Garnet doesn't get emotional.

Even when she Sees the death of her friends, she remains stoic as ever. Likewise, in reality, when Pearl disappears in a flash of blue smoke, it doesn't bother her...visibly. When Amethyst falls, she only now allows herself to appear concerned. But when she looks down and sees the broken remains of a tiny pink gem on the ground at her feet, she drops to her knees. The ground shook around her. It was happening.

"No. No no no no no...This can't be happening! I-it's too early!"

Whose voice was that? It didn't matter. Their gem shattered too. It didn't take long. Garnet was alone

Then the huge thing, the...abomination before her started to glow. Her respective halves fell to the ground.

Ruby fell first. Something huge fell on her-it didn't matter what it was. Sapphire was alone. Everything was gone.

The ground started to break apart. Then the fires started. The entire world shattered into millions of tiny pieces. The last thing Sapphire saw before her gem shattered, joining the Cluster, was a huge, achingly familiar eye opening before her.

And then...

She joined the people she loved.

"Garnet!"

"...Garnet? Are you alright?"

Garnet opened her eyes, closed her third. That was just a vision. But...how? It completely surprised her, came unbidden, took her off guard...

She looked up from the ground. A two-month pregnant Rose stands before her, worry showing in every line of her face. Pearl stood nearby, Amethyst tucked neatly under her arm.

"Garnet? You looked like you were...are you...well, are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine..." Garnet manages to say, although the pain from her injuries in the Vision still seems to linger, both physical and emotional. Her hands are trembling as she realizes that, for the first time in almost three thousand years, she had thought a Vision was reality.

Rose, eyes widening slightly, took a step forward, reaching out with her right hand, her fingers just barely brushing Garnet's face. "Garnet...you're crying."

Garnet took a step back, as if in disbelief, stood still for a second, then darted for the warp pad. She warped to the only place she can think of-the sky arena. Rose's voice just barely reached her ears, calling her name, Pearl giving an exclamation of disbelief, Amethyst saying something indistinguishable from the sound of the Warp Pad activating.

Rose stood still for a moment. Garnet never acted like this. She was kind, she was embarrassed when she did something wrong, but...She only cried when something truly horrible happened. Although...maybe she's better at hiding her emotions than Rose thought.

Amethyst was the first to speak. "What the heck?"

"I don't know, Amethyst...this has never happened before..." Pearl responded, her voice sounding less worried than confused.

Rose lowered her hand from her vague attempt to stop the gem from leaving. "I think I know where she went. I'm going to talk to her." In response to this, Pearl gave a small jump, dropping Amethyst to the ground. "But-Rose! You know she gets when she's having a hard time!"

Rose turned to face the smaller gem. "I know. I've known her a good seven thousand years, Pearl. But I also know that she could get hurt." Her eyes softened, the cold, overprotective light fading. "I'll be fine."

Pearl blinked, looking at the floor. "Er...Sorry, I-"

Rose was already gone.

The sky arena was decrepit. Rose looked up at the crumbling diamonds hovering in the air-and turned away, swiftly walking up the stairs. As she rounded the bend into the flat, open area, both her guesses and her fears were confirmed.

Garnet was leaning against one of the pillars, knees pulled up to her chest. The evening light cast deep shadows, almost hiding Garnet from Rose's sight.

She walked up to Garnet, and paused when she realized that Garnet was whispering a jerky, awkward conversation that barely went past her own words.

"That had to have been Rose's son."

"Well, yeah, but that's the only time that-"

"Ruby, I-I thought that it was real. How could I have."

"That's the farthest ahead that we've seen. That won't happen until hell freezes over!"

"You've met me, Ruby-"

Rose judged this a good time to intervene. Garnet's outline was flickering. She was clearly struggling to stay fused.

"Garnet."

The fusion started and looked up. Rose realized that her eyes were uncovered-probably Ruby's fault. "R-Rose. I'm...sorry, I-"

Rose knelt next to Garnet, putting her hands on her shoulders. "Why on Earth are you apologizing? You saw something horrible. That's no reason to be apologetic."

Garnet blinked, her eyes damp. Maybe it was just a trick of the light, but she looked like she had seen something that shook her to the core. If Ruby and Sapphire were conscious enough to use her as a mouthpiece...then this was something to worry about.

"I...it had to be over a decade from now. I-I thought it was real. Everyone and everything just-suddenly-that thing, that abomination, just-It was hell. Complete hell."

Rose sat and listened as Garnet regained her composure and explained her Vision. How it came unbidden. How she panicked. How she actually felt the pain of her injuries, how she still felt it a tiny bit, even after the Vision ended.

Rose didn't try to say anything. She would ask more later. Now she just reached out, resting her hand on Garnet's cheek as she started to cry once more. Garnet had thought talking would make it better. Instead it made it ten times worse.

For once, Rose wasn't sure what to say to comfort her friend. She remained silent, and just reached out her other hand. She pulled Garnet close-she could feel Garnet's shock, how her shoulders stiffened, relaxed, and started shaking.

On that quiet night, long before Homeworld started watching Earth once more, before Lapis Lazuli gave up her freedom once more, before Peridot was willing to talk...

Garnet sobbed silently into Rose Quartz's shoulder for the first and last time. It felt like an eternity to Rose. She had never seen Garnet this upset before, never seen her emotions shatter like this. It scared her, really. But she didn't mind.

Twelve long years later, as the small version of the Cluster stood before her, she was suddenly reminded of that night. A month or two after that, Peridot looked up at the Crystal gems, said she was willing to discuss the Cluster...

Residual fear crept into Garnet's mind.

I've only seen one or two fics based around Rose and Garnet, so here ya go! Unlike my other SU fic, this is mostly canon.

I cannot write feels to save my life.