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   After the football game Reggie still felt really good about his decision to quit working for Hiram and go back to his friends, despite the fear of what Hiram and his father would do to him for turning his back on them. Now though despite the fact that he no longer worked for Hiram, something had been nagging at him to go back to Swedlow Swamp. He couldn’t explain it but he quickly said goodbye to Archie and his friends before taking off. 
     Once he was there he used a flashlight and searched the whole area, without seeing anything that seemed off at first. Just as he was turning to leave and head back to the warmth of his apartment however something caught his eye; it was Jughead! At the sight of his friend Reggie rushed down the slope and over to his friend, crying out for Jughead as he moved. 
 
“Jones!” 
    When he got to Jughead his friend was face down in the filthy water; and he was very clearly not moving or breathing. At the sight of that Reggie waded into the water and carried Jughead back to shore. As he got a good look at his friend he could tell that someone had beaten the hell out of him before dumping him here, leaving him to drown and die, with no one being the wiser. When he saw that Reggie immediately began CPR talking to Jughead as he did. 
 
“C’mon breathe you little hobo! Breathe!” 
    After five more breaths and chest compressions water shot out of Jughead’s mouth, and in that moment Jughead blinked his eyes open, but all that he could feel was the pain vibrating through his body, and all that he could see was a dark shadow crouched over him, causing him to whimper fearfully. When that happened Reggie spoke up trying to be reassuring. 
 
“Easy Jones, take it easy! I’ve got you, you’re gonna be okay! I’ll get you out of here!” 
     At those words Jughead moaned weakly before passing out again, and when that happened Reggie sighed heavily before picking Jughead up and carrying his unconscious friend back up to his car, to drive him back to his apartment to get him warmed up. An hour later Jughead woke up to find himself dressed in nice pajamas, in a nice bed and as he looked around trying to figure out what had happened a surprisingly familiar voice spoke up. 
 
“Well, well, look whose awake, you’re lucky Jones, whoever those guys were nearly beat the life out of you, it would’ve been like Riot Night all over again and nobody wants that.” 
    That said he laid a cold washcloth on Jughead’s forehead and handed him a mug of hot chocolate, as he continued to speak.  
 
“You’ve got a fever Jones, so you’re gonna stay here for as long as you need to get better, and I’m gonna take care of you.”  
   After a few more sips Jughead remembered Tabitha and how he’d probably freaked her out by just taking off from the bunker without an explanation the way that he had causing him to speak up. 
 
“Oh my God, Tabitha! She’s probably freaking out, she needs to know that I’m okay!” 
   But as soon as Jughead tried to stand his head spun and his legs gave out from under him, but before he could fall Reggie put an arm around his waist and caught him, keeping him steady as he spoke. 
 
“Whoa, whoa, take it easy Jones! You’re not going anywhere right now!” 
     That said he eased Jughead back down onto the bed and replaced the cool washcloth before continuing to speak. 
 
“Just try and sleep Jones, I’ll call Tabitha and Betty, and whoever else you want me too, but for now you need to rest. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of you.” 
    As Jughead slowly closed his eyes and passed out again Reggie stood and crossed the room before walking out and closing the bedroom door as he started texting all of their friends to let them know the situation. As he did this he he found himself thinking about Jughead, worrying about who could have done this to his friend and if they would come after him when they realized that they had failed to kill him. Even as he was thinking all of this he also thought about how hot Jones was; wondering when he’d started thinking about Jughead in that way, and realizing that it had been going on for a long time now, which meant that he was going to do whatever it took to take care of Jughead and help him through this mess. Meanwhile at Pop’s Betty was sitting in a booth with Tabitha sharing what she’d heard about Jughead from Reggie. 
 
“Reggie called and told me that he found Jug in Swedlow Swamp all beaten up and that he took him back to his apartment so that he could rest and heal. He said that Jughead was going to stay there until he was strong enough to leave, so at least now we know where Jughead is and that he’s alive, if not unharmed.” 
      Tabitha nodded at that before speaking up. 
 
“Thank God, I was so scared when I got to the bunker and saw that he was gone, and even if he’s injured I’m glad to know that he’s being looked after, but I need to get back to work, so let me know if you hear anything else.” 
     That said Tabitha stood up to go back to work and Betty left the diner to go back home, trying not to think about Polly and about the fact that for the second time in his life Jughead had been beaten up and left to die in the swamp. The difference was that this time it had been done by strangers which was actually scarier because at least with the Ghoulies they’d known the motive behind the attack but this time they didn’t; at least not yet. As it was Betty was hoping that when Jughead was up to it he’d let her use her FBI connections to go after the people who had hurt him and make them pay. 
     As all of this was happening Reggie was in his kitchen making a cup of camomile tea for Jughead when he suddenly heard a loud crash from the bedroom. When that happened he rushed across the apartment and opened the bedroom door and when he did he saw a broken mug on the floor and Jughead sitting in bed looking guilty. The minute that he looked up and saw Reggie Jughead spoke up feeling bad for breaking the mug. 
 
“I’m sorry, I knocked it off of the end table.” 
    Reggie sighed sadly before moving to the bathroom to get the broom, before moving to the broken pieces; and sweeping them into the dust pan before dumping it them into the garbage can as he spoke. 
 
“Don’t be sorry Jones, you’re sick it’s not your fault. Besides it’s just a mug, I have others. I’ll clean it up and it’ll come right out, but how’re you feeling Jones? Do you think you can manage to eat something?” 
    At that question Jughead took a shaky breath before speaking up. 
 
“I-.” 
     Before he could finish Jughead started throwing up in the trash can, and when that happened Reggie quickly sat down behind Jughead rubbing his back, until he was done. Once he was done Reggie sighed sadly before speaking up. 
 
“You need something in your system Jug, I’ll make you some soup.” 
    That said he helped Jughead sip his tea, but before Reggie could move to leave the room Jughead squeezed his hand tightly as he spoke. 
 
“Thank you Reg.” 
     The sensation of Jone’s hand holding his was too much and Reggie felt his cock harden, when that happened Reggie quickly went back to the kitchen to make his friend the promised soup, plus to make himself a cool drink; before the way that Jones made him feel drove him overboard.  
    Twenty minutes later Reggie was back in the bedroom with Jughead as the latter ate his soup. As he finished his soup Jughead looked at Reggie and there was something about the way that Reggie was watching him, and the way that the bigger boy had been taking care of him that pulled at Jughead and had him trying to figure out what was happening. At the moment as Reggie continued to watch him with worry in his beautiful chocolate brown eyes Jughead went with impulse and leaned forward and pulled Reggie in for a deep kiss. When that happened Reggie froze before surrendering to it and kissing Jughead back. After what felt like forever but also only a few minutes they separated and Reggie was the first to speak. 
 
“Oh God Jones, Who knew that you could kiss like that! That was amazing!” 
    Jughead smiled at that despite the aches in his body from the beating and the still raging fever, but at the moment he felt something intense building inside of him that he desperately wanted to give into, causing him to speak up. 
 
“Not many do, but I guess you do now, and if you play your cards right, you’ll get to see what else I can do, but for now I think I need to rest again.” 
     Reggie smiled at that before speaking up. 
 
“You can do that, but if we’re really gonna do this, whatever it is, I want you to move in with me. I know that you’re already staying until you heal some, but I want you to stay for good. I want to be with you Jones, in whatever way you’ll have me.” 
     Jughead smiled at that because he hadn’t felt this wanted or desired since Betty and that had ended badly, and Jess had been a distraction to fend of the loneliness and despair of being away from everyone and everything that made him feel connected to the world, but he didn’t think that he’d actually loved her, the relationship had just been one more way to hide from his mistakes, but with Reggie he felt like he had a real chance at happiness again. 
 
“I wanna be with you too Reg, so yes I’ll move in with you, though even if we wanted to spend all of our time just being together here, eventually we’ll have to tell the others what’s happening between us.” 
     At that Reggie shifted on the bed so that he was stretched out next to Jughead, before wrapping an arm around his shoulders and pulling him in close to his side as he spoke. 
 
“We’ll figure all of that out together, but all that matters right now is you and me, now let’s get some sleep because you’ve still got some healing to do.” 
     That said the newly formed couple stretched out on the bed and fell asleep together not knowing as they did that there were people planning on destroying the happiness that they were attempting to build together, or that the threats to both of them were closer and a lot more connected than they knew. Two days later after Jughead’s fever had broken and most of his injuries had healed the new couple had decided to go to Pop’s for their first official date. As they were sitting together in their booth at Pop’s Reggie gently grabbed Jughead’s hand and kissed it as he spoke up. 
 
“It’s our first date Jones, I’m so glad that your fever’s gone and that you’re mostly healed, so that we can get out in the world together.” 
     Jughead hummed happily at that as he snuggled his head into Reggie’s shoulder and spoke up. 
 
“My Reggie.” 
      But that happiness ended when they looked up to see Marty Mantle standing by their booth looking furious. 
 
“I finally found you, you stupid, little shit! So, now not only have you stopped working off my debts, but you chose a filthy Serpent as your life partner? You’re just as pathetic now as you ever were, and that’s never gonna change!” 
    Reggie scoffed at that as he put a protective arm around his lover and spoke up. 
 
“Me, I’m pathetic? You’re the one that needed your kid to work off your debts! I could’ve finally gotten away from you…but you demanded that I dropped out of college and threw my life, and future away….and for what? Some pathetic old man, whose done nothing but throw his money out the window, and grovel at the feet of more powerful men!! That’s pathetic!” 
    At those words Marty scoffed out a reply. 
 
“Well you’re right about one thing loser, I do work for a powerful man, and once I tell Hiram how important this little Serpent is to you, he’ll know how to make you pay for betraying us!” 
    That said Marty crushed his chocolate ice cream cone all over Jughead’s head; causing freezing, wet ice cream to get all over his head, and in his hair as Marty spoke again. 
 
“Watch your back little Serpent, either it’ll end up underground in a grave, or in Hiram Lodge’s fuck bed!” 
    Once he finished speaking Marty walked out leaving Jughead and Reggie shaken, but Reggie was the first to speak once his Dad was gone. 
 
“Come on sweetheart, let’s go home and get you cleaned up.” 
    Twenty minutes later after they were back in the apartment while Jughead was taking a shower Reggie decided to give his boyfriend the surprise of a lifetime, plus now that there were two dangerous men after his beloved, beautiful Jughead he knew that if he could get the big, tough, FP Jones and not just their friends and the Serpents involved then they might stand a chance. With that in mind Reggie dialed using Jughead’s cell and soon he heard FP speaking up excitedly. 
 
“Juggie? Baby boy, it’s been awhile, how’ve you been Boy?” 
    Reggie sighed sadly at the enthusiasm and love in FP’s voice as he wished not for the first time that he had that kind of relationship with his father. 
 
“Actually Mr. Jones, it’s Reggie Mantle. I’m your son’s boyfriend now, but I can explain all of that later! What matters right now is that Hiram Lodge and my father have been working together, and now Hiram is after Jug, he’s gonna hurt him Mr. Jones! You have to come back to Riverdale ASAP!” 
   When he heard those words fear and anger filled FP’s heart as he thought about the fact that Hiram was once again threatening his boy, causing him to speak up. 
 
“I’ll be there first thing tomorrow morning! You keep Jug’s cell on and I’ll call the Serpents tonight to tell them what’s going on! Does Marty know where you and Jughead live?” 
    At that question Reggie took a shaky breath before speaking again. 
 
“Sadly yes, and so does Hiram, before last week Jug was staying with Andrews, but I asked him to move in with me, we just haven’t gotten him officially moved in yet, because a lots been happening.” 
    FP took a deep breath before speaking up, feeling relieved that Jughead wouldn’t be dealing with whatever was happening on his own. 
 
“That’s good, given that I’m guessing that your building has security it’s probably a safer place for him, but I’ll still send some Serpents over to guard your place tonight, just text me your address using Jug’s cell as soon as we hang up.”  
    Reggie spoke up at that, agreeing instantly. 
 
“Okay, I will.” 
   That said he hung up quickly and texted FP the address, and soon Jughead walked out in his boxers with his dark hair looking wet, rumpled, and sexy and with beads of water dripping down his bare chest, God he looked so hot! Before Reggie could say anything Jughead spoke up. 
 
“Okay, I’m clean, so what’s the plan now?”  
    At that question Reggie smiled gently, deciding in that moment that he wasn’t going to tell his boyfriend that he was finally going to be reunited with his Dad, that he was going to let it be a surprise in the morning. 
 
“The plan is that we go get all of your stuff from Andrews’ house and move you in here for real. I know we talked about doing that after we told everyone what was going on with us, but now that you have two mad men after you, we should push up the time table, because you’re safer here, than in Andrews’ garage.” 
    Jughead grinned at that before speaking up. 
 
“I suppose you’re right Mantle, besides how can I stand to be away from you for even a minute after the kiss we shared?” 
    Reggie smirked at that as he grabbed Jughead by the back of his neck and pulled him forward; pulling him in closer so that their lips were barely touching as he spoke seductively to his beloved. 
 
“You mean this kiss.” 
     That said he gently slipped his tongue into Jughead’s mouth; causing Jughead to moan as he ran his fingers through Reggie’s hair, pulling him closer and deepening the kiss as he did. Two hours later after they’d gone and collected Jughead’s things from the Andrews house Jughead and Reggie were sleeping in bed together when Reggie woke up to see Jughead sitting up in bed; causing Reggie to sit up as well, and to start rubbing Jughead’s back to try and relax him.  
 
“Babe, What’s wrong?” 
    Jughead smiled sadly at that as he spoke. 
 
“I’m having trouble sleeping…. I’m not used to sleeping in such fancy places.” 
    Reggie laughed at that as he spoke. 
 
“What about Stonewall Prep Jug?” 
    Jughead scoffed and rolled his eyes at that. 
 
“Bunk beds rich boy, it wasn’t as fancy as everyone thought, plus there was the whole murder conspiracy thing, to deal with so I didn’t actually get a lot of restful nights sleep in that freak show of a school.” 
    At that Reggie gently kissed Jughead’s cheek as he spoke. 
 
“Come here.” 
     That said Reggie pulled Jughead down so that his beloved’s shirtless body was close to his own shirtless body, causing Jughead to gasp as he suddenly felt Reggie pulling down both of their boxers. Once that was done Reggie leaned down and kissed Jughead, their lips meeting in a frenzied, heated kiss as Reggie lined himself up and shoved into his boyfriends tight front hole, causing Jughead to cry out against his lips, moaning at the sweet taste of Reggie’s tongue. 
    As their passionate love-making continued Jughead’s eyes rolled into the back of his head as Reggie continued to fuck him hard, causing his front hole to ache with need as Reggie leaned down and sucked on his right nipple licking around the nub as Jughead moaned. 
 
“R-Reggie….Reggie….please!” 
     At that moment Reggie rolled his hips, pushing himself deeper into his boyfriends beautiful body, as he spoke up. 
 
“Oh fuck!” 
    When Jughead came he sobbed from pleasure, holding Reggie close as he rode out his orgasm, his hips jerking as Reggie bit his lip and released deep inside of his beloved.  
 
“My gorgeous boy….” 
    When Jughead heard that breathless whisper he sighed in contentment as Reggie lifted a hand to brush the hair out of Jughead’s face, causing him to whimper, and kissing his lips as he spoke. 
 
“Oh fuck….” 
    Jughead whined as Reggie’s lips attached to his left nipple. 
 
“R-Reggie…shit…Oh God, yes!” 
    At those words Reggie continued to suck on Jughead’s nipple, his teeth tugging it as Jughead’s back arched and his thighs parted more, to allow Reggie better access, causing Jughead to gasp and squirm in his lap as pure pleasure overwhelmed him. 
 
“Reggie please….” 
    Jughead moaned as Reggie kept rocking his hips into him, and his eyes rolled into the back of his head, than with a handful of firm thrusts, he released around Reggie’s cock, moaning out loud as the bigger boy continued to pound his front hole. Soon Reggie let out a satisfied moan as his hips stuttered and he came, with Jughead’s rhythmic clench around his cock pushing him over the edge. When that happened Jughead moaned and sobbed, feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and satisfied by the fullness he felt as cum, cream, and slick trickled out around Reggie’s cock. 
    Once that happened Reggie was pleased as Jughead became boneless on top of him. At that Reggie moved so that he was on top of Jughead, and as Jughead felt his boyfriends lips on his neck, he knew that as long as he was relaxing the good feelings, and that as long as he had Reggie he could sleep anywhere. Eventually the couple fell asleep together, with only one of them knowing about the incoming visitor that was going to make Jughead even happier than he was in the moment. 
    The next morning as Jughead started to wake up Reggie started to gently pepper the back of his neck with kisses, causing Jughead to smile slightly and speak up softly as he turned on his side to face Reggie. 
 
“If you keep doing that, we’re never gonna make it out of this bed.” 
    At those words Reggie smiled softly before speaking up. 
 
“Roll back onto your stomach sweetheart.” 
    At that Jughead did as he was told and soon an amazing sensation hit him causing him to sigh in contentment even as he spoke to his beloved. 
 
“Oh God, What is that Reg? What are you doing?” 
    Reggie laughed at that as he spoke after laying one more gentle kiss on the back of Jughead’s neck. 
 
“It’s called a hot stone massage trailer boy, the kits are expensive, but it’s totally worth it, only the best for my sweet little Serpent.” 
     Jughead let out a relaxed breath as he spoke. 
 
“Mmm, Reg, I could lay here all day.” 
    Reggie smiled at that but before he could say anything more the phone rang breaking them out of their reverie as he moved out of the bed to answer the phone.
 
“Give me a minute babe.” 
    That said Reggie moved to leave the room, speaking to Jughead as he did. 
 
“I’m sorry sweetheart we’ll have to pick this up later, we have company so get dressed.” 
    Jughead sighed sadly as Reggie took off the rocks and put the kit back in the bathroom linen closet, and shouted at his boyfriend as he pulled his boxers and pants back on, not relishing the idea of sharing his boyfriend with anyone yet. 
 
“Who is it anyway? Because it better be good if I’m talking to them without coffee!” 
    Reggie smiled at the question before speaking up. 
 
“It’s Kevin, it’s been awhile since we hung out, so I told him that he could come up.” 
    At that Jughead smiled gently before speaking up. 
 
“Okay, that’s fair. It’s been awhile since I hung out with him myself, go ahead and let him in.” 
    As soon as they walked out of the bedroom there was a knock on the door, causing Jughead to call out as he pulled on his shirt and moved towards the door since Reggie had moved into the kitchen to make coffee.  

“Coming Kevin!” 
     However when Jughead opened the door he almost fainted from shock…..this wasn’t Kevin…It was his Dad…his Daddy was standing in front of him, when the Jones men saw eachother tears filled both of their eyes as FP spoke. 
 
“Hey baby boy!” 
    At that greeting that he’d heard more times in his life than he could count Jughead immediately jumped on his Daddy knocking FP to the floor. 
 
“Daddy!” 
    FP chuckled at that as he held Jughead close, reveling in the fact that even at twenty-two Jughead was still as happy to hug him as he had been at four years old. As he returned the embrace FP sat up and spoke to his boy. 
 
“Let me in Boy, I want to hear everything, the good and bad, because apparently we have a lot of catching up to do. Starting with how you went from Jessica to Reggie Mantle, you were pretty vague when you told me she dumped you.” 
    That said the trio walked into the living room with Reggie joining from the kitchen with a tray holding three cups of coffee. Once they were seated Jughead prepared to tell his Dad what was happening.  
 
“Jess and I were never a good couple; two writers living together in a tiny apartment, always being in eachothers pockets, and being what we were, it was never gonna work, it was toxic from the beginning. But after the way things ended with Betty I needed something and I thought that I could get it with her.” 
    Before continuing Jughead took a shaky breath. 
 
“Things got bad after my book sold, I ran through the advance pretty fast when bills and stuff piled up, but I didn’t have any other ideas to sell, so I ended up borrowing money from the wrong people, and now I owe a lot of money to honestly some pretty scary people. I didn’t really know what I was gonna do until Archie called asking us to come back and help to save the town or what’s left of it anyway from Hiram.” 
   Once again Jughead paused to take a shaky breath. 
 
“As far as Reggie goes, I got jumped or something, I don’t really remember, but Reggie said that he found me all beaten up in the water in Swedlow Swamp, and he brought me back here to recover, than things just evolved until last night when his Dad threatened us.” 
    When Jughead had finished speaking FP studied his son before speaking up. 
 
“Okay Juggie, first off I’m sorry that things didn’t work out with Jess, because I know how hurt you were after what happened with Betty, but why didn’t you tell me you were having money troubles? Boy you know how hard I worked to get out from under Hiram, I would’ve done whatever I could’ve to help you.” 
   Before continuing FP took a deep breath. 
 
“As far as what just happened to you, and everything with Marty and Hiram, I already talked to the Serpent’s, so you’re gonna have people watching your back, because no way in hell am I letting that pretentious fuckhead take you away from me ever again. I love you baby boy, always and forever.” 
    Jughead smiled at that as he leaned in to hug his Daddy. 
 
“I love you too Daddy, and I’m sorry that I didn’t tell you what was happening. I just-I didn’t want you to see me as a failure after everything that you did for me. I was scared and embarrassed that I’d made such a mess of everything. 
   FP sighed heavily before speaking. 
 
“Juggie, I could never see you as a failure, you’ve fought through some truly fucked up shit, including near death experiences, your whacked out mother, and crazy conspiracies and you came out on the other side stronger for it. Jug, you were the first Jones man to not only graduate high school but to go to college, and whether or not you sell another book I will always love you, and be proud of you, but I can’t help you when I don’t know that you’re in trouble, so you have to promise me that you’re gonna talk to me, cause I couldn’t bear it if something happened to you.” 
    Jughead nodded at that and after some more small talk the trio ended up going to Pop’s for breakfast and spending the day starting to catch up on what they’d missed in the last six years of their lives, and trying not to think about the looming threat of Hiram Lodge and his minions. 
    A week later despite the fact that he knew that Hiram was still on the prowl FP decided to take his boy and Reggie to Sweetwater River for a picnic/ camping trip since Reggie had told him that he’d never been camping before, but for security reasons he also had the Serpents come along with them. Later that night as everyone was sitting around laughing and talking about random topics as they ate dinner smoke bombs were suddenly thrown into the campsite knocking everyone else out even as FP tried to run with his boy and Reggie, before they too were overtaken by darkness. 
    The next morning FP woke up on the shore of Sweetwater River to see Sweet Pea and Fangs crouched over him with concern clear in their eyes. As FP woke up more he realized that Jughead and Reggie weren’t there and as soon as he realized that FP leapt to his feet, intending on going to Betty for help, speaking up as he did. 
 
“I want all of you to go back to the Wyrm and try to figure out where Hiram took the boys. I’m going to talk to Betty because not only does she care about Jughead, but she’s an FBI agent which means that she has connections that can help us find the boys.” 
     That said everyone split off to go do as they’d been told, and soon FP was rushing into the FBI field office to find Betty and a roomful of agents hard at work. When he walked in Betty looked up and as soon as she registered his presence she stood up and crossed the room to him. 
 
“FP, What’s wrong? I didn’t know you were in town.” 
    FP sighed heavily before speaking up. 
 
“Yeah, I came to see my boy, and now he and Reggie have been kidnapped by Hiram, so I need your help to get them back before it’s too late.” 
    At that Betty sighed heavily before speaking. 
 
“We’re going to do whatever we can to help you, and to bring Jug and Reggie home.” 
   Before continuing Betty turned and called out to one of her agents. 
 
“Drake!” 
     When he heard that name FP jolted in surprise but it was when the young dark haired agent joined them that FP was truly taken aback, because he remembered her from years ago when she’d helped him and his boy, causing him to speak up even as he was hit by a rush of memories.  
 
“Agent Drake.” 
     At the greeting Alison Drake sent the man in front of her a concerned smile, but when she really looked at him she recognized him as someone that she’d met years ago because of her brother.  
 
“Mr. Jones, It’s been a long time, How are you? How’s Jughead?” 
    FP sighed heavily before speaking.  
 
“I’ve been better, and so has my boy. He and his boyfriend were kidnapped by Hiram Lodge last night, so I need help to bring them back, and even if Jughead doesn’t remember how you helped us before, I do so I know that you’ll help me now.” 
    At that Drake nodded and spoke up trying to be resssuring even as both she and FP thought back on the day that had been the catalyst to their current situation. 
 
Flashback: Riverdale Water Park (5 year old Jughead). 
   It was a beautiful summer day and FP Jones had brought his baby to the water park to take advantage of their free swimming lessons. FP smiled filled with pride, and happiness because his child was going to learn to swim just like every other child. As he watched his boy splashing in the water FP though about how happy he was that these lessons were free, since he couldn’t afford to pay for them, and that his sinister so-called wife would just laugh in his face at even the thought of paying for something that would help Jughead grow and make him happy. 
     At that moment even though he didn’t want to miss a moment of his baby learning to swim FP realized that he needed to use the bathroom, and that he couldn’t hold it. So he sighed heavily as he walked away. As soon as he was out of sight the teacher picked little Jughead up and spoke to the five year old. 
 
“Okay little one, it’s your turn now!” 
    At that Jughead looked sad as he pointed towards the bathroom where he’d seen his Daddy go. 
 
“But Daddy go! I want Daddy to watch! Please wait!” 
     At those words the teacher looked towards where Jughead was pointing and at the man with the Serpent tattoo on his shoulder who was walking away, causing the teacher’s expression to go from friendly and joyful to angry and disgusted in an instant as he felt his hatred for the Serpents which the man clearly was based on his tattoo boiling over as he spoke to the little boy in his arms. 
 
“Wait….That Serpent is your Dad? You’re a Serpent?” 
     Jughead spoke up at that naively happy and excited as he thought about his Daddy and the Serpents, completely blind to the older boys anger. 
 
“Yes, I love Daddy! I love Serpents!” 
    At those words the teacher quickly pushed Jughead under the water and held him there, with a hand fisted in his dark curls. But just before a struggling Jughead could black out the teacher felt something hit him in the back of his head; forcing him to let go. Moments later a teenage boy scooped up a sobbing and terrified Jughead, and got out of the pool. As soon as FP walked out of the bathroom he saw his baby sobbing in a towel in the arms of an unfamiliar teenager, causing him to leap forward as he spoke. 
 
“Hey! Hey, Who are you? Why are you holding my child?” 
    At that question Scott Drake spoke up feeling heartbroken over the situation and kind of scared of the guy in front of him. 
 
“I saw the swim instructor drowning him! I just got your boy away from him, and I was about to bring him to come find you, since I saw you both when you came in.” 
    Anger filled FP’s heart as he quickly pulled his sobbing and shaking son into his arms as the instructor walked over to them. 
 
“What!l”   
    At that outburst the instructor whose name was Tony spoke up, not feeling the least bit remorseful over what he’d done and only being sorry that he’d been interrupted before he’d finished. 
 
“What? I was just ridding the world of a parasite before it spreads and grows to infect those of us who are actually worth something! You filthy Serpents don’t deserve to be here, breathing our air, let alone being alive in the first place! Now get out of here, your ugly little sperm is polluting the waters!” 
     FP shuddered at the pure, vile hatred  and cruelty of those words. Over the years he’d put up with a lot of hate, and he’d thought that he’d heard the worst thing that somebody could say about the Serpents; but the things that this boy had just said about his beautiful, pure-hearted, and innocent baby broke his heart. Before he could respond however the boy who had saved Jughead spoke up. 
 
“Don’t worry sir, this asshole won’t get away with this!” 
   Tony scoffed at those words, because what could some random teenager really do to him. 
 
“Oh yeah, Why’s that?” 
    Scott spoke up at that thinking about his sister, who was training to be an FBI agent. 
 
“Because you jackass, my sister is an FBI agent and I recorded this whole conversation on my phone.” 
    Before Tony could run Scott tackled him and pulled out a pair of handcuffs, which he used to lock Tony to one of the lounge chairs as he continued to speak. 
 
“Agent Drake will deal with you!” 
   Before continuing Scott turned to FP. 
 
“You just make sure that you get your innocent little boy home safe and sound. Once I tell my sister what happened, we’ll give you a call, because I’m sure that she’d be delighted to give your boy swimming lessons for free.” 
    At those words FP gently kissed the top of his baby’s head as Jughead continued to tremble in his arms. 
 
“Thank you, I owe you big time, you have no idea how much I love my boy, and I don’t know what I would’ve done if you hadn’t been here.” 
    As FP walked away Jughead snuggled and sobbed into his Daddy’s chest. 
 
“Daddy!” 
   FP sighed sadly at the desperate sob as he spoke to his boy trying to be reassuring. 
 
“I’m here now baby, Daddy’s here, you’re safe now! I’ve got you.” 
    After Jughead was dried off and FP had redressed him and they’d gotten back to the truck FP wrapped his baby in his slankie as he settled him in his car seat. After a long nap FP gently shook him awake and spoke up. 
 
“Baby boy, wake up! Look where Daddy brought you, to make you feel better.” 
    As soon as Jughead’s curious eyes saw where they were he squealed in happiness. 
 
“Poppy! See Poppy!”  
    FP smiled at those words and after helping Jughead down from the truck he took his little boy by the hand as they walked into the diner. As soon as they walked in Jughead let go of his Daddy to go jump into Pop’s open and waiting arms. 
 
“Poppy!” 
   Pop chuckled at that as he held the little boy close, before speaking up. 
 
“Well, look who it is, my little Nighthawk. How-?” 
    The second that Pop saw the tears rolling down Jughead’s cheeks he stopped the greeting and spoke up in concern. 
 
“Hey what’s wrong Jug?” 
   Jughead just curled more tightly into Pop’s arms at the question causing FP to speak up. 
 
“Some Serpent hating asshat just tried to drown him in the pool.” 
   Pop sighed sadly as he gently wiped away Jughead’s tears with his thumb. 
 
“That’s terrible! But you’re safe now Juggie, the only thing that you can drown in here is ice cream! Why don’t you drown your little man in that instead FP.” 
   FP gently laughed at that before speaking up. 
 
“What do you think kiddo? You want some ice cream?” 
    Jughead hummed happily at that as he snuggled into Pop’s right shoulder.

“Yes please, ice cream!”
    Before continuing to speak Jughead let out a small yawn as the events of the day caught up with him.
 
“I love you Poppy!”
    Pop gently kissed Jughead’s forehead as he spoke.  
 
“I love you too Juggie.”  
    That said he set Jughead on one of the stools and soon rather than being covered in tears Jughead’s face was completely covered in chocolate ice cream as he enjoyed his sweet treat with his Daddy. As FP watched Jughead eat his ice cream he thought about what had happened that day, and of the fact that if it hadn’t been for Scott his baby wouldn’t be sitting there with him right now, and of the fact that he probably wouldn’t tell Gladys what had happened since she’d probably just be disappointed that the attempt had failed.
Flashback over:.
   As FP came back to the moment he watched Agent Drake working with Betty knowing that the young woman whose teenage brother had saved his boy with no ulterior motives would do whatever it took to bring the boys home. Twenty minutes later FP was sitting and drinking a bad cup of coffee as he looked over a file of Hiram’s finances trying to sort out where that rich prick could be keeping the boys when Betty walked over and spoke up. 
 
“Mr. Jones, It’s really good to see you again, and I know that it’s been a long time, but I’m still so sorry about what I did to Jughead.” 
    At that FP sighed sadly before indicating the chair next to him as he spoke.  
  
“Betty, I don’t hate you and even if he was angry and hurt about how things ended Jug doesn’t hate you either. Sometimes things happen when we’re not looking for them, and those things change how we see things, but you can’t ever truly know who you’re meant to be with until it happens. Or in your case…until you go out and find yourself.” 
   Before continuing FP took a deep breath. 
 
“I do wish that you and Red would’ve talked this out with Jug when it happened rather than waiting until way after the fact, and staying in a relationship that you didn’t want to be in, just so that you didn’t hurt him. Because living a lie just hurts everyone involved.”
   Before continuing FP took another deep breath.

“However after taking some time to think things over and to grow away from the whole thing Jug and I understand, and we don’t hold anything against either of you. Besides Jug has Reggie now and you have Red, so I think we can call it even.” 
   As he finished talking he smiled gently and rubbed the tattoo that he’d gotten after leaving Riverdale in honor of Fred; it was a football with the words ‘Fred Head’ on the back of his neck. 
 
“Besides Fred adored you, the whole time that you and Red were growing up I think that he always hoped that you’d end up together. I’m betting that right now he’s smiling down at you and Archie wishing that he could be here physically to watch you two get married and to watch his future grandkids.” 
    At that tears ran freely down Betty’s cheeks as she was overwhelmed by emotions. 
 
“Thank you Mr. Jones, but speaking of people that you’re meant to be with…I really think that you should go talk to my Mom! She’s been a wreck since you left, she puts on a good show but I can tell that she’s been hurting since you left town.” 
   FP sighed heavily at that because he hadn’t wanted to leave his Allie but JB had needed him so he’d thrown himself into taking care of his little girl even if that had meant being forced to live with Gladys again. 
 
“I was planning on it actually, I’ve really missed my Allie.” 
   Before continuing FP sent Betty a shaky smile. 
 
“Is she still single?” 
    Betty laughed gently at that. 
 
“She is, (before continuing Betty frowned slightly) But please don’t start a relationship with her and leave again.” 
   At that FP gently took Betty’s hand as he spoke. 
 
“Betty, I promise that I’m not leaving Riverdale again, JB is all grown up now and she doesn’t live with us anymore. I have no reason to stay away from Riverdale anymore, but I have every reason to stay; I have my boy when we find him, which we will and my Allie! Please let me give your Mom and I another chance.” 
   Betty sighed sadly but she could see the truth in his eyes.  
 
“It’s not up to me, it’s up to my Mom. But I’ll help you with her Mr. Jones. Plus when I remind her of how much she loved Jughead, and how he used to call her Mom; it’ll give both of you another chance at having a son….one that’s not a psychopath. Honestly though our house is pretty full right now, with me Mom, the twins, and Polly if we ever find her. So can you live with Archie instead? I know that he’d love that especially since Jug moved out.” 
   FP smiled at the thought of that. 
 
“Move in with my Red, I can get behind that!” 
    Betty smiled at that as she spoke. 
 
“It’s a deal, now let’s go talk to my Mom and once we tell her what’s going on with Jug, we’ll talk about how to get him and Reggie back.” 
   That said FP and Betty left the field office to head for Elm Street thinking about Jughead and Reggie, and hoping that wherever they were, they would be able to survive whatever dark plans Hiram had for them. As all of this was happening Reggie was coming around to find himself laying on a cold, concrete floor in a large dimly lit room. After taking a shaky breath Reggie pushed himself into a sitting position, and as he did he heard a loud clanging noise and when he looked at his wrists he saw thick steel shackles attached to chains that were attached to the wall behind him. 
    Once he saw that Reggie looked around the room desperately trying to find Jughead, eventually he saw his beloved boyfriend laying unconscious on the floor on the other side of the room, causing him to cry out. 
 
“Jug, Jug, sweetheart please wake up!” 
    Even as Reggie was crying out for him Jughead was drifting back towards consciousness with a pained moan. As soon as he opened his eyes Jughead blinked in confusion even as he heard Reggie’s voice saying his name, causing him to push into a sitting position only to see Reggie chained to a wall on the opposite side of the room. When he saw that Jughead spoke up. 
 
“Reg, What’s happening? Where are we?” 
   
   At that moment before Reggie could respond both boys heard the sound of multiple footsteps approaching the room and moments later Hiram walked into the room with several very large men. Once he’d reached the center of the room Hiram spoke as he studied his captives. 
 
“Well, Mr. Jones, you really are quite resilient but I’ve got my hands on you again, and this time I’ll make sure that you don’t survive.” 
    Before continuing Hiram turned towards Reggie. 
 
“Mr. Mantle, I have to say that I’m disappointed in you, after six years of loyalty you betrayed me, but you had to know that there would be consequences for you turning your back on me. I had considered just killing you, but when I was told about your relationship with Mr. Jones I knew that the best way to teach you a much needed lesson would be for me to force you to watch while your boyfriend suffers. Now let get started.” 
     That said Hiram signaled for his men to move forward and grab Jughead to pull him towards the center of the room. The next thing Jughead knew his clothes were being cut away and he was being forced onto his hands and knees on the cold concrete floor. As Jughead tried to pull loose one of Hiram’s men grabbed him by his hair and his chin, pulling his head up so that he had to make eye contact with Reggie. Even as this was happening Hiram’s other goon was unbuttoning his pants, before pulling out his enormous cock and shoving it into Jughead’s mouth, even as Hiram moved behind him and lined himself up to shove full force into Jughead’s exposed asshole. 
     
    The pain when that happened was so huge that it stole Jughead’s breath causing his chest to heave painfully as he fought to breathe around the huge clock that had been shoved almost all the way down his throat, as Jughead fought to stay conscious. After what felt like forever Jughead felt both men releasing deep inside of him, before they both pulled out and dropped him to the ground. As Jughead laid on the cold ground trembling he could hear Reggie sobbing in the background. As Hiram stared down at the broken little Serpent he thought about how much fun it had been to fuck FP’s pretty little boy, and that he’d definitely be doing it again before he killed the little Serpent. 
    Before he moved away Hiram lifted his belt and slapped it down across Jughead’s back with so much force that it stole the few breaths that Jughead had managed to pull in. Hiram kept going until Jughead’s back was covered in layer upon layer of lash marks, before shifting to bring the belt down on Jughead’s aching backside over and over again. Once he’d finished Hiram spoke to the barely conscious Jughead. 
 
“When you came back I knew that you’d be trouble, which is why I hired those men to beat you and leave you for dead in the swamp, and if it hadn’t been for Reggie you’d be dead right now, and no one would’ve been the wiser. Especially since part of what I paid them for was to leave town after they’d finished with you. Now you boys have a good night, we’ll continue this tomorrow.” 
     That said Hiram and his men left the room leaving Jughead unconscious and bleeding on the cold concrete floor while Reggie watched him helplessly with tears in his eyes as he prayed that FP and the Serpents would find them soon. As all of this was happening FP and Betty were arriving at the Cooper house and walking in. Once they were in the duo walked into the kitchen to see Alice making a pie. When he saw his Allie FP spoke up. 
 
“Hey Allie.” 
     At those words Alice dropped the pie that she’d been about to put in the oven out of shock. 
 
“FP, You’re back!” 
    FP sighed at that before speaking up. 
 
“Yeah I am, I came back to help Jughead, and after I’d settled in I was going to come talk to you about everything, but than Jughead and Reggie were kidnapped by Hiram and now I have to find my boy and his boyfriend before Hiram kills them.” 
    At that Alice spoke up. 
 
“Oh my God! FP, I’m so sorry about Jughead and I want to help you bring both boys home, but I need to know that you’re not going to leave me again.” 
   FP sighed heavily at that before stepping closer to Alice and taking her hands as he spoke. 
 
“I’m not leaving you or Riverdale ever again. I love you, I’ve always loved you, and I’m always going to love you. I understand if you need time to think about things but I’ll be here when you’re ready. For now though since I’m gonna be moving in with Red, I need to go talk to him and try to think about how to fix this mess with Jughead.”  
    That said FP walked out and went next door to talk to Archie leaving Betty and Alice to talk about everything that had just been said. Once FP was gone Betty was the first to speak. 
 
“Mom, Are you okay?” 
     Alice sighed heavily before speaking up. 
 
“I don’t know, I’ve missed FP ever since he left, even though I understood why he had to leave, and now he’s back and everything’s a mess, but even still I can’t stop thinking about how much I love FP and Jughead.” 
    At that Betty spoke up. 
 
“I know that you do, and I know that Jughead loves you, he used to call you Mom, and you were definitely a better Mom than Gladys so if you decide to start something with FP again than it would give both of you another chance at having a son, which is something that you both deserve.” 
   Alice smiled at that before moving to clean up the pie that she’d dropped needing time to think and hoping that she could help FP find Jughead and Reggie and bring them both home safely. The next morning Reggie was once again the first to wake up and as he did he stared at his beloved Jughead with tears in his eyes.  
   At that moment Jughead shifted in his sleep and let out a pained whimper before he opened his eyes. Just as Jughead was about to speak they both heard the sound of multiple footsteps approaching the room once again, causing Jughead to push into a sitting position with a pained moan. Soon Hiram was walking into the room followed by his men who were carrying a large metal tub which they set down in the middle of the room causing both boys to stare at him with confusion and fear in their eyes, which had Hiram speaking up. 
 
“I see that you’re confused Mr. Jones, allow me to explain. You see when I shared your abduction with my men one of my newest associates mentioned his history with you, which gave me the idea for your next torment.” 
    Jughead stared up at him at that with confusion and tears in his blue eyes. 
 
“What are you talking about?” 
   Hiram just smiled at that and turned towards the door as another boy who was older than Jughead but younger than the rest of his men walked in, only speaking once the boy had joined them. 
 
“My young associate here tells me that he almost killed you once when you were very young, and that he ended up going to prison because of the incident, and that despite that fact the only thing that he regrets is that he didn’t succeed in getting rid of as he put it a parasite like you.” 
    Jughead shivered at that but he still had no idea what they were talking about. 
 

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” 
    Hiram smiled at that before speaking up. 
 
“Maybe not, but if you survive what comes next, I imagine that things will come back to you.” 
    That said gestured to the younger man and Tony stepped forward to drag Jughead forward before tossing him face first into the tub of ice water and holding him under by a hand in his hair, causing Jughead to flail desperately trying to get loose until the water filled his lungs and he went still. Once that happened Tony pulled Jughead out of the water and tossed him to the floor as he spoke. 
 
“Thanks for that boss, that was fun and very satisfying considering that the last time that I tried to do that I was very rudely interrupted.” 
    Hiram nodded at that before abruptly kicking Jughead in the stomach which had the badly injured boy jerking back to consciousness and coughing up lungfuls of water, as he laid on the cold floor shivering from the cold and reaction. Even as that was happening and as Jughead laid barely conscious on the floor, Hiram undid his own pants and crouched over Jughead before pulling away his boxers and once again shoving full force into Jughead’s badly battered backside, causing the younger boy to gasp and shudder in pain. At those reactions and Reggie’s tearful pleas Hiram kept going with more and more force with each forward thrust until he finally released deep inside of Jughead. Once that was done Hiram pulled out, pulled Jughead’s boxers back up, and left the room with his men even as Reggie watched his beloved with tears in his eyes. 
    Two hours later as Reggie sat watching as Jughead laid shivering on the floor Jughead managed to open his eyes as he coughed painfully, causing Reggie to speak up. 
 
“Jug, sweetheart are you okay?” 
   At that question Jughead attempted to push into a sitting position as he spoke in a raspy pain filled voice.  
 
“No, no I’m not! I remember that guy! He was a lifeguard at the pool when I was five, and Daddy took me for swim lessons, while Daddy was in the bathroom that guy got mad when he found out that I was a Serpent and he pushed me under the water and held me there. If it hadn’t been for another boy I woulda died that day.” 
   When he heard that Reggie was heartbroken and terrified as he spoke.  
 
“Oh sweetheart, I’m so sorry, but I’m here, I’m right here, and I love you.” 
    At that Jughead spoke up tiredly. 
 
“I love you too Reg.” 
   That said the couple fell into an exhausted silence before once again drifting into a fitful sleep praying that FP would find them before it was too late for Jughead. A week later while FP, the Serpents, and the FBI were searching for the boys Reggie was sitting in their prison holding his badly battered boyfriend close to his side with Jughead’s head on his lap. As he was doing this Reggie found himself feeling grateful that for whatever reason Hiram had stopped chaining him up. At that moment as he held Jughead close Reggie knew that he had to get out of here and find help because he knew that Jughead wouldn’t survive for much longer without medical attention. With that in mind Reggie ran a gentle hand through Jughead’s hair as he spoke. 
 
“Jug sweetheart, I need you to open your eyes for me.” 
    At those words Jughead blinked his pain-filled eyes open and stared up at Reggie tiredly, because after Hiram’s last round with him and another round in the ice tub he was exhausted and utterly drained. 
 
“R-Reg?” 
    Reggie sighed sadly before speaking up. 
 
“Yeah honey, I’m right here but Jug I need to get out of here and get you help. I know that you’re not strong enough to run right now, so I promise you that I’m gonna get to FP to get you help. I love you Jug, more than anything and I’m coming back for you.” 
   Jughead nodded miserably at that before speaking up tiredly. 
 
“I love you too Reg, and if I don’t make it out of this, I need you to promise me that you’ll take care of my Dad, because I don’t know what’s gonna happen to him if he loses me.” 
    Reggie sighed sadly before helping Jughead sit up and lean against the wall as he spoke. 
 
“I promise sweetheart, but you’re not gonna die, I won’t let you, but I need to go before they come back. I love you Jug.” 
    That said Reggie gently kissed Jughead’s forehead than his lips before running out of the room and through the tunnels and as he did, he realized that he was in Hiram’s tunnels under SoDale which had him picking up speed until he reached the trapdoor that led out into the huge field next to the Lonely Highway. Once Reggie was out he ran straight for the woods to give himself a better chance of keeping Hiram or his men from spotting him before he had a chance to get help. 
    As the night wore on Reggie continued to run determined to get to safety so that he could get help for his boyfriend. But suddenly before he could think to react a baseball bat came into contact with his head, causing him to collapse to the ground as everything went dark. When he came to he was sitting on the ground chained to a tree, and when he looked up he saw his father standing over him. At the sight of his father Reggie immediately began to struggle against the chains.   

“Fuck you! Let me go!” 
    Marty just laughed at him as he spoke. 
 
“I should just take you back to Hiram, but when he called to tell me that you’d escaped, we thought of a better punishment.” 
    As he spoke Marty pulled out a pocket knife. 
 
“We’re going to leave you here to die slowly; knowing that you’re going to die and that there’s nothing that you can do to save your precious little boyfriend.” 
   At those words Reggie’s eyes filled with tears as he spoke using a title for his father that he hadn’t used since he was really little, back when he’d thought that his Dad actually loved him.  
 
“Daddy please-.”  
   When he heard that Marty seized Reggie’s chin hard and screamed in his face. 
 
“Don’t call me that! I never wanted you, you stupid little parasite!” 
   At those words Reggie began to sob as Marty slowly cut into Reggie’s right cheek. Just as Marty was digging the knife into Reggie’s right shoulder he was suddenly shot in the head; killing him instantly. As Reggie’s tear-filled eyes looked up they were met with the kind eyes of Alice Cooper, his boyfriends mother. As Alice looked at Reggie with sad eyes she gently rubbed his bleeding cheek with a handkerchief as she spoke. 
 
“Reggie, Where’s Jughead? Where’s my son?” 
   At the question Reggie whimpered even as Alice watched him with kind eyes. 
 
“You know where Hiram is supposed to be building those SoDale houses?” 
   At Alice’s nod Reggie continued.  
 
“There’s a door in the ground in that area…Hiram was never planning on building anything there…other than underground rooms that he had built for his own dark purposes, and to help him get away with things easier…Though it helps that Riverdale is basically a ghost town now, and nobody is actually trying to stop him.” 
    At that Alice quickly unchained Reggie and helped him to his feet. 
 
“Okay, While FP gathers the Serpents and Agent Drake and goes to get Jug, I’m taking you to Archie…he’ll patch you up and with his Army skills he can protect you…in case Hiram comes after you again.” 
   Suddenly there was a large clap of thunder and it started pouring, causing Alice to speak up again. 
 
“Come on let’s get you safe and warm.” 
   Twenty-minutes later Alice rushed into the Andrews house supporting Reggie as she did, and when they came in Archie walked out of the kitchen taking in his injured friend, and leaping forward to help get Reggie settled. As they did Alice spoke up.  
 
“Archie, Where’s FP?” 
    As he spoke Archie gestured to the couch as he and Alice laid Reggie down. 
 
“He’s in the garage, Why? What’s going on-?” 
    At that question Alice spoke up cutting Archie of mid-sentence as she did. 
 
“There’s no time! Take care of Reggie, I need to go tell FP where Jughead is being held.” 
    Archie began to work on Reggie as Alice rushed outside and into the garage; causing FP to jump to his feet as he spoke. 
 
“Allie! What’s going on?” 
    At that question from her boyfriend Alice spoke up quickly. 
 
“FP! I found out where Jug is being held, and you’re not going to believe where he is! Don’t worry, I just got Reggie back here safely! He must have escaped to try and get Jug help, because when I found him Marty was hurting him, but I took care of it and now Marty is dead, and Reggie’s inside with Archie, Reggie’s safe!” 
    At that FP was relieved to hear that Reggie was safe, but he needed to know where his boy was. 
 
“Where is he? Where’s Jug?” 
    Alice took a deep breath before speaking. 
 
“According to what Reggie said he’s in the tunnels under what’s supposed to be SoDale! Though according to Reggie Hiram was never planning on building anything above ground anyways, he was always just planning on using it as a secret prison for his enemies.” 
    When FP heard that he didn’t know why he was surprised, but than he wondered why he hadn’t thought to look at SoDale before now, causing him to speak up. 
 
“I’m going to the field office to talk to Betty and Drake! Call the Serpents and have them meet me there! I’ll tell Betty to come home, so that she can look after you and the twins! If Hiram is there than I won’t risk him hurting you too! I love you, and I’m gonna bring Jug home!” 
   That said FP left to do what he’d said that he was going to do, knowing that there wasn’t anything that he wouldn’t do to get his son back, even if that meant killing Hiram, and all of his goons. As he had this thought FP found himself wishing that he’d gone through with killing the pompous windbag on that Thanksgiving night, because if he had than none of this would be happening and his boy would be safe. Than again there was so much more that would be different now if he’d killed Hiram that night, but what he did know was that Hiram wasn’t walking away this time. 
   Twenty minutes later FP walked into the lobby of the field office to find Fangs and Sweet Pea waiting for him, causing him to nod in acknowledgment before they walked downstairs. Once they were there Betty was the first to spot him as she was standing and talking to Drake next to the caseboard that was related to Jughead and Reggie’s abduction. As soon as FP crossed the room to join them Betty spoke up. 
  
“FP, Did you find something on Jug?” 
   FP sighed heavily before speaking up. 
 
“Yes and no, I didn’t find anything but Alice did. Reggie managed to escape and your Mom found him while Marty was hurting him, and she saved him. So now thanks to Reggie we know where to find Jughead. So I need Drake, Fangs, Sweet Pea, and maybe a couple of your most trusted agents to come with me to get Jug away from Hiram.” 
   At that FP could see that Betty wanted to protest not being a part of the rescue operation, so he spoke up quickly. 
 
“Betty, I know you want to be there for Jug, but I need you to go back to your place and stay with your Mom and the twins, because if Hiram or his goons come looking I don’t want them to get hurt and they’re going to stand a better chance if you’re looking out for them.” 
   Betty nodded in agreement at that before directing Drake and three more agents to go with FP, Fangs, and Sweet Pea and soon they were heading for the SoDale property lines plotting out their rescue. As all of this was happening Hiram walked into Jughead’s prison closely followed by Tony who was dragging a long hose with him. 
   Once they were close to where Jughead was laid out Hiram kicked the little Serpent in the stomach hard enough to break his ribs and steal his breath. Even as Jughead was gasping for air shackles and chains were being attached to his wrists and soon he was being dragged across the room and up until he was hanging from the ceiling not even touching the floor. 
    Once that was done Hiram stepped back and nodded to Tony who aimed the fire hose at Jughead’s chest before activating it causing the water to hit Jughead with so much force that it immediately stole the few breaths that he’d managed to pull in, and he didn’t have a chance to try and pull In anymore before Tony adjusted slightly and aimed at his face and upper chest causing Jughead to shudder and gasp as he felt the water filling his lungs and even as everything started to go dark he thought about his Daddy and Reggie.  
    Meanwhile FP and the others had arrived at the trapdoor that Reggie had told Alice about and soon they were descending into the tunnels, and rushing down the hall towards the loud sound of rushing water. Once they were in the room FP saw Hiram standing to one side watching as one of his goons was using a fire hose to drown Jughead. Even as FP froze there was a gunshot and Hiram fell to the ground dead, and than another taking down the guy who had been drowning Jughead. 
   As soon as the water stopped FP ran over to Jughead and managed to catch him as one of the other agents released the chains. Once Jughead was in his arms FP could feel how cold he was, and that he wasn’t breathing, causing FP to quickly begin CPR until Jughead coughed up a rush of water and opened his eyes to stare up at his Daddy with bleary pain-filled eyes. Even as that was happening Drake was dragging the boy who had been drowning Jughead to his feet, and once he was standing Tony spoke up sending FP back in time with his words. 
 
“Agent Drake, it’s interesting to see you again, and that damn Serpent, though I’m amazed that given all of the enemies that you and your little parasite have that you’re both still alive, but at least this time I got to have multiple chances to drown the little rat, and I got to watch every time the boss fucked him brainless!”  
    The last part of his commentary had been addressed to FP and had left him flabbergasted even as he pushed to his feet while cradling his badly battered boy close to his chest as he spoke.  
 
“You-you, how are you out of jail? You tried to kill my baby when he was five years old, how the hell did you get out?” 
    Tony laughed at that before speaking up with a lot of sarcasm in his voice. 
 
“Because genius, I was a minor when Agent Drake here locked me up which means that I got out when I aged out of juvie, than eventually after some time I found my way to working for Hiram, and once I told him what I’d done to that stupid, little parasite he happily let me have another chance to try and kill him.” 
    Even as FP was about to speak he felt a movement in his arms and when he looked down Jughead was staring up at him with his beautiful blue eyes clouded with pain before he managed to speak in a raspy voice. 
 
“Daddy?” 
    At that FP spoke up trying to be reassuring. 
 
“Yeah baby boy, it’s Daddy. I’ve got you, I’m gonna get you outta here, and take you home to Reggie. I love you baby boy.” 
   That said even as Drake and her men were dragging Tony away FP, Fangs, and Sweet Pea were heading for Sweet Pea’s car to drive back home to get Jughead patched up and to let him rest, knowing that even with Hiram dead Jughead would need time to recover from everything that had been done to him. 
   Twenty minutes later Sweet Pea pulled up in front of the Andrews house and moved to help get Jughead inside. Just as they were walking in Archie was coming out of the kitchen carrying a tray of food clearly meant for Reggie, but when he saw them he quickly set the tray down on the hall table and leapt forward crying out for his best friend; the brother of his heart. 
 
“Jug! Is he okay?” 
   FP sighed heavily before speaking up because he was pretty sure that okay was a long ways off. 
 
“No Red, he’s not but he will be with our help, now where can I lay him down so we can patch him up?” 
    At that Archie gestured to the back of the house. 
 
“In my Dad’s room, there’s a first aid kit in the bathroom in there. I’m gonna go let Reggie know what’s happening than I’ll be back down to help you out.” 
    FP nodded at that as Archie walked away before moving towards Fred’s old room and laying Jughead down on the bed as gently as possible while Sweet Pea and Fangs moved to get the first aid kit and towels to clean Jughead’s injuries. Once that was done as FP was getting ready to start working on his boy Jughead’s eyes fluttered open and he stared up at his Daddy with tears in his eyes. 

“Daddy!” 
     FP sighed sadly at that before speaking up. 
 
“Yeah baby boy, I’m here and we’re gonna get you patched up.” 
   That said Fangs and Sweet Pea helped to get Jughead sitting up so that they could wrap the bandages around his chest, shoulders, and back trying not to make them too tight, while also making sure that Jughead wouldn’t hurt himself when he moved. As he sat leaning against his Daddy Jughead spoke up feeling worried about Reggie. 
 
“Reggie, Where’s Reggie?” 
    At that question before anyone else could say anything they heard running footsteps and soon Reggie was rushing into the room to see his beloved looking battered and bruised but alive. 
 
“I’m here sweetheart, I’m right here.” 
   At that Jughead broke down into tears as everything that had happened over the last week came crashing down on him. Eventually Jughead cried himself to sleep and after Sweet Pea and Fangs left FP and Reggie spent the night watching over Jughead. After another three days of recovery at Archie’s Jughead and Reggie went back to their apartment despite the fact that Jughead still hadn’t fully healed.
     As Jughead walked out of the shower that he’d forced himself to take despite the still lingering fear of having his head under water; dripping wet with a towel around his waist he could smell something delicious; something good and chocolaty, making him feel good and hungry. As he now knew that his beloved was making double chocolate brownies for dessert. Jughead dropped the towel as he walked over to the bed where his boxers were, but as soon as he had his boxers on someone tackled him to the bed and pinned him there; causing him to laugh with his boyfriend. 
 
“Get dressed my little Serpent, We’re going to Pop’s!” 
   Jughead rolled his eyes at that as he spoke to his boyfriend. 
 
“I was getting dressed rich boy! Until you tackled me into the bed; not that I mind the sex-games after everything but you clearly had a plan so maybe that should wait.” 
   Reggie smirked at that. 
 
“Mmm, Than maybe I’ll his leave you like this and go eat without you!” 
   Before continuing Reggie kissed his way up and down Jughead’s neck and along his collarbone.

“Or we could put a pin in those plans and I could have some fun with that pretty little body of yours.”
   At that Jughead moaned out his beloved’s name.
 
“Reg-!”
     Jughead groaned as Reggie started kissing his neck again while one of his hands started stroking Jughead’s length, causing him to cry out.
 
“Oh God!”
    After a little while longer Reggie kissed his lips and shifted off of him so that Jughead could finish getting dressed, and soon after that they were walking into Pop’s causing Jughead to speak up as he thought about the brownies that they’d left at home.
 
“Why were you making dessert if we’re eating at Pop’s?”
    Reggie just smiled at that before speaking up.
 
“You’ll see Jones.”
    As soon as they walked in Jughead saw his Dad sitting with Alice, with his arm around her shoulders; causing flashes of happier times to fill Jughead’s heart and mind, and causing Jughead to stutter out something that he hadn’t called Alice in years.
 
“M-mom?”
   Alice smiled at him at that.
 
“Come sit with us sweetheart.”
   At the request Jughead and Reggie sat with them and as he watched his Dad and the woman that he thought of as a Mom together Jughead spoke up.
 
“Are you two-?”
    At that question Alice spoke up finishing what he’d been about to say.
 
“Back together? Yes we are Jug.”
    Jughead stared dumbfounded at that because if it was true, than that meant that Daddy wasn’t leaving again.
 
“That means-.”
   This time when Jughead trailed off FP was the one to speak up.  
 
“That you’re not getting rid of me? You got it Boy, I’m staying in Riverdale with you forever now! I took your place in Archie’s  garage, and I look forward to continuing to watch you grow into the adult you’ve become! Besides JB’s all grown up, and out on her own which means that I have no reason to live with Gladys or alone ever again.” 
   Before continuing FP took Jughead’s hand in his own. 
 
“But adult or not, Daddy is paying for both of your meals, but not too much food, because Reggie invited us to sleep over and have dessert at your place and we agreed right away.” 
   Jughead grinned at that as he spoke. 

“You did?” 
    Alice spoke up at that. 
 
“Of course honey, just like your Dad I haven’t really talked to you or spent any real time with you in years, so now it’s my turn to make up for lost time! I’m still your Mom Jughead, and I always will be! I love you son.” 
    Tears ran down Jughead’s cheek at that. 
 
“Mommy, Daddy, I love you guys too! I’ve dreamed about this ever since graduation, us being a family again! Now we are, and I feel like I’m living the life I was always meant to!” 
   Once they had their food and got back to the apartment FP and Alice made up for lost time with their son, and were reminded of the wonderful person that their little boy had been before, but also of the adult that he’d become, and that with Hiram Lodge dead the only thing that they had to worry about was the family, that they were and the love that they shared with everyone that mattered including Archie, Betty, and of course Reggie. Now the only things that Jughead needed to do were go back to working both at Pop’s and teaching at Riverdale High, all of which would be easier to do without a psychotic mobster ruling the land and trying to destroy everything that mattered to Jughead and his family. 
-Fin-