Bittersweet Hour (last in the HOUR series)

[kidsnurse]

Title: Bittersweet Hour
Characters: House, Wilson
Rating: PG
Genre: Angst
Word Count: 1400 
Summary: Wilson reflects on what he and House have been through together.

The previous vignettes, in order, are: Visiting Hour,  Happy Hour,  Midnight Hour,  Fifty-Minute Hour,  Random Hour,  Painful Hour,  Dark Hour ,  Desperate Hour,  Witching Hour ,  Lonely

Comments

[genagirl]

A beautiful ending to a beautiful story. Wilson freeing House from his prison as well - it just is so perfect. Thank you.

[kidsnurse]

Wilson freeing House from his prison as well

because house's and wilson's experiences during the story insisted on maintaining an almost eerie parallel, it seemed... fitting, that the end should maintain that odd concordance. you're welcome!

[wihluta]

oh the last one... :-( But a good one again. :-)

I'm very glad you explained the "You did the right thing" question. I remember a lot of people wondering about it (including me) And I love the explanation. It makes total sense.

Wilson had sat miserably on the couch, trying to enjoy the feeling of being useless. LOL, yeah, that's Wilson... :-)

*hugs Wilson, just because*

And LOL to Hours 21-24: Wasted Hours. House and Wilson sit around and watch a *Miami Vice* marathon on Spike TV. The End A perfect End!!!

you certainly deserve more than just a coffee for this. *hands over selfmade brownie* :-)

[kidsnurse]

very glad you explained the "You did the right thing" question

and believe me--i struggled with it as well. glad the "answer" rang true!

[nightdog_barks]

Ah, such a wonderful end-note, to have the letter reappear! And the light touch about all the things in House's pockets -- it brought to my mind the image of a small child who stuffs all kinds of interesting items in his pockets -- money, gum, pencils, bugs ... hee.

I wasn't expecting Wilson's tears, and it made me realize that perhaps the letter had freed them both -- obviously House from his inner prison, Wilson from his real one -- but in a deeper way, from their old relationship. The whole experience, as you say, forced them off-balance, and it took the highlighted words in that letter to set them both on a different, better path.

Or ... something like that. *g* Well done.

[kidsnurse]

Or ... something like that.

yes--exactly like that. as a matter of fact, my original summary of this vignette was phrased quite similarly to your comment. then i decided that that would've been making the assumption that i'd actually conveyed what i'd intended to convey--and the way my brainmalfunctions works lately, i figured that was just too large an assumption to make... or something like that! ;-)

[jdr1184]

Miami Vice Insanity
House: “You keep scarfing down that pizza and everyone will be calling you Tubbs.”
Wilson: “Good, he was much cooler than Crockett.”
House: “Crockett had style.”
Wilson: “Please, pastels and stubble chic?”
House: “Says the man who’s favorite tie is pink and lime green.”
Wilson: “It was a gift.”
House: “They obviously hated you, so which wife was it?”
Wilson: “Shut up.”

Miami Vice Marathon is such a funny image. Great ending to really captivating series. It really seemed like a plausible AU. You managed to bring them together and still keep them in character by making it subtle instead of having it turn into an emo display. There relationship has been changed for the better but not drastically. Great Job!

[kidsnurse]

Miami Vice Marathon is such a funny image.

yup--when blackmare_9 came up with it (and then so kindly agreed to let me appropriate it) i knew immediately that it was perfect.

Great Job!

thanks! enjoyed (almost) every "hour" (sorry, couldn't resist) of writing it. ;)

[arhh]

*cries again* *cuddles Wilson*

Thanks for such a great series and I look forward to reading more of your works (hint hint :P)

[kidsnurse]

*cries again* *cuddles Wilson*

*hands kleenex, and suggests that house deserves a cuddle as well* ;)

[arhh]

well, guess I can't leave House out, he does deserve one. *snags House and cuddles him*