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'''Some of the fics on this page feature content intended for older audiences. Please pay attention to the Tags sections on the recs, and check the pages for any tags you're not familiar with. You've been warned.'''

'''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13308303400A66360100&page=42#1032 Per the content policy]], {{Lemon}} fics involving the pilots at their canon ages are ''not'' allowed.'''

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''Manga/ReTake'', by Studio Kimigabuchi ([[https://mangadex.org/title/ba27bb2f-d7fb-42d8-a5bf-f904a9115150 Official All-Ages version]]; [[https://v2.mangapark.net/manga/evangelion-re-take-soushuuhen-zen-nenrei-han-doujinshi-1/i1892968/v1/1 Alternate link]])

* ''Recommended by'': @/{{Nerdorama}}, @/{{Clendy 82}}, @/{{Irothtin}}, @/{{Willbyr}}, @/{{Kryptik}}, mrbits, @/{{liltyrant}}, @/SRWFan, ZeroXSEED, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Asuka, Misato/Kaji (briefly)
* ''Synopsis'': A PeggySue story in which, after the events of ''End of Evangelion'', Shinji finds himself back at NERV a few days before the battle with Bardiel, and determines to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. The major twist: while he repairs his relationship with Asuka in this rewound world, [[spoiler:he's being haunted by visions of post-3I Asuka, who is '''very''' bitter about her fate and knows a lot more about what's happened to Shinji than he does]].
::The original version of this doujinshi contains explicit content and will not be linked; its parts should be read in this order[=:=] 1, 2, 3, 0, 4, ''After''. The new All Ages version was re-edited and re-translated (apparently from scratch) by the original translator. It collects all 6 volumes into 3 condensed ones, removing the explicit sex, adding a few scenes, and correcting some mistranslations.
* ''Tags'': {{Doujinshi}}
[=[[reviews:EVANGELION RE-TAKE]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1259313/1/ The Lifespan of a Love Affair]]'' by Random1377
* ''Recommended by'': Extraintrovert, MAI742
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Misato
* ''Synopsis'': A delightfully well done, and disturbing, interpretation of one of the ''NGE'' fandom's most popular pairings (fourth, by our reckoning).
[=[[reviews:The Lifespan of a Love Affair]]=]

''[[http://archives.eyrie.org/anime/Evangelion/eva.pages.gz Pages]]'' by Lara Bartram
* ''Recommended by'': @/DMint
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings'': Gendo/Yui, Kozo/Yui
* ''Synopsis'': A 65-page fanfic, one chapter per page, where the love triangle between Gendo Rokubungi, Yui Ikari, and Kozo Fuyutsuki is explored from its start in 1999 up to the Second Impact.
[=[[reviews:Pages]]=]

''Fanfic/{{When She Smiles|Fresh C}}'' by Fresh C
* ''Recommended by'': @/{{Fitz}}, @/{{MAI742}}, @/{{BornIn1142}}, Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': Shinji visits Asuka in the hospital.
[=[[reviews:When She Smiles]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4574288/1/ Altered Destinies]]'' by Mike313 (AU, Age Regression, Cheerful)
* ''Recommended by'': The Tygre, Chuckg, @/{{Ranchoth}}, @/{{Gaston1991}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Misato
* ''Synopsis'': Through random Deus Ex Machina goodness, Misato is reverted back to fourteen, designating her as the Fourth Child. Now a viable option, she and Shinji grow...closer. All the while, the universe is shifted around, and Shinji is given a new reason to pilot the Eva; to protect Misato at all costs from the Eva's corrupting influence.
[=[[reviews:Altered Destinies]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/235385/1/Together_We_Stand Together We Stand]]'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/280392/1/Divided_We_Fall Divided We Fall]]'', and ''[[http://web.archive.org/web/20040521174958/http://www.chainlightningstudios.com/text/tws/CDfull.txt Carpe Diem]]'' by Hotwire ([[http://www.reocities.com/seele_hq/Archive/ alternate]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20050223230816/http://www.evafics.org/search.php?type=author&searchkey=Hotwire links]])
* ''Recommended by'': Chuckg, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Hikari happens to overhear a remark from Shinji that he's ''forced'' to pilot the Eva the day he's "outed" as a pilot, and this worries her enough that she takes it upon herself to make sure he's all right. This leads to her crushing on Shinji instead of Touji, which leads to dating, which leads to... everything. The author's stated intent is to explore the ButterflyEffect of one little change and what it can lead to, and what it ''can't'' lead to. Things go better for some people, worse for others, don't change for the rest.
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Hikari, Misato/Kaji

''Fanfic/OrchestratingTheSilence'' by [=SerialRavist=].
* ''Recommended by'': @/BornIn1142, @/{{Willbyr}}, {{RinSimyaldee}}, SirTelekineticSquirrel, tehpopelink, Machrider1985, @/ShoutmonZ
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Shinji and Asuka, the only survivors of Third Impact, must learn to live by themselves in the ruined world.
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Asuka
[=[[reviews:Orchestrating the Silence]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/224049/1/An_Unwilling_Angel An Unwilling Angel]]'' by Ryan Xavier
* ''Recommended by'': @/{{Nitramy}}, @/{{Willbyr}}, @/{{Ranchoth}}, @/{{KISSlover888}}, @/{{Destros}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Rei
* ''Synopsis'': One event during an Angel battle changes EVERYTHING.
[=[[reviews:An Unwilling Angel]]=]

''[[http://www.users.on.net/~tbusai/Fanfiction/Evangelion/Variations%20on%20a%20Theme/ Variations on a Theme]]''
* ''Recommended by'': Libita
* ''Status'': Dead
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Rei, Asuka/Hikari
* ''Synopsis'': The story picks up after episode 20, i. e. after Shinji getting absorbed by his Eva. You have to read it to believe it: the 700 pages span over the course of 2-3 days and have no time skips, close to having the story progress in real time.
* ''Tags'': Borderline {{Lemon}}
[=[[reviews:Variations on a Theme]]=]

''Fanfic/TheOneILoveIs'' by Alain Gravel AKA [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/42847/Rakna Rakna]] (Found [[http://web.archive.org/web/20050326211810/http://www.geocities.com/nge_toili here]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/209065/1/The_one_I_love_Is here]], [[http://www.angelfire.com/co3/kingbobdole/theone00.html here]], and [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120717162230/http://rakna.angelfire.com/toili.htm here]])
* ''Recommended by'': jaimeastorga2000, @/{{Crazael}}, @/SRWFan, @/{{Willbyr}}, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing(s)'': Shinji/Asuka, Toji/Hikari.
* ''Synopsis'': The fic follows Shinji Ikari from the middle to the end of the series (including TheMovie) as he tries to figure out which of his two fellow pilots he would rather spend his life with.
** If you read this through the fanfiction.net link or the Angelfire link, "Visions" is listed as a side story but should probably be read first, as it establishes why Rei is OOC and essentially gets the ball rolling. From the main link, "Visions" is the first link provided. Also, a lot of the images in the first link didn't survive the relocation to web.archive.org, and those pages load very slowly, so you're probably better off using one of the other links.
* ''Tags'': {{Lime}}
[=[[reviews:The One I Love Is...]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4584631/1/In_the_Case_of_Asuka_Langley_Sohryu In the Case of Asuka Langley Sohryu]]'' by Da Games Elite (AU, LighterAndSofter)
* ''Recommended by'': vK9Thefirst1, MAI742, Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Asuka, [[spoiler:Rei/Kaworu]]
* ''Synopsis'': In an attempt to boost the children's sync tests, Ritsuko carts the pilots off to a psychologist. Asuka is vainly against the idea, but slowly learns things about herself and the world around her.
[=[[reviews:In the Case of Asuka Langley Sohryu]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5459202/1/The_Little_Angel The Little Angel]]'', by Da Games Elite
* ''Recommended by'': @/YuushaFan, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': Taking place ten years AfterTheEnd of The End of Evangelion, Asuka and Shinji are engaged, but there's a hurry to get married, and soon: their baby's on the way! But the rugrat's not the only thing on their minds; the re-emergence of Rei Ayanami, meeting with the Langley family, and a suprise party for a certain someone are just some of the other things on their minds!
[=[[reviews:The Little Angel]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2413230/1/True_Love_Waits True Love Waits]]'' by Adam Kadmon
* ''Recommended by'': @/{{Willbyr}}, MAI742, @/{{Kazmarov}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Misato, Shinji/Mana
* ''Synopsis'': In an AU where Second Impact never happened, an older Shinji and Misato navigate the twists and turns of love, while Shinji deals with the trauma inflicted by his father and the betrayal of his former lover.
* ''Tags'': {{Lime}}
[=[[reviews:True Love Waits]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3709228/1/Oedipus_Ikari Oedipus Ikari]]'', by SerialRavist
* ''Recommended by'': @/{{Willbyr}}, @/{{GentlemanOrcus}}, MAI742
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Rei
* ''Synopsis'': A fairly straightforward retelling of the latter half of NGE, re-worked to take Rei and Shinji's relationship much further.
* ''Tags'': {{Lime}}, DarkFic
[=[[reviews:Oedipus Ikari]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3579466/1/Father Father]]'', by Lord Talon
* ''Recommended by'': @/{{DKN117}}, @/{{Crazael}}, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Dead
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka, some Misato/Kaji
* ''Synopsis'': Two years after the main series (Third Impact having been averted, [[spoiler:SEELE killed, and Kaji revealed alive]]; explanations are in the fic), Asuka, now 16, faces a terrifying revelation: she's pregnant... and no-one knows who the father is, as she doesn't even remember having sex (there was a Christmas Party involving alcohol, see...). Shinji instantly steps up to plate, and their burgeoning romance takes a flying leap forward as Shinji's backbone finally, fully manifests as he swears to be there for both Asuka ''and'' her unborn child, and to unleash hell on anyone who threatens them. What follows is a tumultuous yet heartwarming pathway of events as the two continue to grow ever closer.
* ''Tags'': SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}
[=[[reviews:Father]]=]

''Fanfic/ShinjiTheCasanova'' by [[http://www.studioshinnyo.com/main.html Strike Fiss]]
* ''Recommended by'': @/{{Crazael}}, @/SRWFan, Machrider1985, @/ShoutmonZ
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': A berserk Unit-01 eats an angel, whose consciousness, through some HandWaved effect, ends up sharing Shinji's head. This angel soon reveals himself to be [[spoiler:Cupid]]. In apology for the trouble he's caused, [[spoiler:Cupid]] decides to provide Shinji some help in the love department.
* ''Tags'': SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}, one-shot

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5863795/1/Before_and_After Before and After]]'' by @/{{Muphrid}}
* ''Recommended by'': Dartz-IRL, @/{{Willbyr}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Rei
* ''Synopsis'': Between battles with the angels, Rei begins to question her origins, her destiny. An instrument of fate should think of nothing but her purpose. How can she reject the man who gave her life, to embrace the boy who taught her what living is?
[=[[reviews:BeforeAndAfter]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2974034/1/The_Notebook The Notebook]]'' by Hamstadini
* ''Recommended by'': AHandfulofDust, @/{{Ranchoth}}
* ''Status'': Dead
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Rei
* ''Synopsis'': What if Shinji gave Rei a gift after the defeat of the Fifth Angel? How would she grow through using this gift, and how would her relationship with Shinji develop as a result? Told primarily through journal entries, the story uses Sadamoto's manga as its foundation, but begins to diverge from the source material in more recent chapters.
[=[[reviews:The Notebook]]=]

''Fanfic/TheHeartTheSoul'' by Andrew Huang
* ''Recommended by'': Gatotsu911, @/SRWFan, Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': An alternate take on the character relationships that starts some time around episode 22 of the anime and diverges from there. Part of a series of Shinji/Asuka fics called "''The Heart, The Soul''" set in the same continuity, the rest of which [[http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~alhuang/anime/fanfic/myfics/evafics.html can be found here]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/36117/Shizumaru here]] and [[http://www.oocities.org/seele_hq/Archive/ here]]. Though technically a FixFic, it manages not to go overboard in being LighterAndSofter than the source material - the behavior of the characters is, for the most part, believable under the presumption that they ended up making different decisions than in the TV series. Cute, possibly SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments for fans of Shinji/Asuka.
[=[[reviews:TheHeartTheSoul]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2775559/1/Behind_Closed_Doors Behind Closed Doors]]'' by sedemihcrA.
* ''Recommended by'': @/{{BornIn1142}}, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka.
* ''Synopsis'': A year after Third Impact, Shinji and Asuka's school is holding a ceremony to honor them for saving humanity. Meanwhile, their troubled relationship is reaching a boiling point.
* ''Tags'': DarkFic.
[=[[reviews:Behind Closed Doors]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6986589/1/Rolling_Blackouts Rolling Blackouts]]'' by hidinginplainsight.
* ''Recommended by'': @/{{Ranchoth}}, SirTelekineticSquirrel, @/SRWFan, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka.
* ''Synopsis'': To conserve power for the Evangelions, Tokyo-3 institutes city-wide planned power outages. During one of these winter blackouts, Asuka craves warmth and turns to Shinji for assistance.
[=[[reviews:Rolling Blackouts]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5162341/1/The-Blue-Rose The Blue Rose]]'' by S P Dudley.
* ''Recommended by'': @/GrandDukeofYashima
* ''Status'': Complete (sequels as well complete)
* ''Pairing'': Rei/OC, Shinji/Asuka.
* ''Synopsis'': The American side of NERV launches a secret pilot program for their Evangelions. On a training mission to Tokyo-3, the pilot of EVA-04 falls head over heels for a bewildered Rei. Drama + Intrigue with some comedy thrown in. Six stories consisting of an trilogy of epic proportions, plus two sequels and an after-story (Play to Remember) that is primarily Shinji/Asuka.
[=[[reviews:The Blue Rose]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2944670/1/bAltruism_b Altruism]]'' by YamiPaladinofChaos.
* ''Recommended by'': amatakamata
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing'': Yui/Gendo
* ''Synopsis'': Yui Ikari is a collector of strays and monsters, the first being a pastime and the second being a learned habit.
[=[[reviews:Altruism]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/426184/1/The-Best-Laid-Plans The Best Laid Plans]]'', by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/64740/Ryoma Ryoma]]
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': One year after the defeat of the 12th Angel, Shinji and Asuka are still living together with Misato. One day Asuka realizes Misato is intentionally fueling his and Shinji's BelligerentSexualTension to get out of trouble, and angrily plans for revenge. However, she does not know Shinji has a scheme of his own ongoing... It had two sequels, one of them a lemon one-shot -that will be not linked here-, and another a new story called [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1918237/1/The-Best-Laid-Plans-2 The Best Laid Plans 2]]. Sadly the sequel has not got an update in twelve years.
[=[[reviews:The Best Laid Plans]]=]

''Fanfic/TheIkaris'' by [[http://www.jimmys-desktop.de/index.php Jimmy Wolk]] (it also can be found [[http://www.jimmys-desktop.de/nge.php?ikaris here]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1430808/1/The_Ikaris here]])
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': After getting drunk at a party after the 12th Angel, Shinji and Asuka wake up... married! Asuka immediately ''claims'' she wants an annulment or a divorce, but among Gendo plotting to keep his son married, Rei getting curious about her and Shinji's new marital status, their marriage councilor determined to keep her perfect and unbroken record of saved marriages, and her own surpressed feelings, the odds of a divorce look slim.
[=[[reviews:The Ikaris]]=]

''[[http://www.studioshinnyo.com/txt/hhands1.txt Holding Hands]]'', by [[http://www.studioshinnyo.com/eva.html Strike Fiss]]
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985, @/ShoutmonZ
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': Fed up with Shinji being a pushover, Asuka decides the only way he will learn to stand up for himself is... picking on him until he snaps at her.
** The fic has a borderline lime scene, but nothing graphic (and it happens several years after the end of the original series). The sequel -"Holding Hands 2", on the other hand, has a lemon scene and will be not linked to.
[=[[reviews:Holding Hands]]=]

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/597360/1/Chain-of-Command Chain of Command]] by Random1377
* ''Recommended by:'' @/SRWFan, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings:'' Shinji/Asuka, Misato/Kaji, [[spoiler:Rei/Kensuke]]
* ''Synopsis:'' The year is 2021. There has not been an angel attack for over five years, and the cast has moved on with their lives. That ends up when the Angels return and fighting them back is up to a new Nerv... led by Commander Rei Ayanami.
[=[[reviews:Chain of Command]]=]

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/269658/1/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Deviance Neon Genesis Evangelion Deviance]] by Random1377
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Asuka, Touji/Hikari
* ''Synopsis:'' The story begins in episode 15 and follows through the series and End of Evangelion, altering a key moment from interaction between two characters that changes everything for them.
[=[[reviews:Neon Genesis Evangelion Deviance]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7032943/1/A-promise-made-a-promise-kept A Promise Made, A Promise Kept]]'' by Gun Metal Snail 429
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis:'' After Bardiel brutally defeats Asuka and Rei, Shinji comes to a very serious realization and makes a promise to both girls. However, Zeruel will challenge everything he has come to feel and push him farther than any human should have to go...
[=[[reviews:A Promise Made, A Promise Kept]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6942302/1/The-Ikari-Identity The Ikari Identity]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/564293/AngelNo13Bardiel AngelNo13Bardiel]]
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis:'' Shinji Ikari awakens in an unfamiliar place and with his most recent memories erased. As he tries making sense of what is happening and going back home, he finds his world turned even more sideways... It has two sequels ([[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6974854/1/The-Ikari-Supremacy The Ikari Supremacy]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7010104/1/The-Ikari-Ultimatum The Ikari Ultimatum]]), both completed, and a Lemon side-story obviously won't be linked here.
[=[[reviews:The Ikari Identity]]=]

''[[http://www.oocities.org/seele_hq/Archive/freedom.txt The Freedom That Comes From Being Chained]]'' by Darren Demaine
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985, @/{{Robinton}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis:'' After her fateful meeting with Arael, Asuka is lost in her mind, trying to find a reason to live. Though she finds acceptance and approval of the most unexpected of the people.
[=[[reviews:The Freedom That Comes From Being Chained]]=]

''[[http://www.oocities.org/seele_hq/Archive/heil.txt Heil Asuka!]]'' by Toh Ee Long
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis:'' One night Misato accidentally eavesdrops Shinji and Asuka and wonder what her wards are exactly up to.
[=[[reviews: Heil Asuka!]]=]
* ''Tags'': {{Lime}}

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/295815/1/The-Game The Game]]'' by Red Horseman
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis:'' After the defeat of the last angel, Shinji and Asuka ran from Nerv. Seven years later, they are still on the run from Seele, maintaining an uneasy relationship... and sick enough of being hunted to consider turn the tables on their hunters.
[=[[reviews: The Game]]=]

''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'' by Axel Terizaki
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis:'' The whole cast's lives are turned upside down when it is revealed Asuka got pregnant with Shinji's baby. Now Asuka must go through the stages of pregnancy as trying sorting out her feelings about being something she never wanted to be -a mother- and her feelings towards the Third Child, unaware Gendo Ikari has designs of his own towards her baby. Inspired by a short fic called "She's What?" -which in turn was an unofficial sequel to a lemon fic called "Wet Dreams"-, it generated a bunch of spin-offs and side-stories and it's one of the great classics of Evangelion fanfiction.
[=[[reviews:The Child Of Love]]=]

''Fanfic/{{Wake}}'' by Hotwire
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis:'' In a world that has been shattered by delusions of power and grandeur-- Shinji Ikari and Asuka Langley Soryu are finding that the most dificult fight of their lives... is getting along with one another.
[=[[reviews:Wake]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1307898/1/Just-Another-Day Just Another Day]]'' by Red Horseman
* ''Recommended by'': @/SRWFan, Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis:'' One year after Third Impact, humanity has returned from the Sea of Lcl and the cast is busy trying leading normal lives. It's Asuka's birthday, a day she faces with resignation. For as long as she can remember, it has been just another day. However a person is planning this time will be different.
[=[[reviews:Just Another Day]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8395123/1/Frailty Frailty]]'' by phollie
* ''Recommended by'': Lye
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Kaworu
* ''Synopsis:'' "You take up such little space, and yet you still remain the center of one's universe. How?" / Kawoshin. Philosophy meets longing.
[=[[reviews:Frailty]]=]

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/154928/chapters/222785 Maybe]]'' by TGP
* ''Recommended by'': Rotomyy
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Kaworu
* ''Synopsis'': "Tabris is the angel of free will. He thinks maybe it's time to use it." Kaworu gets a second chance and a happy ending.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8652163/1/NGE-Runaways NGE: Runaways]]'' by hidinginplainsight
* ''Recommended by'': Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': The Angels stopped coming to earth before the Third Impact was triggered, leading to the collapse of humanity by human means as opposed to alien ones. The pilots have to escape from under the omnipresent thumb of NERV and reunite.
[=[[reviews:Runaways]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2473125/1/AFTER-IMPACT AFTER IMPACT]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2564571/1/Destiny-of-One Destiny of One]] by J.Alana1
* ''Recommended by'': kah0922, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': Continuation of End of Evangelion, AFTER IMPACT follows Shinji and Asuka as they struggle to survive in the post Third Impact world. Destiny of One is the sequel.
[=[[reviews:AFTER IMPACT]]=]

''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'' by [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/members/strypgia.98/ Strypgia]] creator of ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'', ''Fanfic/CostumesAndGames'' and ''Fanfic/EvangelionTheHangover''
* ''Recommended by'': Machrider1985, polooglu, {{Tropers/Wint}}, {{@/Robinton}}, @/ShoutmonZ, {{Tropers/Wixelt}}
* ''Synopsis'': After a delicious meal -and a good amount of beer cans- Misato attempts to give Shinji some advice on how to win Asuka's attentions and how to deal with women in general. [[spoiler: They started secretly dating two months ago.]]
* ''Status'': Ongoing
* ''Pairing(s)'': Shinji/Asuka, Misato/Kaji, Hikari/Touji, [[spoiler:Kensuke/[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka/Kyoko]]]], [[spoiler:Rei/Kaworu]]
* ''Tags'': WAFF, Romance, Humor.
[=[[reviews:Advice and Trust]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3702224/1/NekoWaffers NekoWaffers]]'' by Legatho Deathscythe
* ''Recommended by'': Machrider1985
* ''Synopsis'': Asuka and Shinji have been transformed into cat people. Now to the daily craziness of their lives they had to add Ritsuko's cat fetish, Rei playing MadScientist, SEELE and Gendo scheming, Hikari asking what the school rules tell about romance between half-human students...
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Pairing(s)'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags'': Romance, Humor, Parody
[=[[reviews:NekoWaffers]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9267835/1/If-a-Red-Demon-Fell-from-the-Sky If a Red Demon Fell from the Sky]]'' by God Emperor Penguin
* ''Recommended by'': Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Synopsis'': At his father's orders, Ikari Shinji arrives in Tokyo-3 when the fiery demon, Soryu Asuka Langley, parachutes in from the sky. After some misunderstandings, Asuka and Shinji find themselves both friends and rivals: working together duo-piloting Eva Unit-01 against the Angel menace. But Asuka finds there's more to Unit-01 than anyone realizes.
* ''Status'': Dormant. Three chapters were published, but the fic is going through a rewrite
* ''Pairing(s)'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags'': Romance, Humor, Parody
[=[[reviews:If a Red Demon Fell from the Sky]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/283217/1/He-Who-Talks-to-Angels He Who Talks To Angels]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/54323/Veronica-Cereta Veronica Cereta]]
* ''Recommended by'': Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Synopsis'': Asuka and Shinji are ordered to do volunteer work with some remarkable children. Turns out that there's more to one child than anyone expected.
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing(s)'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags'': Romance/Drama
[=[[reviews:He Who Talks To Angels]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/963052/1/Panty-Raider Panty Raider]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/62011/Garasu Garasu]]
* ''Recommended by'': Machrider1985
* ''Synopsis'': Hidden by the darkness of the night, concealed from the minds of all who would see him, a special man goes about a twisted purpose. These are the adventures of... the Panty Raider!
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing(s)'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags'': Romance, Humor.
[=[[reviews:Panty Raider]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3267234/1/30-Kisses-30-Ways-Asuka-and-Shinji 30 Kisses, 30 Ways Asuka and Shinji]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/150671/Eric-Blair Eric Blair]]
* ''Recommended by'': Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Synopsis'': Chances given by fate: 30 kisses Shinji and Asuka can share, 30 ways they can be exchanged. During instrumentality an infinite number of worlds were created. All of them different, all unique. They all have one single unifying rule. In every world Asuka and Shinji meet, connect deeply, fall in love with each other and sometimes hurt each other.
* ''Pairing(s)'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags'': Romance.
[=[[reviews:30 Kisses, 30 Ways Asuka and Shinji]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7514459/1/Remember-Me Remember Me]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1686822/enigmasky Enigmasky]]
* Recommended by: Machrider1985, @/{{Willbyr}}
* ''Synopsis:'' It has been two years since the death of Shinji and Asuka is in permanent pain and barely holding herself together. Then she starts to have hallucinations where she meets Shinji in a fantasy world. But what if they are not hallucinations? What if that world is real and she is stuck inside a dream? Is she going crazy or trying to wake up?
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Status'': Completed
* ''Tags:'' DarkFic, Romance.
[=[[reviews:Remember Me]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7145122/1/A-Different-way-of-talking A Different Way Of Talking]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2864612/Grey11893 Grey11893]]
* Recommended by: Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Synopsis:'' Asuka meets her mother's hanging corpse and the trauma renders her mute. Ten years later she is a shy, insecure, mute kid and Shinji has to figure out that there are far more ways of communication than just simply talking when she becomes his roommate.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Drama, SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}.
[=[[reviews:A Different Way Of Talking]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8878791/1/A-simple-act-of-kindness A Simple Act Of Kindness]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2864612/Grey11893 Grey11893]]
* Recommended by: Machrider1985
* ''Synopsis:'' During Third Impact, Shinji made Lilith promise to do one thing before he died, make Asuka happy. But the only one who could make her happy was gone. So Lilith had to search for another Shinji willing to do a final kind deed for a dying girl.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Status'': One-shot
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Drama, SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}.
[=[[reviews:A Simple Act Of Kindness]]=]

''Manga/Evangelion303'' by [[http://grummancat.deviantart.com/ Grummancat]]
* Recommended by: Machrider1985
* ''Synopsis:'' In an alternate-universe with no giant robots or Angels, the Children still have to defend our modern world from Seele (and maybe Nerv) in a post-September 11th age as pilots of experimental jet fighters.
** It has {{NSFW}} scenes, but all pilots in this fic are at least twenty-years-old.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka, Toji/Hikari, possibly Rei/Kaworu.
* ''Status'': Ongoing
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Drama, Action, DarkFic, AlternateUniverse.
[=[[reviews:{{Evangelion 303}}]]=]

''[[http://www.darkscribes.org/stories/30232/30401 Comfort]]'', by Sandman
* ''Recommended by'': Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairings'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Genre'': AlternateUniverse, Romance, Humor
* ''Synopsis'': Set in an AlternateUniverse where Shinji's mother did not die and her family took Asuka in after Kyoko's death. It is the year 2027 and Shinji and Asuka have managed to get over past pains and create their own family. However they still have to protect their world from the Angels.
** Teri Ikari -character of the classic Eva fic "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20071203212823/http://www.geocities.com/aa_chan01/archive/tcol/index.htm Child of Love]]"- makes a cameo.
* ''Tags'': Waff, one-shot
[=[[reviews:Comfort]]=]

''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'' [[http://jimmywolk.studenten-froendenberg.de/eng/main.php?action=2nd-12th by Jimmy Wolk]] (Also on [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1413558/1/The_2nd_try FF.Net]], [[http://www.evafics.org EvaFics.Org]], [[http://www.evamade.net EvaMade]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28915701?view_full_work=true Ao3]], which the author recommends over his own site, although his site also contains his fan art, much of which is hilarious.)
* ''Recommended by'': @/{{Nerdorama}}, @/ShayGuy, @/{{Willbyr}}, @/SRWFan, @/RagnarTheSemiGreen, Maymei, Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}, @/ShoutmonZ, Agent_B
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': A combined post-3I/PeggySue fic, detailing both Shinji and Asuka's life after ''End of Evangelion'' and their having been returned to the start of the story.
** There is now [[http://jimmywolk.studenten-froendenberg.de/eng/aki.php a manga/FanWebComic sequel]] in progress: ''Webcomic/AkiChansLife''
[=[[reviews:The Second Try]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7457971/1/Unbroken Unbroken]]'' by Donderkind
* ''Recommended by'': @/LooneyToons @/{{Kendrix}}, @/SRWFan, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Dormant
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': After spending a year scratching out a bare survival existence in the frozen post-Third-Impact wasteland of Japan while taking care of a catatonic Shinji, Asuka encounters Rei/Lilith, who has found the effective destruction of the world at Shinji's hands an undesirable outcome to Instrumentality. Rei/Lilith gives Asuka the chance to go back and help Shinji, so that he will choose differently when the power of creation is given into his hands. Asuka agrees and is promptly sent back in time two years. But while her attitudes and intentions may have changed due to her post-Third-Impact experiences, her methods and style ''haven't'' -- and it seems likely that her impulsive and direct approach may do more harm than good. Worse, Rei has noticed the changes in her, her EVA doesn't recognize her any more, and her warning to Kaji about investigating the Human Instrumentality Project has him worried and suspicious about what she knows and how...

''Fanfic/ScarTissue'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1166503/deathbringer374 deathbringer374]]
* ''Recommended by'': @/UltraSonic007, @/RagnarTheSemiGreen, @/{{Willbyr}}, Machrider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Synopsis'': After Third Impact fic. The world goes to some semblance of normality. Ikari Shinji lays in bed, unmoving, tubes and wires all over, machines beeping away. Asuka stares, horrified, at the result of her violence. Maybe revenge tasted...bitter.
* ''Tags'': DarkFic, Drama, Romance
[=[[reviews:Scar Tissue]]=]

''Fanfic/HigherLearning'' by [[http://studioshinnyo.com/studio.html Strike-Fiss]]
* Recommended by: Machrider1985, {{@/Robinton}}
* ''Synopsis:'' A new teacher called Kaoru Miyazaki starts to work in Shinji, Asuka and Rei’s school. His lessons and advices motivate the Children to look at things differently and consider other possibilities, and help them to mature and be slightly readier to face their future trials. At the same time, someone is influencing Gendo’s scenario in little ways, making subtle changes. And Gendo is determined to find out who is and put a stop to that person’s interference.
** One of the first PeggySue Eva fics, [[UnbuiltTrope and still it subverts most of tropes that later would become common]].
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Status'': Completed.
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Drama, SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}.
[=[[reviews:Higher Learning]]=]

''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion'' by Bagheera
* ''Recommended by'': MachRider1985
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' Starting from Third Impact, it uses dialogue-heavy, brief scenes to develop and narrate the evolution of the relationship between Shinji and Asuka throughout their teenhood and young adulthood. The author makes a great work keeping Shinji and Asuka in-character while simultaneously moving them forward. Their relationship is difficult, angsty and very complex, and they are depicted like two very broken and messed-up individuals with huge hang-ups and very mixed feelings towards each other that still are hugely co-dependent on each other and desperately struggle to open up and bond. It also explores relationships and issues that Eva fanfic writers often disregard, such like the Misato/Asuka's relationship, Misato's guilt for not having taken care of her wards properly, Asuka and Touji's relationship after the Bardiel attack...
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka, Hikari/Touji, [[spoiler:Misato/Kaji]] and later [[spoiler: Kyoko and Misato's father]].
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Drama, SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}.
[=[[reviews:GhostsOfEvangelion]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11042928/1/In-Tune In Tune]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/211888/Z98 Z98]]
* ''Recommended by:'' Mach Rider1985, @/ShoutmonZ
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' After Instrumentality Shinji, Asuka and other characters have traveled back in time with their intact memories... but instead of keeping their old bodies or reincarnating into their younger selves they have been reborn into completely different people [[spoiler:-Shinji became a German violinist; Asuka a German army captain ad UN Auditor; Misato a German army general; and so on...-]]. So that rather setting out to influence events directly, they opt to work behind the scenes, infiltrate Nerv as average, clueless employees and mentor and support the Children without raising suspicions. They are also well-aware that their knowledge of the future will become useless after a while due to them altering the past.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka, Hikari/Toji
* ''Tags:'' Sci-Fi, Romance
[=[[reviews:In Tune]]=]

''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'', by [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/members/strypgia.98/ Strypgia]]
* ''Recommended by'': Mach Rider 1985, @/ShoutmonZ
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': Authorized sequel to "A Throne Of Bayonets". The ravaged, war-torn, post-Third Impact world has thoroughly ''wrecked'' Shinji and Asuka. However, right when they are at their lowest point, and being sent off into another war, after which they will be rendered obsolete and possibly executed at a dictator’s whim, a stranger comes along and makes them an offer which sounds too good to be right… and he brings along their future selves to convince them that they can trust him.
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka, [[spoiler:Hikari/Toji, Misato/Kaji]]
* ''Tags'': Adventure/Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Drama, Action, Comedy, Romance
[=[[reviews:ACrownOfStars]]=]

''Fanfic/TheDeathOfOne'', by Godsend777
* ''Recommended by'': Mach Rider 1985
* ''Status'': Dead
* ''Synopsis'': Written long before Rebuild. Shinji gets permanently stuck inside Unit 01 after fighting Zeruel. His death strikes the cast ''hard''. Asuka and Misato all but fall apart, Rei bonds with Asuka and Ritsuko in order to try come to terms with Shinji's loss, his friends mourn... and Gendo plots ways to bring both his wife and his son back, even if he has to destroy more lives in the process.
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka Misato/Kaji
* ''Tags'': DarkFic, Romance, Drama, Action
[=[[reviews:TheDeathOfOne]]=]

''Fanfic/FuturesFreakMeOut'' by Hidinginplainsight
* ''Recommended by:'' Mach Rider1985
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' Several years after the Angel War Shinji and Asuka are college students and are still living together. However they are frightened of becoming something else than just friends even though they would never consider leave each other. What if they become a couple and then break up?
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Drama
[=[[reviews:FuturesFreakMeOut]]=]

''Fanfic/YouAreNotAtFault'' by Mister Halt
* ''Recommended by:'' Mach Rider1985, {{@/Robinton}}, @/ShoutmonZ
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' The world is slowly recovering from Instrumentality. Misato tries to lead Nerv as the organization is getting back on track, simultaneously taking care of her surrogate children. Unfortunately Shinji's mind is broken after going through Third Impact and spending a long time alone until Asuka returned, and he acts like a barely responsive zombie. On top of it Unit 01 has returned to Earth and the MP-Evas have showed up again.
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Drama

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9539516/1/EVA-Sessions-I-the-Instrument Eva Sessions: I, The Instrument]]'' by Gob Hobblin
* ''Recommended by:'' Mach Rider1985
* ''Status:'' Dormant
* ''Synopsis:'' The story of Gendo and Yui in their college days, long before the Second Impact
* ''Pairing(s):'' Gendo/Yui
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Drama
[=[[reviews:EvaSessionsITheInstrument]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11232127/1/Kimochi-Warui Kimochi Warui]]'' by Halberd Genesis
* ''Recommended by:'' MachRider1985
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' In the quiet aftermath of Instrumentality, Shinji and Asuka make their way through the ruins of Tokyo-III. As long as the sun, the moon, and the earth exist...perhaps everything will be okay.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Angst, Hurt, Comfort
[=[[reviews:KimochiWarui]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1829850/1/Cupid-s-Arrow-Revisited Cupid's Arrow]]'' by Ishagu
* ''Recommended by:'' MachRider1985
* ''Status:'' Dead
* ''Synopsis:'' Inspired by "Shinji the Casanova", a certain someone helps Asuka to express her feelings openly. Hilarity and romance ensue.
** The link leads to a compressed and edited version of the story. [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1419860/1/Cupid-s-Arrow Original version here]]. Note that both stories stop in the same spot.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Humor
[=[[reviews:CupidsArrow]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11500285/1/Falling-from-the-Moon Falling From The Moon]]'' by jcmoorehead
* ''Recommended by:'' MachRider1985
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' After tasting defeat by another Angel and finding herself unable to operate her Eva anymore, Asuka finds herself on a clifftop staring out across the ruins of the place she once called home...
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Hurt, Comfort, Romance
[=[[reviews:FallingFromTheMoon]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2719876/1/Hot-Rain Hot Rain]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/544647/gunman gunman]]
* ''Recommended by:'' Agent_B
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' When Hikari is stood up on a date, Shinji comes, as if by fate, and gives her the reassurances that she so desperately needs.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Hikari
* ''Tags:'' Romance
[=[[reviews:HotRain]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10028318/1/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-That-Which-Could-not-Happen Neon Genesis Evangelion: That Which Could (not) Happen]]'' and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10746487/1/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-This-is-not-Our-Fate its sequel]] by Mr. M.Mars
* ''Recommended by:'' Tron80, [=AirGuitar035=]
* ''Status:'' Complete.
* ''Synopsis:'' In a better world, perhaps different choices could've been made. In a better world, perhaps catastrophes could've been prevented. In a better world, perhaps things could've been different between us.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Adventure, Romance
[=[[reviews:NeonGenesisEvangelionThatWhichCouldNotHappen]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11791284/1/The-Great-Snowball-Battle The Great Snowball Battle]]'' by Gryphon
* ''Recommended by:'' Tron80, @/ShoutmonZ
* ''Status:'' Complete. [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11879141/1/Operation-Unsinkable Sequel]] complete.
* ''Synopsis:'' Winter is here, with its deep layers of snow coating the city. And what a better way to greet it than with a huge snowball battle in the outskirts of town? It's simple fun, right? What could possibly go wrong for one Shinji Ikari?
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Humor, Romance
[=[[reviews:TheGreatSnowballBattle]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11397796/The-Strength-Of-Three The Strength of Three]]'' by Stealthytanub
* ''Recommended by:'' Dragxon
* ''Status:'' Dormant.
* ''Synopsis:'' Nerv has failed, he had failed. The Third Impact happened, no matter how hard they tried to stop it. When Shinji is presented with a choice, save Humanity as it is or conform them into a sea of LCL, he takes a third option. After all, plans never end the way they were intended too, especially not when Shinji is involved. Shinji/Asuka/Rei. Peggy Sue. Equal relationship.
* ''Pairings:'' Shinji/Asuka/Rei
* ''Tags:'' Humor, Romance, Adventure
[=[[reviews:TheStrengthofThree]]=]

''Fanfic/AGlassOfWine'' by 94Saturn ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3043801/1/A-Glass-of-Wine original story]]) and Toasterman ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10393227/1/A-Glass-of-Wine-Rebuilt rebuilt version]])
* ''Recommended by:'' @/Tron80, [=AirGuitar035=]
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' Shinji and Asuka learn about themselves and fall in love, causing massive ramifications.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka, [[spoiler:Asuka/Kaworu (in the rebuilt version)]]
* ''Tags:'' Hurt, Humor, Romance

''Fanfic/CostumesAndGames'' by [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/members/strypgia.98/ Strypgia]] (writer of ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'' and ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'')
* ''Recommended by:'' @/Tron80, @/ShoutmonZ
* ''Status:'' Complete.
* ''Synopsis:'' The Angel War is over and past. Shinji and Asuka survived thanks to each other, and now are enjoying the benefits of saving the world: Getting to live in it. But Asuka has one last deep secret to reveal... one that will bind them together even more.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka (Shinji/Asuka/Rei implied)
* ''Tags:'' Humor, Romance
[=[[reviews:CostumesAndGames]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11901689/1/Hand-Cannot-Erase Hand Cannot Erase]]'' by jcmoorehead
* ''Recommended by:'' @/Tron80
* ''Status:'' Complete. Sequel ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12114907/1/You-Must-Not-Run-Away You Must Not Run Away]]'' also Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' After the world narrowly escaped a 4th Impact, Shinji Ikari is broken. Asuka Shikinami must take charge and lead both him and the confused 'Rei Ayanami' across a vast wasteland to the place the Lilin can get them.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Hurt, Drama, Romance
[=[[reviews:HandCannotErase]]=]

''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/amarantos-nge-au.30227/ Amarantos]]'' by Glor
* ''Recommended by:'' @/Tron80, {{@/Robinton}}, @/ShoutmonZ, CONQUISTADOR
* ''Status:'' Dead
* ''Synopsis:'' There is a garden in Germany watched over by the Langley Estate. Four year old Shinji Ikari is banished to its foreign forests where he forms a close bond with the Second Child, waiting for the day his father sends for him. Elsewhere, the Evangelions are being forged, slowly casting their long shadows.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Drama, Romance
[=[[reviews:Amarantos]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12079516/1/The-Second-Coming The Second Coming]]'' by Muphrid
* ''Recommended by:'' @/Tron80
* ''Status:'' Complete. Rewrite of "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7949668/1/The-Coming-of-the-First-Ones The Coming of the First Ones]]".
* ''Synopsis:'' The sister of Adam and Lilith deems mankind unworthy of flesh and blood. Instrumentality is over. The Second Coming of the Angels is at hand.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Sci-Fi, Drama, Romance
[=[[reviews:TheSecondComing]]=]

''Fanfic/NeonMetathesisEvangelion'' by Octo8 ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12141795/13/Neon-Metathesis-Evangelion link]])
* ''Recommended by'': @/KrspaceT
* ''Status'' Dead
* ''Synopsis'' Starting after Shamshel/Episode 4, angels arrive in a different chronological order than in canon, as do certain other events. In the midst of all this, Shinji, Asuka and Rei form bonds to each other, that will eventually result in romance. But of course, even so Angels screw things up, SEELE keeps plotting and Gendo advances his scenario.
* ''Pairing'' : Shinji/Asuka/Rei
[=[[reviews:Neon Metathesis Evangelion]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2615880/1/Angels-Love Angels Love]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/544647/gunman gunman]]
* ''Recommended by: @/NaruHinaFan
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' After a fierce battle, Rei comes to feel she is not special. However, one person thinks she is.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Rei
* ''Tags:'' Romance
[=[[reviews: Angels Love]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12595461/1/Veering-Left Veering Left]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6590190/RedDestroyer1361 RedDestroyer1361]]
* ''Recommended by'': @/FelipeFritschF
* ''Status:'' Dormant; last updated August 2020
* ''Synopsis:'' One mid-October evening, Asuka, tired of her conflicted emotions towards the Third Child, convinces a reluctant Shinji to kiss her. He in turn, deciding to take a chance for once, reciprocates. But even the joy of the happiest moment in her life cannot overcome her fears. Her cruel words leave not one, but two hearts broken. Can she be forgiven? And how will everything else change?
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka, Misato/Kaji
* ''Tags:'' Drama, Hurt, Romance, Humor
[=[[reviews: Veering Left]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11251079/1/The-Creative-Principle The Creative Principle]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4728970/Folk-Devil Folk Devil]]
* ''Recommended by'': @/FelipeFritschF
* ''Status:'' Dead; last updated July 2019
* ''Synopsis:'' Years after Third Impact, Shinji and Asuka are "married" and live in the US, still emotionally scarred and attempting to have a normal adult life. Though their old wounds are still healing, Shinji and Asuka are drawn back to their past as the United Nations attempt to inititate war trials against the remains of NERV. Meanwhile, a new threat looms on the horizon...
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Drama, Hurt, DarkFic
[=[[reviews: The Creative Principle]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3462016/1/The-Lighthouse The Lighthouse]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/262867/Verbl-Kint-187 Verbl Kint 187]]
* Recommended by: @/FelipeFritschF
* ''Synopsis:'' Years after the Angel War, Asuka and Shinji now work for NERV as professional military Eva pilots, fighting humans in regular wars for the UN, while Rei has lost her ability to pilot and now works in Section Two as an assassin. A lifetime of trauma has brought them together, but they are also still scarred and unable to function, partly thanks to their heavy drug and alcohol abuse.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka, Hikari/Toji
* ''Status'': Dead
* ''Tags:'' DarkFic, Drama, Hurt.
[=[[reviews: The Lighthouse]]=]

''Fanfic/{{Read The Fine Print|Evangelion}}'' by Mister Halt
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' Ongoing
* ''Synopsis:'' Previously known as: "You Should (Not) Sign Weird Contracts". Shinji and Asuka are childhood penpals, and Shinji signs an online contract selling his soul to her for some chocolate. They think nothing of what they consider a harmless, silly game until several years later, when Shinji is summoned to Tokyo-3 to pilot an Evangelion and he finds he is incapable of generating an AT-Field.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Drama

''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'' by Rommel
* ''Recommended by'': Chuckman, @/{{Enthryn}}, Miragician, Tropers/RN452, @/SRWFan, [=TheAmazingBlachman=], Ariachus
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' Starting where Episode 24 left off; NERV manages through political maneuvering to avert SEELE's attack for a time (meaning that the scenarios from Episode 25 & 26, and ''End of Evangelion'' does not come into fruition). A couple of months later, Shinji has recovered somewhat from the horrible ordeals he has been through, including Kaworu's death at his hands, and is starting to get into the routine of everyday life in a reconstructed Tokyo-3. But with the appearance of new angels of a questionable origin, Rei no longer being the girl he once knew, the very complicated relationship with the recently reawakened Asuka, and the selection of a new pilot, life is just as difficult as always, if not more so. And meanwhile, unbeknownst to him and the other pilots, an even bigger plot involving SEELE's machinations, the shadowy and merciless official, Musashi Kluge, who will stop at nothing to crush NERV, and The Emerald Tablet, a strange and unpredictable computer program for which Gendo has great plans, unfolds in the background.
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Action, Drama, Romance.

''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20040518114037/http://www.chainlightningstudios.com/text/eva/unreal.txt Unreal]]'' by T. L. Webb ([[https://web.archive.org/web/20041225112456/http://www.evafics.org/read.php?series_id=109 alternate link]])
* ''Recommended by'': Ariachus
* ''Status'': One-Shot
* ''Synopsis:'' Welcome to Tokyo 3, 2018. This is not the Tokyo 3 you know. The angels never came. The Evas were never built. Nerv never existed. And, as Asuka Langley Soryu is discovering, something is wrong. Something is... missing.
* ''Pairing'': Shinji/Asuka
[=[[reviews:Unreal]]=]

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13998205/1/Tied-Together-Everywhere-By-A-Hair Tied Together Everywhere By A Hair]] by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/14828821/HologramTheatre HologramTheatre]] ([[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35444227 AO3 Link]])

* Recommended by: Ariachus
* Status: [[strike:Complete]] Deleted
* Synopsis: With Asuka away, Shinji starts wearing one of her hairbands to remind himself of her.
* Pairing(s): Shinji/Asuka
* Tags: Comedy, Romance.

"[[https://www.reddit.com/r/asushin/comments/ma4i1o/translated_pacificeva_by_yadoraki_for_my_fellow/ Pacific Eva]]" by Yadoraki
* Recommended by: Ariachus
* ''Synopsis:'' Gendo's newest "brilliant" idea forces Shinji and Asuka to fight in the same Evangelion.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Humor, Romance.

[=[[reviews:PacificEva]]=]

"[[https://www.reddit.com/r/asushin/comments/o1o0v1/eva_land_an_asushin_comedy_by_yadorakisan/ Eva Land]]" by Yadoraki
* Recommended by: Ariachus
* ''Synopsis:'' "Nerv HQ got turned into a theme park?" "And we're going to be the first customers-- for a test run?"
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Humor, Romance.

[=[[reviews:EvaLand]]=]

''Fanfic/RolePlayingEvangelion'' by Lara Bartram and Ammadeau
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' One-Shot
* ''Synopsis:'' Asuka talks Shinji into reenacting moments of Nerv history for some unknown purpose.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka.
* ''Tags:'' Comedy

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13967644/1/Another-Night Another Night]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/15136376/OutOfAsushin OutOfAsushin]]
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' Shinji has a surprise visitor every night, but their presence is not conductive to restful sleep.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka.
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Comedy, Action

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13994974/1/Parenting-in-2032 Parenting in 2032]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4401376/HydrationStation HydrationStation]]
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' One-Shot
* ''Synopsis:'' Shinji and Asuka's son asks his parents a party as his fourth birthday gift. Unfortunately, Shinji and Asuka never had one, and have no idea what they are doing, but they are determined to ensure their child does not become scarred for life at the age of four.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka.
* ''Tags:'' Comedy

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35581627 Toxicity]]'' by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/NidokingBR/pseuds/NidokingBR NidokingBR]]
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' One-Shot
* ''Synopsis:'' Twitter is a toxic place. Someone is dissing Shinji Ikari on Twitter. Another person is determined to get to the bottom of the matter.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka.
* ''Tags:'' Comedy, Drama, Romance

''Fanfic/LongTimeNoSee'' by Jimmy Wolk
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' One-Shot
* ''Synopsis:'' Fifteen years after the Angel War, Shinji Ikari is henpecked into attending Nerv's reunion party. While reminiscing with old friends and co-workers about his post-War life, Shinji runs into someone whom he has not seen in a while.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka.
* ''Tags:'' Comedy, Romance

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14014631/1/In-Vino-Cogitatio-Bona In Vino Cogitation Bona]]'' by Strypgia/Panther2G ([[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36106603 AO3 link]])
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' One-Shot
* ''Synopsis:'' No one cares Asuka is alone and feeling miserable on her birthday as everyone is at Nerv trying to get the Third Child out of his Eva. So she decides to ransack Misato's liquor cabinet...
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka.
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Comedy

''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/asushin/comments/pemq65/your_name_asushin_korean_fan_comic_after_30101/ Your Name]]'' by [=Qwased5082=] [[https://gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board/view/?id=evangelion&no=261398&search_pos=-261825&s_type=search_name&s_keyword=Qawsed5082&page=1 (Untranslated version)]]
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' In a new world, two lonely souls try to find each other.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka.
* ''Tags:'' Drama, Romance

''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/asushin/comments/ryhtix/the_new_sofa_rebuild/ The New Sofa]]'' by [[https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/1823709 Solex]] (Untranslated version [[https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/22672931 here]])
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' Shinji and Asuka buy a new sofa. Misato is looking forward to try her new piece of furniture, but she can need to kick her wards out of it first.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Comedy, Romance

''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/asushin/comments/14hy8ui/savage_dog_asuka_and_grownup_shinchan_by_nanashi/ Savage Dog Asuka & Grown-up Shin-chan]]'' by [[Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro Nanashi (774)]]
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' Asuka is not coping well with getting her grades beaten by Rei and Mari. Fortunately she has a -very unorthodox- way to deal with it.
* ''Pairing:'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Comedy, Romance

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13889838/1/Yui-s-Words Yui's Words]]'' by SheriffJohnStone
* ''Recommended by:'' AirGuitar035
* ''Status:'' Ongoing
* ''Synopsis:'' Before her contact experiment, Yui Ikari left a lot of letters and video recordings for her son Shinji. She forced Gendo to promise to take care of him, and he found himself unable to say no. 10 years later, the angels have arrived and she is waiting inside Unit-01's core for her son to return.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Adventure/Humour

''Fanfic/RiseOfTheMinisukas'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2924680/Blackunknown Blackunknown]]
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' Ongoing
* ''Synopsis:'' The Third Child is being beaten by Sachiel when he is helped by the sudden appearance of an army of tiny, temperamental redheads that can only speak "Baka/Anta Baka" and wield tiny crimson lances. Where did they come from and why they are so overprotective from Shinji Ikari?
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka.
* ''Tags:'' Humor, Romance

''Fanfic/{{Samsara}}'' by Chuckman
* ''Recommended by:'' shawnmstewart, Ariachus
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' After the events of Episode 15, Shinji wishes that he could have a good day for once, and subsequently finds himself [[GroundHogDayLoop reliving that particular day over and over again.]] He soon discovers that Asuka is also in need of a good day, and tries to ensure she has one - which proves surprisingly difficult. Shinji also introduces Rei to caffeine. Relatively short and very funny.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka, Kaji/Misato
* ''Tags:'' Humor, Romance

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14119286/1/Thermal-Contact-Resistance Thermal Contact Resistance]]'' by zxanthe
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' Complete
* ''Synopsis:'' It is a scorching hot day in Tokyo-3, and Misato has not bothered to get the air-conditioning fixed. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Humor, Romance

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14023076/1/Asuka-and-Shinji-alongside-a-Scorching-Inferno Asuka and Shinji alongside a Scorching Inferno]]'' by Ma Ji Gaming
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' One-shot
* ''Synopsis:'' Shinji and Asuka go for a stroll, and the Unit-01 pilot is faced with a very serious conundrum.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Humor, Romance

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13883566/1/Everlong Everlong]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1166503/deathbringer374 deathbringer374]]
* ''Recommended by:'' AirGuitar035
* ''Status:'' Complete (one-shot)
* ''Synopsis:'' In between the attacks of the 14th and 15th Angels, while Shinji is trapped in Unit 01, Asuka and Misato have a heated argument in the Geo-Front. Some truths are said. After the Third Child is retrieved, he notices a slight change. A few weeks later, Asuka enlists him in a Judo tournament! Come and read to see what happens!
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Drama


''Fanfic/AsukaAndShinjisInfinitePlaylist'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/13993927/RLLRRR RLLRRR]]
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' Ongoing
* ''Synopsis:'' Manga continuity. After running into a red-haired stranger at the station, Shinji Ikari starts feeling something is amiss with his world, and his SDAT player seems to hold clues to a disturbing secret.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Romance, Drama

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14029476/1/The-Asuka-Variations The Asuka Variations]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/946314/AgentKaji AgentKaji]]
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' Ongoing
* ''Synopsis:'' Two Asukas hailing from parallel universes are thrown into the main reality and found by Nerv. As the cast comes to terms with the newcomers, the Second Child starts re-examining herself and her relationships.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Drama

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14142544/1/All-things-end-someday All Things End Someday]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/109777/Romulo-Nidoking-BR Romulo Nidoking BR]]
* ''Recommended by:'' Ariachus
* ''Status:'' One-shot
* ''Synopsis:'' Toji meets Shinji at a bar and is shocked to learn that Shinji and Asuka aren't dating anymore.
* ''Pairing(s):'' Shinji/Asuka
* ''Tags:'' Humor, Romance

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