I was just recently dubbed the whump!Kevin Queen by a follower. So one, thanks for that compliment, but I think the crown goes to Maeve of Winter. And two, because that inspired me so much, I wrote another one. I just love Kevin and Sheriff Keller and Moose so so much. They deserve this.
Also, this story really doesn't have a timeline. But Jason and Clifford Blossom are dead so this doesn't happen before the murder and suicide. Okay? Okay, enjoy this new story.
Kevin wiped steam away from his bathroom mirror. It had been a surprisingly good morning for him. He hadn't slept through his alarm. He woke up early. And now he was able to take a hot shower. Today wasn't really a special day for Kevin. It was just any other Friday. But since Kevin had gotten a good start to the day, he wanted to make this Friday day and night worth it. Kevin combed through his damp hair, putting in the pompadour hairstyle that he wore basically every day. He added his favorite gel and then went inside the cabinets that were hidden behind his mirror. He put on his deodorant and his favorite cologne. Kevin smiled at himself and gave his reflection the finger guns. Kevin walked out, the steam of the shower looking like a smoke machine behind him. Kevin fished through his closet, not caring that he was still only wearing his towel, and he looked for something to wear.
Kevin was the kind of young man who's routine was the same. He was seemed that way. He would wake up, go to school, do his work, tutor, do wrestling or track, come home, make his father dinner, read a book, sleep and repeat. And ever once an awhile, Kevin would go out to Pop's with his friends or a date. Or he would go out of town for the weekend for a wrestling match in a different school or nations. But Kevin had a good feeling about today. With how his Friday morning had started, he knew that something good would happen today. Something that he wanted to change.
Kevin reached for a tight leather jacket that he had bought for the new school year but never wore. He smiled. Trying something new would be great for a day like today. He quickly clothed in black jeans that matched his jacket and a purple t-shirt. He looked at himself in the full length mirror, smiling and how good he looked for that particular day. He walked over and grabbed his satchel from his desk chair and started to head downstairs. He heard his father in his bedroom, mostly likely getting ready for his day too with the sound of the rustling.
The young high school student walked down the stairs and over to his kitchen. He started up the coffee maker and he went inside his fridge. He pulled out the milk and creamer for his dad, since Kevin only drank smoothies and tea. He poured his father's favorite coffee blend into his favorite travel mug and added his father's preferred amount of cream and milk. He set the coffee down on their island and he quickly scribbled a note one a stack of neon pink post it notes. He set it down near the travel mug and he grabbed his truck and house keys. Kevin walked out of the house and he approached the truck.
His father would almost and usually use the patrol car or he would carpool with one of his deputy's. So his truck was almost usually used by Kevin. For late night drives to Pop's, drives to school and drives to wrestling matches. So the truck technically belonged to Kevin. Kevin opened the door and he threw his bag inside. He started the engine and drove off towards school. Kevin had a really good feeling about this Friday. Maybe he'd do something after wrestling. Maybe hang out with a new friend. Go on a date. The limits were endless for today, but Kevin was looking forward to today to start.
Kevin parked the truck a little further from the school parking lot, giving him the chance to take a small walk to school and to the truck after school was done. He started walked over to the front of the school and walked up the steps to approach the front door. "Hey Keller." called a voice.
Kevin turned over and smiled. Moose Mason, one of the star football players of Riverdale High, was approaching him. Moose had even approached Kevin during the back to school dance a month ago. Kevin turned to him and smiled. "Hi." Kevin said, his smile shining his cheekbones.
Moose smiled and brushed his still damp hair out of his face. He must have just gotten out of the shower. "Hi. What are you... what are you doing here so early?"
"You probably don't know me that well." Kevin said with a joking smile. "I'm always here early, I have tutoring sessions to do. What are you doing here?"
"I have basketball practice. Coach is going pretty hard on us for the game next week."
"Well then, excerise is pretty important." Kevin turned around to open the door but Moose held out his hand to him.
"The school doesn't open for another hour." Moose reminded.
Kevin checked his phone and realized that Moose was right. No wonder he asked why he was here. Well, his Friday just seems to be throwing surprises at him. "Right." Kevin said with a bit of anger that he allowed himself to be this early to school.
"Hey um... do you maybe want to head to Pop's?" Moose asked. "I know that he's open all the time. Maybe you and I can get some breakfast? I'll pay."
Kevin smiled and nodded, putting his phone back in his pocket. Moose led Kevin to his car and he took the short drive over to the diner. Moose led Kevin to his favorite booth in the back and sat down across from him. "I hear that you have a big wrestling match tonight?" Moose said as he pulled off his varsity jacket and putting it down.
"Yup." Kevin said, putting the menu aside because he knew what he was going to order. "I'm supposed to be going against one of my biggest rivals from Greendale High. Ariel Sullivan."
"He sounds like one of those Greendale assholes." Moose said with an eyeroll. He turned to Pop's as he approached the two. Moose smiled with cute smile, making Kevin smile and turn his cheeks a pink that would only be found in blush.
"Should I get you your usual Moose?" Pop's asked with a smile.
"Yeah." Moose nodded, then he looked over at Kevin. Kevin turned away from Moose, hiding his blush.
"What about you Kev? Usual cinnamon roll pancakes?" Pop asked.
"No thanks." Kevin responded. "I'll just have deviled eggs with no paprika."
Pop's wrote it down in his notepad and walked off. Moose looked over at Kevin. "Deviled eggs Kev?" Moose asked. "You must be serious if you want to be this Ariel kid."
"Yeah. I've beaten him during all our matches. I just hope that luck is on my side this time." Kevin said with another blush as he looked down at his thighs and his folded hands.
Moose smiled and he looked over at his varsity jacket resting beside him in the booth. Moose took it and he pulled it over the table. "Here." he said. "Take it."
"What?" Kevin asked with a raised eyebrow. "Why?"
"Well... I just thought that, some of the guys on the football team with me give their jackets to their girlfriends for luck at River Vixens. Maybe this will give you good luck?"
Kevin smiled and took the jacket from across the table. "Thank you Moose. Hopefully this will help me beat Ariel."
Pop's returned a moment later, with two plates. He handed Kevin his plate of deviled eggs and Moose a plate of buttermilk pancakes. Moose slolwy thanked Pop's and handed him a small wad of cash. "Moose, you know that you don't have to tip me this high." Pop's said with a smile.
"It's a special Friday Pop. I think that you and your waiters deserve it." Moose said, forcing the money in his hand. He pulled out his debit card and handed it to Pop as well. Pop smiled and looked over at Kevin. He gave the young man a wink.
"You picked a good one Kev." he said with a smile before walked off.
Kevin looked back at Moose, still holding the varsity jacket. "Thank you Moose. I guess that I did choose right. So how about after the match, you and I go see a movie at the Bijou. Wait... what am I saying? You're dating Midge right now, I-"
"Kevin... Midge and I broke up on good terms last weekend." Moose said, moving over and holding Kevin's hand. "I would love to see a movie with you." Moose let his hand go and he motioned to the food in front of him. "Now eat Kev. You need to whoop ass today."
Kevin finished changing into his wrestling uniform and he closed the gym locker that he was using. He had been so happy the entire day. He knew that this Friday was going to be different and he was so happy that it might be. He actually asked Moose out. And he said yes. He said that he would love to go with Kevin. Kevin walked started to leave when he heard his phone ring. Kevin opened up his locker again and answered the phone call. "Hey dad." he said with a smile.
"Hey sweetheart." Sheriff Keller said to his son over the phone. "Listen, I just wanted to let you know-"
"You can't come to my wrestling match can you?" Kevin finished. "It's okay dad. I know you have work to do."
"I know. I know. But I promised that I would come to this one."
"Dad, honestly. It's okay. You can just come to my next one in a week."
"I'm going to have to go to Centerville for two weeks to investigate a murder. I won't be at home for a while. But I left my credit card for anything you might need okay?"
"Got it dad." Kevin said, checking the time and realizing that he would me late if he didn't hurry. "I gotta go. Love you dad."
"I love you too. Please don't hurt yourself."
Kevin laughed and hung up. He threw his phone back inside his back and ran out into the gym. People were filling inside to watch the matches and the wrestlers from Greendale High were stretching on the mat. Kevin walked over to Chuck, who patted him on the shoulder. "You ready to kick some ass Keller?" he asked.
"You know it." Kevin said with a grin.
Chuck looked to the side and he smiled, patting his shoulder. "Don't look know, but I think that Mason is here to see you."
Kevin looked over to the side and saw Moose walking inside. Kevin blushed, remembering their morning together. Hell, Kevin still had Moose's varsity jacket in his gym locker. Moose was with Reggie and the two looked around. Moose turned and saw Kevin and he smiled and waved. Kevin waved back and looked back at his classmates as the referee blew the whistle. Moose and Reggie moved over and took a seat in the bleachers closest to the mats.
"Okay." the referee called, looking at the book in his hands. "First two on the mat, Kevin Keller from Riverdale High and Ariel Sullivan from Greendale High."
Moose cheered loudly for Kevin, Reggie clapping around with him. Kevin walked over to the mat and was met with his wrestling rival Ariel. He had short dyed hot pink hair, fair skin and black eyes. "Nice to see again Keller." Ariel said as he adjusted his headgear. "Can't wait to kick your ass this time."
Kevin smiled and he just rolled his eyes at him. Moose bit his lip and curled his hand into a fist. The sight of this Ariel guy made him want to punch the wall. The whistle blew and Kevin and Ariel started to circle around each other. Ariel moved forward and grabbed Kevin by the neck. He moved over and slammed Kevin down on the mat. Moose sat on the edge of his seat, praying that Kevin didn't lose. Kevin moved forward, trying to move around and get free.
Kevin moved his knee up and slammed Ariel down and off of him. Ariel slammed down on the ground and Kevin held him down from behind his neck. Ariel kicked his legs over around to get free. The referee get down on the mat and slammed his hand on the mat twice. Ariel pushed Kevin off of him and Moose growled in anger. Damn, he wanted to Kevin to win so bad. Kevin and Moose were standing again and circling each other. Ariel moved forward and pushed Kevin from behind his leg. Kevin fell down on his face and blood fell from his nose. Ariel held him down from his neck, almost in a chokehold and Kevin started to slam from lack of breath.
"Foul." Moose yelled. "This is a foul! Foul!"
The referee noticed and blew his whistle. "Foul!" he yelled.
Ariel let Kevin go and stood up. His teammates were looking at him like he was bat-shit crazy. Archie, who had recently joined the wrestling team a few weeks ago, walked over to Kevin and wiped the blood from his face with the back of his palm. Once he was clean, Archie patted his back before walking away. "Kick his ass." he whispered before walking away. Kevin got back up on the mat and circle Ariel again.
"Come on Keller!" Reggie yelled, cupping his hands over his mouth be loud. "Kevin! Kevin!"
Reggie started to chant Kevin's name, the Riverdale side of the crowd following suit and cheering for Kevin as well. Moose smiled, but focus was Kevin ever since blood fell from his nose. Ariel lunged at Kevin once more, but Kevin moved forward and did the fireman's carry on him. Ariel was slammed on the ground and his mouth guard fell out. Ariel fought to get free and the referee moved forward.
He slammed his hand down once.
He did it twice.
And once he did it the third time, the whistle blew. Moose got up and cheered. Kevin let Ariel go and spit out his own mouth guard. Ariel groaned and slammed his palm angrily on the ground. Kevin stood up and smiled. The referee named him the winner and raised his arm up. Moose got up from his bleacher and cheered for Kevin loudly with a smile. Kevin looked over at Moose and smiled with a pink blush
After all of the matches, Kevin headed back outside. He was dressed in his regular clothing and drenched in sweat. Kevin sighed and pulled his gym back over his shoulder. He walked over towards his truck, which was still parked a small walk from the school. "Hey Kev." Moose called from behind. Kevin turned and saw Moose running towards him. Moose stopped and smiled to see Kevin wearing his varsity jacket. "You're... you're wearing it."
Kevin smiled and nodded. "Guess it really did give me good luck." he said with a grin.
Moose smiled and he wiped the sweat from Kevin's head. "You worked pretty hard tonight. You need rest." he said. "How about we skip the movie and I met you at your house. I'll make some food at him and bring it to you. You and I can eat and... hang out."
Kevin smiled and nodded. "I'm down if you are."
Moose nodded. "I'll... I'll see you in a few moments?"
Kevin nodded and watched Moose excitedly run off towards his own car. Kevin moved over to open his car door and groaned. "Dammit!" he said to himself. "Left my keys."
Kevin threw his bag in the cargo of the pickup truck and he ran back inside the school. He went inside the locker room and grabbed his keys, which were on the ground of the locker room. He walked out of the door and was met with the pale face of Ariel Sullivan. "Hey Keller." he said with a strange smile. "Nice job today."
"You're being nice to me." Kevin said, sensing something wrong. "You're never nice to me. Why are you being nice to me?"
Ariel shrugged his shoulders with a smile. "Why not? Can't I be nice? I mean we've been almost enemies for years. Why can't we be friends?" Ariel went inside his own gym bag and pulled out a can of soda. "Ginger ale?"
Kevin rolled his eyes, thinking that being friends wouldn't be that bad. After all, they two of them have been literally at each others throats for years. Kevin nodded and allowed Ariel to pop it open. He handed it to Kevin and he took a sip. Kevin wasn't one for soda, so he figured that the soda was too bubbly in his mouth for a reason. Ariel and him started to walk out of the school and towards Ariel's car. The two were laughing about how stupid Ariel's fellow wrestling teammates were. When they reached Ariel's Tesla, Kevin felt dizzy. He moved over to his side, feeling dizzy.
Ariel caught Kevin. "Hey you okay?" he asked.
Kevin waved him off and nodded. He was probably just dizzy from working hard on winning and being slammed down by Ariel and hugged tightly by Archie. "You must have hit your head a little too hard when we wrestled. Hang on, let me help you."
Ariel put his own soda can down and helped Kevin stand up right. Kevin wanted to move over and tell him that he was fine and just needed to ride in his car. Ariel pulled Kevin up in the prince's carry, a move banned from Riverdale's wrestling coach, moved him to the front seat of his car. Kevin fought for him to get off of him when he felt the seat belt click. "Ari...Ariel... I need to... ugh... I..." Kevin said, but the dizziness in his head started to annoy him.
Ariel moved over to his gym bag and pulled out a roll of silver duct tape. Kevin tried to move to unlock his seat belt when he heard the roll unravel. Ariel grabbed Kevin harshly and wrapped the tape around his wrists. "What are you... Ariel... what are... what are you mmmmpppphhh!"
Ariel pressed a piece of tape over Kevin's mouth. Kevin moved over as soon as the tape was on his body and jerked to get free. Ariel shut Kevin's side door and walked over to the driver's seat. He sat down and looked over at Kevin. "Pretty dizzy, huh Keller?" he asked with a sly smile. Ariel moved over and slammed Kevin's head to the side. Kevin's head tapped on the glass window and he felt more dizzy in that moment. Kevin felt the vibration of the car as the engine started. "Mmmpph! Mpphh!" Kevin groaned as his head rolled back.
"Shut up and maybe this will be over soon." Ariel growled as Kevin's eyes closed from the dizziness.