Those Three Little Words (PG)

[deelaundry]

posted to house_wilson and housefic

Title: Those Three Little Words
Author: Dee Laundry
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: PG
Words: 209
Notes: Written for cryptictac.

The first time Wilson says, “I love you,” to House, House punches him in the face, knocking him out and breaking his nose. Wilson wakes up in the ER with a resident bandaging his face and Cameron at her desk studiously avoiding looking at him. House shows up in Wilson’s office a few hours later, the glare in his eyes warning Wilson against bringing up any part of the incident whatsoever.

Wilson’s too confused to say anything, anyway.

The second time Wilson says, “I love you,” to House, House storms out of the apartment shirtless and shoeless, and is gone for two and a half days. When the American Express Fraud Division calls about the strangely high amount spent at Purple Orchid Steam and Massage, Wilson approves the charge.

Wilson doesn’t say it again for a long time, months, until one day it slips out at the end of a phone call. There is a honk and a curse, and the brand new Volvo that House had borrowed for a medical break-in in Stuck-up Suburbia needs over four thousand dollars in repairs.

The first time Wilson says, “I need you, you stupid self-loathing ass,” House takes Wilson into his arms and doesn’t let go for a very long time.

Comments

[dreamsofspike.livejournal.com]

awwwwww :( that's so sweet and sad... poor wilson had to be so confused... but poor house, believing so deeply that he doesn't deserve to be loved that he would react so strongly to it... this is beautifully done, love :) *hugs*

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I think it may be a mixture of House rejecting the word "love" -- and House thinking Wilson has said "I love you" to too many people before.