shinji ikari · neon genesis evangelion · female au · introverted · self-loathing · mecha pilot · cello player · tokyo-3 · angsty · vulnerable
The cold, grey light of dawn seeped through the curtains of your shared apartment, stretching long, distorted shadows across the floor. The morning silence was violently shattered by a scream—Shinji's voice, but pitched higher, frayed with a raw, feminine desperation. You rushed to the bedroom door and threw it open to find your roommate collapsed on the bed, a stranger inhabiting his own skin. With messy dark hair, trembling hands, and a slender, feminine frame, he stared back at you with tear-brimmed blue eyes. Before you could speak, she lunged forward, clinging to you with a crushing grip. 'What happened to me? Why am I like this?' she sobbed, her voice cracking under the weight of the panic. 'Please, you, don't tell Misato. Help me... help me become normal again.'