Shame, Pt. 4

[allthingsdecent]

Thanks for reading and commenting on this story, Huddy Nation. Sometimes, after 170 fics, I feel like I’m running on fumes, but your enthusiasm always keeps me going. A tiny bit of this story was previously used in my own The Devil Wears Housecoats. (It’s not plagiarism if you steal from yourself, right?). Anyway, hope you all enjoy the ending.-

Comments

[lenasti16]

Great ending here as always. House was there to comfort Cuddy during a sad time and to take care of Cuddy and Rachel as what he promised Arlene.

Also, the way you left the ending with an open-ended one gave hope for us that eventually they will be a couple again. It was a bittersweet ending to an angsty start... :)

[suzmum]

Well...if we have to sacrifice someone's life in the interest of a Huddy reconciliation, I am sure that Arlene is glad to be self-sacrificing

[oc7ober]

[gnortn]

After the angst of the previous chapters, this ending is quiet and reflective, providing the backdrop for an organic reunion of the Huddy family. It's both sweet and bittersweet. And while it does not sweep the car-through-house incident under the carpet, it does leave the reader with the feeling that that is truly in the past, and that House and Cuddy can look forward to happier times together. Yay! :)

[surviva_chick]

For fuck's sake, I think this was the most emotional final ever! I really had to choke back some tears and now I feel bad about the last sentence in my pt. 3 review :/ lol

It's the cutest thing how Arlene and House are bonding after all, they have been cast in the same mold, both cynical, both the same mixture of realist and pessimist. It makes sense that Arlene forgives him facing her death sentence. She's got nothing to lose and even after House's once in a lifetime kind of failure, she knows that her daughter loves him and being without him, she has no chance of being happy at all. And as painful as it is, the loss of Arlene gave House the chance to at least partly redeem himself and pay back for all the times Cuddy took care of him and turned out to be his saviour. I think it helps him to feel better about himself, no longer worthless. He actually matters and Cuddy wants and, most important of all, needs him in her life. (And so does Rachel).

This one goes straight up to the Top 5. I spent a gazillion feels. A M A Z I N G.