Fic: "Untouchable," House/Wilson, R

[bironic]

Title: Untouchable
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: R
Word Count: 3,200
Summary: After Atlantic City, Wilson seeks comfort at House's apartment and asks a question of his own.
Spoilers: Takes place immediately following "Son of Coma Guy," with spoilers for Season 3 up to that episode.
A/N: Thank you to my wonderful, wonderful f-list, especially topaz_eyes and usomitai

Comments

[leiascully]

Very lovely! Much more plausible than the "their eyes meet and then they fall wildly into bed" scenario that mostly gets written. I like your subtle details and your Wilson voice.

[bironic]

Thanks muchly! Those two guys resist wildly falling into bed together in general, but for this story it was never really an option. The pain, it is all about the pain.

[arwen_kenobi]

Captivating. I certainly felt with Wilson the entire time, especially when House walked away. Simply lovely.

[bironic]

Thank you. I'm glad to hear that you sympathized with Wilson throughout the story, even (especially) the most painful part.

[melawen_c]

This is wonderful. It hurts. . . in a good way, though. *sighs*
I've been playing with a story idea lately that has elements of this, but you expressed it much better than I would have which, for me, makes this even more satisfying to read.

[bironic]

"Would have"? Don't give up! I don't know which elements your work-in-progress shares with this story, but I'm sure they're worth following through on. I'm very flattered, though. :)

And I'm glad to have made you hurt in a good way; story mission accomplished.

[melawen_c]

Well, I say "would have" because the story keeps morphing itself into different things. Hee. . . So I'm not giving up! And thank you for the encouragement. :)

[roga]

I feel bad because you always leave such detailed, insightful comments on fics, but all I can say I that I loved this. Especially Wilson's realization about Tritter's violation of House's apartment, just because I've rarely seen it addressed in fic before.

[bironic]

No, no, no feeling bad! Fanfic is all about the feeling good. Except for, you know, deliberately making people feel bad for the characters.

Besides, I think the detailed comments mean I have too much time on my hands.

About Wilson noticing the violation (good word for it, too) -- we know he knows Tritter searched the apartment, but the show never went beyond that, and you're right, there doesn't seem to be much fic that focuses on it. Of course, it wasn't the focus here, either, but it was one aspect of many in the Tritter arc/"Son of Coma Guy" episode that I think deserve more attention in fanfic.

[roga]

It wasn't just him noticing it - it was the way he did, realization slowly dawning about how far Tritter was going and how dangerous the entire situation way, or at least that's what it implied.

On that note, I will feedback your feedback and let you know I really enjoy reading your comments on fics that are not my own. Kind of like reading insightful blurbs on the back of a book, but with the author able to respond :-)

[bironic]

Oh, thank you, that's sweet and heartening.

And I see now what you meant about Wilson's realization. Poor guy, everything falling apart around him while the man causing it all refuses to take responsibility or help the people he's letting get sucked down with him.

[bironic]

Hooray, it merited italics from you. Thanks very much for noting what in particular you liked about it, and for your compliments in general.