Neon Genesis Evangelion
Sixty Seconds for Asuka and Shinji
By BrokenChosenofEva

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Title: Crash so Precious
Prompt: set 100-A[first sixty] / prompts 001-010
Word Count: 700+
Rating: T
Summary: Sixty seconds, sixty moments in their lives that remain with them til the end. Mainly in the canon universe, but various AUs are possible.

Disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion. (And just in case: I do not own the TV show Sixty Seconds.)

Notes: Here we are, another Sentence Challenge! This time Asuka and Shinji! This came faster than I honestly expected, but I'm not complaining. lol
Sixty prompts this time, because the idea of "sixty seconds" latched on and wouldn't let go. lol

Part 1 of 6 for "Sixty Seconds"

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001. Crash
When Shinji crashed out of the Cages and reached the surface, only to find Asuka defeated and torn apart by the MP-EVAs, the spark of defiance in him died a painful, screaming death just as Asuka had.

002. Dim
Everything around Asuka was dim; the sky, the ground, the very air she breathed the same foggy shade of orange as she hung in the infinite expanse of Instrumentality before it swallowed her into its illusions of perfection.

003. Futile
Asuka watched Shinji catch and attempt to hold Sahaquiel, and as she charged up to help him so Rei could kill it and she took some of the weight from him she momentarily thought it would all be futile as she felt the intense stress now placed upon her.

004. Erratic
It frustrated him how erratic Asuka behaved, one moment friendly and -dare he think it- flirty, and the next a demon like his friends always called her, violent and angry towards any little perceived failure on his part.

005. Loved
Stepping passed the caution tape that was a pitiful attempt at blocking others from reaching Asuka, Shinji dug deep for every ounce of courage he ever possessed as he wrapped his arms around the shaking redhead and tried to show through actions that she was loved.

006. Soft
Asuka curled up against the sleeping Third Child, knowing he was asleep and that she would have to get up earlier than even his early-rising habit to avoid questions she didn't even want to ask herself.

007. Hold
Asuka held on to Shinji's umbilical cable with all her might, terrified herself -though she'd never admit it- by the calls for help coming from the boy she considered Rival, Ally, and Friend all at once.

008. Shackles
Asuka felt the shackles around her wrists to be rather silly considering she didn't have any fight left in her after disobeying orders to help Shinji rescue his friend from Unit-Three only to find the boy crippled, all their efforts and skill wasted.

009. Broken
From inside Instrumentality Asuka watched Shinji -broken, caring Shinji- call out for even one person to love him, and after a final attempt at defiance she admitted she would be that person and stepped up to him.

010. Precious
Every second was precious, Shinji thought, every moment spent just another memory that you had to live with good or bad, and turning he found Asuka mirroring his thoughtful, hopeful expression as they took hold of the energies of Third Impact given to Shinji by Lilith and collapsed the apocalypse.

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A/N: I can't really say this is my first Sentence Challenge, nor can I say it's my first Asuka/Shinji fiction, but it is the first time I focused so exclusively on this pairing. This is my favorite canon pairing, though Asuka/Touji is my favorite non-canon pairing (right next to Hikari/Kensuke).

Honestly, as I've written the Sentence Challenges I've begun to want to see how it is I see the various pairings and how they might interact. Writing these has helped me find out what my head!canon is for them, their personalities and histories, both before the series -in the case of Hikari, Touji, and Kensuke- and after the series. Not to mention it has, I think, helped to improve my writing ability.

I hope you enjoyed these, dear readers. I'll have five more sets of ten on the way.