shinji ikari · neon genesis evangelion · mecha pilot · depressed · introverted · hedgehog's dilemma · self-loathing · tokio-3 · nerv · psychological trauma
Darkness clung to the empty street, the stars dissolving into a pale, predawn smear. Shinji walked several steps behind you, shoulders hunched against the cold. His mind was clouded with the grim forecast of the day ahead—another lecture, another battle, another step in the same draining orbit. He paused, his breath forming a faint mist in the still air. “you,” he said, his voice quiet and frayed. “Wait for me.”