FF: The Way That You Use It

[elliestories]

Title: The Way That You Use It
Author: Ellie
Rating: PG
Summary: “Before, this would have been a thoughtless act, a show of coordination and grace as he delivered her dinner with one hand and a beer with the other.”
A series of vignettes
Author’s Notes: Thanks to namasteyoga for a comment she made on my piece “Keep Going” that got my wheels turning.

Comments

[roga]

Achingly beautiful, and I am in love with House's hyperactive fingers. You did a great job of conveying how much quicker his pace is than the rest of us mortals, both mentally and at mastering skills, which makes slowing down after the infarction that much more painful. The title "Keep Going" seems to ft this piece as well.

[elliestories]

Thanks!

The comment that got me thinking was about House always having something in his hands, which got me thinking about just how active he is, and how active he must have been.

[irised]

Ooh, I loved these! I agree with what uarazy2 said; the way you portrayed House as so much ahead of everyone else was perfect. And I really like the scenes of him playing the piano. But of course, House and Cuddy in college together would have to be my favorite =)

[elliestories]

I love House at the piano, too. I'm glad you enjoyed this!

[snowrabbitses]

Loved it. I liked the piano sections best, I think House/Music is my OTP :)

I think you really captured House's constant movement here- the subject of the sections was widely varied, but he was always the same. Oh, and Cut open patient, remove problem, close patient back up. made me laugh out loud. So House.

[elliestories]

House/Music isn't my OTP, but it's terribly, terribly close!

A friend of mine was talking about why they prefered surgery to anything diagnostic, and it seemed the complete opposite of House's preferences. I just had to slip it in :)

[leiascully]

Lovely! House is so physical, if self-contained, and it's nice to see a piece that remarks about that.

[elliestories]

He is incredibly physical, and so very active, always doing something. I'm glad you enjoyed!

[namasteyoga]

I wasn't trying to spark any thoughts, but I'm glad it did. House is a definite fidgeter, always twirling or folding or fondling something.

[elliestories]

As I was typing my reply to your comments about him fidgeting with the phone cord, I was struck with how physical he is, which got me thinking about how he must have been before the infarction. There's just so much energy there, we rarely see him still.