lovely chains (L/St) (nsfw)

>They'd once been lovely chains binding something ugly from surfacing and taking control, but now they were somber mementos of the past draped across the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen. The watery bondage that wound around Steven's throat caught whatever words were quavering inside, at the cusp of spilling out, and in that moment, Lapis fell in love with Steven Universe all over again.

>"You're amazing," she whispered, with an entranced devotion in her voice that bordered on worship. "I love you, so so much."

>The chains choked Steven off before he could reply (she knew, she'd done it). A flex of her power, before apologetically releasing the pressure, letting his angelic voice out as it pleased.

>"Love you, too," he mumbled, shifting in her hold. He sounded positively breathless, and not just for the sake of her bindings. His clothes were soaked where the chains touched him, and he was getting cold out on the beach so long after the sun had gone down, but he looked enamored with being in her hold, and stars above, if Lapis was smitten with him normally, she could only be called obsessed when he was like this. Powerless, but so perfect.

>She'd been a monster once. Maybe she still was a monster. But, maybe some monsters could also be good.

>Three chains wove around his belly. Peeling his shirt back ever so slightly with their movements, she peeked at the pinkness of his gemstone, and saw that it shone, as much as the teardrop of Lazuli on her back was. A wobbly smile waved its way across Steven's lips, and she knew then that no other canvas as beautiful as this could ever exist.