I hope I wrote our favorite space Dorito correctly. This story is mostly fluff. I sadly do not own Steven Universe
"WHAT!" exclaimed Steven into the communicator. He and Connie we on the newly constructed moon base over on the artificial moon orbiting venus overseeing the new batch of fire agates in the prime kindergarten. Mega Pearl had called him on the diamond communicator to tell him that his father and Blue Diamond were going to have a kid.
"I thought Rose was the love of your Dad's life?" said Connie, confused
"I guess they've been dating in secret for about a year now and Blue just announced her plan to the other Diamonds," said Mega Pearl
"Aw Yeah man you're going to be a big brother!" interjected Amethyst coming into the view screen
"That's going to be an awkward age gap," said Connie
"Tell me about it, at least a baby sibling will be good practice for us for when we have our own kids," said Steven. Connie pounced on him, kissing her husband
"Get a room you two," amethyst made a face but winked at them
"We're almost 100 million miles from you guys," said Steven
"We'll don't come back very soon, Blue diamond has been introduced to chocolate ice cream and I don't think the world has enough of it for her," said Mega pearl before closing the comlink.
"How are we doing on food?" asked Steven
"At least another month's worth of food and water, but we could always warp to the zoo ship and get more, isn't that in orbit around Saturn at the moment, aren't they now an intergalactic cruise for humans and gems?" said Connie looking at their supplies
"Oh yeah, Ronaldo jumped at the chance for a space cruise," laughed Steven. The comlink suddenly activated again and this time it was yellow
"Steven, I heard about Blue and Greg, What exactly does a baby need, White and I are going to try to get homeworld ready for the child," said Yellow
"I'll send you some parenting manuals and child development reports," said Steven
"Steven we are definitely going to need your help, obviously your father can't use the warps alone so getting the child here for visits and eventually to take Blue's throne is going to be up to you," said White, coming into view. Steven nodded. Hoping he'd at least get some peace and quiet with Connie and time to process the fact that he was going to be a big brother once the Diamonds disconnected the link. Nope, this time it was a giggling Blue and his dad.
"Hey, Stu-ball, guess you've heard the news," said Greg
"I don't get it? I thought mom was the only woman in the universe you'd ever love," said Steven
"Blue and I connected over our love for your mom, we became friends first and then things just Kind of escalated from there, she's a lot like your mom in all the good ways, things just kind of happened," said Greg. Steven sighed
"Dad, you're 50 now, are you sure you'll have the energy to keep up with another half gem baby?" asked Steven
"I may be getting older kiddo but I still got plenty of energy," said Greg
"Have you two thought of names yet?" asked Connie
"We were thinking Hope for a girl and Jason for a boy," said Blue, still giggling
"Ok well, Connie and I will be home in a month, have fun," said Steven, disconnecting the comlink and putting it on Do not disturb.
"Finally, I have my diamond to myself," said Connie coming over and pulling him into her arms
"You are the only person in the universe that can call me that," said Steven holding her tightly
"We better send yellow those parenting studies," said Connie
"In a bit, I want to hold you more," said Steven, he carried her to their throne and they turned off the screen so they could look at the planet below them.
"Wait till the people at school find out I'm the queen of six planets," giggled Connie, she was 19 and going to college in the fall,
"The Miss Universe competition is going to need to be canceled this year because Mrs. Universe will beat any contestant by a landslide," said Steven
"Steven I'm not a supermodel," laughed Connie
"You're right, you're my supermodel," said Steven. Connie burst into giggles
"Have you been taking flattery lessons from ruby again?" giggled Connie
"Well they have been a couple for thousands of years, they obviously know some tricks," said Steven.
"Now that we're alone…" started Connie, before Steven captured her in a kiss. Suddenly the communicator buzzed.
"Are you kidding me? I put it on do not disturb," groaned Steven,
"Who's capable of bypassing the setting?" asked Connie
"Peridot, what do you want," exclaimed Steven answering the call
" Steven! Finally, it took me five tries to get through your settings," said Peridot
"That's because I didn't want to be bothered," said Steven, exasperated
"Why wouldn't you want to talk to the great and loveable peridot?" said Peridot,
"Because… I… Oh never mind, what did you want?" asked Steven, sliding his hand down his face in annoyance, Connie latched herself onto his other arm.
"Ok One, What's a baby? And Two, Lapis and I fused," said Peridot
"Wait What?" asked Steven
"I THOUGHT YOU'D KNOW WHAT A BABY IS!" exclaimed Peridot
"No, The other thing," said Steven
"Oh yeah, Lapsi and I actually might make Hemimorphite permanent," said Peridot, a light blush on her cheeks. Steven just stood there slack-jawed
"Now answer my question! What's a baby?"
"You have the internet Peri, look it up," said Steven, he sat back down on his throne, to try and process everything. First His dad being in a relationship with blue, then finding out he was going to be a brother, now Lapis finally getting comfortable enough to fuse, then the revelation she might fuse permanently with Peridot, it was too much.
"Peridot, the do not disturb setting was on because Steven and I wanted to be alone for a while, please never bypass it again," said Connie before closing the communicator and re-establishing the Do Not Disturb setting. She went over to Steven and started rubbing his shoulders
"Well, I think that's enough shocks for one day," said Connie softly, she sat on his lap and rested her head on his chest. She felt his arms wrap around her, like being wrapped in the warmest, tightest blanket ever. She cuddled into him, getting lost in thought as he instructed ships of Lapis lazulies to begin terraforming Venus. Connie had her own throne on each of their moon bases but she preferred sitting on Steven's lap instead of an uncomfortable chair. She remembered the first time they had cuddled as a couple, curled up on Steven's bed, watching the only horror movie Steven liked, Fangs of Love. How every romantic scene would cause Steven to hold her tighter or kiss the top of her head. She smiled contently, listening to his heartbeat. She knew he was going to be an amazing big brother, and eventually an amazing father. Her smile widened at the thought of having a family with Steven.
"Is my strawberry happy?" asked Steven, noticing her grin and her eyes closed as she was cuddled into him,
"Yes, you're comfy," said Connie. Steven chuckled and held her tighter.
"My Connie," he whispered as he kissed the top of her head.
"My Steven," she said as she snuggled closer to him.