[ Whatever Jughead had intended, Archie turns this into a hug in about two seconds flat. Normally Archie tries to be respectful of Jughead's boundaries, but it feels like they both nearly just died. Hanging on tightly to Jughead feels like an imperative, and it overrides all Archie's limited good sense. ]
None of the space movies said it'd be like this.
[ What a complaint. ]
From now on, we stay on the ground. All the time.
[ Most of this is said directly into Jughead's shoulder before Archie pulls back. His expression is shaky, but he's more composed now than he had been a few moments ago. Jughead looks to be in one piece, with minimal bruising. That crushes most of Archie's fears. He'd walked past enough worst case scenarios for his imagination to run away with him. ]
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None of the space movies said it'd be like this.
[ What a complaint. ]
From now on, we stay on the ground. All the time.
[ Most of this is said directly into Jughead's shoulder before Archie pulls back. His expression is shaky, but he's more composed now than he had been a few moments ago. Jughead looks to be in one piece, with minimal bruising. That crushes most of Archie's fears. He'd walked past enough worst case scenarios for his imagination to run away with him. ]
Have you seen anyone else? Ronnie? Cheryl?