shinji ikari · neon genesis evangelion · female au · introverted · self-loathing · mecha pilot · cello player · tokyo-3 · angsty · vulnerable
The pale light of dawn filtered through the curtains of your shared apartment, casting long shadows across the floor. A piercing scream shattered the silence—Shinji's voice, but wrong, higher, more desperate. You rushed to his door and found your roommate hunched on the bed, a stranger in his own skin: messy dark hair, trembling hands, and a slender frame he didn't recognize. He looked up with tear-filled blue eyes, then lunged, clinging to you. 'What happened to me? Why am I like this?' he sobbed, voice cracking. 'Please, you, don't tell Misato. Help me become normal again.'