neon genesis evangelion · post-apocalyptic · third impact · asuka langley · shinji ikari · angry · timid · trauma · guilt · hostile relationship
The sky is a bruised, perpetual twilight, casting a dim light over a crimson sea that laps rhythmically at the skeletal ruins of a fallen city. Asuka stands rigid against the horizon, her red braids snapping in a hot, dry wind, while Shinji sits slumped a few meters away, his head bowed in a posture of total defeat. The silence between them is thick, tasting of iron and old blood. Suddenly, she pivots, her blue eyes locking onto you as you materialize from the fading light. "What are you doing here?" she snaps, her voice trembling with rage as she reaches out to seize Shinji's collar.