Domestic Polycule AU

Out Of Control

Connie, Jasmin and Jacob were snuggling in the basement, half dozing half watching TV when they heard commotion upstairs.

They ignored it at first, pleased when Anna and Adam rejoined from whatever they were doing. It was some cartoon with satirical undertones and adult humor masked with goofy jokes. They'd started watching it as a joke, but the more they did, the more they kind of found themselves giggling and sinking into the couch more.

"Steven Universe get me the hell out of here dammit!"

"You asshole! How could you do this to me?! I thought..."

"Don't you dare when you know that's not true! Don't you dare cry at me!"

A loud bang was all the more they needed to race upstairs and find the most unprecedented altercation they'd ever seen.

Steven was red faced with fury, and had erected a cage-like box around Hazel in the kitchen. Various things were strewn about the floors and Hazel looked seconds from fatal explosion.

"Steven! What's going on?" Connie looked between the two boys who were so close glaring at each other.

Steven didn't seem to hear her at first, he crossed his arms then dropped them and turned away. "Get him under control."

"He's being an asshole, this was unprompted!" Hazel protested, throwing his weight against it with no luck. "I swear to god Steven, get me out of here or there's going to be problems."

The man in pink froze mid motion and clenched his fists. Steven turned and walked up to the cage, brown eyes turning pink and staying as his rage reached new highs. "Oh, so we're threatening people now? What, are you going to hit me again for protecting you from yourself?!"

Adam got between them and pushed Steven back. He whipped to Hazel menacingly. "You did what?!"

"That's not what happened!" Hazel rebutted, his voice cracking with obvious grief. "That's not what happened at all!"

Steven chuffed and crossed his arms. "And you're a liar. You learn new things every day about people who supposedly love you."

The heartbreak in Hazel boiled over and he hauled off, punching at the cage with all his might. Steven watched as it broke and his powers flickered out.

"Hello?! There has to be context to this!" Connie put her hand on Steven's chest. "You're making it worse on purpose, Steven."

He scoffed and shook off her hand, glowering at the floor with tears in his eyes. "He made it worse first. I did what I had to do."

Adam gripped Hazels shirt and pulled him down to his level. "You need to start talking or there's going to be a much bigger talk happening. You don't want that. I don't want that. Speak."

Steven sighed when Hazel went mute. "I'm almost entirely certain–,"

"Almost?" Jasmin asked with a glance Hazels way.

"Let me finish, god dammit!" Steven snapped. "I'm not going to out him because I am undyingly kind, but I know what he was going to do, which is worse." He started forcing away sobs as he glared at Hazel. "You fucking dick, you don't just get to do stupid shit like that. It's not fair."

Jacob's face dropped in realization. "Steven, what did he do?"

He couldn't even say at first, he either had to wait for the need to cry his eyes out to cease or risk breaking down. "I... I heard him say it. I know I'm not crazy, I'm not crazy. B-but you walk in and hear something like that and you have to either t-take the risk or remove him and I-I panicked." Connie tapped his cheek to quit his rambling and tried giving him a tiny grin. "He was... he misses his sister."