"what the heck happened to steven?"
lars rests his back against the outer wall of the beach house. the crystal gems look away, except garnet; it's her who replies.
"he fainted when he arrived, and he's gotten worse over the past month." she fixes her shades and looks at lars. "what happened while you two were on homeworld?"
the teen toys with his pink hair, sighing. "the diamonds sang something to him, but it didn't do anything. then he got sick but he said it was because of space? then i died and—"
"and he came back."
"what's going on?"
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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
