fangs to laugh. You hit him in the arm to shut him up and waited to hear what Sweet Pea had to say. The silence from him that followed spurred you to come clean. “Okay, so, I was bored whilst you were at work and I called Fangs to come and hang out. One thing led to another and um, I got us a dog.”

You looked to Fangs nervously, waiting for a response but you were met with a few more moments of silence, after which Sweet Pea’s voice boomed though the speakers of your phone.

“You did what?! Have you lost your fucking mind? We live in a trailer, where is it gonna sleep? How are we going to afford it? How much did it even cost to buy?!”

“He was free from the pound, he was going to be put down otherwise. I’ll save up all my tips from Pop’s and the Wyrm to pay for food and whatever else he needs. He’s really cute Pea, you’ll love him.”

Sweet Pea sighed loudly into his phone, running a hand through his slick black hair, no doubt getting oil amongst the strands. “What type of dog is he?”

“He’s a Doberman, his name is Zeus. I remember you told me you didn’t like little dogs- he’s little now because he’s a puppy but he’ll get big. The lady at the pound told me they’re really loyal and energetic dogs so I thought he would be perfect.”

Fangs nudged your shoulder and gave you a thumbs up. He knew Sweet Pea well enough to know that if he was really against the idea he wouldn’t be asking questions, he would have just exploded. His curiosity was definitely a good sign and he could almost see Pea pacing around trying to figure out what to do.

“You’re an idiot,” Sweet Pea remarked lowly with a quiet laugh following, causing you to turn to Fangs with a smile tugging at the corner of your lips.

“I may be an idiot, but I’m your idiot,” You replied sweetly, building the confidence to ask the important question. “So, can we keep him?”

There was more silence from Sweet Pea as you and Fangs prepared to celebrate. “I’ll meet him when I get home and make a proper decision, but for now it’s a yes.”

You cheered gleefully with Fangs, giving him a high five as you celebrated your new edition and the fact that you’d managed to get away with your mischief again. You crouched down to your new dog and lifted him gently onto your lap, ruffling the hair on his head tenderly whilst Fangs ticked his little chin. Zeus shut his eyes in bliss, leaning his head into Fangs’ hand.

“Yo, is that Fangs I hear in the background?”

You gave your phone to Fangs, hearing him mutter a ‘hey man’ before turning your attention back to Zeus. Although it had only been a few hours, Zeus was warming to you quickly and had already found a spot on the sofa that he liked. You were excited at the prospect of seeing Sweet Pea grow to love this dog and watching him become a part of the little family you had going on.

“Next time I see you Fogarty I’m gonna kick your ass, you’re buying the first can of dog food.”

[makenna145]

Welcome to Riverdale (Fangs x Ellie x Sweet Pea)

Chapter 1: Sunny Side

It had been 4 months since Ellie had moved to Riverdale to live with her dad, FP Jones, and her brother Jughead. Ellie was the product of another one of FP’s flings (making Jug her half-brother but that didn’t matter to either of them). So, when her mother found out she was pregnant, instead of telling FP, she packed up and moved to London. She didn’t want to live there anymore and she had always wanted to go there so why not? However, when she got there, things became less than satisfactory for her. She had the baby but ended up going into extreme debt forcing her to do...other jobs to support for Ellie. However, things soon got the best of her forcing Ellie back to Riverdale at the age of sixteen.

Since moving back, Ellie had joined the Southside Serpents, her dads local gang. However, Ellie saw it as more than a gang. Like the other members she thought of the Serpents as family. They gave her a place in the community and blessed her with her best friend, Fangs Fogarty. When Ellie arrived in Riverdale, she was overwhelmed with all of the thinks that were going on, Jason Blossoms mysterious death, the begrudging of the serpents, her dad being thrown in jail for a murder he didn’t commit, and to top it all off, the wrath of Riverdale Highs “it-girl” Cheryl Blossom, Jason’s twin. Cheryl hates the fact that Ellie was a serpent and FP’s daughter. All she knew was that FP had killed Jason and that Ellie was responsible for it even though she didn’t even know Jason.

Fangs and Ellie connected as soon as she came to live in Sunny Side Trailer Park. When FP introduced her to the rest of the serpents he immediately knew that he had to meet her, talk to her, get to know her. He ran up to her after the speech and introduced himself.

“Hi I’m Fangs. I see that you need some...let’s say assistance I’m getting to know how things work. Let me help.”

He was beaming so she couldn’t help but say yes. Over time, her and Fangs began to get closer. They were best-friends to say the least and were inseparable. The only problem was Sweet Pea.

Sweet Pea was Ellie’s age but was tall, and broad. He would often be at the Wrym, shooting pool or silently judging from the corner of the room. He and Fangs were long time best friends but he didn’t like Ellie. He felt like she was a “fake” serpent because she wasn’t from the Southside. He would never even give her the chance to prove herself because he had some crazy vendetta against anyone who wasn’t from the Southside. Ellie often ignored him but a few times her and Sweet Pea would get into it. Yelling in each other’s faces, pointing fingers, blaming one another for something completely irrelevant to why they were actually arguing. Fangs hated it but he couldn’t change either of their stubborn minds.

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It was a Friday night so most of the Serpents were at the Wyrm either drinking or playing pool. Ellie say at one of the corner tables, drink in hand, watching Fangs as he got demolished in a game with Sweet Pea. They were laughing, carrying on, and having a good time so Ellie didn’t want to disrupt with her presence. She felt her phone buzz only to reveal a text from fangs asking if she was okay over there and that he would be done soon. She smiled, sending him a quick reply, only to go back to watching the game from a far.

It seemed to go on forever so Ellie decided to play games on her phone. She had became so engaged in the game that she didn’t even notice Fangs walking up to the table.

“Hey cutie!” He said as he pulled out the seat in front of her. Startled she jumped, proceeding to laugh as she couldn’t imagine how he walked up and she didn’t notice. She turned off her phone, putting it into the pocket of her Serpent jacket, then crossing her arms on the table.

“Hey Fangs! I saw you getting your ass kicked by Sweet Pea in that pool game over there” she smirked, nodding her head in the direction of the pool table on the other side of the room.

Laughing Fangs shrugged. “Guess he’s just better than me” He glanced back at Pea and back to Ellie. “I wish you too got along. It would be so fun to hang out with the both of you at the same time you know” he chuckled.

“Yeah I know. I honestly really want to get along with him too but he won’t even talk to me” she looked at Sweet Pea as he beat yet another Serpent in a game of pool.

“That’s true. Hey, do you want to go grab some food at Pop’s, get outta here so we can actually talk without all this commotion.” He asked, hopeful that she would say yes.

“That sounds great!Lets go.” She grabbed her things and walked out to Fangs motorcycle. She grabbed his helmet and put it on, knowing that he would yell at her if she didn’t. She got onto the back of his bike and wrapped her arms around his waist. Fangs started it up and took off in the direction of their favorite spot in town.

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They pulled into the diner and noticed that it was relatively empty for a Friday night. Only one booth was full and all the others were empty. Getting off his bike, she strapped his helmet to the handlebars and made her way into Pops. Walking through the door she scanned the space, looking for the booth she wanted. Instead, her eyes landed on a familiar group of friends; Jughead, Betty, Veronica, and Archie. While they weren’t as close to her as Fangs, she still saw them as good friends of hers so, she made her way to the booth.

“Hey guys! I didn’t know you all would be here.” She said, smiling like always. They all looked towards her, grateful to see that it was Ellie and not Cheryl Blossom.

“Hey Ellie, how have you been” spoke Veronica. Veronica, unlike what people like to say about her, is one of the sweetest, most genuine person Ellie had ever met.

“I’m great, just here with Fangs.” Fangs approached the booth and wrapped his arm around her neck. “I’ll leave you guys be. See you around!” She walked to the booth in the back of the diner, her favorite booth because no one tended to sit anywhere near there. They always sat at the bar or in the middle. Never the end.

Ellie slid into the booth, Fangs on the other side, and told Pop Tate what she wanted that night. When he walked away, Fangs was the first to speak.

“I have a question for you” He interlocked his fingers and sat his arms on the table.

“And what would that be?” Ellie asked, confused about his serious tone. However, before he could answer, they were interrupted by Pop Tate.

“One mint-chocolate chip for Ellie, and a burger and fries for Fangs. You two kids enjoy” he said with a smile as he turned and walked back up to the front.

“Well, back to my question, why did you move back here Ellie? We have known each other for months and you still haven’t told me” Fangs picked up multiple fries and shoved them in his mouth. Curiosity lingered in his eyes.

“I would rather not talk about it Fangs.” She sighed. She noticed the look of hurt in Fangs eyes. He knew that something bad must have happened but he was her best friend, she should be able to tell him. “I’m sorry Fangs, I know I should tell you but I don’t really think I can. They only people that know are my dad and I and I want to keep it that way.” Fangs decides not to ask her again.

They continued eating and made conversation until they had both finished. They paid the bill and walked outside to Fangs motorcycle. Waiting on Ellie to put on the helmet, Fangs leases against the bike and crossed his arms.

“Do you want to come to my place and watch a movie or something before you go back home?” He knew things were still tense from the bomb he dropped on her earlier in the night and all he wanted to do was ease the tension between them.

“I’m actually really tired Fangs. I would love to go but I really need some sleep” She was exhausted from a night of studying last night and needed a reboot. Fangs nodded and got on the bike to take Ellie home.

The ride seemed like it lasted forever. However, when he pulled up to the Jones’ trailer, he wished that it would last longer. Ellie got off giving Fangs the helmet.

“I’ll see you tomorrow Fangs. Goodnight” she smiled and walked up the steps to the door.

“Goodnight Ellie.” He smiled as he put the helmet on the handle and walked the bike to his trailer.

Fangs knew what he had to. When he watched her walk away, he knew that he needed to figure out what happened to her that was so bad. What was so terrible that she wouldn’t even tell him about it? Was it because it would change the way he thought of her?

He took out his phone and dialed the number of Jughead Jones, hoping that he was still with Betty. The phone rang three times before Fangs got an answer.

“Hello Fangs, is everything okay?” Jughead asked confused. Fangs almost never called Jug unless there was trouble.

“Yeah, yeah, everything’s fine. Are you with Betty?” He needed both of them together because he didn’t want to risk Ellie finding out in case Jug was home.

“Yes...why do you ask?” Jugheads confusion was building. Why did Fangs need Betty?

“I need your help. Both of you. It’s about Ellie.”

[chanelypop-blog]

The Past (Sweet Pea X Reader)

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Riverdale Imagine

Sweet Pea

Italics are past events

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Sweet Pea didn't care for many things, though he did care for the Serpents, his friends and her, Y/N.

Y/N wasn't one to stand out in the crowd, she wasn't a River Vixen, she wasn't a musician, she wasn't extremely intelligent, she didn't have terrible or abusive parents, she was just Y/N.

Sweet Pea would never forget the first time he met Y/N.

Archie had just been arrested, everyone who wasn't panicking were confused. When did Archie kill someone? Why would Archie kill someone?

Sweet Pea went looking for Fangs, curious to see if his friend knew what was happening. Instead of finding his friend he bumped into a girl. "Sorry" she mumbled as she continued to walk.

Sweet Pea stared at the girl confused. He had never seen her before, who was she? He was curious, he needed to know who she was, so he followed her.

"Wait!"

The girl increased her speed trying to move away from the Serpent, but he was faster. He grabbed her arm causing her to gasp.

"I won't hurt you. I promise." The words sounded sincere, but of course a killer wouldn't tell you they were going to hurt you.

Y/N turned around and her eyes locked with Sweet Pea's. 'She's beautiful'. He desperately wanted to tell her how beautiful he found her, though that would be creepy.

"You can let go now" her voice sounded almost robotic. He let go of her arm and her expression turned to one of annoyance. "Why did you follow me?"

Sweet Pea didn't know what to say. He couldn't just say "I've never seen you before and I grew curious, so followed you and now find you to be beautiful."

She looked at him her mouth opened slightly in shock. "Are you blind? I'm not beautiful."

Sweet Pea's eyes widened as he realised he spoke the words instead of thinking them. "Fuck."

Y/N chuckled. "I'm Y/N."  She put her hand out and he shook it. "Sweet Pea."

Sweet Pea smiled as he watched Y/N talk to Cheryl and Fangs. She wore a big smile as she spoke to them about something she clearly enjoyed.

Y/N wasn't afraid of the serpents, but she was wary. She kept up a wall, refusing to let anyone in. It took Sweet Pea a while to break through the wall, despite their summer 'fling'.

Cheryl hosted a pool party, because she wanted the core four to enjoy their time together before Archie went to jail, her words.

Surprisingly Y/N found herself invited, though she was unsure why.

Y/N sat by the pool wearing a black bikini. She wasn't shy about her body, sure she wasn't defined as skinny, she didn't have a flat stomach like everyone else, but she wasn't fat, she was curvy.

Sweet Pea entered the garden wearing shorts and a sleeveless shirt. He instantly found Y/N sitting by herself. He sat down next to her.

"I never thought I'd say this, but I can't wait to go back to school" He said causing Y/N to laugh. "Really, why's that?" "Because I get to see you everyday in the corridors."

A sigh escaped Y/N mouth. "Sweet Pea, we agreed when we started this it was just a summer thing, a summer fling." "Yeah, but we've had fun right?" He squeezed her thigh causing her to shuffle slightly. "I'm not saying we haven't, it's just, we're different people. Everyone knows who you are, half the people here don't even know my name."

She lowered her head embarrassed. It was true, half the people at Riverdale High didn't know who she was, she was no one special.

Sweet Pea lifted up her head causing her to look in his eyes. "I think you're pretty cool." He pressed his lips against hers and she instantly kissed back. When she realised what she was doing she pulled away.

"Use that kiss to remember me."

Her laugh filled the room causing Sweet Pea's smile to widen. She was able to make anyone laugh, especially Fangs, who adored the girl.

Y/N's only real friend was Midge, the girl who Fangs fooled around with before the Black Hood killed her.

"You're staring" Jughead told him. Sweet Pea didn't look away from Y/N as he replied "How can I not?"

Sweet Pea walked through the corridor of the school, desperately searching for Y/N. He wanted to talk to her, to tell her to reconsider her decision. He was greeted with an unpleasant sight.

Ricardo, a fellow Serpent who once thought he was the top dog, at least before Sweet Pea knocked him out with a single punch, had backed Y/N into a locker. She didn't want to talk to him, it was clear to see, though he didn't get the message.

Sweet Pea went closer, ready to intervene and once he heard Ricard say "You haven't got a choice", he struck. Sweet Pea grabbed Ricardo by the collar and pinned him against the locker.

"What the fuck are you doing!" Sweet Pea's voice was loud attracting the attention of many other students. "Dude! What the fuck!" The boy was scared, terrified, though most of the serpents were afraid of Sweet Pea.

"She has a choice and her choice is for you to fuck off , I suggest you listen before I put your head through this locker! Now Apologise."

Ricardo looked at Y/N his eyes wide. "I'm sorry. I won't bother you again."

Sweet Pea threw the boy to the ground and went over to Y/N. "Are you okay?" She looked at him her eyes wide as multiple emotions ran through her body.

"Did he hurt-"

He didn't finish the sentence as Y/N hugged him. "Thank you." He smiled as he hugged her back, kissing her head. "You're welcome."

Jughead looked at Sweet Pea amused. He never thought the Serpent would fall so hard for a girl, especially one like Y/N. Y/N calmed him down, of course he still had his moments, but he wasn't as aggressive.

Sweet Pea helped Y/N realise it was okay to lose your temper once and a while, it was okay to be angry. She wasn't as robotic, she wasn't as afraid of feelings.

"You're perfect for each other" Jughead said causing Sweet Pea to smile. "I know."

The serpents were curious on why Sweet Pea stood up for Y/N, none more than Toni. She was desperate to know why Sweet Pea suddenly cared for a girl, one she had never seen or heard about.

"She's different." He would say no more than that, he wouldn't tell them what they did together, it was their secret.

Y/N walked through the corridor when someone grabbed her arm pulling her into a classroom. She was shocked as she saw two Serpents, one she knew to be Cheryl Blossom's girlfriend, the other Fangs Fogarty.

"Hi" she spoke her voice still robotic.

"How do you know Sweet Pea?" "Why did he defend you?"

The questions kept flying out of their mouths, Y/N couldn't hear them as they spoke so fast.

"Stop, stop." They stopped and looked at her, waiting for answers. "Sweet Pea saved me because he's a good guy." She didn't necessarily lie, he was a good guy, though that wasn't the reason he saved her.

"That's bullshit and we know it" Toni said.

The bell rang and Y/N stared at the two. "I'm late for class." She walked past them and Fangs whistled lowly. "She is hot."

Fangs span Y/N around causing Cheryl to laugh. "I'm surprised you're not jealous" Jughead said. "I have no reason to be jealous."

Sweet Pea trusted Y/N, she would never hurt him, not intentionally.

Y/N sat alone in the cafeteria, it was one of those days she forgot her lunch from home and had to eat something from the school cafeteria. A tray slammed down next to her causing her to roll her eyes.

"What do you want?"

She was expecting Sweet Pea to answer, though she was surprised when it was another boy. "I want to sit with a pretty girl." She looked at the Serpent, the infamous Fangs Fogarty.

"I repeat my question, what do you want?"

"You're cute, like I want to pinch your cheeks cute."  She looked at him offended. "Are you calling me fat?" His eyes widen as he realised how the statement sounded. "No, no, no, I mean you're cute, like an animal."

He slapped his hand on his forehead as he realised he was making everything worse. "I mean you're cute. Not like an animal, like a human." A  chuckle escaped her mouth. "Thanks."

"Have you got a boyfriend?"

Y/N's mind went straight to Sweet Pea. But why? He wasn't her boyfriend, they just slept together almost every day during summer, often multiple times a day.

"Have you?"

Y/N looked at him with a small smile. "I don't date."  He sighed. "That's too bad. I'd love to have you walking by my side, calling you mine."

Sweet Pea entered the cafeteria and instantly spotted Fangs sitting beside Y/N. Y/N wore a small smile while Fangs spoke to her. He was furious, but no one knew about what he and Y/N done during the summer.

Sweet Pea went over to the table, his face void of any emotion. "Since when do we sit here?" The two looked at him, both wearing similar expressions. Fangs was happy to see his best friend, while Y/N was glad he could hopefully stop his friend from flirting with her.

"I was trying to convince Y/N here to go on a date with me."

The bottle in Sweet Pea's hand burst open causing everyone to stare at them. "Dude, careful" Fangs exclaimed.

"You two are going on a date" Sweet Pea grinded his teeth together trying to stay calm. Fangs shook his head. "No, she refused."

Sweet Pea looked at Y/N who wore a small smile. She was thinking something, though Sweet Pea had no idea what it could be.

"If I were to date anyone, I knew exactly who I'd want." Sweet Pea couldn't help but grin at her words. "You're something else" he mumbled causing her to chuckle.

Fangs looked between the two and the realisation finally struck him.

"You two are fucking!"

Everyone stared at them as Fangs stood up, pointing to his best friend and the girl no one knew. "Sit down" Sweet Pea told him.

"That's why you defended her, because you're getting something out of it! It makes perfect sense!"

Y/N had never felt so embarrassed in her life. Everyone was staring at them.

Sweet Pea felt a different emotion, he felt anger, pure anger. He stood up and looked down at his friend. "I defended her because I love her!"

Y/N's eyes widen as did Fang's. They didn't know how he felt about the girl, but apparently Sweet Pea loved her.

"You love me?" Sweet Pea looked at her and nodded his head. "I love you. I know what we said, but I couldn't help but fall for you. I love you so much Y/N L/N, I'm sorry."

Y/N pulled his head down to hers and placed her lips against his. Everyone cheered as they kissed.

When they pulled away Y/N smiled at him.

"I love you too."

"Did you ever doubt your relationship would last? That it wouldn't progress into more?" Jughead asked as he discreetly handed Sweet Pea a small box.

He looked at the smaller boy with a smile. "I've never had a single ounce of doubt. I love her more than life itself."

Jughead smiled. "Then go get your girl."

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[sweetblink]

Battle of the Captains.

Battle of the Captains.

Sweet Pea x Reader (platonic)

Requested by: Anon.

Can you please do a sweet pea imagine, where he is so shooketh (cos of reader) defending the southside after Cheryl and Reggie come in, after school’s emerge?

A/N: I fully take responsibility in owning Riverdale Golden Elites lol, I thought it’d be interesting if the reader was captain of the school’s drill team, and hates Cheryl and Reggie.  non fluff, just shocked Pea. 

“Ron, you do realize that Jughead has attended this school before.” you said, as you watched Veronica set up the table, Archie helping her.

“That’s what I said.” Archie said.

You let out a small chuckle when Veronica shot him a glare. You sighed and gave the papers for the drill team tryouts to Kevin. “Here, take these. I’m heading to the student’s lounge, I’m getting myself water, and some chips.”

“Y/N, you legit turn into a monster when you catch your girls eating junk food, yet here you are getting some.” Josie teased.

You turned back and giggled. “Yeah, well I get a free pass, once a month.” you teased back. Josie laughed and you quickly rushed to student lounge to buy your things. You rushed up to the vending machines, and mentally went over the tryout routines you had planned out.

“You do realize you look crazy doing that, right?” a voice asked, you let out a squeal and turned to glare at Moose who was laughing.

“What the hell, Moose.” you whined. Moose just smiled and kissed your forehead.

“So are you excited to meet the new kids?” Moose asked.

“I’m excited to have Jughead back, so yes.” you said. Moose smile fell and shifted on his feet, you noticed. “Moose, what’s wrong?”

“Be on the look out for Reggie, I heard him and Cheryl planning ways to get rid of them.” Moose said. You snapped your head at him.

“You’re kidding right?” you snapped. Moose shrugged, and grabbed the water bottle and bag of chips for you. 

“Wow, that’s a low, even for them.” you sneered. You just let out an angry huff and began to march out, he let out sigh and followed you out, trying to stop you from getting into a huge fight.

You quickly walked over to where the table was, your heels clacking loudly for the other’s to hear, which the student body noticed, and got out of your way, not wanting to mess with an angry Y/N. As soon as your arrived at the scene you saw Reggie ready to fight, a tall, hot Serpent.

“ENOUGH!” you yelled.

Everyone turned to where you stood, your arms crossed, glaring at the red headed Vixens Captain, and the raven hair Bulldog Captain. Veronica let out a small curse, while Jughead walked up to you.

“Y/N, hey.” Jughead said, smiling wearily, wanting to avoid a showdown by captains. The Serpents looked confused to why almost the whole school froze when they saw, you, the Northsider angry.

“Not now, Jughead.” You sneered. Jughead just whispered a soft damn, and stood back besides the Serpents. Sweet Pea, Toni, and Fangs all gave him a look of confusion.

“Jughead, if this turns out, bad you’re taking her, I’ll deal with Cheryl and Archie will deal with Reggie.” Veronica whispered to him.

“Literally why are we whispering.” Toni asked. Veronica was about to reply when she saw Y/N making her way over, and stood in front of the Serpents, and glared at Cheryl.

Sweet Pea stood there a bit stunned, as he watched you stand in front of them all, glaring back at the others, and not joining them into bad mouthing, him and the rest.

“I see you went out your way to create pettiness drama, simply because we got new students, Cheryl.” you said, giving her a nasty smile.

Veronica leaned in closer to them. “We like to call it Battle of the Captains, Y/N, Cheryl, and Reggie are almost always getting into huge arguments. Reason why, they hate each other.” she explained.

“Moi? Y/N, it’s them. Do you honestly believe that they can keep up with us?” Cheryl mocked.

You rolled your eyes. “Alright listen, and listen closely Cheryl Bombshell and Mantle the Magnificent, they don’t need your little pettiness drama simply because you have this stupid illusion on how Riverdale and Southside High should be. They’re going to attend here, and you’re gonna have to get used to that, or I swear, everyone will know the secrets I have hidden about you two.” you sneered.

Cheryl just shifted in her spot, she let out scoff and walked away, not wanting to mess with you. “I’m serious Cheryl! If they want to try out for the Vixens, you’re allowing them!” you yelled.

“Fine!” Cheryl yelled back, angrily.

You turned back and gave Reggie the same nasty smile at him. “Same goes for you Reginald, if they want to go for football, or any other sport, you aren’t to give them a hard time simply because your ego and pride, will get hurt, when they turn out to be better than you.” you snapped.

“I’ll back off.” Reggie snapped. You gave him a bright smile.

“And any plans you have to sabotage them, is cancelled.” you warned him.

“Never believed you would betray us, Y/N.” Reggie snapped, stepping towards you as he glared. Quickly Jughead and Archie both pushed him back.

“Whatever you say minute man.” You snapped back.

The others hollered and laughed, while Reggie face turned red, and stormed away. You let out a smile and turned to everyone.

“Hi, I’m Y/N L/N, don’t listen to them, they’re all bark and no bite.” You said.

“Toni Topaz.” the pink dyed hair, girl said.

“Fangs Fogarty.” The short, muscular introduced.

“Sweet Pea.” the tall, hot lastly said. You looked up at him, and you felt your breathe get taken away. The bell rang and it snapped you out of your daze.

“Oh, well I got to get going, I got free period, and I have lots of captain duties for the school’s drill team.” Y/N said grabbing your things from Kevin’s grasp. 

You turned back to the group again. “If any of you are interested in joining the River Golden Elites, the papers on the table, and the schedule on how things are going to go is listed there, and if you’re worried about not being treated fairly, trust me that’s been taken care of.”

“Wait, are you serious?” a random Serpent girl asked.

“That’s gotta be a lie.” Sweet Pea said, stunned.

You smiled at them both. “Of course, my team is to be treated equally, anyways if you guys are amazing dancers please come out and join. See you guys later.” you said, rushing off.

Sweet Pea just stood there stunned as he watched you go. Jughead noticed and he laughed, Archie smirked and he patted his shoulder.

“Yeah, she kinda has that effect.” Archie teased. “I gotta go, I’ll see you later Ronnie?” Veronica nodded, and he turned to Jughead. “Good to have you back bro.”

“I mean did she just threaten people, for us?” Sweet Pea asked, still stunned.

“Yeah, she’s not like the rest.” Jughead replied smirking at him.

“Also, anything to piss off Blossom and Mantle.” Veronica added, smiling in amusement. “Get used to it, this is your new school after all, and trust me, battle of the captains, happens a lot.” 

Kevin smiled at Fangs. “Once again, welcome to Riverdale High.”

part II 

Masterlist.  

[kinkysweetpea-blog]

PROTECTIVE — SWEET PEA ( RIVERDALE IMAGINE. )

Summary: In which the infamous ginger Archie Andrews gets a little too mouthy, and Sweet Pea gets a little too protective.

Warnings: Slut Shaming. Violence.

Masterlist can be found...

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It wasn’t a secret that Archie Andrews had a distaste for the residents in the Southside. More specifically: the Southside Serpents. However you weren’t exactly a Serpent. You were just in a relationship with one. A hotheaded one named Sweet Pea who had an equal amount of hatred towards the ginger…

You didn’t know Archie all that well. But from what Jughead had confided in you with— he didn’t seem like a bad person. Deep down you felt bad for what the Black Hood did to his father. However that all changed when you saw him in Pop’s not too long after he had started his Red Circle kick in Riverdale.

Sweet Pea was in the bathroom as you sat in the booth closest to the door. Your fries were fresh from Pop himself as you chewed the salt sprinkled potatoes. You had paid no mind to who was coming in and out until the bell rang signaling that another person entered. Still focused on your fingers, you didn’t care enough to look up until a pair of shoes scuffled in front of you. Confused you looked up to see Archie himself standing over you.

His eyes sent daggers into your own which made you start to feel uncomfortable. You weren’t too good with confrontation. “Waiting on your Serpent Scum Y/N?”

He barked out the question, and you jumped at his stern tone of voice. “Sweet Pea isn’t scum—“ you mumbled softly. Something was wrong with Archie. You could tell by his tired eyes and unshaven five o’clock shadow.

“That’s what all the Serpent Sluts say.” He shook his head. “This is Northside territory. Why don’t you get your boyfriend and leave to somewhere you belong…” Archie threatened. Taking in a short intake of breath you remained speechless. Was it he really going to do something to you if you didn’t leave? You had just as much right to be there as he did. “Now Y/N. I don’t want to hurt you.” Archie sounded almost desperate.

“It doesn’t have to be like this Archie.” You slid out of your seat to stand in front of him. “I’m not a bad person—“ you promised him.

Shaking his head Archie stepped closer. “You don’t understand!” His voice raised octaves with each word. “You aren’t the problem Y/N and I know that. It’s your boyfriend I have—“

Archie was cut off by Sweet Pea folding his arms across your chest behind him. “Her boyfriend and you have what?” He repeated. Your heart began to accelerate. There wasn’t a need for a fight. Especially not here. Pop’s was a place of friendship. Not fist fights. “What did you call her again?” Sweet Pea questioned. “A Serpent Slut?” He repeated. You were now long gone out of Archie’s mind. For the ginger had spun around to face Sweet Pea with blazing eyes. “Talk to my girl like that again Andrews— I dare you.” Licking your lips you tried tugging on Archie’s shoulder to bring him back to life. The touch didn’t go by unnoticed. Sweet Pea turned his attention to you and shook his head, making you drop your arm from where it was placed.

“What are you gonna do if I do?” Archie challenged, his fists balled at his sides. “Call your snake friends ‘cause you can’t take me one on one?” He was going at some low blows, and the scene had began to attract and audience. Curling his lip up, Archie showed no sign of backing down. “Keep your slut on a tighter leash in the Southside next time—“ That sentence alone was enough to make Sweet Pea throw a punch to his jaw.

Archie wasn’t expecting the blow and stumbled back, creating a ripple effect as you lost your balance and fell. You could barely process what was happening as Archie sent an uppercut to Sweet Pea’s jaw as you scrambled up from the ground. You looked around to see Pop on the phone with you presumed was the cops. Immediate worry bubbled in your stomach because you knew the police didn’t handle Serpents well.

“Sweet Pea—“ you called wincing as he and Archie rumbled in the middle of the diner. He was so filled with rage that hadn’t heard you calling for him. Though he did manage to get the upper hand and sent a few kicks to Archie’s side. “Cops!” You shrieked louder. The name caught his attention all too face— just in time for the sirens to start blaring down the street. Blood trickled down his face while his knuckles matched the same color, but from Archie’s nose rather than his.

His reaction was too slow and before you knew it— Sweet Pea was shoved onto the floor and in handcuffs before you could think. You gaped at the sight. You rushed to Sheriff Keller and tugged at his arms. “It’s not his fault…” You defended. “Let him go!”

As soon as Sweet Pea’s jail bond was released, so was he. You used all your savings that was kept underneath the mattress so you could get him out of jail. Tears running down your face like a street race as you ran in to see Sweet Pea awaiting your arrival. His face was sullen as you threw the envelope of money on the front desk, watching as the police officers unhandcuffed him. Sweet Pea looked down ashamed as he walked into your open arms, wrapping his arms around your waist and pulling you closer. “You shouldn’t have did that, baby.”

Pulling away you cupped his cheeks. He refused to look up at you. Sighing you kissed his forehead and lightly ran your fingers at the bruise forming again on his right eye. “Anything for you, my love.” You whispered.

Sheriff Keller cleared his throat as he eyed the two of you. “There’s some paperwork you need to sign before I could let you go—“ he glanced down at the stack of papers. Nodding, you removed yourself from Sweet Pea’s grip. It wasn’t much. Just some signout forms and agreements to fill out. Sweet Pea barely said a word as you signed your name, confirming you were paying his bond. As you were finishing up, Sheriff Keller slid his hand on top of yours in a respectable manner. “Don’t get caught up in the wrong things Y/N Y/L/N. You have a clean record. Don’t let someone like Andrews ruin that. Got it?”

Smiling softly, you nodded. Finishing up one last signature. Swiftly turning around you saw Sweet Pea already on his feet waiting for you. “Come on sad boy,” you sighed grabbing his hand and intertwining your fingers.

Fangs and Toni was already outside waiting on the two you smiling. “Our little badass saves his ass again.” Joked Fangs. But Sweet Pea didn’t find the joke to be humorous.

“You let her do that?” Snapped Sweet Pea. “How many times have I told you to not let her do that—“ Sweet Pea fumed at his Fangs.

Fangs raised his eyebrow at Sweet Pea’s attitude. “She wanted to, dude. Her choice.”

“Do you know how long it took her to save that up, Fogarty?” Sweet Pea barked. “Her job isn’t easy. That wasn’t her responsibility to get me out of there.” His hands were on his hips as he stood in front of you three…

“Sweet Pea.” You tugged at his sleeve gently. “Don’t take it out on them.” He tore his eyes away from them to you. “It’s okay. I don’t mind.” Standing on your tiptoes, you pressed a small kiss to his lips. “It was my fault.”

“It wasn’t your fault, Princess.” Promised Sweet Pea as he ran a finger down your face. “It was that stupid prick Northsider.”

“Jughead’s friend?” Chirped Toni.

“Jughead’s friend.” You confirmed.

Sweet Pea shook his head as he wrapped you in another embrace. “I’m just glad you’re okay.” He whispered. “I don’t know what I would do without you…”

Smiling you shrugged. “In jail. Now— let’s go home.”

[cherry-kissesxo]

help me//fangs fogarty.

Hey 👋🏼 can I get a fangs imagine where he hasn’t talked to you for a few months and you get in trouble with some ghoulies and call him to come get you and when he is cleaning you up you realizes that he is a serpent ( because the last time you saw him and talked to him he wasn’t)and you ask if that is why he stopped talking to you?

Having one of your closest friends abandon you sucks. Especially when you and that said friend has feelings for each other. You grew up on the Southside. You knew all about the serpents and their gang. Your Father and Uncle are serpents. You not wanting to follow their route into the serpent life. You were great friends with Toni, Sweet Pea and especially Fangs. But after your parents transferred you to Riverdale High, Fangs ignored you. Wouldn’t answer the door when you went round. Would literally run away from you. You didn’t know why. Sweet Pea and Toni were fine with you, you asked them why Fangs hated you but they wouldn’t tell you.

That was 6 months ago and it still hurt knowing Fangs hated you.

And here you are, standing in a park with 4 Ghoulies around you.

“Shit.” You muttered to yourself. You didn’t realise how dangerous this was. “Look, I didn’t know this was your territory.” You mutter.

“Of course you did, princess.” One of the Ghoulies laugh, coming closer to you. You step back and hit a tree. “You’re stuck now, serpent slut.”

He leaps forward and punches you in the face. You yelp in pain and he hits you again. You bend over covering your face when he knees you in the stomach. You fall to the floor and the four Ghoulies take turns punching and kicking you. After what seemed like hours, they got tired. One finale hit to the face and you screamed in pain. Covered in blood and bruises. Your face was swollen. Stomach sore to the touch. You slowly grabbed your phone and dialled a number you hadn’t rang in a while.

“Help.” You whisper when they finally pick up.

“(Y/N)?” Fangs asks confussed.

“Ghoulie park.” You mutter before you pass out. Fang’s is out the door quicker then he’s ever moved. He eventually arrives and fines your bloody body out cold. He knows a serpent shouldn’t be on Ghoulie land, but he didn’t care. You needed him.

He picked your body up and gently places you in his truck. He belts you in and drives back to his trailer.

He gently places you on his sofa and rushes to grab a first aid kit, glass of water and ice. He carefully cleans your face, disinfecting your cuts. He then slowly lifts you shirt up to reavel your messed up stomach and ribs. Your stomach was covered in forming bruised. Your ribs were severely bruised and look sore. He places two ice packs on your ribs and stomach and checks you for other wounds.

After 20 minutes, you wake up groaning. “Fuck.” You mutter and sit up slowly. Your ribs aching.

“Careful, you have bruised ribs and your stomach is badly bruised.” You look over and see Fangs sitting in a chair next to you.

“What am I doing here?” You spit.

“Saving your ass.” He mutters. You grab the glass of water and pain killers, quickly knocking them back.

“Well, I’ll be going now.” You go to stand up and scream out when you touch your ribs. Going light headed, Fangs grabs you and sits you back down.

“You aren’t going anywhere. You are hurt, badly.” He whispers, sitting next to you. “You idiot! What were you thinking going into Ghoulie territory!? They could of killed you!” Fangs growls.

“Would that be a bad thing?” You whisper.

“Don’t fucking say that!” Fangs raises his voice, fists clenching.

“Why? You wouldn’t give a shit. You fucking left me! 6 months, Fogarty! You shoved me out! Why? Why did you leave me!?” You cried. The pain in your ribs and stomach were nothing to the pain in your chest.

“Because of this.” Fangs whispers and takes his jacket off, revealing a serpent tattoo on his forearm. “I’m a serpent now, officially. I passed the initiation a couple months back.”

“So you didn’t want to be associated with me because I wasn’t a serpent? Pea doesn’t care! Toni doesn’t care!” You yell.

“Serpents can’t date! Serpents can’t fall for their best friends! Serpents can’t love people! If I stayed with you, I’d be putting you in danger!” He yells.

“A good job that was, I still got my ass kicked!” You yell back at him. “So you just abandoned me to protect me? What a shitty move.”

“I haven’t missed your smart mouth.” He sighs and rubs a hand through his hair.

“Well i’ve missed you, asshole! Everything about you!”

“I’ve missed you too! Every god damn day! It killed me not being able to talk to you, to hold you. Seeing you with Topaz and Pea laughing and joking, I couldn’t handle it. You were happy without me.” He sighs.

“If you were looking close enough, you’d see how miserable I was without you.” You slap his thigh. “You’re a fucking bastard, Fogarty.”

“God, I’ve missed you.” He smiles and gently pulls you into his chest. “Serpents shouldn’t feel the way I’m feeling.”

“Serpents can love. My mom and dad did. My uncle and Aunty did. FP did. Juggie did. Hell even Toni and Cheryl! She’s a damn Blossom!” You laugh. “I love you Fangs Fogarty, even though you’re an ass.”

“I love you too, (y/n) (y/l/n). Even though you’re an idiot who gets beat up.” He smiles and kisses your head.

“I look badass though.” You laugh.

“Yeah, my badass.” He smirks and kisses your bruised cheek.

[useraew]

Bad girls are more fun anyway 

request by anonymous 

Sweet pea x Female reader

3. “I’m not jealous.”  

49. “I may be an idiot, but I’m your idiot.”

A/n: I made a moodboard for the reader for this imagine :) 

Being the tough,strong headed person i was, i wasn’t going to let anyone try anything to tear me down. Being the new person in town wasn’t always the best. Gladly i had met a new friend Toni, she wanted me to meet her friends so i could have a friend group at least. Driving down to the Wyrm as she called it on my motorcycle. Pulling up to the wyrm, i happily slide off my helmet and moved hair out of my face.   

Strolling into the Wyrm, all i noticed was loud music and lots of leather. Smirking to myself i noticed Toni talking to some boys. As my presence was clear to Toni, she eagerly jumped out of her place to give me a hug. “Y/n. you made it!” Letting out a giggle, my attention was turned to a very pretty guy with raven hair and dark eyes.

“Y/n, this is Sweet pea and Fangs” I nodded my head at both as i took a seat next to this Sweet pea character. “are you thirsty y/n?” “Whiskey with be fine” Toni poured me a drink as i noticed sweet pea still staring at myself. As the glass of Whiskey was placed in front of me, i side eyed sweet pea as i took a gulp of the alcohol. “Do we have a problem?” Glancing back and forth at him he let out a sneeze. He nodded his head at me as he finally looked away.  

Watching the boys play pool, i look back at Toni giving her a questionable look. “What’s Sweet pea’s deal?” “I don’t know, he’s usually angry so it wouldn’t surprise me if he has a crush on you and you’re making him feel differently.” After another hour my phone went off, getting a text from my father telling me to get home. 

“Well i have to get home Toni i’ll see you later”  As i gave her a hug again, Sweet pea noticed me walking to the door. “Y/n wait up!” As i turned to glance at him he looked so cute biting his lip. “do you need a ride home?” “Oh sweet pea, i brought my Harley i’ll be fine” As Fang’s figure appeared his eyes grew at my words. “Did you say Harley?” “yes why?” “You keep making Sweet Pea fall more in love with you!”  As Sweet Pea hit Fangs, i laughed at both of him. “You can come out and meet Lisa if you want Sweet pea” He nodded his head and followed me to my bike. 

As we approached Lisa he gawked at how pretty Lisa was. “What are you jealous Sweet pea?” “I’m not jealous.”  I climbed on Lisa as i shook my head at him. “sure” As i put my helmet on i could tell how awkward he felt with the short silent moment. “i’ll see you around Sweet pea” As i rode off to my house, i knew i was going to like this town somewhat. 

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The next couple days were pretty good, i started at Riverdale High i mostly hanged out with Toni, Sweet pea, and Fangs. As i got in bed, i turned my lap top on and found some porn videos. Believe it or not i always enjoyed sex and masturbation was something normal at least that’s what i thought. After watching a couple of videos, my phone rang and it was Sweet pea. 

“Hold on Sweet pea, i’m watching porn” As i heard him mumble awkwardly, i giggled at his expense. 

“Y/n i didn’t know porn was your thing?” I couldn’t help but laugh more. 

“Sex is art Sweet pea, it’s a beautiful thing you know?” He giggled at me. 

“so what’s up?” 

“Can i come over, i wanted to talk to you in person?”

“Yeah come over” As i hung up the phone i turned off the porn i was just watching. 

The sound of a bike pulling up to my house as i walked down stairs. Opening the door, Sweet pea gladly stepped in and took off his shoes. He followed up stairs, i shut the door from behind me. As he sat on my bed, i moved my lap out of the way. 

“What’s up?” He gulped in before he found the words he was trying use. Pulling at my fishnets i was wearing i waited for him to speak up. “something wrong ?” he shook his head at me as he stood up and started to pace around my room. Standing up i moved closer to sweet pea by pulling him by his waist. Looking into his eyes he grew cold by his touch. 

“Sweet pea what is wrong?” “i don’t want this to sound like i’m a idiot” I grew confused at his words as i gave him a disproving look. “you’re not a idiot sweet pea, why would you think that?” “I just really like you and i don’t know how to tell you and Fangs keeps assuming you like me back, but i don’t know.” Watching his hands go up in defense dramatically as i roll my eyes. “Now you’re a idiot sweet pea” “What why?” “You need to calm down first and second why do you  like me anyways?” As i waited for a response, before i knew it i was pushed up against a wall. 

Hands on my waist, his lips on my neck. “why wouldn’t i like you, you’re gorgeous as hell y/n” “You’re a idiot for liking me”  “I may be an idiot, but I’m your idiot.”  I laughed at him as my eyes grew a stare back at him. “ i’m a bad girl Sweets, i’m no good for you” He smirked at me as his lips gave me sweet kisses. “Bad girls are more fun anyway y/n” He pulled me into my bed as opened my laptop. “Lets watch porn y/n” I hit him as i pushed him off my bed. “Idiot” I laughed as i shook my head. 

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[aserpentsqueen]

New Crush - Sweet Pea

Gif not mine credit to the person it belonged to.

Summary: Sweet Pea and the rest of the guys arrived at Riverdale catching your eye, but he had already been staring at you. developing a crush on him.

Sweet Pea x Reader.

A/N: This is my first attempt to writing a Sweet Pea imagine hope y’all like it.

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“Damn it I'm already late !” You told Veronica over the phone, you were supposed to help her with the new students that were transferred to Riverdale. Hoping they weren't any Serpents or any Ghoulies. You didn't like the South side, not because of the Serpents, but Because of all the things you heard about the South Side.

“Girl i need you to be with me for when they arrive,” Veronica answered back annoyed, “I know, but I'm almost there in like 10 minutes. Do you think you can wait that long?” I ask her, hearing a frustrated sigh from her. “Fine ill just speed and be there in 5.” You hung up before she could answer, stepping on the gas and arriving faster then you thought you would’ve.

You slammed open the door, exhausted from running from the parking lot. Your bag falling off your shoulder, causing you to huff in annoyance. You saw Roni and stopped running slowing your pace, Seeing that there was something going on. “Great the two jerks of this school trying to start something. “You traitors picked the wrong side.” Reggie whispered into Veronica’s ear, but you had heard it. 

“Y/n you have great timing don't you.” Veronica asked sarcastically, receiving and eye roll from you. “Roni I'm sorry that i was late, and had to deal with them, but at least you had Archie there with you.” You told her smiling softly, getting her to smile and scoff. “Yeah, i guess your right. You can take it from here cant you sweet Y/n.” She smirked walking away with Archie.

“Okay i guess I'm on my own.” You said under your breath, You looked at the new faces and froze when you saw Jughead. “Jones!” You giggled, making his focus turning to you. “Y/n! Hey how you been?” He asked hugging you tightly taking you by surprise. “Woah i didn't know you were a hugger.” You laughed hugging him back.

“I'm not, but its you.” You looked down blushing, looking back up when you heard someone clear there throat. It was a girl, she was very pretty, but looked badass with that Serpent jacket. She smiled at you, you returning a smile at her.

“Oh I'm sorry I'm Y/n L/n. Ill be the one to give you your schedule and help you with everything else.” You said bringing her into a hug. She hugged back, pulling away from the hug she smiled at you. “I'm Toni, Toni Topaz. You smell nice.” She said laughing, you smiled at her. “Oh thanks you too.” 

You looked at the tall boy who was slightly behind her, he had already been staring at you. You locked eyes with him, instantly feeling butterflies mixed with nervousness. His stare was intimidating, but softened when he saw a glimmer of fear in your eyes. It made you relax now that he didn't look too scary. You shoot him a smile, but he just smirked, crossing his arms around his chest. It made him look tougher, you shook the thought of him off and helped everyone else.

“Hello I'm Fangz Fogarty.” He said introducing himself with a small smile, he took your hand to shake it. “Cool name. Also here are all the things you need.” “Thank you.” He said and walked away looking at his schedule. You called for the next person in line, who was also the last person. “Hi ! I'm Y/n and I'm here to help with yo-” You started to speak putting all the papers together for the last person, but you looked up making you loose your train of thought when your eyes met his again.

You couldn't look away, he was gorgeous you thought. His slicked raven hair, with just a strand that had fallen onto his forehead. The Serpent tattoo on his neck, made him look even hotter. He was tan and well built, you stared at his brown orbs until he cleared his throat bringing you back to reality.

“Um yeah!” You asked looking away nervously, getting a chuckle from him. It was music to your ears, you looked up at him, seeing a smirk form. “I asked if you can tell me about my schedule, i don't know where my classes are at.” He told you furrowing his eyebrows looking at his schedule. 

“Well your now in 2nd period since you missed 1st, but we have the same class you ill just walk with you if thats fine with you. umm, Sweet P-Pea?” You asked looking at his name on his sheet. “Yeah thanks princess.” He smirked giving you a wink, grabbing everything he needed. “I have a name, Its Y/n” You told him annoyed.

“I think ill stick with Princess.” He said a smirk never leaving his lips, you rolled your eyes at him and went to your class that you both shared. He tried catching up to you “Hey Princess wait up” Sweet Pea told you, while jogging next to you. “Wow your a fast walker.” You looked at him and nodded your head yes.

You arrived and went to your seat, He looked around to find an open seat which there were plenty of. Since they were both kind of early for 2nd period, He decided to sit next to you. “Hey princess.” He said staring at you, making you forget your words. If your mouth was open you would’ve started drooling. 

Okay maybe your being overdramatic you thought to yourself, still staring at him. “You know if you keep staring people gonna think you have a crush on me.” He said smirking. You scoffed at him, “In your dreams Serpent.” You told him winking at him. He chuckled, looking at you. The bell rang and class started.

He had passed you a note, you giggled at the thought of him sending notes. You opened it and read “How bout we meet up at pops after school? ;)” You smiled and wrote something back “Is THE Sweet Pea asking me on a date?” You passed it back at him trying to pay attention to the teacher. He passed it back to you “If i get a yes, then ig it would be.” You read it, turning to him. He was already looking at you.

You nodded your head yes and turned back to taking notes. from the corner of your eyes you could see him smiling slightly, then turning to take notes. 

I guess all those horrible things about the South Side was not how it was sounded to be, you felt bad and decided you would apologize you Sweet Pea. For thinking like every other Northsider.

To be continued.

Idk if i should continue this, if you think i should please send me an ask or message me saying if i should. Hope you liked it !!

Part Two

[bubblepuddles]

Tug-O-War (Riverdale: Sweet Pea x Female!Reader)

Where Sweet Pea and Toni (lowkey) fight for your attention.  

“Hey, Y/N, wait up!” You turned at the sound of your name, your H/C locks whipping the air as you looked for the source of the voice. 

“Jughead, what’s up?” You asked, a tinge of surprise in your voice. You and Jughead weren’t exactly close friends, but you were friends with Betty. You wondered what he needed from you. 

Soon, Jughead had caught up with you and ushered you to keep walking as he heard the bell ring. “I, uh, sort of have a situation." 

You glanced at him. "Mhmm?" 

"Betty’s birthday is coming up.” He said, and everything was clearer. “I’m not exactly a party nor a surprise guy, but—" 

"You want to do something special for her?” You continued, pausing in the middle of the hall to look into his eyes. He glances at you, then bashfully looks at the floor and rubs his neck. “Well, yeah, I mean, she’s done a lot for me and…”

You grinned to yourself. “Say no more, Jones. I’m in!" 

You always thought he and Betty made a cute pair, the two of them seemed like such a fresh, innocent love. You were glad the two stayed together even though Jughead had to transfer schools. He flashes you a wide grin. 

"Then can we meet in my trailer after school? Veronica already helped me plan and pick out some stuff, I just need help with the arts and crafts and things. I know you’re good at those." 

So that’s why he picked you. You were beginning to wonder why he didn’t turn to his best bud Archie or Betty’s bff, Veronica. Though it’s not that you mind. You actually did enjoy a bit of arts and crafts. 

"Sure,” You confirmed, continuing to walk as the second bell just rang, before abruptly stopping and slapping your forehead. “Oh, shhh. I forgot! I have cheer practice today. Would it be okay if I swing by a little late?" 

Jughead throws his hands mid-air. "It’s alright with me if it’s alright with you." 

"Alright, catch you later!” You said before beginning to jog your way to the classroom, in an effort to overtake your teacher who just passed you in the hall.

“Hey, Y/N, wanna go get a milkshake at Pop’s?“ Betty asked, with her usual sweet smile. Practice had just finished and you were walking out the school with the B&V. You instantly remembered your appointment with Jughead. 

"Oh, I’d love to, but uh, my mom told me to come straight home today. She needs my help with some… work stuff,” You choked out. “A lot of, uh, work stuff.”

Veronica raised an eyebrow at your poor excuse. You clear your throat.

“Oh, alright, no big deal. Maybe next time..?” Betty replied, seeming to buy your excuse. You gave her a small, relieved smile but you could tell by the look on her face that she was about to offer you some help.Thinking quickly, you decided to pretend to be surprised by the time. 

“Shoot, I can’t believe it’s this late! And of course, next time, definitely! I’ll catch you later!” You quickly added, waving goodbye and jogging away before Betty could asked you any more questions. 

Soon enough, you reached Jughead’s trailer. You noticed several bikes up front and you wonder whether he had invited some of his other friends to help. Serpents, to be exact. Not that that was a problem with you, as you were actually one of the more open-minded residents in Riverdale that knew that not all serpents were bad. Though you did think of what their reactions would be if they saw a Northsider come and help along. You took a deep breath and knocked on the door, faintly hearing voices coming from the inside. 

The inside of the trailer was a mess. Colored paper, streamers, balloons and the like were spread out all over the living area as Jughead tries to create something presentable. 

“This just looks… wrong.” He said, wrinkling his nose as he holds up what was supposed to be a origami flower. Veronica had left templates and instructions on how to make them but he couldn’t seem to get them right. 

“How about this one?” Toni said, holding up her own creation. Thankfully, he wasn’t there to suffer alone. Toni Topaz and Sweet Pea, two of the younger serpents, were hanging around Jughead’s trailer to pass time. Though unsurprisingly, Toni was the only one that readily offered to help Jughead with Betty’s birthday surprise. After all, it was pretty hard to imagine the tall, muscular, and hot-headed Sweet Pea sitting obediently while making paper flowers. 

Jughead takes the origami flower on Toni’s palm and examines it. 

“This… is great, actually,” He mumbles, carefully placing the dainty flower in an empty shoebox (so he wouldn’t lose it), before cutting out more square pieces of paper to make a new flower. “One down and heaps more to go…” 

Toni looks over at Sweet Pea, who’s busy fiddling with his phone. 

“Hey, Sweet Pea, why don’t you make yourself useful and cut out squares for us, huh?” She says, handing the tall boy a sheet of colored paper and some scissors. Sweet Pea doesn’t bother to look up from his phone as he mumbles an excuse. 

“I, uh, I’m left handed..?” He says, almost sounding like a question, tilting his phone to the side to control his mobile racecar. 

Toni wrinkles her nose, straight up thinking that that was a lie, though not recalling any instances when she caught Sweet Pea writing. She was sure he used his right fist to punch, though. 

“…and?" 

"Lefties need special scissors.” He said as-a-matter-of-factly, finally putting his phone down and making eye contact. Toni raised her eyebrow and peeked over to see that Sweet Pea’s red racecar had suffered an unfortunate crash. 

“…right,” She said, leering her eyes but retrieving her outstretched hand. “So how about you try to make flowers instead?" 

Sweet Pea was just about to cough out another excuse when he was interrupted by a knock on the door. He quickly stood up. 

"Well, that must be Fogarty. We’re hitting the Wyrm. Sorry I couldn’t stay for your arts and crafts session, Jones.” He said, flashing the two serpents a cheeky grin before heading straight to the door before someone in the room stopped him. “Took you damn long enough—" 

But it wasn’t Fangs at the door. Nor was it a man. In front of Sweet Pea stood a petite girl, now looking up at the person who swung the door open. She had her hair in a high ponytail, having just come out of cheer practice, therefore also wearing her white, yellow-sleeved top and her tiny shorts that’s main purpose was to allow movement, though if you’re a teen-aged boy, you would only think about how it showcased the girl’s smooth legs wonderfully. Sweet Pea unconsciously raises his eyebrows. 

You couldn’t help but to stare back at the boy towering in front of you. He was huge, you literally had to move your neck to make eye contact. You noticed the serpent tattoo on his neck. Guess you were right about Jughead bringing some friends. 

"Um…" 

"Y/N!” Suddenly, Jughead appeared, putting a hand on the taller boy’s shoulder. 

“This is Sweet Pea. Sweet Pea, Y/N. I, uh, I hope you don’t mind me having a couple of friends over. This one looks scary but I swear none of them bite.” Jughead said, grinning.

You couldn’t help but smile as well, both because of Jughead’s rare, contagious grin and because of the larger teen’s unusual name that didn’t seem to match his appearance. “Nice to meet you." 

The taller boy barely makes out a small smile before breaking eye contact, though his eyes don’t leave you, either. You become a little nervous, feeling even smaller under his gaze. Then Jughead invites you inside… but Sweet Pea still stood in the way. You gulped.

"And, uh, no, I don’t mind. Unless your friends would rather me leave..?” You said, looking back at Sweet Pea, who had been unusually quiet (though you didn’t know that), wondering what he was thinking. You did recall that Southsiders had this complex over Northsiders. Maybe he didn’t like you right off the bat? 

“What, Sweet Pea, cat got your tongue? Why don’t you move over so Y/N could enter? You’re gonna scare her off, you know.” Toni teased. And with that, Sweet Pea blinked, as if recovering from a daze. He awkwardly mutters what sounded like an apology before finally stepping aside. 

“Thank you…” You mumbled, before quickly making your way to the mini gathering on the floor. 

“I brought fries, by the way. Sorry I’m late.” You added, carefully placing the white paper bag with the logo ‘Pop’s’ on an empty space on the floor.

“Toni, this is Y/N, Y/N, Toni.” Jughead said once you were all sitting down on the floor. “And thank you, for the fries. You really didn’t have to." 

"Oh, it was along the way, anyway.” You said, smiling. “Nice to meet you, Toni.”

“I like you already.” Toni says, after taking a bite out of her fry. “Cute outfit, by the way." 

You suddenly felt more conscious of your cheer clothes, especially since you felt Sweet Pea eye you up not too long ago. Guess you couldn’t blame them, though, you haven’t really heard of a cheer team coming from Southside High.

"Thanks. Though really, these are just glorified gym clothes.” You joked, causing Toni to giggle and playfully tap your shoulder. 

“She’s funny.” Toni said, talking to Jughead. “Maybe you should let us meet some more of your friends, Juggy. Especially if they’re as cute as her." 

You blushed instantly and was about to mumble a “thank you” when you were interrupted by a voice the three of you seemingly forgot about. 

"Topaz." 

The three of you looked back at Sweet Pea, who was still standing by the door with a hand on the knob. You wondered whether he was annoyed or if that was just his default face. 

"Can we talk for a sec?" 

Toni raised an eyebrow but followed the tall boy outside the trailer anyway. You briefly wondered if they were a couple, but decided not to raise your question to Jughead, who seemed to be focused on crafting his flower. 

"So, is there anything left for me to do?" 

You had successfully made three little origami flowers when the trailer door opened. Toni and Sweet Pea entered and you noticed that the former looked a bit annoyed. Jughead seemed to notice this, too. 

"What is this, a lover’s quarrel?” He joked. 

“Oh please.” Toni said, rolling her eyes and assuming her earlier position beside you. 

“Thought you knew I preferred girls, Jones?” Sweet Pea said right back, sitting down on the empty space on your other side before helping himself with some of the fries you brought over. You could tell that Toni rolled her eyes again. She scooted closer to you. 

“Is this how you do it?“ She asked, holding her own unfinished flower against yours. 

"Oh, uh, yeah,” You replied, before pointing at the corner of the would-be flower. “Then you fold over that part." 

"Thought you already knew how to make that?” Sweet Pea said over to Toni, who stuck her tongue out at the boy in response. Sweet Pea moves closer to you before bending his torso over your lap, reaching for the scissors on your other side. “Excuse me…" 

You stayed incredibly still, so as to not accidentally touch him. You still couldn’t gauge the personality of the guy, and he was pretty intimidating even without considering his height. You observed his form as he bent over you. He had really broad shoulders with large, defined muscles that caused the fabric of his flannel to cling onto his arms tightly. He smelled of smoke and hints of boyish cologne. He was basically the human version of testosterone. He flashed you a smile after managing to retrieve the scissors when he noticed that you were looking at him, catching you off guard. You quickly looked away. 

"Thought lefties needed ‘special scissors’, Pea?” Toni taunted after watching the scene in front of her. 

“Who said I was a leftie?” The boy replied nonchalantly, not looking up from his own business. Toni shot Sweet Pea a sharp glare and was about to call him out when door suddenly barged open (déjà vu). 

“Fogarty! Finally! Whisk your boyfriend away, would you?” Toni said, sighing in relief. 

“Sweet Pea. Let’s bounce.”

“Busy.” Sweet Pea replied instantly, finishing cutting up a square. He inches closer to you. “How do you do this?" 

You look straight at Jughead, who just raises his hands as if to say, 'I have no idea what’s going on right now’. You look at Toni, who’s looking at Fogarty, pressuring the boy to take Sweet Pea away. Finally, you look back at Sweet Pea, who was looking straight into your eyes. And instantly, you remembered just how innocent a snake’s eyes could look. 

Fangs raised an eyebrow in confusion. "You sent me an S.O.–" 

"Fogarty, how about you make yourself useful and cut us up some squares, huh? It’s still too early to go to the Wyrm, anyway.” Sweet Pea interrupted, turning his head around to look at the mentioned boy. You couldn’t see the look Sweet Pea was giving him, because this meant he had his back turned to you, but it was a look that one could only accurately describe as threatening. Fangs threw his hands in the air in instant defeat and made his way to sit beside Jughead, who did the honors of handing him some paper and scissors. “This is Y/N, by the way. Y/N, Fangs." 

That was the third introduction today. And you thought you’d be spending the rest of the afternoon quietly making crafts with Jughead. You gave Fangs a small smile, before motioning to the takeout container sitting in the middle of your little circle. "Help yourself." 

Fangs grinned, picking up a fry and taking you up on your offer. "Don’t mind if I do." 

Sweet Pea cleared his throat. You glance at him. "Oh, right. Sorry. Um, can I have a look…?" 

He holds up a roughly-cut square piece of powder blue colored paper. His cutting job sort of reflects his personality, you thought. 

"So you fold over this part…" 

"Mhmm…” He bends over a bit and holds his square closer to your own. You briefly felt the cold metal of his ring when his fingers accidentally bumped your own while he tries to hold his paper up properly on its right side. “This one?" 

"Um, yes. Then you do this…” You gulped, demonstrating the steps on your own flower. Your fingers were slightly trembling at this point, a product of his mere existence. You were about to turn over your flower but your unsteady hands accidentally dropped it on his lap, which, only now, you noticed was very close to yours. You inwardly cursed yourself. 

“S-sorry…” You quickly tried to retrieve the traitor, making absolutely sure to only make contact with the paper, but his hand met yours and the two of you ended holding it up together. You didn’t notice, but the other two boys were now watching the show in front of them with their eyebrows raised. There was a short wave of silence before it was broken by a feminine voice. 

“Oh, look, Pea. I found the instructions! Guess you don’t have to bother Y/N anymore.” Toni said, a wide smile on her face as she waved the piece of paper in the air. 

Embarrassed, you quickly looked down on your lap, at the flower Sweet Pea had let go of and you managed to retrieve. Sweet Pea rolled his eyes at Toni before snatching the sheet of paper which instantly became a crumpled ball in his fist. By then, Jughead and Fangs, though the latter had just arrived, fully understood what was going on. A tug-o-war was happening in front of their eyes, with you as the prized flag. 

I made this in one night please be kind

[shaniahnoel]

Fearless

Okay, I couldn’t resist. I wanted to get a few more chapter ahead, but I just want to share my Fangs Fogarty love!!

Word Count: 1709

Warnings: None

Fangs Fogarty x OC; It’s more of a slow work up, but I hope you’ll find it worth it!

p.s Fearless is a working title; tbh I was too excited to get this out to wait for the perfect one. PLEASE GIVE FEEDBACK.

Master List

The sun was blazing as Ari ran her final mile. As she stumbled to a stop past the finish line, her old coach’s words echoed in her ears, and she pushed herself to continue a light jog to cool down. Afterwards, she did her stretches and began to head for the field before she allowed herself a drink of water. When it passed her lips, she experienced heaven. It was common knowledge that the South Side High Soccer team wasn’t the greatest in the league, but she was raised with no excuses—regardless, she would train as rigorously as she had done for her top league school. All she was lacking was someone to train with, making friends on the South Side, it turned out, was much more difficult than expected.

It wasn’t so much that she minded not having any friends, but she was worried about her apparent inability to make them. A frown creased her face as she thought about Maggie and Ruth; normally their summers were spent living at each other’s homes and playing soccer, but since the move she’d only been able to make the trip to see them once. Even the daily facetime calls were getting less frequent, but Ari couldn’t blame them—they were all too active to sit and talk, they were always in motion. She’d begun juggling the soccer ball, but in her distraction, she misplaced her foot and the ball launched into the surrounding trees.

“Ugh,” she moaned as she prepared to wind her way through the thorn bushes that lined the field. Whoever had put in the field without removing the bushes was a fan of the cruel and unusual.

“Wait, I got it!”

Ari turned in surprise to see the boy walking towards her. His dark hair was disheveled and there was a glossy sheen across his face. A glance towards the track told her that he’d been running, but she failed to understand why he was coming to help her. Her experience with the South Side thus far told her that the people didn’t take kindly to outsiders. She composed her shocked face into what she hoped was a cheerful smile as he easily forced his way through the brambles and shortly he returned with her ball.

“You must have a wicked kick,” his voice rang with admiration, but her face fell as she took in the punctured ball. The offending stick still hung out of it.

“Noooo,” she groaned, slapping a hand to her forehead. A full day of practice wasted and convincing her parents to buy her another soccer ball was not an appealing idea. She took the ball from his hand and began grumbling to herself as she started searching for her water bottle.  

“I have a ball, if you want.”

Her mood shifted immediately, “that’d be awesome!”

As he jogged back down the path to his bag, Ari worked to control her smile. A positive interaction on the South Side. It had only taken her a month, but hey, this was something. When he came back up the path, a strange look crossed his face. He waited a moment as she begun to juggle the ball again. Ari had immediately zoned into the soccer ball, but when he coughed she was brought back to the reality that he was still there.

“I could practice with you, if you want?”

“You play?”

“From time to time,” he sounded casual, but Ari knew too many jocks to be fooled. He thought this would be an easy win.

As it turned out, he was immensely good. Fortunately, so was Ari. While he had some advantages in stride and force, Ari balanced him with technique. Again, she was reminded of the words of her coach: there’s raw talent, there’s fierce training, and then there’s a mixture of the two. They had started out by playing until one person had reached ten points, but this number was continually upped due to rematches. When it came to a battle of wills, Ari was unsure of who would cave first. Suddenly he feinted to his right and swerved left, and the ball soared around her, reaching the space named goal.

“There it is. 50 points to the great Fangs Fogarty.” His voice was deeper, pretending to be a sports announcer.

“Fangs?” The disbelief of his name was just enough to outweigh her frustration at losing.

“Yeah,” his posture stiffened, making Ari roll her eyes.

“Ari,” she said, reaching out her hand. His hand was warm and rough as he took hers, it was swift but firm. This time it was her father’s voice reminding her that you learn all you need to from a man by his handshake. “I wouldn’t call you great, but your moves were pretty sick. Are you on the team?”

The bellowing laugh was answer enough, and Ari found her cheeks reddening. “What’s wrong with the soccer team?”

“Nothing, I guess. Just not really my scene.”

“Oh yeah,” she began raising her water bottle to her lips, “What is the scene of the great Fangs Fogarty?”

He averted her eyes and posed his own question: “You’re not from around here, are you?”

“Is it that obvious?”

“Well…”

“Oh, shut up,” she swatted his arm playfully. As they started walking back down to the track, she half-reached towards him before catching herself. While he was a lot like her guy friends back home, she was sure that linking arms would mean something different to him than it did to them. She cursed silently as he turned towards her, eyebrow cocked in question.

“Grass,” she said lamely and swatted his shirt quickly. Smooth Ari, real smooth, she thought to herself.  They were silent as they gathered up their things. With a nod, Fangs began to walk towards the lot. A few minutes later, Ari started down the path and was surprised to see him still there, leaned against an old truck.

“Do you need a ride?” he asked in answer to her questioning look. The parking lot was empty. Ari considered the option. Her house had been farther away from the school than she thought, but it wasn’t an impossible journey. As if her body was aware that it was about to be subjected to more activity, the ache in her legs kicked up a notch.

“Uh, yeah, sure. If you don’t mind I mean.”

“Hop on in,” he said as he walked around to the other side. The ride back to her house was short and mostly silent, until Living on a Prayer came across the radio. Ari was notorious for jam sessions in the car and this one was a personal favorite. It seemed Fangs couldn’t resist singing along either, because they found themselves in a duet by the time they reached her driveway. Ari finished the song before she exited the car.

“Thanks. See ya around?”

Fangs had just nodded before driving away, and Ari dragged herself inside for a shower. Her mother was beside the door, peering out through the window.  

“Creeping much,” she asked with a teasing smile.

“I have a right to know who’s blasting music in my driveway—now who was the boy?”

There was a moment when Ari considered calling him Fangs, but it was bound to launch a lengthier inquisition than her mother was already preparing. “Just a guy I met at the track. We played some soccer, he offered me a ride. I only accepted because you were right—it was much farther than I thought.”

Something about admitting that she had been right was enough to get her mother to back off and Ari was able to get out from her inquisitive stare and up the stairs to the bathroom. She nearly fainted when she took in her appearance. Her dark hair was falling out of her ponytail and her cheeks where ripe tomatoes. A thin layer of sweat shined brilliantly in the light of the bathroom. She was both annoyed and grateful that Fangs had said nothing about the situation. The warm water of the shower was soothing to her tired muscles; she hadn’t worked this hard since the previous fall. When she’d finished wringing out her hair, she made a conscious effort to look presentable as they were going into a neighboring town for dinner that night. Just as she was putting on her last touch of makeup, her mother called up the stairs for her.

Ari took the steps two at a time, but her mother caught her arm as she reached the landing. Her voice lowered conspiratorially, “that boy is back.” The meaningful look she was giving her faded as she took in Ari’s confused expression. A glance to the door was answer enough as she could make out Fangs’ features through the frosted glass. “You left him outside,” Ari hissed. It wasn’t cold or raining, but it was rude regardless.

Shrugging past her mother, Ari opened the door. “Hey,” the statement came out more question than greeting. Fangs reached quickly into his pocket, withdrawing her cellphone.

“You left this in my truck.”

“Thank you,” she nearly screamed, “my friends would have killed me if I lost my phone again.”

“Not to mention your parents,” her mother called from somewhere in the house.

“Don’t mind her. She can be a little… much,” Ari explained rolling her eyes.

Fangs nodded his head and turned to go. A moment of panic seized Ari. She’d imagined making girl friends, but at this point she’d sat in the house enough to take what she could get.

“Hey, Fangs?”

“Yeah?”

“Wanna play again tomorrow?”

“Can you handle getting your butt kicked again, so soon?”

“Oh, you have to play now. I’m gonna wipe that smirk off your face!”

“It’ll be great to watch you try.”

Ari hit into his shoulder playfully, laughing as he stumbled backwards. He rolled his eyes as he turned back to his truck and she smiled sweetly as if she’d done nothing wrong. Inside the house she faced her mother’s inquisitive stare again, but even that couldn’t dampen her mood—she’d played soccer, made a friend, and had plans to do it all again tomorrow. There was finally a silver lining to this move.

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The Case For The Corporate Facilitator

Engaging a Corporate Facilitator

As we all know, a business meeting can be pretty prescriptive (be honest, we usually know why we’re in the room; we all know what will be agreed / signed off; we are just going through the motions).  In such instances, a corporate facilitator is probably not really needed.

The issue is that there are more instances where there is ambiguity and uncertainty and ‘having a meeting’ just doesn’t cut it.  And this is where the corporate facilitator comes in.

The word “facilitator” is derived from the Latin word for “easy” : facilitation means “the act of making things easier”.

And this is true: a great facilitator can make things easier for you – but the difficulty is in the complexity of the engagement: who to retain, how to craft the session, and how to motivate your people to fully participate.

A facilitated session can run from a few hours through to a full day but rarely more than that.  Imagine a well-crafted 2-3 hour facilitated session drawing out an outcome, achieving consensus, solving a problem, reaching a decision and much more.

Facilitation is more than merely training

Unlike a classically delivered training session (Keynote / Powerpoint slides, printouts, lecture-style delivery, quiz at the end to demonstrate understanding), if you use a facilitator to deliver their version of training, you will see how it takes your learning & development to a whole new level.

Whilst the majority of facilitated workshops run up to a day in length, if it goes beyond that, the workshop becomes a supercharged training event that incorporates mini-lectures and tutorials as well as output-driven activities.

From a Learning & Development perspective my own development company, Eskil, tends to plug-and-play a series of interactive workshop sessions intercut with quick-hit tutorials to form a longer training course (from 1-5 days).

Focusing on facilitated workshops with a specific outcome / output, this article is the first of two parts as we look at the power of facilitation and how it can be applied in your organization.

Facilitation is more the a good meeting

I have sat in on client sessions where the person at the top of the table has decided to facilitate. It’s great that there is a willingness to do it – the best meeting chairs are, effectively, facilitators – but there are traps to easily fall into:

An opportunity to impose an agenda on the session

Using the title as a way to suggest collegiate thinking whereas the decision is already made

The facilitator wants to get involved in the discussions

Depending upon your usual leadership style, people may not feel ‘safe’ in your facilitated environment

Sometimes the issue being discussed is ‘blocked’ by the feeling that the head of the table is part of the issue

Facilitation loves ambiguity

If you want something prescriptive where you probably already know the answer… have a meeting.  In a survey of Eskil’s network of facilitators, the top 9 reasons for a facilitated workshop were:

achieving consensus

generating ideas

solving problems

improving working relationships

developing & agreeing strategy

improve team results

increase motivation / employee engagement

influence / engage with stakeholders

resolve conflict

The case for a Corporate Facilitator

To be fair, there are many reasons why you would consider bringing in an external facilitator and here’s a quick list for you:

You haven’t got the time : an external facilitator is specifically tasked to ‘do the job’ – if you consider a single-day workshop, for example, it takes a further day to prepare the workshop and a follow-on day to document and report back the findings;

You can’t build a flowing agenda :  experienced facilitators build agendas that flow and have a complete focus on your desired outcomes, that each session builds on the last, and that the overall structure will result in you achieving your objectives;

You want contemporary thinking : many professional facilitators have a commitment to their own personal and professional development : constantly looking to develop new thinking and better-practice to help guide conversations;

You cant guarantee objectivity : facilitation is based upon objectivity – encouraging the exploration of alternative viewpoints whilst keeping meetings on track;

You want new ways to develop your people : access a variety of discussion templates to help develop new thinking through activities as well as conversation;

You can’t get the balance right between big picture and the finer detail : whilst we are all mindful of the overarching goal of the session, the facilitator also ensures an attention to detail (materials, technology, discussion templates, etc.);

You can’t capture all the outputs : the facilitator focuses on guiding discussions and capturing the thinking in the room  – recording key points and documenting actions;

There are tricky personalities in the room : an independent facilitator has more chance of not just reigning in the dominant personalities in the room but also encouraging the more reflective and introverted thinkers – no single view-point should dominate a discussion;

Too many meetings fail to reach a conclusion : facilitators don’t let meetings or workshops drift – every session should have a summary of discussion points as well as outcomes and agreed next steps;

You think you’re saving money through DIY : there is no denying that there is a cost attached to bringing an experienced external facilitator into the room but the cost of an biased and unfocused internal facilitator is a huge cost when you consider the collective salaries of everyone in the room, the cost of missed opportunity and the cost of having to do it all again; and

You want to engagement better with your employees : having a well run workshop has various oblique benefits ranging from unlocking new thinking in a collaborative environment through to the feel-good factor of people who feel that they have taken part in a productive and energetic event

  The key learning is this: a facilitated session is a way to engage with your staff as you build collaborative and emotional intelligence in your enterprise in the solving of problems, creating of strategies and the generation of new ideas.

    To book Neil as a facilitator: Email: enquiry@eskil.co Telephone: +44.1926.497.211