House fic: Obstacles

[silja_b]

Obstacles

Summary: Wilson faces House’s vulnerability. House does his best to ignore it. Written for sick_house (prompt included at the end - I’ll update the tag in a few days) and cross-posted to housefic and my journal. Many thanks to asynca for merciless betaing and geekygecko and pwcorgigirl for kind and highly valuable concrit.
Rating: A weakling R for grown men discussing kinks behind

Comments

[shutterbug12]

Wow, this is fantastic. I'm amazed with your dialogue. Completely in-character.

It was probably good, Wilson thought, when he heard a pattern of syllables distinctive of House’s more vile tempers. He withdrew the transducer and lobbed the box of tissues at House yet again. It bounces off his back. Your tenses shifted there. Thought you'd want to know.

I loved the inclusion of Ganesha. Wonderful.

[silja_b]

I fixed the tense shift. Thanks, and thanks for reading.

I loved the inclusion of Ganesha

Glad you liked it. I've noticed there are quite a few either Indians or people with a passion for the country and culture in the fandom. It's a bit strange, but I feel right at home :)

[shutterbug12]

I took a Religions of the World course in college and Hinduism was my favorite to study. We touched on a lot of the culture, too, and I find it all so fascinating. :)

[genagirl]

Amazing. Simply and utterly amazing. The whole part with Ganesh just totally blew me away. It was so IC and lovely.

[silja_b]

Wow. Thanks.

I'm not kidding. I was reading In the days that follow while I was fiddling with this and kicked myself thinking I'll never be able to write that well. I still maintain that I will never be able to write that well, but it matters a great deal to me to get positive feedback from the writers I admire...oh crap. I didn't comment, did I? No. Well, I'm off to do something about that...

[genagirl]

I'm not kidding. I was reading In the days that follow while I was fiddling with this and kicked myself thinking I'll never be able to write that well. Ha! I consider myself a middling writer - better than some, a lot worse that others. You, on the other hand have written something complex and beautiful. My own work always feel flat and unemotional to me but I know what I like and I like your style. Thanks for sharing it.

[silja_b]

Perhaps we should just form a Mutual Admiration Society *g*

[pwcorgigirl]

House's "I came to you" at the beginning and Wilson's "I'll find you" at the end remind me of two strong supports for a lifeline.

This is such a terrific look at how Wilson thinks (concerned, professional and a magician at keeping things from showing on his face -- Wilson is the master of low-key) and of House through Wilson's eyes. The blending of medicine and humor is just seamless, and I love how you worked in House, talking about a cranky teenager, playing with the toys in Wilson's office.

I’m not a project for her to lovingly restore to former glory. This made me laugh loudly. Maybe Cameron needs to take up restoring houses instead of restoring House. :)

[silja_b]

House's "I came to you" at the beginning and Wilson's "I'll find you" at the end remind me of two strong supports for a lifeline.

I hadn't made a connection between those lines. Huh. That's luck I guess. I just really wanted to include that 'I'll find you' at the end.

I think Cameron would be a wonderful addition to Extreme Home Makeover or whatever that thing with the hyper/screaming/fucking annoying host is called. Plus, she'd be to busy with her new career to work for House. It's win-win really.

[anonymous]

too many good things to point out. this is splendid. glad I read it.

"Peter Uttoxeter"

Is that a shout out to Fry & Laurie? I swear they used that name in several of their sketches.

Juliabohemian

[silja_b]

Thank you for reading.

Fry and Laurie had few recurring characters, but Peter (Laurie) and John (Fry) were two of them. They owned a series of businesses (most famously 'the best damn health club this side thereof') in Uttoxeter, which is a very real and dreadfully dull English town. It's the origin of the often-used DAMMIT JOHN! Whenever you hear someone referring to Marjorie, it's also in homage to Peter and John, the hapless entrepreneurs of business.

[anonymous]

oh yes!

DAMN!!!! Hugh Laurie makes some spectacular facial expressions in those sketches.

My favorite one was when they were running the men's bathroom.

Juliabohemian

[lalablue]

Very impressive medical study there. I like Krishnaswarmi’s quote.

[silja_b]

Thanks. Medicine is the easy part for me. Writing it without sounding like a textbook is the real challenge.