Snapped [new one-shot]

[kidsnurse]

Title:  Snapped

Genre:  Angst

Rating:  PG

Characters:  House, Wilson, Cuddy

WordCount:  2175

Spoilers:  4.15/4.16; House’s Head/Wilson’s Heart

Summary:  Tag for episode 4.16: Wilson’s Heart.  He felt when it broke, an actual physical sensation.
A/N:  Did you know that blackmare_9  is brilliant?  Her suggestions always and magically make my

Comments

[mich8283]

Beautiful.

Such a great description of what we didn't see and how it could have happened. Your writing makes me appreciate the show even more.

I've always admired (maybe admired is not the right word, I'm sick and tired, feel free to substitute one that fits best) House because he chooses life and he thinks jumping out of the plane is stupid, despite all the crap he deals with. However when they showed that moment on the white bus with Amber, I felt how real that was too. I felt that same sense of honesty in your writing at the end when Wilson turns and walks away.

Now, I would love to see what got House from this point to eating lunch with Coma Guy in the opening of S5.

[kidsnurse]

so glad you enjoyed it. and i must admit, blackmare_9 is the one who reminded me that house reveres life.

Now, I would love to see what got House from this point to eating lunch with Coma Guy

yeah--i'd like to see that too! hee.

[mxdp]

Oi, that's amazing! Well done!

And House feels the pull, then the agonized snap-a physical sensation of something that’s there, and then it’s not. House takes a deep breath, and it’s like breathing in fire.

[kidsnurse]

thanks! the line you quoted is, i think, one of the most painful in a story full of painful lines.

[2cbetter2]

Wow this was exquisite angst at its best. The part that got to me the most was of course the ending:

House watches Wilson intently; he’s stopped to chat with another doctor. The conversation is slow and serious, but Wilson even smiles once, sadly. House is still watching as the stranger puts his arm around Wilson’s shoulder in a gesture of comfort. They turn around, away from House, and begin the long walk down the hall together

[kidsnurse]

It hurts to see House hurt as I know he is here.

that's precisely what i was going for; thanks.

[lab38]

Oh, God... *insert loud groan*

Do you know that feeling, when you read something very very sad, and you actually feel a strange pain somewhere around your chest? Seriously, I've been having this from about the first line to the last. - I guess this story is quite literally heart-breaking...

You're the most amazing writer I know. You so often weave something with words alone that is so cathartic, I don't think I could feel more strongly in real life itself. - Have I already thanked you? Thank you for your talent and your energy, and your willingness to share all that. :) *hugs enthusiastically*

[kidsnurse]

Do you know that feeling...

oh, do i know that feeling! and--because i'm such a generous person--i inflict it on others with my writing! :)

i hope you know how very much your kind words mean to me. seriously. *hugs*

[genagirl]

Make me cry at work! Sheesh, that hurt so much. Now, can you put it back together? I can't stand House and Wilson not together, they have to be friends.

[kidsnurse]

*hands tissue to genagirl*

sorry? and the good thing [bad thing?] is, i don't have to put it back together again, as our beloved show writers simply hit The Magical Reset Button and--poof!--"Nothing's changed, House. You have to believe that." they didn't have Wilson say that just for House's benefit, you know; they had to make certain that we Understood It as well. sigh.....

and actually, i did put it back together, after a fashion, in Past Imperfect, Present Tense, didn't i? i know--just pretend you read them out of order! hee.