connie carries him home.
he can't move, can't tell her how he feels. can't tell her i'm okay, i'm okay now, i swear i'm telling you the truth, trust me, i'm—
he's heavy, dizzy, hot; the world spins around him, the gems are crying and yelling and hurt and confused everything they feel overwhelms him and he feels bad bad bad
but he's okay, he promises, he's okay, he's not corrupted, he just felt a little sick, it's just a cold, sunburn, frostbite, anything but that—
steven knows he doesn't have much time left, but he prays for a miracle.
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cancer ; steven universe
Fiksi Penggemarsteven knows there's something terribly wrong with him. the gems know, too, but they're too busy pretending they don't. alternatively; the tragic faltering of the rose. read this in ao3! http://archiveofourown.org/works/11239731?view_full_work=true
