Forever in a Day

midnightdrops:

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@pearl-likes-pi​ made a post about what the new SU episodes should have, and one of them was “what happens if Steven poofs?” and I was really thinking about how ??? if Steven dies, then Rose would come back, right?? So I started writing a fic about how Pearl would take Steven’s death and then I ended up adding all the Crystal Gems and I’m sorry just yes here *puts this down and runs away* 

(TW character death and angst)

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Summary: It was like an echo, the past sounds of small feet pounding against the wood floor now absent, giving the temple a very eerie feel. There was no evidence that a small boy used to live there with them, a boy who had grown up to become a powerful, strong Gem and lively human adult, a boy capable of loving any creature or person despite their flaws. 

A boy who had stolen their hearts from the moment they met him.

(Steven dies, Rose is back, and the Gems cope.)

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Garnet never felt alone, not when she had Ruby and Sapphire. She had also known this moment was coming the minute Steven was born - not because of her future vision, but because he was half-human.

Humans died. They all knew that. Garnet simply shrugged it off, knowing that the child would live a happy and joyful life, and Rose would understand what it felt like to be human. He was proof of love, a fusion, not unlike her. She was more than ready to take on the child, to help raise this bundle of joy.

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