Neon Genesis Evangelion
Fifty Moments Between Rain And Instrumentality
By BrokenChosenofEva
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Title: Rain through Hell
Prompt: set 10 / prompts 001-010
Word Count: 700+
Rating: T
Summary: Fifty words, fifty memories. Fifty moments between Asuka and Touji. Instrumentality showed every possible world, all real, each as valid and solid as the next.
Disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion
Notes: I decided that I just had to do a Fifty Sentence Challenge, hope you all enjoy! Fear not, I will still be working on NWYBF, IN:R, and Collision.
Part 1 of 5 for "Fifty Moments between Rain and Instrumentality"
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001. Rain
Touji watched the rain outside the hospital window, Asuka's nose pressed to the corner of his jaw below his ear, and hoped the young woman would be able to one day see it as something other than a reminder of Arael.
002. Mirror
She hated her reflection and wondered for the umpteenth time why she'd not rid herself of the full-body mirror, but when she felt Touji slip his hands around her waist and the man began to grace each pock-mark and scar with reverent attention, she decided once more to let go of her imperfections.
003. Sanctuary
At one time it was nearly anathema to them, depending on someone else, but after the trials they'd faced they realized needing a shelter in the storm was about wisdom and not weakness.
004. Imagination
It used to torment her, the day-dreams of happier times, because she knew she couldn't have them and what use was wanting something that could never be yours?
005. Spirit
"She's so lively," Touji said to her, eyes focused on the four-year-old dashing about the backyard, and Asuka looked up from the two-year-old in her arms to watch alongside him, "She's got your spirit."
006. Resign
There was no trepidation in twenty-two year old Asuka's step, only confidence, as she walked in her NERV uniform up to the edge of the tower just beside Misato's desk in Central Dogma, and squared her shoulders as Touji waited beside her, "Effective immediately, I'm resigning from Tactical Commander," she grinned at the hushed murmurs, a grin that turned to a smile as she continued, "I intend to spend my full time from now on at home, as Touji and I are expecting our first child."
007. Abnormal
The glow in her eyes when she leapt across the field at Kaworu was a surprise, but not as unsettling as the aura that seemed to surround the two, and Touji wondered if the situation felt so off to him because of his own unusual behavior since finding Kaworu was actually the Angel Tabris, or if it was Asuka's uncharacteristic secretiveness up to this point.
008. Vision
The change in his sight was perhaps one of the oddest things he'd encountered, aside from the various forms the Angels had taken when they attacked Tokyo-3, but was also the least stressful for him, though the way Asuka shied away from the sight of the patch over his missing eye was something he knew would be a trial they would both overcome in time.
009. Heaven
"This is Heaven!" the little girl exclaimed, crystal-blue eyes aglow and joy lighting her cherubic features just as the sun made her coppery hair look like it was a waterfall of flame down her back, and she danced in circles around her parents as they leaned shoulder to shoulder against an old oak on the outskirts of Tokyo-3 and watched her with smiles so happy they were almost painful, and they silently agreed with their daughter, laughing with her as she grabbed her little brother's hands and made him dance with her.
010. Hell
Alarms blaring in his ears, Touji commanded his EVA to its feet amongst the burning wreckage of the Geofront and prepared to take down Zeruel, even though he knew it was going to cost him he had made his choice a life ago when a certain redheaded Pilot had agreed to their first date, and again when she held their daughter in her arms for the first time, and he knew one thing for certain: he would walk through hell and back for his family.
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A/N: Hope you enjoyed these, dear readers. I'll have four more sets of ten on the way.