Desperate Hour (eighth in the HOUR series)

[kidsnurse]

Title: Desperate Hour
Characters: House, Wilson
Rating: PG
Genre: Angst
Word Count: 900
Summary: Okay, kids; you just knew this one was coming; it was... inevitable..  The previous vignettes, in order, are: Visiting Hour,  Happy Hour,  Midnight Hour,   Fifty-Minute Hour,  Random Hour,  Painful Hour, and Dark Hour .

Comments

[axistentialism]

First of all - the Fitzgerald quote is one of my personal favorites.

This is one of the most painful installments yet. But, in this weird way, it's also one of the most uplifting for me. It left me with the same gnawing ache that the others left me with, yes, but it also left me with a very slight twinge of hope. =) I'm not going to give up on these two just yet. As always, more please!

[kidsnurse]

not going to give up on these two

you mustn't ever give up on house and wilson! as long as they have each other, they shall persevere!!

[diysheep]

We must be up to the Not Quite So Mindthumpingly Horrible and Depressing Hour soon?

[blackmare]

And the Sheep-Pot calls the Nurse-Kettle black, I see.

What? Don't give me that innocent-lamb face, my dear. I've read The Contract. And that Mouth of Madness thing, and...

Admit it. You're loving every bit of teh mindthumping angst.

[blackmare]

Someday. Someday, I will finally, truly learn to use my html tags.

That is all.

[kidsnurse]

Someday, I will finally, truly learn to use my html tags

no, you won't. 'cuz that would take all the suspense outta pressing that 'enter' button! ;)

[nightdog_barks]

Another happy kudo here for the Fitzgerald quote -- one of my favorite writers also.

The counterpoint here of them both deciding they need to be there for the other is nicely done. It's also very interesting that Wilson goes ahead and actually takes the pills ... and House doesn't.

[kidsnurse]

also very interesting that Wilson goes ahead and actually takes the pills

i feel that their actions (and non-actions) fit their basic personalities here (or at least i hope they do). wilson, i feel, is more able than house to see a 'way out' of any situation, including a partially-accomplished suicide. i think that--once those pills were in house's body--house wouldn't even bother to look for a way out.

i don't know why i feel that this is the way it would play out, but i do know that i'm convinced of the 'rightness' of it.

[sydneylover150]

You know, all you're really proving is that they are soulmates here. I mean look at it this way. They plan to take the pills on the same night, at the same time because they think that they are dragging the other one down. Then they stop or throw up said pills because they realize the other person needs them. Soulmates. Lets not even get started on the fact that both of them were going to do pills, possibly symbolic of the vicodin that put them in this position in the first place.

God, this is great! (Before you call the people with the white coats, I'll admit to taking an anti-depressant today. I'm not insane, I swear!) Anyhow great job, I can't wait for the one were Tritter goes down. Make me proud hun!! ;<)

[kidsnurse]

You know, all you're really proving is that they are soulmates here.

'twas my intent, from the start. i don't much like the new term "bromance," being used to indicate a deep, nonsexual male friendship--but i must admit, it does tend to cover all aspects of relationships like house and wilson's. kind of like the old star trek kirk and spock thing, of a brotherly love that goes 'to the soul,' or some such like that.

[sydneylover150]

*laughs* I believe that it is called a Bachalor Marriage or a Boston Marriage. Those are some of my favorite things in the world. So sweet, deep without the need for things like sex and all that other stuff.

My best friend and I call B.M. partners, platonic life partners. *sighs and blushes*

Anyhow, I'm glad it 'twas your intent ma'am. I agree I don't like the term bromance either. I like B.M. or P.L.P. so much better. I've got other pairs for you, the Odd Couple, Vern and Shirly (okay I know I screwed up the first ladies name, give me a break its been awhile since it was on Nick at Nite), for the first few years of Smallville Clark and Lex, Legolas and Aragorn... god I just realized that I watch too much tv and read into way to many books.

[sydneylover150]

Just curious, how much longer do we have to wait until Tritter gets put in the slammer? ;<)

[arwen_kenobi]

*sigh of relief* Okay you didn't kill them but you certainly had me going for a bit there. I know I've probably said this before but I really do enjoy the way House and Wilson's narrations echo each other. Can't wait for more!

[kidsnurse]

you didn't kill them

but you are killing me with that user icon! every time i see it, i'm forced to relive the tritter years. (yeah, okay, so it was only seven weeks, but it FELT like years!) ;)