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Sweet Pea was many things: loyal, short tempered, closed off, secretive.

So it wasn't a surprise for Stiles to be scared when he noticed another layer in the onion named Sweet Pea.

More so, his comforting side. If Stiles didn't know any better he was sure hell had frozen over, the apocalypse was around the corner, the world would soon end, the devil incarnate has been born because Sweet Pea was actually being nice.

•••

"I swear if this is some... some mental mind trick for me to fall into your trap that will make me apart of your cult, I'm not falling for it!!" Stiles exclaimed as he looks at the boy in front of him. Sweet Pea quirks a brow as Stiles still kept his distance.

Stiles kept rambling about never joining his snake loving "cult" and get a tattoo. Sweet Pea rolls his eyes as he sat on the couch.

"Shaggy! All I said was "I'm sorry" what has that got to do with your stupidity?" Sweet Pea asked as he heard enough from the Chihuahua.

Stiles scoffs as he looks in the boys eyes, "You! You're never nice. I was pretty convinced you didn't even have "sorry" in your vocabulary!"

Sweet Pea rolls his eyes already regretting ever interacting with the kid. "Believe it or not, Shaggy... I'm capable of such emotions." He smiled sarcastically.

Stiles even more freaked out than before, he's never seen the kid smile. He wasn't sure if he was capable of such... emotion?

"Dude stop. I'm already freaking out from my dad missing and I don't need actual human emotions coming from you. I have enough nightmares to last me three lifetimes!!" Stiles exclaimed as Sweet Pea groans. Wondering why he didn't agree to Allison's offer of staying the night.

"All I'm saying is Stiles, I know how you feel. Hell I hardly ever knew my father." Sweet Pea spoke as he stood up and went up to his room. He didn't realize Sweet Pea was following as he entered he immediately took off his jacket and shirt then pants.

He grabs a short cut ready to slip on but slightly jumps when he spots a flustered Stilinski. He quirks a brow, "Shaggy...?"

He'll admit he was weirded out by the kid but didn't let it show, as she continues what he was doing.

Stiles never felt embarrassed and flustered all at once. He didn't know why he still stood there as he watched the snake lover dress, yet he couldn't move his foot.

His heart was racing, his palm sweating, breath quickening, feeling light-headed.

Was he getting sick?

He didn't know, but he looked at the shirtless Serpent noticing scars here and there. Some on his back and others on his chest.

Stiles somehow found it fitting for him and it looked... beautiful. Stiles shook his head mentally as he tired to look anywhere else.

It would only work for a second before he was back staring, noticing Sweet Pea was fit but not too fit to where he would look like a body builder. It somehow comforted him, luckily Sweet Pea didn't notice his staring as he was putting on a shirt.

"Alright, what do you want. You've been staring at me for the last ten minutes." The Serpent spoke annoyed at the staring and the silence. If he didn't know any better he would think Stiles was undressing him with his eyes.

Stiles stuttered as he turned even more red. He cleared his throat as he looked down, not replying. "Were you... checking me out Shaggy Rogers?" Sweet Pea teased as he walked closer to the flustered boy.

Stiles scoffs but refused to say anything and look him the eye. Instead of a comeback like he always responds with he just stumbled out of the room yelping in pain as he ran into the door frame.

All the while Sweet Pea chuckled and shook his head. He then stops as his smirk turned mischievous, perhaps it's time to stop annoying the poor kid and start teasing him...

Oh he was going to enjoy this.

•••

Stiles didn't know what to do except call Scott who answered after the second ring.

"Stiles?" Scott asked as he was expecting a call from his friend whose father went missing not long ago.

Stiles sighs as asked if he could stay over saying they had alot to talk about. Scott immediately agreed not wanting his friend to go through this alone.

After all, Stiles was his brother.

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"Sweet Pea?" A gruff voice answered as Sweet Pea sighs. It was good to hear his voice, after all this time he hasn't called anyone back in Riverdale.

"I lost it. FP, I lost it the damn tags." He spoke, as the older Jones sat up from his bed he was recently sleeping on. Sweet Pea was like a another son to him, especially after Toni and Fangs, Sweet Pea only showed his vulnerable side to him.

FP Jones knew how valuable the dog tags he always wore were to him. It was the last thing that reminded him of the family that could've been.

If Sweet Pea's mother didn't kill herself nor did his father die in a run gone wrong maybe Sweet Pea won't be as hot headed as he was now.

It was like Sweet Pea was the dark version of Jughead (if Jughead made all the wrong decisions).

Sweet Pea only knew the Serpents as family and that's all he's ever known. He'll admit it rarely but he regrets sending the boy to the states, but it had to be done. If he was to return the entire town will make sure Sweet Pea paid for his mistakes.

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"Yeah, and Fangs is still clinging to life. And whether it was Reggie or Mrs. Klump who pulled the trigger, a Northsider put him there. You took our friend, our land and you'll take everything if we give you the chance. So now you get to watch as we burn your school to the ground..."

Sweet Pea growls as he dumped trash from the trashcan and threw it into the trophy case. Everyone around him, including the other Serpents were scared.

Never had they seen the Serpent so... Angry or vengeful...

Author's note:

I know this season is almost over and I'm excited for the next season. I was making a cover for my other book when I got carried away and already created the cover for the second book!!

What do you think??