Fic I Pro'ly Won't Finish

[deelaundry]

This is just a fragment, from a draft "House meets interesting people in (co-ed) Mayfield" fic. But I felt like putting it up tonight for some reason.


"I'm very good at this. Quite excellent, in fact." She shoved a sheaf of papers into House's face. "I don't see why you can't just admit how good I am at this. You don't have to like me. You don't have to like me. But I'm very, very good at this, and I don't see why people have to be so rude as to not acknowledge how good I am at this."

House looked at the drawings. They weren't bad. Some were good overall; some were technically good but had a strange shading to them.

"I'm not saying all of them are perfect," she said, grabbing the papers back. "But they're very good, better than you can do, for sure. I don't see why you won't admit it."

"You're not letting me get a word in edgewise, for one. And they're too gray for my liking, for two."

"They're not too gray," she said, voice deepening and eyes falling to slits. "That's the way the world looks, and I know, because I can see with my eyes honestly. Don't insult me. That's very insulting, to tell me that's not the way the world is."

***

"I like your girlfriend," the one with the cherubic face said.

"The blonde?" House asked as Amber grinned.

"You have two girlfiriends?" the woman asked. "I don't like that idea. No. I mean the one with brown hair. The one who brought you here. She's pretty."

House turned on the woman. He was starting to get used to his own hallucination entourage, but the thought of other people hallucinating one for him was beyond disturbing. "What do you mean, the one who brought me here?"

"In the silver Volvo. I was watching out the window when it pulled up. She got out, in her elegant tan coat, and you got out, and she gave you a suitcase."

"Oh," House said, with no little glee that Wilson's essential no-balls-ness could be seen from even yards away, "that was --"

"And you gave her all your money, and a beautiful bracelet, and then you kissed her so passionately." The woman sighed in what sounded like contentment, and House began to edge away. "The two of you must be so in love, for you to lock yourself away in the castle for her. She's going to miss being with her prince."

House was almost to the rec room doorway when he heard the woman pipe up again. "She cried for a long time after you came inside."

Comments

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

I remember this!

Eeep.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Eeep is right. : )

[photoash.livejournal.com]

I like it alot! Wow what a neat idea about House and Wilson :) you always have some of the most interesting ideas.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[primarycolors92.livejournal.com]

At first I thought the woman speaking was Amber- it reminded me of her little speech in Games.

I giggled at Wilson-as-a-girl, until the last line. Then I was just... :|

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

You mean the first woman? That hadn't even occurred to me, that she could be Amber, but I can see it.

Wilson as the prince's lady-love is pretty funny (or creepy, if you're House). Then the last line... yeah.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

I was "hee!" all the way up until the last line and then it turned into "waaah!". And you know what? I totally believe she sees the world the way it really is. Of course I do. Often with fragments I want more, but this works well just the way it is :)

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Does it come across that both fragments feature the same woman? I intended for them to be two different women, so that's interesting.

The way the world "really is" is such a fascinating thing to think about. House (prior to his breakdown) thought he was seeing the world more clearly than everyone else... but I'm not 100 percent sure he was. Or if there's even a single "really is" at all.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well, I obviously missed that completely, but yes, I took there to be a connection between the first fragment and the second, the very least. In fact, when you said 'two fragments', I was all... what?

It did perhaps throw me a little the first time I read that I didn't see a woman who saw the 'world in shades of gray' as being entirely consistent with a woman who spins fantasies about princesses... but I *cough* managed to overlook that in favour of what I wanted to see. WHICH IS SO VERY APPROPRIATE XD

[bell]

"She cried for a long time after you came inside."

Hah, the thing is, even if what she'd been saying about Wilson up until then had been technically wrong, there were still interesting kernels of truth hidden away in what she was saying. So you have to wonder what truth there is in that statement...

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Is it the woman's delusion, or real? And now that the idea of Wilson crying is in House's mind, does it matter whether it's real? Thanks.

[hawkeyefreak72.livejournal.com]

Wut. For the win, a sad win...

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Thanks. "Wut" is definitely an appropriate reaction.

[californiaquail.livejournal.com]

"And you gave her all your money, and a beautiful bracelet, and then you kissed her so passionately."

Fabulous outsider's POV of that scene. Would love to see House's face upon hearing that.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Would love to see Wilson's face upon hearing that :))

[californiaquail.livejournal.com]

Upon hearing someone else describe him that way? Me too.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Hee, that would be fun! Thanks.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

The woman is definitely layering her own desires onto the scene. House's face would be interesting, although it might be easy to guess based on the way he's heading toward the door. Thanks for reading.

[black-cigarette.livejournal.com]

This is really intriguing, Dee.

I hope to see more of it.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure there is any more. We'll see. Thanks!

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is a killer last line. I have a great fondness for outsider POV pieces, and these are just terrific. And I love the little kernels of truth House reveals, with his distaste for the drawings that are "too gray" and his short-lived glee at Wilson's essential no-balls-ness.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm not even sure why the last line hits so hard, but it still gets to me, and I'm the one who wrote it. : )

I had thought of "too gray" as "too dark"... but that wouldn't bother House, would it? Unclear and indistinct, on the other hand, wouldn't be to his taste at all.

[remydoodle.livejournal.com]

These are very good, I can't believe you are not finishing them. As everyone else, I loved the last line of the second fragment. It would be interesting to see this continued but from the perspective of the patient spying on House and Wilson when Wilson comes to visit.
Very Nice!

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

I think the second one can stand on its own, Dee, really. Love is love, no matter how one sees it (Seeing Wilson as a woman--hee!) The end line--OMG, that hurts to read.

HALLUCINATION ENTOURAGE

[nuclearfootball.livejournal.com]

OWNS OWNS OWNS

Just add a sentence or two linking them and it's a perfect lil' crazy-ass fic. :D POST IT

[hwshipper.livejournal.com]

*round-eyed* these are brilliant as they are, though I would be really intrigued to see more.

[shutterbug-12.livejournal.com]

These were great to read, incomplete or not. Thanks for sharing. The different POVs are always interesting to read (and write), and I love the concept of perception and how it's addressed.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I think it's great as is.

[cielo-claro.livejournal.com]

Oh, Wilson. ):
This was so nice.

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! That last line.... wow.

[daisylily.livejournal.com]

*wails at last line*

I remember this, and I still like it a lot - it's like two different versions of the same reality.

Also, the first bit still makes me smile for the reasons that we discussed when you first wrote this *is cryptic, lol*

[kirili.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

And! the second half had a lovely nutty fangirl feel about it :)