One of the weakest ones, mainly because I couldn't really fit the song with Shinji, but, since the other ones are there, this one should be too. My headcanon says that Shinji has a guilt complex over what happened with the Vizards, and, to atone for it, he does his hardest to help everyone cope - often forgoing his own feelings in the process.
Drabble's based on A Quiet Mind, by Blue October.
No one's ever asked him to do anything.
No one's ever asked him to reverse his scowl into a smile, to cut his hair before anyone else to show them they need to adapt, to always have a joke and a promise of revenge on his lips.
He does it anyway, and sometimes he can feel himself slowly crumbling under the pressure, under the burden of what he thinks (he's sure) is his fault.
It never shows.
And yet – yet it must show, because sometimes they are silent, and they smile, and it's the only thing he needs to stay sane.
Thank you for reading it!
