Differential Diagnosis People: For Every Closed Door
It's another crossover this week to consider, and deathfic with a twist.
Title and link: For Every Closed Door
(From there, click on the tags for "For Every Closed Door" on the first chapter of the fic and follow for other chapters.)
Author: starlingthefool
Nominated by: oldblue
Summary: House dies and becomes a reaper.
Why does this fic belong in the Hall of Fame? I've been waiting to rec this one for a while because it perfectly blends the universes of Dead Like Me and House. Even if you're not familiar with Dead Like Me, the fic is enjoyable - Starling uses the premise of the show (that after some people die they become reapers), but none of the characters, so a new reader will not be at a disadvantage. Although there is obviously character death, it's not really a downer - the tone is humorous, but sweet and heartfelt.
Excerpt:
House had an unwritten list, the product of endless musing on the subject. He called it:
The Top Five Ways House Thought He Would Die
1. Overdose on Vicodin. Or some other kind of drug, but the Vicodin were the most likely. After all, it had already happened once.
2. Alcohol related incident; either asphyxiating on his own vomit, or crashing his car, or mixing booze with the pills in the wrong way. The possibilities of that one were endless.
3. A fall. His leg would give out the wrong way at the wrong time and he'd crack his skull or break his neck. Statistically probable, even with the cane and the handrails in his bathroom.
4. Motorcycle crash. Again, statistics were against him. He wore a helmet and knew how to ride safely, but there was no accounting for the other idiots on the road.
5. Liver failure from aceteminophen poisoning. They'd never approve him for a transplant. He was nearing fifty, was an unrepentant narcotic addict, drank, and had pissed off the transplant board too many times to count.
Title and link: For Every Closed Door
(From there, click on the tags for "For Every Closed Door" on the first chapter of the fic and follow for other chapters.)
Author: starlingthefool
Nominated by: oldblue
Summary: House dies and becomes a reaper.
Why does this fic belong in the Hall of Fame? I've been waiting to rec this one for a while because it perfectly blends the universes of Dead Like Me and House. Even if you're not familiar with Dead Like Me, the fic is enjoyable - Starling uses the premise of the show (that after some people die they become reapers), but none of the characters, so a new reader will not be at a disadvantage. Although there is obviously character death, it's not really a downer - the tone is humorous, but sweet and heartfelt.
Excerpt:
House had an unwritten list, the product of endless musing on the subject. He called it:
The Top Five Ways House Thought He Would Die
1. Overdose on Vicodin. Or some other kind of drug, but the Vicodin were the most likely. After all, it had already happened once.
2. Alcohol related incident; either asphyxiating on his own vomit, or crashing his car, or mixing booze with the pills in the wrong way. The possibilities of that one were endless.
3. A fall. His leg would give out the wrong way at the wrong time and he'd crack his skull or break his neck. Statistically probable, even with the cane and the handrails in his bathroom.
4. Motorcycle crash. Again, statistics were against him. He wore a helmet and knew how to ride safely, but there was no accounting for the other idiots on the road.
5. Liver failure from aceteminophen poisoning. They'd never approve him for a transplant. He was nearing fifty, was an unrepentant narcotic addict, drank, and had pissed off the transplant board too many times to count.