To JE from Flynn_Boyant
Flynn_Boyant
Prompt: Chase always knew how to get House to do what he wanted him to do. No one was supposed to know about them, but what happens when someone finds out about their relationship? What if that someone doesn't like the control Chase has over House?
DISCLAIMER: I don't own House and I am trying to pay back my student loans so suing me will get you nowhere!
WARNINGS: Spoilers for "Merry Little Christmas" and some language. I would mention the slash but it kind of goes under the "duh" factor for this one I suppose ;)
Now you say you're lonely
You cry the whole night through
"He's never going to forgive me, much less let me help him!"
"So you want me to what, tell you its okay, you did everything you could, maybe that he deserved it? Damn it! We are not friends, never were. You told House over and over again that he should fire me!"
"But he didn't"
"No, he didn't. Told him he couldn't get rid of me if he tried and, heh, lately he's been trying really hard."
"And you're still sticking it out in spite of everything . . . That’s got to mean something--"
"Of course it means something! It's everything--he's everything I--"
"Oh my god . . . you really do love him, don't you?"
"It true isn't it--"
"What do you want? Just...tell me so I can tell you goodnight and go to hell."
"Okay. I want you--shit, no wait--"
"Well?"
"You should take him back."
/Click/
"Chase?"
"Damn."
Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
"You know House once told me you could be a persistent son-of-a-bitch when you set your mind to it, now I know what he meant."
"I'll put your number on speed dial if I have to."
"I believe it. Doesn't mean I'm gonna do what you want."
"It's not about what I want; it's about what House needs."
"Ha! Oh that's brilliant, do you hear yourself? House's champion telling everyone BUT House exactly what the bastard needs. Aren't you the same person who told me to stay the hell away from him?"
"I told you to be careful."
"I was! . . . I was always careful. If you wanted to give me a real warning you would have told me about House's sucker punches, both physical and otherwise."
"He can make it . . . hurt . . . when he really wants to."
"It's worse than that. He can make you bleed, quietly, on the inside, so you don't even now it's killing you until a part of you has died."
"That’s . . . very true."
"You really think I can go back to that?"
"I think you're like anyone else who has ever invested in House, you've never left him. You can't leave him and he'll never leave you."
/click/
"Chase?"
"Well, shit."
You drove...nearly drove me
Out of my head
While you never shed a tear
"What the hell is going on? What happened to House!”?
"Ah, so you are answering your pager then--"
"Shut up! Stop jerking me around, you said House overdosed! Where is he? Princeton Plainsboro? How the hell did this happen!"
"He's fine...”
"What?! Oh, you incredible....bastard! You made it up---"
"No."
"Just to get me on the line--"
"NO."
"So you could try and convince me--"
"No! Chase! I did not make it up. Yes, House took a shit load of oxycodone tonight and, yes, he's in bad shape but....he's not going to die. He's at home, stoned, and about to come down from a really bad high."
"You left him there!"
"There's nothing I can do."
"You can make sure he doesn't hurt himself while he's high, you can make sure he doesn't choke on his vomit if he passes out--"
"Chase. There's nothing I can do for him anymore."
"...I get it now. You're leaving him, giving up on him. Right? But there's this part of you that can't let go not unless you find someone else to clean up the mess. That's it isn't it? You want me to take over being Wilson for him? You want me to go over there and get him ready to face the world when it comes knocking tomorrow because it will and he could care less about deals or rehab or anything that will actually HELP him."
". . ."
"Nothing to say? Good."
/Click/
"And this is where he hangs up again. Fuck, what am I even doing?"
Remember . . . I remember all that you said
"I'm getting really tired of hanging up on you."
"Then don't, just, listen. Hear me out."
"Oh my God . . . you meant it. You really want me to take him back."
"What were you doing before I called?"
"Um, what?"
"The line was busy."
"You know what I was....I called him."
"He won't answer."
"No he didn't."
"What are you going to do?"
"..."
"Chase?"
"You know you almost missed me?"
"What?"
"House didn't answer and I was, I'm so close to just rushing out the door to check on him."
"What stopped you?"
"Other than the phone?"
"You could have let it ring."
"Yeah . . . but. Forgive me for being frank but what the fuck makes you think you know what House wants and that he wants me? Did he ask for me? Has he called me for help?"
"Chase--"
"The answer is no. Either one of us could suck it up and go over there, he wouldn't know the difference, he wouldn't care which one it was. Probably throw us both out."
"What do you mean?"
"We're in the same boat aren't we? We are both betrayers in his mind. You say he won't let you help him because he can't forgive you, well I'm no better off!"
"Oh Chase, you poor bastard. You don't get it do you? House forgave you a long time ago."
"What...makes you think that?"
"He kept you around--"
"For his amusement!"
"He didn't jump to the obvious conclusion that you would rat him out to Tritter--"
"House was so worried about getting his next vicodin that he couldn't be bothered with--"
"He told me."
"Wha--what did you say?"
"Yeah, he told me. Right in the middle of one of my 'Chase needs to be fired' rants. He told me it was okay. He knew why you did it, and that he couldn't really blame you. Damn it, he even smiled. I real honest to goodness 'yeah life sucks but today isn't so bad' smile and it was because of you."
"Made you hate me all the more I suppose."
"I hated you the moment House set eyes on you. Suddenly all his moaning about Cuddy thrusting idiotic fellows on him disappeared. Five minutes with you and he's back in his office throwing all the other applicants files off the balcony, 'I'm keeping the Brit', he said. It was the first day since the infarction that I finally saw 'House' again."
"He never told me."
"He wouldn't."
"Then why did you?"
"Because I can't save him!"
"And I'm not going to."
"Damn it Chase--"
"I'm not going to because it won't help him. He'd only hate me for it too. Listen, if there's one thing I realized about House it's that, to him, saving him is the exact same thing as betraying him."
"And that's just what I did."
"Actually, you betrayed him in order to save him so you're pretty much screwed times three."
"So, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to think about it."
"....okay, thank you."
"G'night."
"Chase! Wait..."
"Yeah?"
"I just...what did House mean when he said the Volger thing was okay, that he knew why you did it."
"Well, I didn't do it to save him..."
"That was pretty obvious--"
"I would never try to save House, but I would do anything to keep from having to leave him."
"Goodnight Dr. Chase."
"Goodnight Dr. Wilson."
And now you say you love me
Well just to prove you do
Come on and cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
"House? Yeah I got your message."
"Yeah, I'm coming. I'll be there."
MESSAGE
:HOUSE:
NEED YOU
Prompt: Chase always knew how to get House to do what he wanted him to do. No one was supposed to know about them, but what happens when someone finds out about their relationship? What if that someone doesn't like the control Chase has over House?
DISCLAIMER: I don't own House and I am trying to pay back my student loans so suing me will get you nowhere!
WARNINGS: Spoilers for "Merry Little Christmas" and some language. I would mention the slash but it kind of goes under the "duh" factor for this one I suppose ;)
Now you say you're lonely
You cry the whole night through
"He's never going to forgive me, much less let me help him!"
"So you want me to what, tell you its okay, you did everything you could, maybe that he deserved it? Damn it! We are not friends, never were. You told House over and over again that he should fire me!"
"But he didn't"
"No, he didn't. Told him he couldn't get rid of me if he tried and, heh, lately he's been trying really hard."
"And you're still sticking it out in spite of everything . . . That’s got to mean something--"
"Of course it means something! It's everything--he's everything I--"
"Oh my god . . . you really do love him, don't you?"
"It true isn't it--"
"What do you want? Just...tell me so I can tell you goodnight and go to hell."
"Okay. I want you--shit, no wait--"
"Well?"
"You should take him back."
/Click/
"Chase?"
"Damn."
Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
"You know House once told me you could be a persistent son-of-a-bitch when you set your mind to it, now I know what he meant."
"I'll put your number on speed dial if I have to."
"I believe it. Doesn't mean I'm gonna do what you want."
"It's not about what I want; it's about what House needs."
"Ha! Oh that's brilliant, do you hear yourself? House's champion telling everyone BUT House exactly what the bastard needs. Aren't you the same person who told me to stay the hell away from him?"
"I told you to be careful."
"I was! . . . I was always careful. If you wanted to give me a real warning you would have told me about House's sucker punches, both physical and otherwise."
"He can make it . . . hurt . . . when he really wants to."
"It's worse than that. He can make you bleed, quietly, on the inside, so you don't even now it's killing you until a part of you has died."
"That’s . . . very true."
"You really think I can go back to that?"
"I think you're like anyone else who has ever invested in House, you've never left him. You can't leave him and he'll never leave you."
/click/
"Chase?"
"Well, shit."
You drove...nearly drove me
Out of my head
While you never shed a tear
"What the hell is going on? What happened to House!”?
"Ah, so you are answering your pager then--"
"Shut up! Stop jerking me around, you said House overdosed! Where is he? Princeton Plainsboro? How the hell did this happen!"
"He's fine...”
"What?! Oh, you incredible....bastard! You made it up---"
"No."
"Just to get me on the line--"
"NO."
"So you could try and convince me--"
"No! Chase! I did not make it up. Yes, House took a shit load of oxycodone tonight and, yes, he's in bad shape but....he's not going to die. He's at home, stoned, and about to come down from a really bad high."
"You left him there!"
"There's nothing I can do."
"You can make sure he doesn't hurt himself while he's high, you can make sure he doesn't choke on his vomit if he passes out--"
"Chase. There's nothing I can do for him anymore."
"...I get it now. You're leaving him, giving up on him. Right? But there's this part of you that can't let go not unless you find someone else to clean up the mess. That's it isn't it? You want me to take over being Wilson for him? You want me to go over there and get him ready to face the world when it comes knocking tomorrow because it will and he could care less about deals or rehab or anything that will actually HELP him."
". . ."
"Nothing to say? Good."
/Click/
"And this is where he hangs up again. Fuck, what am I even doing?"
Remember . . . I remember all that you said
"I'm getting really tired of hanging up on you."
"Then don't, just, listen. Hear me out."
"Oh my God . . . you meant it. You really want me to take him back."
"What were you doing before I called?"
"Um, what?"
"The line was busy."
"You know what I was....I called him."
"He won't answer."
"No he didn't."
"What are you going to do?"
"..."
"Chase?"
"You know you almost missed me?"
"What?"
"House didn't answer and I was, I'm so close to just rushing out the door to check on him."
"What stopped you?"
"Other than the phone?"
"You could have let it ring."
"Yeah . . . but. Forgive me for being frank but what the fuck makes you think you know what House wants and that he wants me? Did he ask for me? Has he called me for help?"
"Chase--"
"The answer is no. Either one of us could suck it up and go over there, he wouldn't know the difference, he wouldn't care which one it was. Probably throw us both out."
"What do you mean?"
"We're in the same boat aren't we? We are both betrayers in his mind. You say he won't let you help him because he can't forgive you, well I'm no better off!"
"Oh Chase, you poor bastard. You don't get it do you? House forgave you a long time ago."
"What...makes you think that?"
"He kept you around--"
"For his amusement!"
"He didn't jump to the obvious conclusion that you would rat him out to Tritter--"
"House was so worried about getting his next vicodin that he couldn't be bothered with--"
"He told me."
"Wha--what did you say?"
"Yeah, he told me. Right in the middle of one of my 'Chase needs to be fired' rants. He told me it was okay. He knew why you did it, and that he couldn't really blame you. Damn it, he even smiled. I real honest to goodness 'yeah life sucks but today isn't so bad' smile and it was because of you."
"Made you hate me all the more I suppose."
"I hated you the moment House set eyes on you. Suddenly all his moaning about Cuddy thrusting idiotic fellows on him disappeared. Five minutes with you and he's back in his office throwing all the other applicants files off the balcony, 'I'm keeping the Brit', he said. It was the first day since the infarction that I finally saw 'House' again."
"He never told me."
"He wouldn't."
"Then why did you?"
"Because I can't save him!"
"And I'm not going to."
"Damn it Chase--"
"I'm not going to because it won't help him. He'd only hate me for it too. Listen, if there's one thing I realized about House it's that, to him, saving him is the exact same thing as betraying him."
"And that's just what I did."
"Actually, you betrayed him in order to save him so you're pretty much screwed times three."
"So, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to think about it."
"....okay, thank you."
"G'night."
"Chase! Wait..."
"Yeah?"
"I just...what did House mean when he said the Volger thing was okay, that he knew why you did it."
"Well, I didn't do it to save him..."
"That was pretty obvious--"
"I would never try to save House, but I would do anything to keep from having to leave him."
"Goodnight Dr. Chase."
"Goodnight Dr. Wilson."
And now you say you love me
Well just to prove you do
Come on and cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
"House? Yeah I got your message."
"Yeah, I'm coming. I'll be there."
MESSAGE
:HOUSE:
NEED YOU