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• The Southside Chooses Its Own by ArcherDoes

  Fandoms: Riverdale (TV 2017)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M, Multi
  • Work in Progress

  24 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Sweet Pea/Original Character(s)
  • Sweet Pea/Original Male Character(s)
  • Sweet Pea (Riverdale)
  • Original Characters
  • Southside Serpents Gang
  • other characters will be added as they appear - Freeform
  • I don't want to tag a character that does not appear until later in the story too early and cause misunderstandingsa
  • Soft Sweet Pea (Riverdale)
  • Angry Sweet Pea (Riverdale)
  • Protective Sweet Pea (Riverdale)
  • Southside High School (Riverdale)
  • Protective Southside Serpents Gang
  • southside serpents as family
  • the southiside as a real community
  • not just a villain in riverdales story
  • Pre-Season/Series 01
  • No Bashing
  • but there will be critiques
  • speeches vs actions
  • leading from within vs above
  • Romance
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Non-Canonical Violence
  • please let me know if you think the tags should feature something else
  • original characters are of equal or greater prominence than the main characters in the show
  • This is not a crossover despite the character name
  • Please see chapter one's note about it

  Summary

  The Southside has always been more than the than the "right" side of the tracks is willing to see. It is history and inheritance, grit and grace, a community bound together by the quiet strength of those who were raised inside the coil rather than invited into it.

  As Riverdale shifts under pressure from the Northside-caused problems, the Serpents find themselves pulled in every direction. But the Southside has never been shaped by speeches or symbols. Only by the people who stand for it when it matters.

  Through it all, Sweet Pea does what he always does, and rides for his crew. And at his side, quietly and unwaveringly, stands Nico; a reminder that not all power needs to be loud to be felt.

  In the end, the Southside chooses its own.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,442

  Chapters:

  1/?

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