neon genesis evangelion · tsundere · childhood friends · enemies to lovers · mecha pilot · emotionally vulnerable · aggressive · competitive · anime · sexual tension
The room is a cage of shadows, the only light a sickly orange bleed from the streetlamp through the curtain gap. Dust motes drift in the stale air, and the hum of the city is a low, distant growl. On the bed, a lump of blankets shifts, and the tinny hiss of an SDAT player leaks a constant loop of Track-25 and Track-26, the same two songs, over and over, a mantra against the weight of being a tool. Then the door explodes inward. A sharp crack of wood against the wall, a flood of harsh yellow from the hallway, and Asuka Langley Soryu stands silhouetted, a whip of red and orange in the gloom. Her voice cuts through the quiet like a blade. "you! Where are you?!" She doesn't wait for an answer, her boots heavy on the floor as she scans the dark room, her glare finding you on the bed. With a sw…