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Curiosity killing the cat, maybe?

Jul 06, 2007 15:39

Who: House, Cade, Wilson might make some kind of cellular appearance at some stage
Where: The same bar they both went to last time
When: May 22nd, just after 5.30pm.

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dr_gregoryhouse July 6 2007, 06:39:50 UTC

House checked his watch again. Three minutes had passed. Cade had two minutes to get his ass here. He sighed and lifted his water up for a sip, letting his mind start to wander over the day he'd had. Spending more time than necessary trying to decide whether to make a reservation for Cuddy at the Marriot, arriving late at work because of that, giving her the gift and how awkward that had been, Cade then paying him an unannounced visit in his office... and now at the bar ( ... )

dr_j_wilson July 8 2007, 05:35:07 UTC

Wilson squinted at his black computer screen as House spoke. It wasn't common for House to be 'out', he knew, and the comment about aliens didn't make any sense to him. He punched the space bar until his screen came to life again and stared at the open window of an old solitaire game distantly. House had drinks at home. Wilson was well aware of that, too ( ... )

caden_walker July 8 2007, 12:43:12 UTC

Cade nursed his beer, still attempting to look like he wasn’t paying attention. Really, if House didn’t want him to hear anything of the conversation, then Cade figured he would take it somewhere else. Since House hadn’t gone elsewhere, it wasn’t Cade’s fault what he overheard - at least not in his mind.

Though he couldn’t actually make out words on the other end of the line, Cade could just hear enough to know the caller was male. Having heard enough about House anyway, Cade knew the man was known to have just one friend - Wilson. It therefore didn’t seem to be a huge leap to guess the caller was Wilson.

dr_gregoryhouse July 8 2007, 18:38:26 UTC

House glanced at Cade again and considered for about a second saying that he'd met an alien at the bar, a one Caden Walker. Nothing suspicoius about that if he made out he just happened to meet Cade at the bar, right? House dismissed that idea almost instantly, though, because not only would Cade pick up on that being an out-and-out lie, but Wilson might talk to Cade and... no ( ... )

dr_j_wilson July 9 2007, 01:26:50 UTC

"Oh," replied Wilson. "No, yeah that's fine. Sure. I can cook or something, if you want ( ... )

dr_gregoryhouse July 9 2007, 01:59:21 UTC

"That sounds good," House replied. "I'll be around your place..." He quickly looked at his watch. Almost six now. "By seven, at the latest. Probably earlier than that."

He wasn't sure if he detected uncertainty in Wilson's voice, or if he was just imagining it. Maybe it wasn't uncertainty - just disappointment that he told Wilson not to meet him here. Maybe... maybe he was reading into it way too much. Because Wilson didn't question him, so everything was okay.

Right then, Wilson asked him exactly that, which caught House a little off guard. "Yeah," he said. He relaxed a little and smiled slightly into the phone. "Yeah, everything's okay." We're okay, he was thinking, though he didn't say that.

"I'll see you tonight," he continued, turning around so his back was facing the window. "In about an hour." He paused and felt a sudden compulsion to say I love you, just to assure Wilson everything was okay. He bit it back. "I'll bring back something to watch."

dr_j_wilson July 9 2007, 02:14:22 UTC

"Great," Wilson said, a small smile starting at the corners of his mouth. He nodded to himself, trying to make that word definitive. House said everything was fine. So, everything was fine. He nodded again and exhaled softly. "Sounds good."

He adjusted the phone to switch hands and hold it against his other ear, lifting his arm until the sleeve of his coat pulled back enough for him to see his watch. "I, uh," Wilson licked his lips. "I'll see you then."

Oh, everything was okay. Loosen up, Wilson told himself. He rolled his eyes and scratched his face. Too many seconds had passed now, though, and saying the stupid three words would make it sound like he'd hesitated to say them and-- Loosen up, damnit.

"Pick a good movie, huh? In spite of your alien mood, SciFi's midnight specials don't mix well with linguini," he teased, the smile returning slightly. When he spoke again, his voice was a bit quieter. "Love you."

dr_gregoryhouse July 9 2007, 02:47:37 UTC

House relaxed even more when Wilson sounded more relaxed on the end of the phone. He snorted at Wilson's comment about movie choice complimenting food. ""So, Alien is out, then? Nothing like watching something hatching from a guy's chest cavity while you're eating."

House looked down at Wilson's last words, feeling a pang of guilt. He quickly pushed it aside and upturned the corner of his mouth in a small smile. "Same," he replied quietly. He paused and then looked back up, adding in a normal tone, "See you soon."

He pulled the phone from his ear and snapped it shut. He looked back towards Cade and hesitated before heading back towards his seat, digging his phone back into his pocket.

caden_walker July 9 2007, 06:42:34 UTC

“Welcome back,” Cade said casually as House returned to his seat. “I thought you might be about to desert me.”

That House had ended up moving away down the bar combined with the looks Cade had noticed being shot back at him made him even more curious about whether or not that had been Wilson on the phone - and, if so, what the conversation had been about. And why hadn’t House mentioned who he was with? He hadn’t exactly lied about it, but he’d certainly omitted the truth too.

“Was that Dr Wilson?” Cade asked, mainly just to see how House would answer.

dr_gregoryhouse July 9 2007, 07:14:36 UTC

House eased onto the stool, hooking his cane onto the edge of the bar and reaching for his beer with his other hand. "If I'm going to break someone's heart by leaving them stranded at the bar by themselves, I prefer to do it while they're unawares," he replied. "Much kinder that way. For me, at least."

He lifted his beer to his mouth and paused at Cade's question. How best to answer that... If he answered yes, then Cade might ask questions. If he said no, then Cade still might ask questions. He took a long pull from his beer to stall for time, then set the bottle back down onto the bar. He glanced up in time to see the bar girl walk past, flashing him another smile.

He didn't return the smile, but he followed her with his eyes before looking down to his beer. "That's none of your business," he finally said.

caden_walker July 9 2007, 07:39:26 UTC

Cade smiled, amused more than anything by House’s answer. “True enough,” he agreed offhandedly, sipping his beer. “I just thought it a little strange you didn’t mention my name.” Cade leaned into House’s personal space, attempting to look mournful. “You’re not ashamed of my company are you?”

Pulling back, Cade clapped his hand over his heart. “Oh, the pain I must endure.” Dropping the act, Cade smirked at House. “So…where were we? Oh, I remember. You were telling me that you pay for sex.” Cade gave House an obvious appraising look. “A man like you eh? I wouldn’t think you’d need to pay for it.”

Not waiting for an answer, Cade stretched a little and went on. “I guess I’m a little old fashioned or something because I need there to be some attraction with a sexual partner, paid for or not.”

dr_gregoryhouse July 9 2007, 08:13:15 UTC

House gave Cade a wary look at the way he leaned into his personal space, resisting the urge to pull away. Not wanting to appear disconcerted by Cade or his remarks - or about Wilson calling - he continued to take Cade in his stride ( ... )

caden_walker July 9 2007, 08:59:44 UTC

“I was hoping you’d confirm it if I pretended you’d already admitted to it,” Cade replied and gave House a look. “So much for that.” He shrugged and rested an elbow on the bar. “Not that your sexual exploits really concern me. I’ve just always considered the whole hooker thing to be kind of…cold.”

Cade didn’t go on to say that he thought House should do better, if he was in fact in the habit of paying for sex, figuring that to be too far over a boundary, considering they didn’t know each other that well. “You know…I didn’t actually invite you out to talk about sex. Or…to get into your pants,” Cade said, smirking slightly. At least, you’re pretty sure you didn’t, he amended to himself privately.

“You may like being mysterious, but the more mysterious you are the more I want to know about you,” Cade said. “You were all over me last time about why I’m a nurse, so how about telling me why you’re a doctor?”

dr_gregoryhouse July 9 2007, 09:46:13 UTC

House turned his head down to his beer when Cade gave his opinion about the hooker thing being cold. Talking about hookers only served to remind House of the last time he'd used a hooker... which in turn only served to remind him of Wilson. Cold was a good description. Being with that hooker, being with any hooker, in comparison to what he experienced with Wilson... there simply was no comparison.

He shot Cade a look when he then said about getting into House's pants. Because he now knew Cade was bisexual, he couldn't tell if Cade was being serious or not. Surely not. Why the hell would Cade want to get into his pants? Cade was, what - late twenties, and House was almost fifty. And as far as House was concerned, he wasn't even very good looking, didn't have much going for him, so why would Cade even consider him if he was being serious ( ... )

caden_walker July 9 2007, 11:04:48 UTC

Cade stared back at House, though it was difficult. House, Cade thought, was a guy who could probably make people sweat just by staring at them. It wasn’t just the power of his gaze, of course, but also what he was asking.

When House looked away Cade breathed in deeply before letting the air back out slowly. The next thing House said didn’t exactly take the pressure off. Glancing at House, Cade rubbed a hand over his mouth, trying to decide if he should continue pursuing his question or answer House’s question. He finally decided on the latter, figuring he might learn more about House that way.

“Technically, I didn’t say I wasn’t interested in getting into your pants. I said I didn’t invite you here to get into your pants,” Cade said, keeping his voice even. He then looked over at House, his expression betraying nothing before he suddenly smirked. “Which is not to say I am interested… Hey, you don’t give me a straight answer, I won’t give you one.”

dr_gregoryhouse July 9 2007, 12:09:23 UTC

House glanced away from Cade and quickly rubbed his chin with his hand, and tried to suppress the stab of panic that was fluttering in his chest. The more he played this game with Cade, the more he was going to end up revealing about himself; that he wasn't exactly straight. He wasn't sure he was at all ready for even a bisexual guy to know this about him, not when House hadn't fully come to terms with it himself.

He drew in a deep breath and let it out quietly to control his nervousness, and then looked back to Cade. Determined to try and remain calm, he smirked slightly at Cade.

"The fact that you completely ignored my comment about being a doctor says to me that maybe you are interested. Because if you were so interested in getting to know me, you wouldn't just concern yourself with pointing out the technicalities of what you said about getting into my pants."

He looked away and took a sip of his beer, and then looked back to Cade again. "But if you want to talk technically, then technically I don't have to give you a straight ( ... )

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