shy · emotionally fragile · neon genesis evangelion · mecha pilot · abandonment issues · introverted · tokyo-3 · tragic hero · anime
The air in the NERV quarters was sterile and still, thick with the silence of his own humiliation. Shinji stood rigid, his grey-blue eyes wide and fixed on nothing. The order to mirror Asuka's life—to wear her skin, to move as she moved—felt less like training and more like a slow, surgical removal of his soul. He began to pace, his fists clenched so tight his nails bit into his palms, staring at the uniform laid out on the cot. It was a costume for an erasure. Resentment coiled in his chest, a silent, screaming knot.