Honesty (R)

[deelaundry]

Posted to house_wilson and housefic

Title: Honesty
Author: Dee Laundry
Pairing: House-Wilson friendship
Rating: R for language
Words: 315
Summary: Closing some circles after the events of episode 5-4 (Spoilers to that point.)
Notes: For mer_duff on her birthday. Dialogue only. Thanks to hibernia1 for prompting this.

So we're friends again?

Yeah.

OK. You know it was a total dick statement when you said we were never friends.

It was?

Yeah. Total dick. After everything I did for you about Amber.

Everything you did? You mean harassing her, hassling her, trying to break us up?

I mean running around for two days with a cracked skull trying to save her life. I mean sticking electrodes in my brain to satisfy your damn curiosity.

Oh. House... fuck, I didn't think about it that way.

No, you didn't. You never do.

Fuck!

Spend two months going through her file trying to find the flaw in my medicine, then have the nerve to say I was never your friend.

Jesus, House. Christ. I didn't -- Huh. I was going to say, 'I didn't mean it,' but yeah, I did mean it at the time. I was just... wrong. Looking at an incomplete picture.

You do that a lot.

Fuck.

You gonna apologize?

I'm sorry, House. I'm sorry for not recognizing and acknowledging what you did for me.

Good.

You gonna apologize?

For what?

Harassing Amber, trying to break us up, almost costing me my job twice, getting all my assets seized?

I apologized for the Tritter shit.

You apologized for blaming me for the Tritter shit; you didn't actually apologize for getting me sucked into the Tritter shit. Or for getting yourself mired in the Tritter shit.

Why would I have to apologize to you for getting myself in trouble?

Because I care about you, you dumb shit! Because it hurts me when you hurt yourself!

Oh. I just think you're pathetic when you hurt yourself.

Yeah, I got that.

Wilson?

Yeah?

I'm sorry.

You sure are. Pathetic, even.

Fuck you.

Fuck you too. Let's go have dinner.

Give me some drugs so I can tell you I love you.

I love you too, dumbass.

Comments

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

and a slot on cable, given the language

The structure and content of the scene is so perfect, though, and how much do I adore the last two lines?

As for a summary ... something simple, I would think. "A conversation on their way to Wilson's car," perhaps?

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

The tough thing is that even saying they're walking together is a spoiler for 5-4. Heh. I went with "Closing some circles after the events of 5-4."

I think House swears like a sailor when we can't see him... although he has a large vocabulary and doesn't have to, I still think he enjoys it. And Wilson's tongue may be silver but I don't think it's pure. : )

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

Ah, true about the spoiler.

You and I differ on the matter of how much House cusses when we're not around to see it. We've seen enough private (and intense) discussions and arguments with Wilson on the show; I know it's broadcast TV, but in my view, these guys rarely really break loose with the profanity. It just doesn't sound like them to me, but I know that's just a difference in our perceptions.

My personal fanwank is that House's dad "talked like a Marine" rather a lot, and that not cursing a blue streak, but finding more creative ways to put things, became a form of rebellion for House. Just like never being on time.

ETA that in this situation, though? I still think "Fuck you." "Fuck you, too. Let's go have dinner," is just perfect. And "Give me some drugs so I can tell you I love you" makes me feel all warm and wonderful. It's so House.