Fic : Unbreakable

[menolly_au]

Title: Unbreakable
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: PG-13
Words: 3500
Genre: AU - very AU! Hurt/comfort. Slavery, forced combat, a little bit of this, a little bit of that.
Summary: When Cuddy purchased a pair of mated doctors for her hospital she didn't think they'd be this much trouble. However she's found the perfect punishment for House's

Comments

[chocolate_frapp]

chilling, and very well done.

[menolly_au]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[yarroway]

I like how they grasp their small victories, and each other.

[menolly_au]

You gotta make the best of what you've got :) Thanks for reading!

[nightdog_barks]

Ouch, what a painfully different world! But I still enjoyed the read. :D

♥

[menolly_au]

Yeah, wouldn't want to live there :) Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for reading!

[alternatealto]

Well, it's certainly easy to loathe Cuddy here, even though she's a product of a loathsome culture. You make me speculate: how would this kind of society evolve? Especially to the point where someone like Cuddy could casually cause a valued member of her staff to be beaten to a pulp for the entertainment of a crowd, merely as a matter of internal discipline? She is, after all, ostensibly a physician whose philosophy should include "First, do no harm".

That Wilson doesn't hesitate to absolve House of responsibility for Wilson's injuries says so much about them both. Wilson knows that House can't stop being who he is, and that part of who he is sometimes involves going way over the line in order to save a patient. Wilson's fine with that, even when it costs him a high personal price.

It's also fascinating to see how their relationship has "mellowed" House to the point that he's able to exercise a surprising degree of control over himself for Wilson's sake. I get the feeling that this House, while he can be angry and bitter, isn

[blackmare]

Everything you said, yes.

I would actually like to see more of this horrific world, and understand a little better how it all works. Or, if not how it works, at least the effects of it all.

[menolly_au]

I'm thinking that this is the end result of several warnings Cuddy has given House and by this point she just feels that she has to do something that has an impact. Although of course it is really screwed up.

She is, after all, ostensibly a physician whose philosophy should include "First, do no harm".

True, but the whole 'do no harm' thing didn't stop Chase from murdering his patient.... She probably rationalises it as being for the greater good.

I get the feeling that this House, while he can be angry and bitter, isn't miserable in this a/u, simply because he has what he wants most deeply: a deep, tight, powerful and permanent relationship with Wilson.

Yeah, the circumstances of his life aren't great but he isn't alone, and hasn't been for a long time, which I think would have made a difference. He's not unhappy with himself in this AU, which I think he is in canon.

Thanks for reading!

[alternatealto]

. . . but the whole 'do no harm' thing didn't stop Chase from murdering his patient.... She probably rationalises it as being for the greater good.
Hmmm. I'd make the argument that at least Chase's definition of "greater good" is sane -- Dibala really was a homicidal/genocidal monster who had harmed or killed hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people. Killing him at least meant stopping the harm in that regard.

But Cuddy is doing what she does for administrative reasons, in spite of the fact that she's now rendered her top oncologist unable to work, thereby possibly condemning others to death or suffering.

There just seems to be a level of callousness here beyond what's been engrained into her by her society.

[cuddyclothes]

Oh, my, what an interesting story! I was a bit trepidatious about reading it, but it was extremely rewarding. The AU worked very well, even if it was hard for me to envision Cuddy being so evil. Loved House fighting the implant to be with Wilson, loved their relationship. It was subtle and sweet.

[menolly_au]

Thanks for giving it a chance :) Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, poor Cuddy, I'll have to make it up to her in the next story :)