Fandom: Steven Universe
Ship: Lapis/Peridot
A/N: I don't know where I came up with the idea. I think I just wanted to try writing this pairing and then realized that anything else I would write would be OOC and I wasn't really feeling it afterwards. College AU. Warning for drug use.
Peridot closed the door behind her, the reverberations of the party outside beat at her back. Boisterous laughter, slurred words, and music, too loud and tasteless; she was glad to escape the brunt of it. To be able to retreat back to her room, alone.
She only went outside to use the restroom after holding it in for forty minutes she relented and braved the party her roommate Jasper was hosting. Peridot had no say in this, and only learned of it that afternoon when Jasper came home with five cartons of beer and ziplocked bags half full of white powder and pills.
Jasper had followed Peridot's glance at the beer and drugs. "What? You gotta big test tomorrow?"
It was Friday.
They both knew that. And Peridot was oddly enough, not bogged down with assignments, though she fully intended to study in between rounds of Starcraft.
"Your friends are loud." She snidely commented, glad that she didn't keep any of her belongings outside of her room.
"Loud." She complained, stomping away from the door. She sat back down in front of her computer and planned to plant herself there for the rest of the night. She began to reach for her noise canceling headphones when she heard the door creak.
Shit. She thought. Did I really just forget to lock the door? She rose part way, then the door swung open and someone amidst the crowd stumbled inside.
Peridot jumped up, panic rising in her body, afraid others would follow. "Close the door!" She shouted, though she meant to tell the intruder to leave also. Maybe she should have said : "go away" But she doubted the person would listen, she was amazed the woman listened and closed the door behind her.
Her body was loose, arms hanging sloppily at her sides and head crooked. She could pass as groggy but Peridot knew she was high. She wasn't drunk, her breath was sweet.
Her hair was dyed, a pale, almost greenish blue. It was faded and Peridot imagined a few weeks ago it was crisp cornflower blue. Now the colour was faded and the roots were showing. Originally a brunette.
She leaned against Peridot, the ends of her hair dusting her shoulders. Her hair looked soft but over dyed, stiff as straw.
Peridot looked down at the woman, too close for comfort, and knit her brows, "get out."
A giggle bubbled out of the blue haired woman's throat, foggy eyes seeming to look over Peridot's shoulder. She slowly unraveled herself from Peridot, then looked around the room, at all the humming computers.
"It's hot in here." She whispered.
"Please keep your clothes on."
She was pretty, but she was a stranger.
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A/N: Original plan was for them to "have a moment" or Peridot is about to kick her out of her room, and then, realizes that's too dangerous for Lapis in the state she's in. So she lets her stay in her room and Lapis falls asleep in her lap while she plays on her computer.