it's a month after steven left for homeworld when lars returns.
it's on a stolen ship, a beautiful blue thing, stunning, or maybe it just reflects the colors of the summer sky; rhodonite is the first one out, shielding her eyes from the harsh sunlight. then come the rutile twins, and a shapeshifted fluorite returns to her original size just as she gets out.
and then, he stumbles his way out, a little dizzy, guiding padparadscha into the sand. he feels it through his toes and bursts out laughing, crying.
and "i'm home!," he cries, to no one in particular.
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cancer ; steven universe
Fanfictionsteven 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
