Comments | bironic: Fic! "A Helping Hand," House/Wilson, NC-17 (2/2)

bironic

Fic! "A Helping Hand," House/Wilson, NC-17 (2/2)

Aug 13, 2006 09:30

Title: A Helping Hand
Fandom: House M.D.
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 8,670
Summary: Wilson has an unusually rough day and House decides (somewhat despite himself) to help. Things go further than he planned.
Disclaimer: Not mine in any way, alas.
A/N: Takes place between "Forever" and "No Reason." Spoilers through "Forever ( Read more... )

my writing, house: misc

Comments 139

gandolforf August 13 2006, 14:44:00 UTC

Not bad, normally I don't like NC17 H/W, but this was done rather well. Good job.

bironic August 14 2006, 23:28:10 UTC

Thanks -- glad you liked it even if this category isn't usually your cup of tea.

Fic: A Helping Hand part two rosewillread August 13 2006, 14:46:29 UTC

Oh, Yeah!
I love the way it ended, them not quite sure of their footing, but sure of the path they were heading for.
And House trying to think of Cameron was good.
And Wilson being able to take just enough of step forward that House could go the right direction.
And the right level of awkwardness again, with House's insecurity and Wilson expression lacking pity or affection.

Re: Fic: A Helping Hand part two bironic August 14 2006, 23:30:10 UTC

not quite sure of their footing, but sure of the path they were heading for.

And now I have an image of them walking arm-and-arm into the sunset. The hideous purply-pink sunset of season two's rooftop scenes. Oh dear.

Anyhow, thank you, and thanks as always for pointing out what you liked in particular. Will reply soon to your other comment as well.

leaper182 August 13 2006, 15:02:34 UTC

This was a very pleasant way of starting the day. :D ( ... )

bironic August 15 2006, 02:27:56 UTC

Oh, I love long comments, thank you. (They're just a little scary when you need to reply to them.)

It's wonderful to hear that you got so much out of the story. There's no greater satisfaction than to know that readers are picking up on what you spent so much time working into the story, or that they're finding even more than you consciously intended.

Deciding that Wilson has had bad days before was a big help in constructing this fic. It wasn't until after I'd claimed the prompt that I realized how difficult it would be to keep everything in character and explain why Wilson was so upset. It couldn't just be that he'd lost patients, because he must lose them fairly often, given his line of work and his position in the hospital, and we know that he's not easily shaken. That's where the young patient who reminded him of House came in.

When Wilson figured out the rhythm, only he would insist on taking over from House, because that's something I see Wilson doing.

Yes. And only for Wilson would House consent, I think.

If it weren't ( ... )

leaper182 August 15 2006, 02:37:05 UTC

Durr, hee. I got a thank-you for my comment. I win!

OMG, there's going to be MORE? Hee! Yay!

Hee, I just won bonus points. Yay!

bironic August 15 2006, 02:51:39 UTC

Yes, although I meant more House/Wilson, not necessarily more of this fic. That's mostly because this story didn't grow from my own idea but rather from the prompt, so I'm wary of making it into a whole huge series. (It's already a whole huge fic. The hugest continuous story I've yet written.) Many other ideas waiting in the wings.

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firestorm717 August 13 2006, 15:08:09 UTC

Oh, this was quite delicious ^_^ I like how you wrote their awkwardness and the way House tried to distance himself from everything by thinking about it precisely, clinically, even though he was the one who suggested it first. And of course, forcing the truth out of Wilson about the patients was a lovely little Freudian trick too, hehe.

This was definitely my favorite line *grin*

'Patented skin rejuvenation formula with shea butter and aloe extract for unequaled softness,'" House read from the lotion label. "I take it back. This doesn't mean I'm gay."

Oh, just FYI, frought = fraught. But that was the only typo I could find XP.

bironic August 14 2006, 20:38:41 UTC

Hooray. I'm glad you noticed and enjoyed House's attempts to watch Wilson without getting emotionally or sexually involved. Poor deluded man. Poor deluded both of them.

I like that line too. One of the few that I still knew was funny after having read it a dozen times.

And thanks -- I fixed the typo, along with another one that I found (a couple of words left over from a change in phrasing). Next time maybe I'll remember to run spell check. Or finish the fic far enough ahead of any deadlines that a beta can look it over.

bitter_crimson August 13 2006, 15:13:00 UTC

*claps and cheers*

Very nice, very realistic. You got their voices down very well, and I especially loved the awkwardness of the sex. (Kink!) The both of them using their non-dominant hands being my favorite little bit. Wooooooo.

bironic August 15 2006, 00:09:56 UTC

Glad to have hit the right note for you. Also glad you liked the bit about Wilson having used his right hand -- apart from the blocking standpoint (Wilson couldn't have laced their fingers together as easily if it'd been his left hand and House's right), it was a convenient way of suggesting that Wilson would make himself uncomfortable without complaint to bring House a little pleasure.

Thanks for commenting!