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TITLE: Aftershocks: A Story in Shattered Pieces
SUMMARY: Truth hurts.
CHARACTERS: House, Wilson, Chase
RATING: R for language and themes (gen fic).
WARNINGS: Details the aftermath of events in Bad Company, a rough, violent story. Aftermath isn't always pretty; may distress some readers. Adult themes and adult language.
SPOILERS: No.
DISCLAIMER: Don't own 'em. Never will.
NOTES: The pieces of this shattered story are numbered. The first number signifies the number of days that have elapsed since the original event in Bad Company; the second number signifies when the fic occurs during that day.
Detonation
No interesting case means House gets home while it's still daylight. Well, sorta, he thinks as he looks up at the twilight sky before heading into the building. He finally has the unlocking of the new lock and deadbolt down to an automatic sequence, and he makes sure to call for Wilson as he steps inside.
There's no response, not even the thump of a fist against a wall, and his heart speeds up just a little. "Wilson?" he calls again, louder, as he locks the door behind him and sets his helmet on the table.
He's turning to take off his jacket when he spots the paper lying on the floor by the front door. The pink paper. A fucking Financial Times is tightly folded on his fucking floor.
"Oh, you sick fuck," House mutters under his breath, then he takes off for the kitchen. He can be fast when he needs to be, and all the while he's hoping, hell, praying that Wilson's still in the apartment and that they're the only ones in the apartment.
The kitchen is empty, the block of knives overturned on the counter. Back in the living room, the phone—handset, base, wires—is strewn over the floor. Each piece is intact but that doesn't mean it's a good sign. The couch and coffee table are shifted at odd angles, and the one good lamp has been tipped onto the couch cushions. House growls.
The hallway is longer than he remembers; the bathroom is empty, the bedroom door is closed. House takes a deep breath and shifts his grip on the cane, holding it like a club. Slowly, he pushes open the door.
The bedroom is cast in shadows, and House can't make out anything except the bulk of the bed. House breathes a grunt of almost-relief—if the sick bastard were here, he'd have revealed himself by now.
"Wilson?" he calls again, and his heart races in the silence that greets him. Wilson had better be—
He becomes aware of a soft panting sound, and House looks down to see Wilson, sitting curled next to the doorway, his knees drawn up tight against his chest. The light from the hall glints off the large knife Wilson's holding in his good hand.
The grunt House had let out earlier is nothing compared to the way his body relaxes at the sight. He shifts until he's leaning back against the door and facing Wilson. He says, quietly, "The eleven-inch knife's overkill, don't you think? I'd've gone with the eight, myself."
Wilson's panting slows, just a little. He's staring resolutely at the bedpost across the room.
House leans harder against the door and the cane; he needs the brace against the weakness in his knees. "Doesn't really matter, I guess," he continues, working hard to keep his voice steady. "I'm just glad you didn't stick me with that thing."
"Heard," Wilson half-whispers. His breathing is getting closer to normal, but the knife is still shaking and his eyes don't move. "Knew 't was you."
House is glad for the support of the door; he's surprised by how much he needed Wilson to still be in there. Only now he doesn't know what else to say. He silently curses psychiatry, psychology, and his own stubborn self. Had he not been so dismissive during his psych rotations, he might be able to handle this without making it worse. He briefly thinks of the card Cuddy gave him, on the end table next to Wilson's bed, but quickly banishes the thought. A third party right now would definitely make it worse.
He takes a deep breath and lets it out in a slow sigh. Wilson mimics the action.
"So," House says after a moment.
One of Wilson's eyelids twitch, but that's all the response House gets.
"You want to put down the knife now?"
"No," Wilson replies, his knuckles flexing white as he tightens his grip on the handle.
House transfers his cane, rubs his palm on his jeans, and resumes his original position. "Okay, then how about unclenching yourself? You're not doing your ribs any favors."
Wilson blinks, slowly, like he's finally reconnecting with all his nerve endings. He tenses as if to try to move, but hisses in a breath and relaxes again almost immediately. With one arm strapped to his chest and the other occupied by the knife, he's got no way of helping himself unfold his knees. "Can't," he says miserably.
"Okay," House says quietly as he slowly lowers himself to the floor. "Okay, I'm going to help you, then." He keeps talking as he scoots himself closer. "We've got to straighten you out first. To do that, I'm going to have to pull on your ankles." He looks up; Wilson is finally looking at him from behind the knife blade. "Wilson?"
Wilson nods his head.
"Don't stab me," House mutters as he wraps one hand around Wilson's ankle and rests the other on his knee. Wilson's body tenses under his fingers, then shudders and relaxes. Gingerly, House straightens first one leg, then the other. He looks up to find Wilson watching him intently.
He rubs his face with one hand. "I don't think I can help you off this floor if you don't put the knife down," he admits. When Wilson glances away, he says quickly, "But we can stay here until you're ready. Okay?"
Wilson looks back.
"Comfortable?" House asks.
Wilson nods, once. House scoots back until he's once again leaning against the door.
It's fully dark outside before Wilson finally speaks. "He was here."
Again House wishes that he had some idea of what the hell he was doing, some idea about how to fix the unfixable. "I saw," he replies quietly. "He didn't—"
"No," Wilson cuts him off. "The door never opened." His fingers flex around the knife handle again.
House really wants to grab Wilson by the shoulders and pepper him with questions. But that would get him stabbed, so he keeps quiet.
"I wen' to the kitchen. I was gonna make sm 'mato soup. I wandid oo take a nap 'fore you got home." Wilson's words are quiet and coming fast; House has to strain to understand him. "I was sittin' on the bed when the paper came through the mail slot." He starts to shake again.
"Jesus," House mutters and scrubs at his face with both hands. "Fuck."
"That fucking pink paper," Wilson whispers. He sits for a moment, then his breath hitches. "Wait. You saw what?"
House twitches, looking up to see Wilson staring at him intently. "I...saw the...on the floor. The paper."
"But you knew what it meant. You were panicked."
House shifts uncomfortably, reluctant to look at Wilson.
"You've been acting weird, even for you. What aren't you telling me?" For the first time in weeks, Wilson looks like his entire focus is on something other than himself. House is not particularly happy that Wilson's new focus is on him.
"I never told you about the paper," Wilson says harshly.
"He always reads that paper," House replies quickly. He's busy studying the drapes on the other side of the room, so he startles when Wilson sends the knife skidding across the floor under his bed. Somehow Wilson has managed to regain his feet by the time House stands up, and House barely has his cane under him when Wilson steps up close, forcing him back against the door. Wilson is so close House can't look away; maybe that's his intention.
"When he was nineteen?" Wilson whispers. House can almost see the gears turning, wishes for a moment that Wilson wasn't as smart as he was. "You're a fucking liar. He showed you. You saw him. You knew he wasn't gone."
House swallows, hard. "Yeah," he croaks.
"How long?"
House could lie, but standing this close, Wilson would see it. Wilson can see him contemplating it even now and shoves his shoulder into the door.
"How long?"
"Almost two weeks," House barely whispers, and Wilson's eyes widen. "I just...see him. He makes himself seen. On the street, in the grocery store. He wanted me to know he's still in town."
Wilson steps back. "And you never though' to tell me." He sounds quiet, almost crushed.
"What was I going to say?" House says loudly. "Hey, Wilson, that sadistic bastard who fucked us both over hasn't left town yet? You're getting better; you didn't need to know."
"Yeah, much better to find out this way." Wilson shoulders past House and starts painfully down the hall.
House follows; he's not done yet. "Wilson, this is what he does. He shows up, he fucks with me for a while, he leaves. I didn't think he'd involve you."
"You see where that kind of thinking has gotten us." Wilson's standing near the hospital bed, his good hand on the pillow, his back to House.
House knows better than to touch him. "The only way to get through it is to keep our heads down and not panic. Eventually he'll go away."
Wilson turns to face House, slowly, and shakes his head. His eyes are wide, incredulous. He gurgles harshly in his chest; it takes House a beat to realize Wilson is laughing. Almost hysterically, definitely painfully, but laughing nonetheless. "Tha's great, House. We won' panic."
"It's a game to him. He gets off on it, on fu—"
His words are smashed, along with his lips, back into his teeth as Wilson's fist connects solidly with his face.
He staggers backward, prevented from falling only by the corner of the hallway wall jamming painfully between his shoulderblades. For a moment, he leans against the wall and watches Wilson, standing with his right hand still clenched in a fist, his eyes flat and dark and narrow. Wilson isn't laughing now.
House brings his free hand to his face, glances down at the blood slicked across his fingertips. "Jesus, Wilson," he whispers through swelling lips.
Wilson's face is emotionless now, made more mask-like by the odd way his lips stretch over the wires. "Call Chase," he says. "And get out."
House makes no move as Wilson brushes past him. He listens to Wilson's painful steps down the hallway and the snick of the bathroom door closing. He wants to shout, to growl, to break open the door and make sure Wilson's okay, make him listen to reason. Instead he looks back down at his bloody fingers and breathes, "Fuck."
House manages to get mostly cleaned up while waiting for Chase to arrive. He can feel his face swelling, but he's stopped bleeding and in the dim light of the living room it's not too obvious. The sound of the shower effectively stops House from attempting to open the bathroom door, so he hangs a change of clothes on the knob. He comes back to the desk, where Wilson's luggage lays open, keeping his things in easy reach. Even with one hand, Wilson has somehow managed to keep his t-shirts folded. House glances around the living room, cataloging Wilson's other belongings. It won't take long for Chase to pack Wilson up.
Chase looks almost surprised by the speed with which House answers his knock. He glances at House's face, down at the bloody spot on his shirt, then looks over House's shoulder into the apartment. "Hey," he mutters. He doesn't look entirely happy about being called into service.
House isn't exactly happy about having to call him, either. He scowls and steps back to let Chase in.
"So, same orders as before?" Chase asks with forced lightness as he pulls his bag over his shoulder and turns back to House, who hasn't closed the door. "Fetch and carry, entertain and amuse?"
House points down the hallway. "He's in the shower. Make sure he's okay, give him his meds, feed him. Make sure he sleeps. You can sleep on the couch." He tucks a wad of cash in Chase's shirt pocket. "Wilson's your master now; do whatever he asks. But don't even think about leaving him alone. And don't open the door, for anyone, for any reason. Not even wet and naked Carmen Electra." He glares until Chase nods his understanding. "Lock the door behind me."
With that, House turns, grabs his helmet from the side table, and leaves.
SUMMARY: Truth hurts.
CHARACTERS: House, Wilson, Chase
RATING: R for language and themes (gen fic).
WARNINGS: Details the aftermath of events in Bad Company, a rough, violent story. Aftermath isn't always pretty; may distress some readers. Adult themes and adult language.
SPOILERS: No.
DISCLAIMER: Don't own 'em. Never will.
NOTES: The pieces of this shattered story are numbered. The first number signifies the number of days that have elapsed since the original event in Bad Company; the second number signifies when the fic occurs during that day.
Detonation
No interesting case means House gets home while it's still daylight. Well, sorta, he thinks as he looks up at the twilight sky before heading into the building. He finally has the unlocking of the new lock and deadbolt down to an automatic sequence, and he makes sure to call for Wilson as he steps inside.
There's no response, not even the thump of a fist against a wall, and his heart speeds up just a little. "Wilson?" he calls again, louder, as he locks the door behind him and sets his helmet on the table.
He's turning to take off his jacket when he spots the paper lying on the floor by the front door. The pink paper. A fucking Financial Times is tightly folded on his fucking floor.
"Oh, you sick fuck," House mutters under his breath, then he takes off for the kitchen. He can be fast when he needs to be, and all the while he's hoping, hell, praying that Wilson's still in the apartment and that they're the only ones in the apartment.
The kitchen is empty, the block of knives overturned on the counter. Back in the living room, the phone—handset, base, wires—is strewn over the floor. Each piece is intact but that doesn't mean it's a good sign. The couch and coffee table are shifted at odd angles, and the one good lamp has been tipped onto the couch cushions. House growls.
The hallway is longer than he remembers; the bathroom is empty, the bedroom door is closed. House takes a deep breath and shifts his grip on the cane, holding it like a club. Slowly, he pushes open the door.
The bedroom is cast in shadows, and House can't make out anything except the bulk of the bed. House breathes a grunt of almost-relief—if the sick bastard were here, he'd have revealed himself by now.
"Wilson?" he calls again, and his heart races in the silence that greets him. Wilson had better be—
He becomes aware of a soft panting sound, and House looks down to see Wilson, sitting curled next to the doorway, his knees drawn up tight against his chest. The light from the hall glints off the large knife Wilson's holding in his good hand.
The grunt House had let out earlier is nothing compared to the way his body relaxes at the sight. He shifts until he's leaning back against the door and facing Wilson. He says, quietly, "The eleven-inch knife's overkill, don't you think? I'd've gone with the eight, myself."
Wilson's panting slows, just a little. He's staring resolutely at the bedpost across the room.
House leans harder against the door and the cane; he needs the brace against the weakness in his knees. "Doesn't really matter, I guess," he continues, working hard to keep his voice steady. "I'm just glad you didn't stick me with that thing."
"Heard," Wilson half-whispers. His breathing is getting closer to normal, but the knife is still shaking and his eyes don't move. "Knew 't was you."
House is glad for the support of the door; he's surprised by how much he needed Wilson to still be in there. Only now he doesn't know what else to say. He silently curses psychiatry, psychology, and his own stubborn self. Had he not been so dismissive during his psych rotations, he might be able to handle this without making it worse. He briefly thinks of the card Cuddy gave him, on the end table next to Wilson's bed, but quickly banishes the thought. A third party right now would definitely make it worse.
He takes a deep breath and lets it out in a slow sigh. Wilson mimics the action.
"So," House says after a moment.
One of Wilson's eyelids twitch, but that's all the response House gets.
"You want to put down the knife now?"
"No," Wilson replies, his knuckles flexing white as he tightens his grip on the handle.
House transfers his cane, rubs his palm on his jeans, and resumes his original position. "Okay, then how about unclenching yourself? You're not doing your ribs any favors."
Wilson blinks, slowly, like he's finally reconnecting with all his nerve endings. He tenses as if to try to move, but hisses in a breath and relaxes again almost immediately. With one arm strapped to his chest and the other occupied by the knife, he's got no way of helping himself unfold his knees. "Can't," he says miserably.
"Okay," House says quietly as he slowly lowers himself to the floor. "Okay, I'm going to help you, then." He keeps talking as he scoots himself closer. "We've got to straighten you out first. To do that, I'm going to have to pull on your ankles." He looks up; Wilson is finally looking at him from behind the knife blade. "Wilson?"
Wilson nods his head.
"Don't stab me," House mutters as he wraps one hand around Wilson's ankle and rests the other on his knee. Wilson's body tenses under his fingers, then shudders and relaxes. Gingerly, House straightens first one leg, then the other. He looks up to find Wilson watching him intently.
He rubs his face with one hand. "I don't think I can help you off this floor if you don't put the knife down," he admits. When Wilson glances away, he says quickly, "But we can stay here until you're ready. Okay?"
Wilson looks back.
"Comfortable?" House asks.
Wilson nods, once. House scoots back until he's once again leaning against the door.
It's fully dark outside before Wilson finally speaks. "He was here."
Again House wishes that he had some idea of what the hell he was doing, some idea about how to fix the unfixable. "I saw," he replies quietly. "He didn't—"
"No," Wilson cuts him off. "The door never opened." His fingers flex around the knife handle again.
House really wants to grab Wilson by the shoulders and pepper him with questions. But that would get him stabbed, so he keeps quiet.
"I wen' to the kitchen. I was gonna make sm 'mato soup. I wandid oo take a nap 'fore you got home." Wilson's words are quiet and coming fast; House has to strain to understand him. "I was sittin' on the bed when the paper came through the mail slot." He starts to shake again.
"Jesus," House mutters and scrubs at his face with both hands. "Fuck."
"That fucking pink paper," Wilson whispers. He sits for a moment, then his breath hitches. "Wait. You saw what?"
House twitches, looking up to see Wilson staring at him intently. "I...saw the...on the floor. The paper."
"But you knew what it meant. You were panicked."
House shifts uncomfortably, reluctant to look at Wilson.
"You've been acting weird, even for you. What aren't you telling me?" For the first time in weeks, Wilson looks like his entire focus is on something other than himself. House is not particularly happy that Wilson's new focus is on him.
"I never told you about the paper," Wilson says harshly.
"He always reads that paper," House replies quickly. He's busy studying the drapes on the other side of the room, so he startles when Wilson sends the knife skidding across the floor under his bed. Somehow Wilson has managed to regain his feet by the time House stands up, and House barely has his cane under him when Wilson steps up close, forcing him back against the door. Wilson is so close House can't look away; maybe that's his intention.
"When he was nineteen?" Wilson whispers. House can almost see the gears turning, wishes for a moment that Wilson wasn't as smart as he was. "You're a fucking liar. He showed you. You saw him. You knew he wasn't gone."
House swallows, hard. "Yeah," he croaks.
"How long?"
House could lie, but standing this close, Wilson would see it. Wilson can see him contemplating it even now and shoves his shoulder into the door.
"How long?"
"Almost two weeks," House barely whispers, and Wilson's eyes widen. "I just...see him. He makes himself seen. On the street, in the grocery store. He wanted me to know he's still in town."
Wilson steps back. "And you never though' to tell me." He sounds quiet, almost crushed.
"What was I going to say?" House says loudly. "Hey, Wilson, that sadistic bastard who fucked us both over hasn't left town yet? You're getting better; you didn't need to know."
"Yeah, much better to find out this way." Wilson shoulders past House and starts painfully down the hall.
House follows; he's not done yet. "Wilson, this is what he does. He shows up, he fucks with me for a while, he leaves. I didn't think he'd involve you."
"You see where that kind of thinking has gotten us." Wilson's standing near the hospital bed, his good hand on the pillow, his back to House.
House knows better than to touch him. "The only way to get through it is to keep our heads down and not panic. Eventually he'll go away."
Wilson turns to face House, slowly, and shakes his head. His eyes are wide, incredulous. He gurgles harshly in his chest; it takes House a beat to realize Wilson is laughing. Almost hysterically, definitely painfully, but laughing nonetheless. "Tha's great, House. We won' panic."
"It's a game to him. He gets off on it, on fu—"
His words are smashed, along with his lips, back into his teeth as Wilson's fist connects solidly with his face.
He staggers backward, prevented from falling only by the corner of the hallway wall jamming painfully between his shoulderblades. For a moment, he leans against the wall and watches Wilson, standing with his right hand still clenched in a fist, his eyes flat and dark and narrow. Wilson isn't laughing now.
House brings his free hand to his face, glances down at the blood slicked across his fingertips. "Jesus, Wilson," he whispers through swelling lips.
Wilson's face is emotionless now, made more mask-like by the odd way his lips stretch over the wires. "Call Chase," he says. "And get out."
House makes no move as Wilson brushes past him. He listens to Wilson's painful steps down the hallway and the snick of the bathroom door closing. He wants to shout, to growl, to break open the door and make sure Wilson's okay, make him listen to reason. Instead he looks back down at his bloody fingers and breathes, "Fuck."
House manages to get mostly cleaned up while waiting for Chase to arrive. He can feel his face swelling, but he's stopped bleeding and in the dim light of the living room it's not too obvious. The sound of the shower effectively stops House from attempting to open the bathroom door, so he hangs a change of clothes on the knob. He comes back to the desk, where Wilson's luggage lays open, keeping his things in easy reach. Even with one hand, Wilson has somehow managed to keep his t-shirts folded. House glances around the living room, cataloging Wilson's other belongings. It won't take long for Chase to pack Wilson up.
Chase looks almost surprised by the speed with which House answers his knock. He glances at House's face, down at the bloody spot on his shirt, then looks over House's shoulder into the apartment. "Hey," he mutters. He doesn't look entirely happy about being called into service.
House isn't exactly happy about having to call him, either. He scowls and steps back to let Chase in.
"So, same orders as before?" Chase asks with forced lightness as he pulls his bag over his shoulder and turns back to House, who hasn't closed the door. "Fetch and carry, entertain and amuse?"
House points down the hallway. "He's in the shower. Make sure he's okay, give him his meds, feed him. Make sure he sleeps. You can sleep on the couch." He tucks a wad of cash in Chase's shirt pocket. "Wilson's your master now; do whatever he asks. But don't even think about leaving him alone. And don't open the door, for anyone, for any reason. Not even wet and naked Carmen Electra." He glares until Chase nods his understanding. "Lock the door behind me."
With that, House turns, grabs his helmet from the side table, and leaves.
With that said, where is House going? I wonder what is going on in his head. Wilson will probably want to move out. But what about House? I'm betting he's going to go on a destructive streak ( I mean more than usual) ... since he already lost Wilson, what else is there to hold him back?
I love the "wet and naked Carmen Electra" reference. Even in the worst of times, you have House's fleet-footed wit intact, and that's wonderful.
Please, please post something on Saturday. I will not survive until Monday.
The coming week is going to be ... interesting. But do have faith, if you can.
Is it wrong of me that I love that Wilson punched House?
It hurt us, of course, but we ... are sort of deranged that way, most likely. Heh.
i am loving this story
so angsty and intense..!
i really hope you write a therapy chapter or two or five....wilson really needs to see a counselor badly! i think house might need to too.
love where this is going even though it's absolute torture to read these two suffering so much
can't wait till house beats martin to death with his cane (literally)
: P
What a GREAT and HORRIFIC chapter. Here's (really) hoping you'll treat us to a post on Saturday, 'cause I don't think your faithful readers can survive another two days without a Bad Company fix.
House--jeez. Don't do something crazy and stupid and potentially suicidal. Then again, what am I saying? You're House. That's pretty much what I expect.
I'm taken by how House left his own appartment without a single sound of repproach after Wilson just punched him in the face. Brilliant. Also, I'm a big fan of your Chase - 100% lovable.
I adore how you're working the increasing tension between them, coming from every side: Martin's threatening presence, Wilson's condition, their realisation of how much they need each other. That's absolutely scary for grown men, especially a pair as emotionally scarred as them. Kudos!
Far out. The choice really was for Wilson, to be scared every second of the day or be mindlessly terrified one night.
This story just keeps twisting and multiplying on itself, I love it.
It's so sad that House doesn't even try to resist. He doesn't try to reason with him, explain himself. He listens, and leaves. And he seems so convinced that, now, finally, Wilson's going to leave him. House tried to hard to take care of Wilson, and make sure he was safe...So sad.
Wow. This was just riveting, so emotional. Just amazing...
And what is House going to do now? He must feel so helpless. *hugs House*
Come on House and Wilson, you can totally get through this. *Ignores the possibility of House and Wilson's friendship imploding*
More please.
- Kinks
AAAAAnd I just can't do this anymore...
But as of tonight - its just too much now. Too much angst, too much pain and too much fear-I can't read this anymore. As stupid as it sounds, it just hurts too much to read. A drabble or 400 words a week day and weekends off is now simply not working for me anymore. I am so sorry.
Thank you so much for your great epic story and I will catch it all when its eventually done.
Pace-
kristinainsf
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Oh. My. A bomb indeed.
*settles in for the LONG wait*
-Katrina
Oh, no.
Yesterday's chapter made me physically shiver with cold. And going from House's panic yesterday to this gut-punch? I don't think any attempt to describe his thoughts and feelings right now could hurt more than your detached "House isn't exactly happy about having to call him, either. " And what's horrible is I understand them both completely right now. What else could House have done? And how else could Wilson react to finding out? All this time since House first realized Martin is still there, you showed us how his love and consideration for Wilson made him keep it secret, and now you show us what a terrible thing it was for him to keep it secret.
But please don't let this mean that their relationship is ruined beyond repair. Please don't let Martin win now. Although right now I can't see what either of them could do to fix things. (And I guess I now know what it takes to make me de-lurk, too.)
We are very glad you de-lurked.
*smiles*
Hang in there.
One reason to hate fridays...wondering if there will be an evil cliffhanger from you guys o.o;
Trying not to have a panic attack here.
Love how Chase doesn't question.
wow....*still in shock*
House said really the wrong thing, and he has earned that punch.
Still, I don't think Wilson is going to move out. Where can he go, after all?
I think -and hope- he only wanted some respite from House's presence.
Those two need to talk, dammit!
btw, I assume you've done a lot of research, but does it really take so much for broken ribs and jaw to heal? It's 36 days now!
(in case it's not clear, I just want Wilson to get better...)
At least Chase is there.
*sighs and goes back to (im)patiently waiting*
Six to eight weeks for the collarbone and jaw. We're at, what, five weeks now? And Wilson has had some unusual setbacks at two weeks, what with getting violently ill on two occasions; that probably slowed the healing time a bit.
The second part was heartbreaking. What House will do now? That idiot!
And damn! Just now I realize I'll have to wait until Monday to read the next part. Yeah, you are really mean!
Loved the image of Wilson cowering on the bedroom floor in the dark corner with his muscles locked and his knife-wielding hand shaking -- and House approaching him so cautiously, so carefully, talking him through everything (so glad to see Wilson aware in there), gently positioning him until he's ready to get up.
"The only way to get through it is to keep our heads down and not panic. Eventually he'll go away."
What he did say is that Martin always come back as well, and his toy (Wilson) may not survive this game, Martin has no intention of leaving Wilson out of this, I think House was trying to convince himself that 'nothing will happen to Wilson' because, deep down, he is panicking and really no thinking that clearly.
Because I can see why Wilson is so mad at House, House is seeing this as one of his medical puzzles, he is betting on a theory, that Martin only wants him, wants to fuck with him, and Martin will leave Wilson out of it of he doesn't seem to pay Wilson too much attention.
Too late, House, as you said, Martin already know Wilson is your weak point, and what makes you think he will let such a useful tool left unused?
So I said House really was panicking and not thinking clearly. Maybe he has his reason, but at this stage, I really can't figure out what that might be.
And Wilson. Wilson clearly see House is taking a gamble on his theory, and this time in stead of his patient, House is gambling with his life. How could House do 'NOTHING' when he know Martin is in town? Sure, he ring home to check six time a day, but HOW WILL THAT HELP WILSON IF MARTIN IS IN HIS HOUSE?!
Come on, House is suppose to be smart, there must be a way to keep Wilson safe, even if it is to pick up a gun and shot Martin dead, cut off his ear and take it home to show Wilson.
Gee, just imaging that scene makes me feel happier.
Great chapter, can't wait for Monday.
Nah. Van Gogh already topped that stunt. And you think Wilson would believe that House hadn't simply mutilated some poor corpse at the hospital morgue?
We are continually amazed at the, ah ... creative ways our Faithful Readers invent for dispatching dear Martin. Hee.
We can't reveal upcoming events, naturally, but what we'll say right now is:
Trust us.
Yes. Yes, we know it's hard. Heh.
I hate it, because of the angst.
But I love it, because it's just great, solid writing.
I think it's just the, constant, ups and downs, that truly get to me with this. One minute, things are looking up. Then the next, shit like this happens.
When will it end? D:
We know what it looks like from here, and we can't reveal what does or does not happen, but ... trust us.
Yes, we're serious. Heh. We know we're evil. Trust us anyway.
But I will try to trust that things will come to relatively good conclusion. I don't think I could survive the disappointment if it wasn't. :'(
The dreadful thing is that I can see both House and Wilson's point of view: House's desperately clinging both to what he thinks he knows of Martin *and* his own idealistic hope for escape from the nightmare, and Wilson's PTSD reaction to Martin's presence.
This is very, very, very, very, very worrying :S
(and amazing)
We, too, could see both sides so clearly and couldn't have said that either one was wrong.
Yes, it's worrying to say the least. But hang in there.
Not that it really made me feel any better, this chapter still broke my heart into wee little pieces, but yeah.
Ouch. I'll stop rambling now.
thankingforgiving you for at least three more chapters. Here's my new request. House and Wilson go to Hawaii and live happily ever after.I am in no way praising you because praising evil is wrong, but if I were than I would say that bringing Chase in is just perfect and how he immediately gages the seriousness of the situation. My love of Chase has grown through this series or would have if you weren't evil. :)
thankingforgiving you for at least three more chapters.Heh. We'll see what you think after the next three chapters go up.
Seriously, though. We're evil, yes; but have faith.