Aftershocks 6.2: Heartbreak Hotel

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TITLE: Aftershocks: A Story in Shattered Pieces
SUMMARY: The place is utterly depressing.
CHARACTERS: Chase, House
RATING: R for language and themes.
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:

Comments

[mystcphoenxcafe]

Greetings!

*heh* Well, ONE way to present a convincing arguement!

Love the description of how barren Wilson's life has become... and both House's and Chase's reactions to same.... This is definitely being a Learning Experience for all, w/all the hell that that implies.... :lol

-Katrina

[mystcphoenxcafe]

Greetings!

And again, you have to love the wonderful dichotomy between House's words and his actions....

""As usual, your powers of deduction suck," House mutters back. He's sitting at the desk, half-reading the files he's putting into a briefbag with more care than Chase would have thought him capable of."

-Katrina

[idonmatrix]

Oh this is great. I love this scene and Chase is so perfect. Great imagery. And of course the ending signals that the goodness that is House/Wilson is on its way.

[mystcphoenxcafe]

Greetings!

Well, one can hope... although I believe it was one of these fine ladies who wrote a story in which it was pointed out that the above only works w/in certain limits of the leaving of the freedom of choice... which I'm not sure House has done here, which is IC for the current level of stress, but not so sure it's the best idea for the preserving of peace and quiet.

-Katrina

[idonmatrix]

Yes. Good point. It's going to be interesting to see how Wilson responds with House's total control (partly due to guilt and partly out of love) approach to Wilson's healing process. It's understandable since he almost lost Wilson.

And given what we learned from Wilson's point of view following the shave, Wilson may decide to play the guilt card.

[jdr1184]

Do you think they will ever get Wilson out of that awful hotel or will they just never show him at home again and makes us wonder? I love that Chase feels like he's intruding until he realizes how utterly barren and impersonal the room is.

[chowrie]

Yay. Now Wilson will see just how much House is willing to handle the thing that he broke. I just hope House is up to the challenge. Oh please let him be!