Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones were the best of friends as children. However, after an innocent kiss is shared between the pair, Alice Cooper whisks her away to NYC... 9 years of spiralling in depression later, and Alice Cooper is forced to return Betty to Riverdale. But Jughead has moved on to Toni Topaz! Will the pair be able to break down each other's walls enough to save them?

Betty Cooper has had enough. Time for the good girl to let go. No more doormatting.

Picks up from Jughead joining the Serpents. With a war brewing between North Riverdale and South Side, Betty can't stand the thought of them turning into a reiteration of West Side Story, so she ends things with Jughead. It doesn't go as planned, and with all her friends struggling with their own burdens, Betty is left drowning in the darkness in her mind. !Warning: dark themes!