The Open Road

[dr_anitacoffee]

Title: The Open Road
Recipient: dalilita
Prompt: An exploration of what might have happened if House and Cuddy had a one-night-stand mid-series, and how things might have played out.
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Written for help_lisa
Summary: Set during 5x04, "Birthmarks," Wilson isn't the one who drives House to his father's funeral.

Comments

[vicpei]

Love this. Love the mix of closeness, lust, anger, guilt, adversory feelings. Such complex characters and enthralling relationship. You capture this mix perfectly, and it's a pity you said you wanted to forget about them, but I understand. It may hurt less to try to forget than to cope with the end they were given and the complete negation of what we felt before.
I will truly miss your fics, tho. Their exchanges are witty, with the perfect touch of animosity tied to the concern. These two could have had years of this beyond them.

[flippet]

See, you can still do it! ♥

This is quite nice. It feels a little patchy, but that's not at all a bad thing. I do like how you hit it with no buildup, only glossing over it later. Because, as nice as it was, that really wasn't the point. The last line is - and I love that.

I also really love this: "and regretting that he never did get the chance to hit the one man he really wanted to - John House."

I love how both of those lines work together, oddly enough, to show that House's fight is always with himself - he just projects it onto other people. I mean - he's got real conflicts with each of these people, but the fact that he can't seem to man up and *face* either of these struggles head-on, but always avoids or deflects instead - that eats at him more than the conflicts themselves.

I always love your writing - you almost always manage to open a different window on these characters, and it's a compelling view.

[london_fan]

Oh, I haven't read any House/Cuddy fic at all lately, but I'm glad I made an exception for you.

I've always loved your take on the characters and this story feels real to the characters I used to love in the past. Great writing!