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Archie has been dealing with these monsters his whole life not fake monsters from the movies but the real-life ones who show they're true faces,
It all started after his mother left his father began taking it out on him with slaps beatings this year he even got him admitted to the hospital after hitting him in the eye with a baseball bat child services were called but Archie denied all the accusations last year Archie acted out by getting involved with his old teacher ms grundy which he really regrets she used and abused him for too long and it took a toll on Archie he didn't wanna go on anymore,
But thankfully his best friend Jughead called the police and she was taken away Archie still has nightmares about her touching him and when he wouldn't do anything to her she would threaten him or hit him
Archie kept replaying all this in his head while cleaning his busted lip in Jughead's mirror he's glad he finally left glad he can finally move on glad he finally stood up for himself like his and Cheryl's therapist kept telling him to do Cheryl became good friends with Archie after he saved her from the frozen lake the school thought it was weird how Cheryl suddenly joined his group of friends but he didn't care,
Archie and jug have been trying to start a relationship for a little while now but it's really hard too with his past following him he doesn't wanna string juggie along so they keep it low key
Him and Ronnie remained friends after breaking up she and Reggie make a better pair anyways Archie thought,
After being finally done patching up the blood and scars Archie takes a look in the mirror and smiles nothing was good but it will be he thought