It Could've Been Great Steven Universe Novels & Stories

"Not exactly. I have just been trying out on my own. Therapy is hard but I will give it a try." Steven, who had been watching the scene unfold, breathed a sigh of relief. His quick thinking had saved Adriel from being discovered, but he knew this was far from over. Darwin's presence meant trouble, and Adriel's secret was still at risk of being exposed. "Thanks, Darwin," Adriel said, his voice laced with gratitude. "I don't know what I'd do without your help." Darwin's expression softened, but Steven detected a hint of skepticism in his eyes. "No problem, Adriel. But maybe you should take it easy, huh? You're not exactly...stable."

"You're not gonna cry, are you? Are you a crier now?" Paul punched him on the arm and smiled. He could always count on Steven to tease him out of a bad mood. "I am sorry that I bailed on you like that," Steven said quietly. "It was a lot to take in, and I just didn't know what to say." Paul nodded and took a deep breath. "I'm still me, you know." He wasn't convinced that Steven really understood that, actually. "Yeah," Steven said. "Well, sort of. But there's this big part of you I don't know anything about. Feels weird." He looked Paul in the eye. "Thought I knew everything about you."

Tony cried, mimicking my thought. "Oh, you asshole! You almost ruined my wedding. I am not letting you ruin my honeymoon too!" I screamed. "Summer, you made a huge mistake!" Steven cried. "I am going to beat the shit out of you," Tony growled and grabbed his collar. I stepped in. "What the hell is wrong with you? We don't even know each other. We talked once. ONCE!" "That's all it took. I felt a real connection. I've never felt like this with anyone before," Steven looked at me with googly eyes.

“I almost forgot to introduce myself. I’m Sherriff Gustav Bernard, from the Sapphire Mountain PD.” That was all Steven needed to know as all the fight left his body and he looked up at Gustav in horror. “Now, be a good boy and pack your stuff, will you? I don’t think this hospital will be needing your services anymore.” “P-please…” Steven managed to stutter out. “Oh? What was that?” Gustav pretended to have difficulty hearing as he placed his hand on his earlobe. “You want me to make this video viral on social media?” Steven Hallow didn’t need any more invitation. Scrambling on all fours, he all but crawled away from us before getting up on his feet and running for his dear life.

Williams was not his father, Steven had put himself at the risk of death, because of a stranger. Steven had opened my eyes to an entirely view of life. I had truly never met a man, to have love, purer than Steven does. He put his life on the line, over and again and also had remained so loyal to Brian, even after knowing that they weren't blood related, the whole while. Steven had the purest heart that there was and at this point, I considered him an angel. His heart was too pure to be human. There was no way anyone was going to convince me otherwise.

I drop my hands into my lap and look at Steven, completely disappointed. “What?” I say, quietly. Steven shrugs. “I mean, schools all about figuring out what your good at and turning that into a career right?” He says. He’s talking to me as if he’d talk about physics. “I can’t say much about your combat skills but I’d say any future in that field is about as promising as one in physics for you.” I can’t move. I can’t say anything. I’m glued to my chair in shock and silence. I just stare at Steven as he goes on. He still sounds genuine.

I, Riley David, the girl who pulled the strings of a vengeance against the mafia, was stammering like a silly schoolgirl in front of a sports specimen. "Hi... yes, I'm Riley. The... the pleasure is mine," I stammered. I tried to recover my mask of sufficiency, but having this specimen so close was liquefying my brain. "Nice to meet you, Steven. I didn't know the Space Mechanics geniuses came out to sunbathe." Steven let out a low laugh, a warm sound that made the hairs on my arms stand up. "Only when the company is worth it, Riley," he responded, his smile widening as he released my hand with a tortuous slowness.

Levi worsened his madness thinking he was explaining the situation. "Shut up!" Steven shouted furiously. Changing his tone to low and rough, he growled firmly, "I'm not a normal human to believe this stupidity! It's only Abby. She is the only one I have let touch me. This stupid footage seems edited!" "If you're that confident, then it must be Clara's game to get you from Madam Abby." Levi shared his opinion. "She's more than I thought; I should've been careful with her." Steven regretted his mistake realizing how cruel Clara was.

As soon as Steven saw where they were, he made a beeline for Sandra and opened his arms for a hug which a stunned Sandra obliged. “Hi. How are you?” Steven said, once he pulled back and grinned at Sandra. “I'm great, Steven. It's nice to see you.” She responded, stroking his arm. “ And thank you so much for your help on that small matter. Your idea was brilliant!” Steven said. Marie looked from Steven to Sandra as they rambled on, waiting for them to cue her in. What alternate universe was this, and what brilliant idea had her best friend given her husband that she didn't know about?