Letters to a Child
An Evangelion fic
By Kei Masaki
Eva ain't my property. By now you people should know who it DOES belong to ^^.

Hi there.
You know, I don't even know what you look like yet. Hell you're not even conceived inside your mother yet. Only in my mind. Your features could be German, or, American, or plain old Japanese.
I'm not entirely sure why I'm doing this. Maybe because I would have liked to have seen something like this from your grandparents. I've never really felt their love, mind you, and there are times when what you need is something that you can't quite describe in words.
So. I am your father. Ikari Shinji, "Shinji" to most people. Your mother has other names for me; I shouldn't really address that right now.
Your mother? Soryu Asuka Langley, "Asuka" to most people. Yes, there are other names for her, too. No, I will not discuss them--you're way too young to hear them.
What do I do? Not too much of anything. Academics-wise, I'm winding up my time at Tokyo-3 College, where I am.... okay, I'm rambling. Sorry, this is my first time writing to an unborn child.
Uh-boy. What was it I was trying to say? Oh yeah.
I love you. Both your mother and I do. More than life, as much as each other. This does not mean, of course, that we'll never fight. That has been the role of parent and child since time immemorial. We will disagree. But I will promise you this. We will never be disappointed in you, and we will always love you.
Was that it? Well, that was the main point. There's a lot more I wanted to say. Funny how it all trickles away when you sit down to write, but the words suddenly appear when you can't do anything about them.
I'll write you again, soon. Right now I'd better get back to bed. It would be hard to explain something like this to your mother--she'd probably just chuckle and say "baka Shinji" softly.
Good night.
Love, your father,
Ikari Shinji.

This was adapted from a literal letter to my own child. Like Shinji's, the child is little more than imaginary right now. But one day....