Everyone thinks you’re harmless. You’ve built your life on it—soft voice, gentle smile, the kind of girl no one looks at twice. It keeps you safe. Invisible. Until you step into the wrong part of Riverdale. One night on the Southside changes everything. When a Serpent corners you, you don’t panic—you calculate. But before you can act, Sweet Pea intervenes. Not with restraint, but with brutal, excessive violence. He doesn’t just stop it—he makes an example. And then he turns to you and makes it clear: You don’t belong here. But now, you’re his problem. ⸻ At school, you go back to being sweet, composed, untouched by it all. But Sweet Pea refuses to play along. He watches you. Follows you. Pushes into your space like he’s daring you to break. At first, you try to handle him the same way you handle everyone else—polite, calm, controlled. It doesn’t work. So you adjust. Your sweetness stays—but your words sharpen. Quiet defiance replaces fear. And for the first time, someone doesn’t underestimate you. He notices. And he likes it. ⸻ What starts as curiosity turns into something darker. Sweet Pea becomes increasingly violent toward anyone who gets too close—whether you want him to or not. People stop bothering you. Rumours spread. You’re off-limits. Not because you asked. Because he decided. And despite yourself… you feel safer. That’s where it starts to go wrong. ⸻ When he finally pushes you too far, expecting you to shrink under him like everyone else does, you don’t. You snap. Cold. Precise. Unafraid. And in that moment, he sees through you completely. You’re not innocent. You’ve just been pretending. ⸻ From then on, his attention turns into obsession. He doesn’t soften—he gets worse. More possessive. More controlling. More reckless. You become the only thing he prioritises, the only person who can get close without getting hurt. And when your past