Neon Genesis Evangelion
Fifty Moments Frozen in Time
By BrokenChosenofEva

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Title: Words to Live-by
Prompt: set 50-A / prompts 041-050
Word Count: 1k+
Rating: T
Summary: Fifty thoughts, fifty scenes. Fifty times Hikari and Kensuke remember. Following the two through the original series and my "Returned" AU, other AUs possible.

Disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion

Notes: Well, here we are Dear Readers. The Final installment of "One Hundred Moments Frozen in Time". And what a journey it has been! I'm so glad you've all enjoyed it, especially you Tasermon's Partner, you've been a really inspiration and a joy to hear from every time I update.

I might, in the future, go through and expand some of these Prompts into oneshots, or string them together and flesh them out into their own drabble series. Which might eventually become their own full stories like "Pilot's Table" lead to "Angel" which turned into "I'm Needed: Redux" and "Not What You Bargained For". No promises, but I doubt I'm done with Hikari and Kensuke. ^_^

Fifth, and final, in the "One Hundred Moments Frozen in Time" series.

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041. Words
When their first child spoke his first words, Hikari felt like she had never been more excited, in fact she had been so excited she had called Kensuke in the middle of his morning briefing with Commander Katsuragi, and her husband had been equally excited, announcing to the amusment of everyone in the meeting -either in person or over video conference- and earning a round of congratulations.

042. Study
Studying without the constant complaining of Touji was jarring the first semester in college, pulling tears from Hikari's eyes and leaving Kensuke staring into the distance, and while the hurt never left they redoubled their effort to excel knowing Touji would have even as he complained.

043. Punctual
Kensuke never thought the ever punctual Hikari could manage to be late to anything until he went to pick her up for their One Year Anniversary date and she made them nearly fifteen minutes late for dinner, but how she looked when she stepped into the room and how she effortlessly drew the eyes of everyone twenty minutes later when the waiter seated them was worth every second.

044. Piggybank
"How much do I has?" Kensuke blinked at the bright pink piggybank he suddenly found shoved before his face, looking passed it to his four year old daughter and into her big chocolate puppy eyes, and knew he'd be making a trip to the store regardless of what she had saved up.

045. Shooting Star
Hearing their children giggle and squeal at every shooting star that raced across the sky brought smiles to Hikari and Kensuke's faces, the happiness over-shadowing the bitter-sweet memory of a promise made on a shooting star years ago.

046. Writer's Choice "Story"
Story time was always fun, even when their children became old enough to understand the Angel Wars, and Kensuke always made sure he was home from NERV in time to put them to bed and tell them at least one story.

047. Writer's Choice "First Step"
As Hikari looked back through her life, in her mind or as she turned pages of her many photo albums, she always had the clearest memories of the many first steps of her life, from her first date with Touji to their first 'I love you', from the first time she confided in Kensuke to the first time she kissed him, from her first birth to their child's first words, every first shone bright and clear in her memory.

048. Writer's Choice "Breathe Deep"
Everyone experienced their own world in Instrumentality, but few could recall the sense of falling and loneliness that came with escaping those false worlds, and the need to breathe deeply as they surfaced near the beach, swimming and clawing their way out of the dreams and back into reality.

049. Writer's Choice "Time"
A thousand years they'd wandered, exploring creation with each other and raising children out among the stars, but as they felt the clock ticking in their very souls they sent a final 'goodbye' and 'I love you' to their friends and children, and flew their ship beyond the rim to explore that final adventure.

050. Writer's Choice "Life"
Hikari opened heavy eyes, the bright golden light blinding her for a moment as she sat up, and as she looked around she found her husband beside her and their children -all of them, every one they'd had over the centuries- surrounding them with tear-filled smiles and she knew every heartache in life was worth this beautiful sight.

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A/N: I hope this was as wonderful for all of you to read as it was for me to write, I've loved looking at Hikari and Kensuke through these Sentences. For added effect while reading Prompts 46-48, listen to "SirensCeol - Faith in You", and for Prompts 49-50 search youtube for "Babylon 5 Sleeping in Light Track 6 End Title".

Prompt 49 was a homage to Babylon 5 and the way they gently told viewers that the actor who played G'kar had died by saying he had "gone exploring beyond the rim" and how John had known his borrowed time was nearing its end. I admit both the ending of B5 with decommissioning of the station and these final Sentences drew tears from my eyes.

Please, if you enjoyed these then go read both of the Asuka/Touji Sentence Challenges. While not quite as happy as my Hikari/Kensuke Sentence Challenges, I think you'll enjoy them.

Be on the lookout for a possible Weiss/Jaune Sentence Challenge once I feel more comfortable with their characters and how I want to portray them, as well as possible Asuka/Shinji and Hikari/Touji Challenges. Don't expect them too soon though. lol

For the impatient, go look at my other stories and check out my list of favorited stories.

Until next time, Dear Readers!