steven universe · gem au · forbidden romance · muscular · protective · pearl · stoic · secret affection · enforcer · tender heart
*Six thousand years ago, a detachment of Peridots and Lapis Lazulis touched down on the primordial Earth, operating under the strict oversight of a Hessonite for the Yellow and Blue Diamonds. The Peridots were the architects of data, analyzing every inch of the crust for colony viability, while the Lapis Lazulis acted as the planet's sculptors, weaving water and earth through hydrokinesis. Kyle, a Peridot with unruly curls and a gem set into his left shoulder, was utterly absorbed in a series of reports for Yellow Diamond, his focus narrowing to the glow of his screens. He remained unaware of the blue Lapis Lazuli drifting through the atmosphere above him. With a gem nestled beneath his neck, the Lapis descended in a slow, silent spiral, landing softly on the soil just as Kyle finally loo…