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My brother in Christ we shall have a spring wedding

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Fandom: Steven Universe Rating: Teen Audiences Words: ~1K Summary: “What’s going on—?” he croaks to absolutely no one (weakened, vulnerable, alone, pathetic—), a jolt of fresh panic surging through his entire system. He’s never seen a gem flicker before. He has no idea what this means.

Got a short one-shot for y'all today! This was a quick lil' guy I whipped up within the past week to boost my Camp NaNoWriMo word count in between working on other projects.

It's a canon-compliant fic set during the SU movie.

If you read this and enjoy, I’d greatly appreciate your support through reblogs here, or kudos/comments on AO3. Thank you! <3

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“What’s going on—?” he croaks to absolutely no one (weakened, vulnerable, alone, pathetic—), a jolt of fresh panic surging through his entire system as he watches the diamond at his core outright flicker.

He’s never seen a gem flicker before. He has no idea what this means. But even more urgently… his gaze snaps up to all the gemstones littering the grass like it’s a damned battlefield… he has no idea how he’s supposed to de-escalate this situation if he can’t successfully bubble this rogue Gem. The others will reform in no time, of that he’s sure— but so will she. And when she does, what’s stopping her from pulling out another weapon and attacking them all over again? 

Steven shakes the grim thought out of his head, exerting a surprising sum of energy in dragging himself back to his feet. (Stars, he’s so out of breath…) But no— no. He can’t allow himself to get so caught up in the brambles of such nebulous what-ifs. Come on, Universe. Stay resilient. Stay positive. There’s only one mission that matters at the moment, and that’s gathering up that weapon and all these gemstones and moving them somewhere safe. He’s capable of that much, at least.

Still… that anxious, always hyper-vigilant part of himself he tries hard to keep buried can’t help but dread the worst as he shoves that heart-shaped gem and the pink scythe into the deepest depths of his jacket pocket and drags his spent, trembling body up the hill to retrieve all his loved ones.

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Steven collapses face-first upon the couch the second all the Gems are safely deposited on the living room coffee table, heaving what has to be the single most exaggerated groan of exhaustion any one soul has ever produced. 

Ugh.

Good golly.

Amethyst is usually back by now. That sure doesn’t shine any optimism on this situation, now does it? What on Earth did that scythe do to them?

And what the heck did it do to me, he thinks, the mere act of baseline existence leaving him as wiped as a marathon runner even though he’s literally lying as flat as a board. It’s a kind of total body exhaustion he rarely experiences, far more intense than a hard day’s workout or multiple nights of poor sleep. 

In fact, now that he ponders his predicament, he hasn’t felt as drained as this since—

He pales, his heart pounding at a somewhat uneven tempo. With much effort, he pushes himself upright again… yanks up the bottom hem of his shirt to splay his opposing hand across the familiar planes of his own gemstone, tracing their edges until his pulse calms down and he stops feeling so itchy and paranoid. No. Stop. it’s not like The Incident at all. He’s whole. They’re together, not split in half, not disconnected from one another.

Or at least… (he swallows. Hard.) Not physically.

Flashing a frustrated grimace, Steven gathers the gem of their attacker in his palms and attempts to form a bubble around it again. And again. And again. No dice, alas. The result is the same no matter how hard he tries. Even if he manages to fashion one large enough, it bursts only a few heartbeats later, leaving him breathless and haggard and with nothing to show for it. He wipes away the sweat that’s started to bead upon his forehead, and— rather defeated by this failure— dumps that damned gem back on the table a tad rougher than he probably ought to. 

Okay. So no bubble. Great. Just great. Absolutely peachy. What else about him is broken right now?

He throws out his arm, envisioning his shield bursting to life in front of it. And to his credit this hard-light weapon does briefly appear, but only as a glitchy flicker. Ugh. All right, so his shield’s a complete dud, too. With this in mind he sees no real point in testing any of his other powers. It seems his gem’s simply on the fritz now, no thanks to her. (He shoots a dirty glare at those pink, ever-taunting facets.) Plus, he figures an attempt and failure to float might prove disastrous. Best not to test fate today with how his luck’s been so far.

Steven clenches his fingers tight, painfully aware of how tense his whole body is right now. He outright can’t help it. This is the single most stressful thing that’s landed on his doorstep since the Diamonds crashed Garnet’s wedding. And not only that, but with all these muscle groups activated at once he can feel his pulse thrumming like a never-ending mantra within his wrist, its tempo frustratingly irregular. It reminds him a lot of how Dad describes his caffeine intolerance. Both keyed-up and jittery. Thrown to the brink of fight-or-flight but also exhausted to the point of collapse. It’s insufferable, and without the guidance and encouragement of the Gems he has no clue what he’s supposed to do about it.

Although… 

His breath quivering as he feels his gemstone glitch out within him yet again, he pulls his phone out of his pocket. (And boy, is he surprised the screen isn’t cracked after the mighty tumble he took up on the hill.) He taps into his messages and— his finger hovering over Connie’s picture for a moment longer than it ought to— (no, don’t worry her, just let her enjoy her space camp)— ultimately selects his dad’s contact.

Pls come quick as you can, he types furiously. Town in danger (???) from new Gem, everyone got poofed. At house.

Send.

The teen slumps back upon the couch, letting himself sink back into its plush, reassuring comfort. There. At least Dad might be able to help. And even if he can’t, well… 

(He wipes away that annoying stray tear pooling at the edge of one of his eyes. Childish, he chides himself. Stupid.)

At least it’s better than weathering this storm on his own.

#su #steven universe #su fanfiction #su fanfic #steven universe fanfiction #my writing stuff #tumblr hates underlines so y'all get bold. #see the ao3 post for the intended formatting.

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all the new god portraits (so far) in hades 2 !!!

#i am So normal about these #god they're once again all so stunning and hot #good for them #hades

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“omg you’re so creative. how do you get your ideas” i hallucinate a single scene in the taco bell drive thru and then spend 13 months trying to write it

#me

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Has your #1 comfort character committed a crime?

#my mans committed a first degree gemslaughter and then successfully played god about it #uwu

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#this #which is more relevant than ever to this blog now that I’ve finally shown my cards and posted an explicit non-con fic #and plan on playing around with a divisive (but in my mind Very fascinating- and also I think y’all boring af for being haters) ship soon #anyways if the message behind this post bothers you then this may not be the blog for you

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it’s up on my AO3 already, will make an official post later

I will have a short one-shot to post set during the SU movie soon, just gotta do a quick editing pass and give it a title

#jen rambles

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I will have a short one-shot to post set during the SU movie soon, just gotta do a quick editing pass and give it a title

#keep an eye out #jen rambles

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anyways I’m fucking cute today, okay

the way i just got Completely vibe checked at the store just now

#jen rambles

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me: *minding my own business buying spices in my silly wittle closet cosplay*

cashier: you wouldn’t happen to be dressed as Steven Universe, would you

me, sweating: BE NORMAL BE NORMAL BE NORMAL-

the way i just got Completely vibe checked at the store just now

#jen rambles

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the way i just got Completely vibe checked at the store just now

#jen rambles #fucking LOSING it

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one of the important cornerstones of fandom is understanding that your headcanon is not everyone else's headcanon, and i'm not sure when people stopped understanding this

#*nods* #let’s work to keep it this way folks #there is room for All of us in the sandbox #be nice and curate your own corner

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My Stardew Valley hot take is that I simply do not think the fishing minigame is as bad as people make it out to be

#it’s not inherently bad I’m just lazy #I can do it decently on desktop though #Phone? Switch? No way I suck

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#steven quartz universe lol

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whenever i'm trying to talk myself out of buying something i don't need i always hear my old russian professor's voice echoing in my head: "WHAT??? WILL YOU DIE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD?" and then i make an unwise financial decision

#me buying $300 corrupted Steven kaiju plush #worth it #he lives on my bed now #Like a lap dog

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Episode 9: Steven for a Day

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#LMAO look at them scamper away #bless #also fhndjdifidjff all of the townies are just gonna be like ‘there goes that strange boy again’ #’classic Steven… bein weird as usual. totally normal day.’ #su #su fanart #pink onyx #harold smiley

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💎 Thank you for your patience! We're proud to announce that Contributor Apps for "The Great Diamond Authority", a Steven Universe zine all about the Diamonds are officially open from April 16th to May 16th for both artists and writers!

PAGE | WRITER | MERCH

#Applied! #I applied for both page artist and writer #it would be very fun to do either and I already have some potential ideas :D #su #signal boost