Angst time.

[magie_05]

Title: When the Devil Beats His Wife
Author: magie_05
Word Count: 1,076
Characters: House and Wilson and this weird form of narration.
Rating/Warnings: Possibly disturbing themes. Spoilers for the end of S4.
Summary: Post-ep for 4x16: Wilson's Heart, which I never intended to write for. There's this old Southern saying, that when it rains in the sunshine

Comments

[callmejude]

But he keeps walking, because he knows. She told him. This isn’t about what he wants.

The whole thing was beautiful, but that line made me cry.

♥

[magie_05]

Thank you. I *still* haven't rewatched the season finale 'cause it makes me sad. There are so many images and ideas that come from it that just...hurt. Especially, I think, the idea that House would rather die than for Wilson to hate him....:(

Sad, sad. I'm going to try and post smut today. Thanks so much for reading!

[callmejude]

God, I know. I've tried to rewatch it six times, and I can't get past the ambulance scene. It hurts too much to see Wilson cry. D:

Haha, you're just too awesome. XD

[magie_05]

He cried for like fifteen minutes!! Horrible as this sounds, I was so excited before it aired, for the chance to see some nice Wilson angst, you know...well...be careful what you wish for, I suppose, lol.

Smut? Yes, I think smut :)

[nuclearfootball]

Oh wow, fucking beautiful. As you may know, I have a bit of a thing for more abstract pieces, and this was just abstract enough to be perfect. You wrote it so well that it's never in doubt who you're referring to, and I like the no-name thing because in so many instances emotions and thoughts could apply to either one of them.

The sky can’t make a decision. He knows the feeling.

The imagery is wonderful throughout, rainbows in rain in sunshine...the white casket turning brown...

I'm a little tired of post-ep fics*, but I knew yours would be awesome and I wasn't disappointed. <3

*please forgive my hypocrisy, as I wrote one myself right after the ep aired lol

[magie_05]

Wow, thank you! I was a little afraid this sounded less abstract and more just plain dorky. Glad you liked the imagery and all that; I was worried I overdid it. I've got no idea what I'm doing, particularly when it comes to angst. Lol, I think we're all a bit overwhelmed with all the post-eps (how could you not write one?) so thanks for reading mine <3 <3 <3

[annalully]

Poetic and very beautiful. I specially liked the absence of words in that, it made all the actions seem dreamlike. And you have some great metaphors here, like the lopsided gravestones, the rain of dirty and roses over the casket.

At first, I was more interested in Wilson's reactions than in House's, to tell the truth. But then, House is there, physically and metaphorically and he's such a powerful presence. Sometimes I think House is sort of a black hole, consuming everything around him.

On a side note: in Brazil the saying about rain in sunshine says that a widow is getting married again. Which may be just my crazy imagination, but seems ironically fitting with your fic, isn't it? ;-)

[magie_05]

Thank you so much. This was my first real attempt at a post-ep, and it's pretty incredible how deep the emotions leftover from the finale really are. It was interesting to use a metaphor to try and explain the way I see it. Thanks for reading!

Wow, that Brazilian saying is fitting! It's so eerie when that happens, don't you think?

[sodiumbisulfite]

Im a firm believer in saying more by saying less. And honestly this was incredibly beautiful and powerful. You've done an amazing job. <3

[magie_05]

Wow, thank you so much! I sometimes get a little worried that, I dunno, the readers will lose interest without dialogue. This was challenging, and I wasn't sure it worked, so I'm really relieved that you enjoyed it <3

[cindy_lou_who8]

The thing about post W's <3 fics, is that writers, even as much as they don't want to write them, end up doing so, imo. So much happened, so much emotion and pain and angst, it is kind of hard to ignore. Yours stands out because of the lack of dialogue, and that works in this case. Brilliant imagery. I'm glad you took the time to write this, since I do not think we will see a scene like this in a month and 14 days. :)

[magie_05]

Well, I guess that if I ever want to write post S4, I'm going to have to deal at least in part with what happened in W's <3 (I really like that abbreviation, btw, lol). I actually wanted to play with this rain metaphor for awhile, and it only now occurred to me that it would work as a post-ep. I'm really glad you enjoyed this, and GUH; I cannot wait that long for next season :0