Joavin

Joavin is the slash ship between Joaquin DeSantos and Kevin Keller from the Riverdale fandom.

Canon
Joaquin and Kevin meet at the Twilight Drive-In's last show before closing down, as Joaquin's friends, the South Side Serpents, are being noisy. They see each other when Veronica tells The Serpents off and later Joaquin seemingly accosts Kevin, who's in the midst of buying the whole soda stand when he sees Moose making out with a girl. Initially, it seems like Joaquin is threatening Kevin, but they are seen making out. The two become a couple almost immediately, but Joaquin is later seen discussing the relationship with Jughead's dad, FP, as a part of their plan (which is hitherto unknown).

Joaquin attends Jughead's surprise birthday party and when FP later drops in, he questions why Joaquin is there, which Joaquin covers with continuing their work spying on the Sheriff's son. But it's obvious that Joaquin actually likes Kevin a lot and may have feelings for him. Archie and Betty pull Kevin in on their investigation, and get him to help ask Joaquin if FP murdered Jason. He confirms that he believes this, as well as the part he played in the cover up.

Fanon
Fans were quickly drawn to the pairing. This was also accompanied by fans ecstatic that Kevin was given something to do other than being the "gay best friend". Although the way the relationship was developed, made fans disappointed. They thought that the couple would be more of a Romeo/Juliet style romance, but was pushed to the side, and not touched upon for several episodes.

On AO3 it is the most written ship for Joaquin and Kevin. It is also the tenth most written in the Riverdale tag.

Fandom
FANFICTION

TUMBLR

Trivia

 * Madelaine Petsch ships Joavin