House fic - Like Falling

[antiquixotic]

Title: Like Falling
Author: Antiquixotic
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: House & Wilson, Gen.
Spoilers: The fic takes place a day or two after ‘Cannonball,’ so there are some minor spoilers for that episode.
Summary: In the search for truth, House wasn’t the only one prepared to be reckless.

AN: This was originally written for a Camp Sick!Wilson 'Got a Minute

Comments

[menolly_au]

That's really good, love the concept of Wilson trying to find out what it is House sees in the little pills, and with dancing with death. Bit of revenge for the old knife in the eletric socket stunt too :) It's all twisted and dark, just like them.

You should post this to sick!Wilson as a separate entry in case people don't see it here.

[antiquixotic]

Woo, thank you so much! I'm glad the idea came across well. And I think I will go ahead and post this on Sick!Wilson, so thanks for the encouragement, as well. :-)

[damigella_314]

This was very beautiful. A very original and yet totally IC base idea, and a wonderful description of the events from the POV of a drugged person. Not that it count seen I'm not a native speaker but I love your language use.

I second menolly_au's suggestion, in fact I think you should also post this to house_wilson, maybe adding at the beginning a link back to the original challenge.

[antiquixotic]

Whew! I'm so glad the idea came across well, and that the guys were relatively in character. And thanks, too, for the encouragement to post on house_wilson. I think I'll do just that. :-)

[yarroway]

That was really good. It makes a weird kind of sense that Wilson wants to find out what's so damn attractive about those pills.

[antiquixotic]

Whew! I'm so glad you liked it. Thank you!

[sin_of_pride]

This is fantastic. Wilson's reasons for trying it make a twisted kind of sense, that he'd want to understand the appeal because he just couldn't handle going through it again without that insight. This line in particular "For the first time in over a week, his friend was sober and present, seeing him again" hit the mark to convey that Wilson just wants them both on even ground again.

And I think, though we don't see House's POV, that House would find Wilson's attempt and new insight into such borderline behavior particularly terrifying, given Wilson's own struggle with depression. Being that close to death can become a strong lure, as House himself can attest to. Excellent final line too.

[antiquixotic]

Wilson's reasons for trying it make a twisted kind of sense, that he'd want to understand the appeal because he just couldn't handle going through it again without that insight.

Whew! That's exactly what I was going for, plot-wise, so I'm very glad it came across well. Thanks so much for the very kind review! :-)

[srsly_yes]

Very sad but absolutely gorgeous.

I loved this:
With his head bobbing and floating among the rafters, tethered only by the lead pulling down his limbs...

And what a wonderful last line to your story. Kudos.

[antiquixotic]

Thanks so much! I'm very glad you liked it. :-)