MALADAPTIVE ((HIATUS

Pearl: Once would be nice, Lapis.

Lapis: …

Blue Diamond: blocked

Lapis: wait no unblock me I have something important to tell you

Blue Diamond: unblocked

               “DID IT EVER…GET EASIER? TO BE ON EARTH?”     the question is framed so softly that you find yourself unsure if she can even hear you. though you know she is not here, you still fear that your diamond could appear over your shoulder at any moment, eyes piercing and unforgiving. nevermind the fact that she has been happier than she has been in millennia…you are not pink diamond, and she will not treat you with any sort of mercy.     “apologies, i…i should not have asked.

          They were all disposable at the end of the day; Blue Diamond’s display of sentimental qualities seemingly reserved solely for Pink Diamond --- Steven.

          Her face betrays no emotion as she tilts the crown of her head, gives this pearl a long look as she considers the question asked of her. She could ignore her, simply play on those glaringly obvious nerves and walk away but, it would be senseless. Lapis’ ire --- her frustration and hurt had nothing to do with this gem; nothing to do with this skittish creature looking for a shred security. She understands where those worries spawn from, but Lapis is not one to coddle those she has no interest in.

          Instead she quirks her mouth, blinks slow as she speaks flat and firm. “ No. ” Is what she answers at first, lets her eyes flick away as her arms draw across the gentle curve of her chest. Still, she feels a twinge of guilt; pity perhaps for this pearl. Enough so that she finds herself continuing, finds herself reaching for something like hope as her fingers roll over the star on her clothes.. “ It didn’t --- not for a... long time. ” Lapis worries her lip between her teeth for a breath, stills in the silence of her words before looking back to Pearl with a fragile smile to curve of her lips. “ But... things change on Earth; for the better. ”

messi te quiero

Jasper wasn’t usually the one to come up with the ideas in this relationship, but it was fair to say that this was one of her better ones. In fact, it hadn’t been an idea so much as a comment on human frailty - Walking along the beach under the relentless, beating sun she couldn’t help but comment on how Gems were so much more capable of withstanding the heat than the many organics that dotted it.

And from that, she found herself in the lighthouse with Lapis, tying up the bow to the dress that had been picked out. “ You look wonderful. ” Comes the brusque comment, plain and simple as the rest of her speech. Yet the compliment is in the way she says it, low and with the smile she wears being entirely audible.

Once Lapis is entirely dressed up though, Jasper casts a look down at herself. Outward appearances never much mattered to her (  hence the lack of any change to her dress ) yet she can’t help but think it might be prudent to make the effort, just as the other had done.

Of course, she remained very absent a dress sense, beyond military uniform.

          The compliment cuts through the fog of her musings --- desire is perhaps a more apt term, has navy dust pretty along the gentle curve of her dimpling cheeks. Jasper has never been a wordsmith by any means but, Lapis can forgive her for it; finds herself enamored with the passion that underlines her tone, with the candid sincerity. She wishes she could be as forthright, but words sometimes still fail her; sometimes still aren’t enough.

          When she turns around to finally meet Jasper’s frame, and her subsequent question, there’s a smile working at her lips; her eyes a bright cerulean as she looks up from beneath the curtain of her bangs. Lapis only meets that look for a beat before her mischievous gaze work its way down the powerful and solid frame that makes up her partner. She pretends to think, hums and tuts under her breath as though in something of deep consideration. It’s an act, mostly, she has been rather certain of what she wishes to see Jasper in the moment the question spawned.

          Lapis gives a quick nod as she draws the heat of her gaze back up to those golden eyes, the curve of her lips entirely sly. It takes little time to find the clothes Lapis wants; tosses a pair of cut off shorts over her shoulder, folds the fabric of a teal green flannel over the curve of an arm, before finally fishing free a black bikini. She presents the articles of clothing to Jasper a moment later, half swimming in them with how large they are in her lithe arms, a grin cutting wide across her mouth. “ How do you feel about flannel? ”