We all need a friend (StevenxSpinel)<Discontinued, remake in process>

Doubt?

(Spoilers? Maybe? Nothing plot heavy.)
Okay- I can make things somewhat provocative at points and NO ONE CAN STOP ME! Lmao, it's mostly for a quick laugh and the fact that Steven is a teenage boy and in the end there will be more deliberately 18+ stuff later on, that much is a given. Enjoy the innocent relationship while you can kiddos.

Edit: okay, I'm just not going to delete that cause I had hinted at some provocative things in the comments of the last chapter but I've decided against that cause like....well reset Spinel is really baby and too child-like for me to be comfortable putting in that kind of position, even if I had Steven see her as his Spinel in his mind, that's still reset Spinel in the situation and I literally can't do that, she acts like she's a little kid and it made me super uncomfortable even trying to do it.

Anyway, enjoy-

-=Steven=-
-=Steven's Room=-

The hybrid sat there for a while, holding her hand as he cried. Everything was coming to the surface now: the stress of fixing homeworld, all the issues with his mother, the people he inadvertently hurt, the knowledge that he would never actually know peace, that he would never actually have that happy ending...and of course what he still felt responsible for: Spinel's current state.

Eventually he stopped, Garnet coming in not too much later after that, and gently taking a seat next to his bed. "Hey Steven,...you look upset, would you like to talk?" She asked quietly, looking straight ahead as she sat next to him, the hybrid unable to help wondering if the timing wasn't a coincidence.

He didn't want to open up, he knew it was probably be a bad idea and all he would get from it was another 'it's not your fault' talk like he had with Pearl, but at the same time he wanted to get it all out there now more than ever. "Spinel has been reset...I'm at fault for it too."

"...I see." Garnet nodded. "And did you mean for this to happen?" She questioned, surprising him that it wasn't straight to him not being at fault.

"N-no...of course not. But I told her I would be right there to make sure nothing happened to her and yet I was the one that started the process that got her reset...she trusted me and now she's like this because of me..." He explained, keeping quiet as well.

"Yes, maybe what you're saying is true, maybe you weren't able to protect her like you promised and a choice you made ended up indirectly causing her to be reset, but even if it was only an indirect consequence to that choice, you still didn't mean to." Garnet reminded him. "Do you really think that Spinel would be upset with you because you accidentally got her reset?"

"No...you're right, but-" He was cut off by the fusion. "There is no buts, you need to stop feeling sorry for yourself and fix this, now how do you plan to do so?" Garnet spoke firmly as she removed her visor, showing she was serious. "I know I can't make you feel like this isn't your fault, so I'm going to make you redeemed, even in your own eyes; now how are we bringing her back?"

Steven was surprised to say the least, not even he knew this was exactly what he needed but he stopped feeling upset and was now feeling determined. "Spinel has memories buried deep within her, I just have to keep bringing back memories and I just know that she will remember."

"How do you know she has these memories at all?" Garnet questioned, slightly skeptical as she had never seen a Gem get brought back from this.

"There's been flashbacks and she still won't leave my side, she looked like she was going to get violent with Pearl for just suggesting she wait outside." Steven explained, glancing down to his sleeping friend who now had her arms wrapped tightly around his one arm, the little Gem wearing a smile.