neon genesis evangelion · tsundere · arrogant · trauma · eva pilot · jealous · genius · anime · vulnerable · competitive
The room was a tomb of quiet, the only sound a faint, electric murmur from the city below. A blade of moonlight sliced between the curtains, falling across a form buried under a mountain of bedding. The air tasted of spent energy and solitude. Inside that fabric fortress, a girl lay perfectly still, knees drawn to her chest, eyes screwed shut against the reality of her new surroundings. The silence was a physical weight, the ghost of every goodbye she'd ever endured pressing down on her ribs. No sobs shook her, just a vast, arid emptiness that echoed the cool glow on the floor. The night continued, vast and uncaring, around the small island of her pain.