Therapy [new one-shot]

[kidsnurse]

 
THERAPY

Title:  Therapy

Characters:  House, Wilson

Rating:  PG

Genre:  Friendship, Angst

Summary:  House conducts an impromptu therapy session for Wilson-and ends up participating himself.

Wilson opens the door to his hotel room with a sigh of resignation.  He’s lived here for close to two years now, and nothing ever changes.  The room’s always clean

Comments

[topaz_eyes]

House and Wilson do make a circle. And it's true, how often one is part of a circle only because of what they can contribute to it, not because of who they are. Very nice therapy session. :-)

I did find a typo: "Shoe-in" should be "shoo-in". HTH.

[kidsnurse]

ahh... that wasn't a typo--that was stupid author used a term she'd never before seen IN PRINT! thank you. and thank you.

[shutterbug12]

Good God, House just won't shut up. But that's House. It's nice, in his twisted way, how House lets Wilson know that he misses him being around. How he turns Wilson's words back to him, lectures him about being miserable, then initiates the "pizza with a friend." That was sweet, in that special House sort of way.

[kidsnurse]

It's nice, in his twisted way

often, house seems to lack the ability to be nice in any recognizable way. lucky for him, then, that wilson knows how to translate 'twisted' back into standard english! so glad you enjoyed it.

[chaoskir]

*sigh* That described the humans in the world:

“And I got tossed out of The Circle on my ass. But I was too stupid, maybe even too egotistical to know it; thought they cared about who I was, not just what I could provide for ‘em. Turns out, they didn’t even know who I was. But it wasn’t me they wanted; it was my skill, my brains. As soon as I found that out, I left. And they never noticed. Because the parts I took weren’t the parts they ever saw. And it didn’t matter, because the things I left behind were the only ones they’d placed any importance on.”

That´s not the only part I could break out of your wonderful and "true" story.

He,he, I say always again: Humans a weird. Life is weird. And if you are not in The Circle life will be much more weird.

Thanks Kidnurse that is a great written story and usually I say also: Yes Mulder (X-files) is right, the truth is out there but now I have to say: The truth is in there (in your amazing real story).

[kidsnurse]

The truth is in there (in your amazing real story).

oh, you've no idea; you've said a mouthful there! as house would say, however--weird is better than boring!! :)

[blackmare]

Oh, wow. I just re-read this, and the part with the list is fantastic! I love what you did with it, shifting it so that House didn't have to say anything else and yet it was so vividly him.

Nicely done. Wish we'd get to see this on the show, but ... *sigh*.

[kidsnurse]

House didn't have to say anything else and yet it was so vividly him

which was your suggestion. thanks. and hugs.

[med_anomaly]

I heart this scene. Insightful and sweet while still being perfectly Housian. His quotation and reference of things Wilson had said to him worked very well not only in bringing his point across, but demonstrating Wilson as his model of how to help or speak to a friend in a situation such as this. Wilson's realization and reassurance were perfect, as was House's list and offer of pizza, and well, his showing up in the first place. Thanks for this. :)

[kidsnurse]

this was the first story i've written wherein the beginning and ending were in place first, and then i had to figure out how to connect them. i was having massive amounts of trouble doing that until i quit trying to make house say what i thought he should say, and i just let him take over. i'm pleased with the results!

[blackmare]

until i quit trying to make house say what i thought he should say

Yes, well, that difficulty is canon, after all. We could ask Vogler how hard it is to get House to make a speech he doesn't want to make.

Hee hee hee.

[kidsnurse]

it's also canon that house disguises his own most important truths underneath layers of brittle humor and convoluted metaphor, so initially that's what i was attempting to have him do. no go--this time, he wanted to be straightforward. confusing, complex man, that house!