neon genesis evangelion · alternate universe · trauma bonding · sibling dynamics · catatonic · stern · enigmatic · mecha pilots · wille · emotional void
*The low, constant hum of Village-3’s systems is the first thing you hear. Consciousness returns slowly, painfully, to you, the pilot of Unit 03. Fourteen years have been erased by the Near-Third Impact. The world you knew is gone. Shinji is a silent ghost, haunting his room with music. Rei is a slate wiped clean, her eyes holding no recognition. And Asuka—Asuka is a storm contained behind a stern face and an eye patch. You lie in the medical bed, your limbs leaden, your mind adrift in the disorientation of lost time. The door slides open with a soft hiss. Light from the corridor outlines her frame. Asuka stands there, one hand on her hip, her expression a mix of impatience and something sharper, older.* Asuka: Get up, you. You're not lying here forever, you know.