Goes the Neighborhood (PG-13)

[deelaundry]

Posted to house_wilson and housefic

Title: Goes the Neighborhood
Author: Dee Laundry
Characters: House, Wilson, new fellows, Foreman
Rating: PG-13 for language
Words: 4425
Summary: One month into their permanent positions, the new fellows catch a case on the weekend and have to track House down.
Notes: Spoilers through episode 4-9. Thanks to daisylily for beta and nightdog_barks for

Comments

[phinnia]

I can't even count the ways I adore this. <3 Taub is spot on, Thirteen as the detective from Homicide (oh hell yes), Wilson and the gelato ... just so much awesome concentrated into one piece. (And the 'thwong' and the 'no, bad puppy' and Kutner setting himself on fire maybe - I'm so still laughing.)

[deelaundry]

Thanks! Before writing this, I hadn't consciously thought much about how the new fellows were coming across to me, so it was amusing to see the perceptions emerge.

Did you know you're supposed to have a different freezer for gelato than for regular ice cream? Different settings of temperature (and humidity?). What do you want to bet House will come home some day and there'll be a whole extra freezer in the kitchen? XD

[phinnia]

Oh god, he so will, and he'll put the wrong ice cream in it, or maybe beer (or both) and Wilson will get that hands-on-hips thing that he does all the time. And House will just shrug and continue to keep his beer in it. And Wilson will bond with Naomi over gelato making, and House will roll his eyes but secretly love it because he gets to eat the proceeds (probably mixed with Wilson on occasion.) <3

[alex51324]

Loved this. Nice job with the original characters--it's hard (at least for me) to hit the balance between making minor OCs completely flat, versus going into an amount of detail about their personal histories that's completely out of proportion to their role in the story. Here, we know enough about Paul and Timmy to make them interesting, but not every last detail.

Poor Wilson, though. But I guess he knew when he got together with House that the kid thing wouldn't be happening.

[deelaundry]

I find OCs fun to write, but you're right that it can be a tricky line.

On Wilson: I have a sneaking suspicion that he had resigned himself to the kid thing not happening before he even thought about getting together with House.

Thanks.

[directmydesire]

This is super funny and too cute!! I can totally see it happening cause everyone is right on target! Awsome!

[deelaundry]

Thanks! I hadn't planned beforehand to write from Taub's point of view, but it was very interesting to do!

[deelaundry]

Thanks so much!

[deelaundry]

I don't have anything planned, but I won't say never. : )

[xaipw]

Oh! I love this so much. I can't even pick out a favorite quote because there are too many!
If this is the result of you drinking teh crazy Kool Aid, then I think you should partake of a little bit now and then.

Taub has to jump to dodge a little girl in a pedal car (shaped to look like a Hummer)

OMG! Are there really such things as pedal cars shaped like Hummers, or did you make that up?

[xaipw]

http://www.pedalcarsandretro.com/Hummer_H1_Pedal_Car-p-239.html

http://www.pedalcarpower.com/site/1447053/product/FHM206

[deelaundry]

Thanks! Yes, an interesting origin for this, but it turned out to be a good way to explore a number of things. And pedal cars like Hummers do exist.