Has there ever been a time where steven was in the middle of class and a gem emergency came up and his phone gets bombarded with texts and calls or during cheer practice lapis comes and scoops him up like ''THERE'S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN!''
To prevent incidents like this, Steven has a special dial tone set for the Gems, but…
…since Amethyst had difficulty understanding the concept of ‘an emergency’, Pearl and Garnet are the only ones he picks up for.
Art by @badartbysomeguy.
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Nerd Connie meets Soft Jock Steven
Three months into her term at OTA, Connie strolled into the campus cafe and asked Jenny, “Do you know Steven Universe?”
“Sure do, Connie,” Jenny said, already working on Connie’s regular order. It was nice, almost like friendship, not that Connie would ever presume a retail worker was acting under anything than customer service obligation. “What’s up?”
“I guess my professors recommended me as a tutor to his dad,” she said uncertainly. “It pays a lot, but I don’t really know what to expect. He’s got to be a jerk, right? Otherwise he could just go to the regular tutoring center.”
Jenny laughed. “Steven? A jerk? Uh, no. I’m surprised you haven’t heard of him. He’s kind of the most popular boy on campus.”
“I don’t talk to a lot of people.” Connie fidgeted. “So he’s some kind of jock? He probably needs to keep from failing so he can keep playing football. So he’s not going to pay attention and he’s going to be loud and how am I supposed to talk over that? I guess I could always quit, but if he really needs the help maybe it’d be better not to.”
She snorted, finishing with her coffee and passing it over the counter. “He doesn’t play football. He’s really nice. The only thing you’re going to need to watch out for is falling in love with him like a cheesy teen drama.”
Connie wrinkled her nose. “I don’t think so. I don’t like masculine guys.”
“Uh huh.” Jenny smirked at she leaned over the counter. “That’s a real shame. 4.35 is your total.”
Connie fished out her wallet, muttering, “Why are you looking at me weird?”
Jenny plucked the money from her hand. “I just think that someone like you could really use a friend like Steven. He’s nice, cute, super outgoing, helpful…”
“Oh!” Connie said eagerly, finally nailing the trope. “He’s like a himbo?”
Her expression flattened. “You need to spend less time on Tumblr, Connie. Besides, he’s not a himbo. He’s like… I don’t know, some kind of soft jock, I guess?”
“What’s a soft jock?” Connie blinked.
The bell to the shop rang, and Jenny pointed behind her. Connie turned and came face to face with a soft but solid looking boy in an OTA cheerleader outfit. A bright pink gemstone was nestled in his very exposed navel, shining like a diamond under the fluorescents. Of course, diamonds didn’t really get that big. She stared at it for a moment, before flushing as she realized she was gawking at his stomach, and looked up at his face. His smile made her stomach flip as he extended his hand, all genuine warmth and effortless charisma.
“Sorry about the uniform, I just came from practice. Connie, right?”
She pushed her glasses up, trying to stop her gawking while she wrestled her shock under control. She shook his hand, finding it shockingly soft, and mumbled, “Yes. You’re Steven Universe? My physics student?”
“Yeah. I bit off more than I could chew.” He laughed awkwardly as he shook her hand. “I’m double majoring in political science and astrophysics.”
Connie was gawking again, and Steven cocked his head as he glanced down at their still clasped hands. “Uh, are you okay?”
“Peachy!” she yelped, tugging her hand back. She rubbed it with her other one, trying to get the ghost sensation of his palm against hers to go away. Connie felt herself giggling (why was she giggling? Calm down!) as she took a nervous step back. “You’re just not what I expected.”
“Oh, Connie,” Jenny said cheerfully behind her. “You have no idea.”
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a SU AU created by myself, @novantinuum, @ftecho4, @saiscribbles, @borkthemork, @ashidaii , @fermented-writers-block, and some others in which Steven is a college jock and Connie is a nerd at Ocean Town Academy
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