Peridot never liked fire. It was dangerous and reckless and definitely not something she'd ever fool around with, her mother always told her never to play with fire. But somehow a soccer game and a science class seating chart pulled her into the fireplace, where she sat despite her mother's warning. She should have known. But she couldn't have. Because in the end, Amethyst was a tube of watermelon jolly rancher flavored cyanide and Peridot was a candy addict. (Amedot high school au)

Peridot Chen Sun, a nerdy foster kid, is fine with her new school until she meets her year-long lab partner - Amethyst Espina, truant, wrestler, bad girl extraordinaire. When a tyrant teacher puts Peridot's grade on the line because of Amethyst's misconduct, the girls must learn to work together to make it through the year alive. And who knows? Maybe they'll learn some lessons outside of basic biology, and more about what it means to live. Human AU of Steven Universe, but can also be read separate. Updates on scheduled Fridays; cover drawn by me.