Worth Every Penny

[vampmissedith]

Title: Worth Every Penny
Author: vampmissedith
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: House/Wilson
Word Count: 6,849
Summary: In which bets are made, Wilson doesn't look constipated when confused, and they can't blame anything on the booze.
Notes: This was a prompt I wrote for someone on tumblr and decided I wanted to upload to LJ. Also, much thanks to dissonata,

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[vampmissedith]

I loved the final arc because it tied up everyone's story, in a realistic way that made sense for their characters. Foreman was a good Dean of Medicine (which made sense for his storyline and was a great way to tie up his struggle; it's been there from the beginning) and Chase is no longer someone following orders and being compared to House, but he is his own person making the orders now. Cameron is practising medicine wherever she feels comfortable and had a family of her own. It all made sense for their characters; it was realistic.

Most importantly, throughout the series every time either House or Wilson (usually House) was sick or in danger, the other was conspicuously absent every time. To the point that the writers were clearly finding excuses to make it so as the show wore on (ie, when they thought House had pox, when House killed himself and called Amber instead, when Wilson slept through House's phone call) so dissonata and I had been talking, for a very long time, about how it was setting up for a really important even where one of them would get sick or almost die or be dying and the other would actually be able to be there for once--and then it happened.

The final arc was clearly mostly about House and Wilson's love for each other, as it should have been (they are the heart of the show, after all) and it showed their relationship as more important to each other than any other relationship they ever had. They rode off into the sunset together and are going to live the rest of their lives together. It's bittersweet, yes, but nothing about this show has ever been saccharine. The medical storyline were still there and interesting, but the focus was on what really matters.

The writing itself was great; they really pulled out the stops. It was emotional in a realistic way, without it being too over-the-top, and House and Wilson were shown to be the most important relationship in the entire series, and the most important people in each other's lives.

If Cuddy said that love is "sharing pain" and House gave Wilson his vicodin when he was running low, and he was there for Wilson every step of the way when he avoided Cuddy while she was sick, then I think it's clear that he loved Wilson, more than he loved anyone. Stacy (the hallucination that was inside his head, that represented a part of him, which makes this doubly accurate) that he always had faith in love, and he ended up using that faith with Wilson, no one else.

Wilson never had to change himself for House, and House never had to change himself for Wilson. They never had to compromise their minds, feelings, opinions, or base personality traits to be with each other in the end; they were themselves, when the entire series has been them struggling to mould themselves into what others told them they should be to be happy (season seven in regards to House himself, especially) and in the end, Wilson doesn't have to act like the saint his wives expect him to be, and House doesn't need to hide himself around Wilson.

It was beautiful, tragic, and realistic. Neither of them were plagued with thoughts of how they should be and why they are incomplete and wrong; instead, they were just themselves, with the person who cared for them the most and they cared for just as much.

[pgrabia]

I get what you're saying, but did DS have to kill off Wilson to get there? Wouldn't it have been enough for Wilson to be sick but fighting his illness. As it was left, Wilson eventually dies. I can't see any other outcome according to canon. Does House have to always end up alone? He will once Wilson dies. It seems unrealistic to me that one man should suffer constantly (meaning House). Again, not trying to be obnoxious, just discussing things:)