"Here you go, Spinel. You can sleep in my bed."
Steven brought Spinel back to the crystal gem's base. Even though gems don't have to sleep, Steven thought it would be a nice gesture.
"Okay, but just until I get a job. One day... two days tops." Spinel assured him as she lay in his bed, her arms under the covers and the sheets pulled right up to her neck.
"Nonsense. You stay as long as you need to." Steven kissed her on the nose, which was more of a nostril-less pink bump.
"Good night, my little angel." He said softly as he flicked off the light.
The next morning, Spinel woke up to the sound of a tinkling bell.
"Breakfast is ready!" Steven sung from the kitchen.
"You're gonna need to build up your strength again so I laid out a big buffet for you." He wobbled up the stairs holding a platter.
He dropped it on Spinel's lap.
"And in bed, too? Aw, thanks, Steven." She looked down at the food; bacon, pancakes, green beans, a bowl of weetbix... she didn't know how to tell him that she didn't like to eat.
"Steven I-"
"Ahh! Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh-" he pressed a finger to her lips.
"Here comes the plane."
Steven makes plane noises as he tries to get Spinel to eat a flake of weetbix. Spinel obliges just to get him out her face.
"It's really nice of you to help me in my time of need." She swallows. "I'll try not to be a burden."
"It's no trouble." Steven assures her, "is there anything else I can do for you, winner?" He says, winking.
"No, no, no. You've already..." Spinel paused, she did have some ideas "well..."
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Can You Spare a Gem? ( STEVEN UNIVERSE FUTURE / SPINEL FANFIC )
FanfictionSteven is 16 and he is the emotional support for all the traumatised gems in New Homeworld, but it's really starting to wear him down. He thought after he stopped Spinel from destroying the Earth, things would settle down. He was very wrong. Spinel...
