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namasteyoga

Drabble challenge fic: Morphine

Jul 25, 2006 15:08

Title: Morphine
Author: Namaste
Rating: Gen, but dark
Spoilers: References to events in “Skin Deep” and “Who’s Your Daddy”
Summary: House knows a lot about morphine. Maybe too much.
Author’s Note: This is all Topaz_Eyes’ fault. There I was, happily seeing if I could write drabbles of 200 words or less for the Housefic_Pens drabble exercise. And ( Read more... )

Comments 28

npkedit July 25 2006, 19:28:31 UTC

Interesting take on the House/drug situation that fits in perfectly with the eps you mention. And if it's different than your usual stuff, that's only in style, not in the great execution.

Finally--a very happy birthday!

namasteyoga July 25 2006, 21:37:33 UTC

Thanks. I'd thought about using the morphine stuff in something bigger, but there really wasn't enough to work with from what we've seen, so I used it here.

Happy Birthday!! spud31 July 25 2006, 21:31:19 UTC

Very nice. I was on morphine once. Hope I never go back.

Re: Happy Birthday!! namasteyoga July 25 2006, 21:37:54 UTC

Thank you.

Prezzies! valn July 25 2006, 21:55:07 UTC

It's your birthday, and I get a present...I like the way you celebrate.

Thank you, I love it; it fits perfectly and it's just what I wanted!

So, you can start your next year off full of accomplishment and, quite possibly, birthday cake!

Re: Prezzies! namasteyoga July 26 2006, 00:43:24 UTC

It's the hobbit way to celebrate a birthday, right? I'm glad you liked it.

anonymous July 25 2006, 23:04:49 UTC

This is the best take on House's morphine use I've seen yet. And Happy Birthday!!

namasteyoga July 26 2006, 00:43:34 UTC

Thanks.

pwcorgigirl July 25 2006, 23:35:58 UTC

Happy birthday!

And this is a wonderful piece of work. It's canon that no one around House thinks he fights his addiction, so this is a very true look into his life and his thoughts about it.

You've done spot-on description of the various nasty side-effects of pain killers. I always felt that morphine, which works extremely well to control severe pain, was like making a deal with the devil. Very, very scary to go there, but sometimes there's no other way, and you've detailed that very well.

You've taken to drabbles like a duck to water, and I think I can speak for all your readers in that we're completely thrilled with the result!

namasteyoga July 26 2006, 00:47:24 UTC

Thank you. It seemed to me that House would have analyzed and picked apart every aspect of the morphine use before ever giving in to it, knowing there was nowhere else to turn.

The thing with drabbles when it comes to fanfiction, I think, is just having to rely on the readers to have enough background to follow the thread of story. With this one, I took as much advantage of the canon as I could.