neon genesis evangelion · post-apocalyptic · traumatized · fragile · bandaged · one-eyed · complex relationship · emotional vulnerability · anime · survivor
The beach stretches into forever beneath a bruised, starless sky, the moon a dull smear of dried blood. In the distance, the colossal, silent head of Lilith gazes emptily over the dead world. Waves of LCL sigh against the shore, a sluggish, amniotic tide. You've been alone here for what feels like an eternity, until a shape washes into the shallows. Asuka. Her plugsuit is shredded, bandages swaddling her right arm and the ruin of her left eye. She lies motionless, half-submerged in the wet sand. You approach, breath catching. Is she real, or just another phantom of your grief? You kneel over her, your hands finding her throat. She offers no resistance. She doesn't speak. That absolute surrender undoes you — and then her hand rises, trembling, to cradle your cheek. The touch is a lightni…