Code Red

by gloomymoodsandinspiration

Asuka, Shinji & Rei attempt to support each other through the mess that comes from their individual and collective traumas with a little help from their friends. (Primary tag is Complex-PTSD, also contains occasional silliness, canon-level violence, etc).

3. Preludes: Hikari : Aftermath I

Asuka waited until she was sure she was out of both hearing and visual range before leaning against a wall and bursting out laughing.

'Reward' she thought, 'Definitely reward'.

Toji was probably right that her friend had the more absurd idea, though only relative to each other.
Her having a child with anyone would have to be at gunpoint, and probably not even then.
The Idiot and the Doll would never get together - he'd never have the courage to ask her, despite how he seemed to look at her sometimes, and Wondergirl would never date either of them unless ordered to. Commander stick-up-his-arse would never do that, so they were all safe.

After a few minutes Asuka wandered back to class, confident that the only relationship going on was the one she'd just started between Hikari and her stooge. That she'd woken up in Shinji's bed this morning had nothing to do with anything.