Knots: Ghosts (5/12)

[extrabitter]

Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: Mature Audiences, not suitable for children
Warnings: This series deals with sexual abuse and recovering it. And there’s het smut in this chapter.
Summary: Wilson has a terrible Christmas eve and a number of unfortunate encounters with women.

Part One (By Pitza)
Part Two
Part Three
Part FourWilson is in the car on

Comments

[willywonka3435]

You've done a great job. I always find myself wishing it were longer.

[evila_elf]

Wow o.o

Love the scene with Cuddy. I had no idea what she was going to do. Almost panicked when I thought she might fire him.
And the way House brushed off Wilson--eep!
Enjoying this every chapter of the way, and looking forward to the next part so I can jump around happily before I read it :)

[teh_jules]

Okay.

You were right. You may or may not remember me pointing out that I couldn't see Wilson doing something like this. But Wilsons reactions in this part, the way how he deals with everything were v. believable. The fact that he didn't thought that it was rape, explained Wilson in the last chapters (for me, at least). *nods*

I want to hug them both. And that alone is a compliment to your fabolous writing :) You could've easily let Wilson be the bad guy and House be the sobbing victim, which isn't meant to offend, but the fact that you didn't, that you showed us so much of them makes this fic a good fic.

*looks around*

*gives you cookie*

*runs away*

[extrabitter]

Heh. I like cookies.

That I convinced you Wilson could have done such a terrible thing feels like a major achievement. Thanks for letting me know.

Ghosts

[pwcorgigirl]

I took the plunge and joined up so I could comment on this incredible fiction. This installment is so beautifully balanced. Less intense, yes, but we readers needed that. And it moves the story along so well.

I love the line: "He watches House walk out of his office and feels pathetic, not so much because House turned him down, but because he asked." It's just so piercing, not only for what Wilson's feeling but for what one wonders must have gone through House's head on hearing that invitation.

Throughout this piece, Wilson is in motion, going from one place to another, and in that hectic movement you've shown us that he's lost his center. Even worse, he destroyed it himself.

And the ending is so beautifully austere (you do that so well) and has those echoes back to Wilson thinking about his first wife and seeing the babies behind the nursery window.

I am so looking forward to how this all comes out.

Re: Ghosts

[extrabitter]

Thank you so much for your kind words. You should definitely plan on posting some of your stories on the House LJ communities, more people should read them!

I can always count on you for igreat nsight into my work. I'm being completely honest when I admit that the parallel with the babies in the nursery and the ending was an accident. I didn't notice it until you pointed it out. And while I'm admitting things, I wrote the ending in about 10 minutes, then added one line later. I'd tried three or four different things that didn't feel right, then went back to an idea I had long before I started this part.

Re: Ghosts

[pwcorgigirl]

Ah, see that's the grace of the muse, connecting the lines when you aren't even looking.

I have written a small piece, a little challenge I set for myself, but I am having the damndest time figuring out how to get it posted here.

[scb18]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm hooked.
I love when I get hooked onto a series because I know there is going to be more amazing work and this isn't the end, but I hate it a bit because I know I will be so upset when the fic ends.

Anyways, I am pretty addicted to this story. Like, going into the library before class to see if it's been updated.