Title: "It's Not My Bag, Baby"
Author:
sgr11Format & Word Count: Drabble / Word Count: 360
Rating: PG
Prompt: Prompt #10
Warning: None
Summary: Cameron is packing...
Author's Note (if desired): Written from House's POV.
You’re not sure if she’s angry or not, or if she’s just rushing to be ready for her car service to pick her up. But by the way she’s throwing things into her suitcase with such vigor, you’re keeping at least an eight foot radius away from the bedroom, that looks to be her throwing distance. And she could really do some damage if she threw a shoe your way. You quietly sit on the couch and pretend you don’t hear her slamming drawers open and shut, pushing wire hangers aside, the empty metal and wood hanger frames clashing together in fury. You just pick up the remote and raise the volume.
This time it’s not your fault. She’ll try to blame you, but it was out of your control. This is where the gray area of boss and work and dating your subordinate gets a bit fuzzy, this is what you loathe. What were you going to tell Cuddy? Don’t send her to Toronto for this shitty conference that no one wants to go to? You tried to convince one of your staffers to go... you just didn’t force anyone. You know it sucks even more that it’s her first weekend off in weeks. Hey, it sucks for you too. You tap your cane on your foot in annoyance.
You hear a car horn outside. “Car’s here,” you yell toward the bedroom.
You listen to her slam the suitcase shut. She comes stomping down the hallway like a thunderstorm. “Bye.”
Right past the couch she went, didn’t stop to say goodbye, didn’t stop and kiss you goodbye. Out the door in a whirlwind of long hair and raincoat and a slammed door. She had to find a way to make this your fault, didn’t she?
“Have a good trip...” you try to yell behind her as she leaves. “Miss you...” you mumble, knowing she didn’t hear you.
You turn back to your television, its sound filling the now very empty apartment. Knowing that your weekend will be lonely and quiet, you hate that you will have to pay for this decision that was not your own.
x-posted
hc_challenge and
house_cameron