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House fic: Coming Around

Mar 13, 2011 12:06

Author: blackmare
Characters: Tucker, Wilson, House
Warnings: Only for Tucker being the delightful guy we met in canon.
Spoilers: None; takes place during the Wilson episode.
Length: 1,088 words
Summary: He'll always be glad Jim chose to save his life, but how can he respect a guy who's twisted up enough to do something like that?
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Comments 32

pgrabia March 13 2011, 18:08:22 UTC

I love this look at House and Wilson's characters and their relationship through the eyes of a man who makes House look like a saint. Excellent!

blackmare March 13 2011, 18:28:23 UTC

Thank you!

I didn't write this as fast as it might seem. It was a mostly-finished draft from months ago. Stumbled on it while updating my fic index last night, and surprised myself by realizing how it ended.

I think Tucker absolutely does not understand House and Wilson's loyalty to each other because he isn't capable of that kind of thing himself.

damigella_314 March 13 2011, 18:10:53 UTC

This is absolutely wonderful. Thank you for writing it. It's pitch-perfect on Tucker. Reminding us all why we love to hate him.

blackmare March 13 2011, 18:26:20 UTC

Thanks! It was an unfinished draft from ages ago and I stumbled on it last night, and suddenly I knew how it ended. Nightdog helped get the last few lines, and has my gratitude for that because it was making me nuts.

It's weird to write in Tucker's POV because in order to do it I have to sort of believe him for a while. And he's so full of shit. He seems a lot nicer than House but he's clearly got no moral compass at all, no convictions.

I really don't think Wilson, in canon, ever intends to talk to him again.

damigella_314 March 13 2011, 19:03:52 UTC

"It's weird to write in Tucker's POV because in order to do it I have to sort of believe him for a while."

To write in someone's POV you have to be really inside them. I wouldn't have been able to do it, because "he's so full of shit" and so inside him, it stinks. Thanks for holding your breath long enough to give us this fic (and yay to House exacting revenge!).

flywoman March 13 2011, 18:15:28 UTC

Those two deserve each other.
Yes. Yes they do.

Is it very evil of me to be glad that House was willing to stoop to a little Tucker-torture knowing that Wilson never would?

blackmare March 13 2011, 18:22:39 UTC

Other people have an innate sense of self-preservation. Wilson's is external and its name is House.

*g*

maineac March 13 2011, 18:26:59 UTC

Couldn't have said it better myself. Sums up why they need each other perfectly.

blackmare March 13 2011, 18:33:53 UTC

They absolutely require one another. :-)

And I am still happy to see you. I need to go see if you've posted anything I've missed while I've been away.

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srsly_yes March 13 2011, 19:07:54 UTC

Wilson's is external and its name is House.
--That comment is as good as the fic!

I had to chuckle at the reference to the PCA button. After all the fuss this season, I keep thinking, People's Choice Award.

blackmare March 13 2011, 19:14:56 UTC

Hah, yeah, I forgot about that. Patient Controlled Anesthesia.

menolly_au March 13 2011, 21:08:52 UTC

Ooh, love it! Scary House! I have the feeling that House would rip Wilson's liver out of the guy if he could get away with it....

blackmare March 13 2011, 21:14:25 UTC

Hm. I don't know if he would; what's done is done and Wilson has suffered enough guilt, but you know House had at least a few stray thoughts before the surgery ever happened.

It's easy to forget that House really can be a scary, scary dude sometimes. What's interesting is, I think Tucker was unsettled less by the implied threat of violence than by the emotion behind it. That depth of caring for another person is so foreign to Tucker that he thinks it's complete insanity.