You know how 95% of fanfic is crap? And how a lot of the worse ones are from anime? Well, this isn't one of them. There are a few grammatical errors and typos, and the tense takes a little getting used to, but it's so good that I don't care.

Anyways, it's a what-if story where Shinji's mom doesn't die, and they find alternate means to run the EVAs. Spoilers ahoy, just so you know.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGENobodyDies