Drift Together AU

What if Steven and his gem half were separated at birth? What if one ended up in the foster system and the other ended up living the life of the Savior of the Universe? And what if they both ended up at the same shitty highschool?

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Hello! Welcome to my side blog for Drift Together! My main blog is @gaudess-schmoddess, although it is 99% shitposts and reblogs.

The main point of this blog is to make sure that all of the junk related to this AU is in one spot and that it's easily accessible!

For the ask box, you can either ask me questions or direct them at the characters! I will draw a response from them! I will try my best to avoid spoilers though!

Drift Together in it's entirety can be read here!

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - High School, Hurt/Comfort, Jerks to Lovers, And they were science partners, Split at Birth, Slow Burn, family trauma, Fluff and Humor, Digital Art, This slowburn is so slow it's a single ember in a damp fire pit, Mentions of Past Abuse/Neglect, Romantic Fluff, Emo Steven Universe, Slight Connverse, Recreational Drug Use, Teen Angst, Panic Attacks, Found Family

Summary: Separated at birth, Steven and his gem, renamed Floret, find themselves living vastly different lives. While Floret enjoys the familiarity of Greg and the Crystal Gems, Steven goes through the unpredictable rollercoaster of foster care and ends up living with the Onion Family. After they unexpectedly reunite in high school, their paths are once again intertwined though neither of them realize it.

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Don't think I posted this one,,, @drift-together-au behold. Your gay loser is here

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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE It's my guy!!!!!!! I love it so so much <333

I love how miserable he looks to be in love Thank you thank youuu

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Sure Steven. Suuuuuuure.

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Fanartpalooza for @unixxverse!

He's so sparkly and pretty! Big fan of the art style for this AU <3

I know that his design got changed, but I had this sketched at the beginning of the month and I didn't wanna waste it TwT

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter 36 is out! It's a fun one <3

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Fanartpalooza for @twiniverse!

The twins are gossipinggggg!! I love this comic and everyone should go read it

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Some sketches in between chappies. I like dressing them up even if it gives Floret trauma lol

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Hi, maybe my question is a bit silly, but Did the person who abandoned Steven do so with the intention of getting rid of him?

Hmm... the intention was that he wouldn't be *there*. He wasn't supposed to have as hard of a life as he did, but he wasn't supposed to come back to Beach City.

In a way, yes they were getting rid of him, but it wasn't intentionally malicious, they didn't want to cause harm. They just didn't want him there.

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Fanartpalooza for @empanadastheresurrection!

I love how unique the dynamic between these two is! It always brings a smile to my face when I see them <3

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Fanartpalooza for @nora-and-pastel!

I love this fic so far! I've barely started reading this one but it's so cute and I know it's gonna break my heart at some point <33

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Fanartpalooza for @the-reader22!

I love his design so much he's so cool looking <333

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I know this is more of a spoiler-related question, but can we expect for Steven’s true home (the gems and Greg) to actually have moments to make up for what happened? Or is it just a Floret and Steven thing for this fic?

I'll try and be vague, but there will definitely be some bonding moments between the gems and Steven once things start unraveling.

Steven does not feel as... connected to the gems as family in the same way Floret is; his family is Vidalia, Onion, Sour Cream, and Yellowtail. Greg is a lot more easy to fit into his family dynamic since he's already friends with Vidalia and is in a lot of photos with them.

Steven's also quick to bond with Amethyst because of Vidalia's fondness for her and how similar this Steven and Amethsyt are in general.

Garnet and Pearl are much more... foreign to Steven? Like they are nice to him but he doesn't know them or have any frame of reference for who they are as people other than what Floret says, which, he doesn't really say anything negative about Garnet, ever. Pearl seems to be the one he's constantly talking bad about, which gives Steven the impression that he wouldn't really like her; plus her aversion to him in general doesn't help.

If you're looking for the fic to switch and be more about Steven bonding with the gems and Greg once they find out and less about their individual lives + their relationship, that won't happen. But there will be moments between characters that aren't just Steven and Floret for sure.

There's a cute Christmas-party chapter I have planned that will have a bunch of characters interacting. I have a scene in mind of Steven and Lapis interacting as well.

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I tried to make it look like a photo with flash on, but I dunno how successful I was. He's still pretty putting on makeup though, my lil emo boy <3

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drew the @drift-together-au boys bc they're precious and i love them

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My BABIESSSS UWU they look soooo cute asgddhdjgkgl I love the coloring it's so pretty 💖💖💖✨️✨️✨️

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Fanartpalooza for @cristaformanimations!

I think his design is so prettyyyyyy!! i love all of the roses <3