Aftershocks 16.3: The Bound Man

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TITLE: Aftershocks: A Story in Shattered Pieces
SUMMARY: The centre cannot hold ...
CHARACTERS: Wilson, 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: Don't

Comments

[idonmatrix]

Bejesus!!!! Good Lord, you nailed it again, especially with this line He poisoned Wilson, the voice says softly, because Martin poisons everything he touches. Yes a poison with very few if any antidotes. And House's subconscious mind knows the kind of poinson Martin uses requires touching. The entire conversation between House's ego and subconscious and is exquisitely painful.

Sherlock and Mycroft. Didn't Martin also use that name with Wilson? This line "You learned well. You've sucked this one almost dry already. Finish him off." could be a metaphor for the H/W S3 relationship. Painful, very, very painful.

Question: Was House used to bait Martin's prey? Was this something House regularly participated in? Please say no, because that's a level of depravity that I con't want to contemplate. Yet this line is hard to ignore "My turn," House says, and leans in. . . . No! God no! I'm not him, I'm not him-

Then there's this beautiful description of how both House and Wilson are trapped in their respective but interconnected hells He's shaking and gasping for breath. For a moment he thinks he's still dreaming; he can distinctly hear the choking, coughing sounds of Wilson dying. The sounds get louder, and House realizes they're coming from the bathroom down the hall. Total genius!!!!

As an Aftershock addict, I am sooooooooooo!! glad there's going to be a post on Saturday.