steven's gem floats inside a bubble, along with a glowing bracelet.
the battle, lars tells her, wasn't too tough on a technical sense. pearl allowed herself to get poofed, though, serving as a distraction. connie hangs up and goes back to sleep.
pearl regenerates after a week. garnet, the rutile twins say, is back together again after a month. amethyst is gone for a couple months, same as peridot and lapis. road trip.
connie returns to sword classes a year later.
she tells pearl this:
"train me to become stronger.
so that i can make the diamonds bring him back."
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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
