Differential Diagnosis People: Decameron
Making our way through our nominated fics, this one brings us an angle on the sense of an unreliable narrator. It's ten parts in all.
We've got five more fics left in this current grouping of nominations, which will take us through to the start of Season Six. For the schedule, check here.
Title: Decameron (Link is to first chapter, with additional chapters linked from there.)
Author: nakannalee
Summary: Cameron/House one-sided with House/Wilson as pairings. From the author's note: This is what happens when I'm in the middle of a Gothic novel and a course on the Renaissance. The title--as well as the basic layout--are borrowed from Boccaccio, a 14th century writer. Um, trust me, it's not as haughty as it sounds.
Nominated by: purridot
Why does this fic belong in the Housefic Meta Library? Nakanna Lee always produces lyrical writing with gentle angst, sparkling descriptions, and accurate character portraits, but "Decameron" adds to the mix an especially entertaining twist.
The story opens with a great narrative hook: a mysterious stone appears at PPTH which grants the wearer the power of invisibility. But Nakanna Lee turns this fantastical premise into a delightful (but oddly serious) cautionary tale about what people choose to see, even when they have the chance to see things from an entirely new vantage point.
Excerpt: House’s newest patient has a trifling shadow on her liver, which gives him the perfect excuse to rely on Wilson. The two consult on the other side of the glass wall in House’s office. You watch, Wilson dropping conspiratorial suggestions while House pensively scratches his beard.
They stand together like nothing ever happened.
Turning back to the inconclusive lab results, you blink several times and feel yourself swaying in your seat. Chase keeps asking if you slept at all last night. You glare momentarily, wondering how makeup failed to conceal the darkening circles beneath your mascara-laden eyes.
We've got five more fics left in this current grouping of nominations, which will take us through to the start of Season Six. For the schedule, check here.
Title: Decameron (Link is to first chapter, with additional chapters linked from there.)
Author: nakannalee
Summary: Cameron/House one-sided with House/Wilson as pairings. From the author's note: This is what happens when I'm in the middle of a Gothic novel and a course on the Renaissance. The title--as well as the basic layout--are borrowed from Boccaccio, a 14th century writer. Um, trust me, it's not as haughty as it sounds.
Nominated by: purridot
Why does this fic belong in the Housefic Meta Library? Nakanna Lee always produces lyrical writing with gentle angst, sparkling descriptions, and accurate character portraits, but "Decameron" adds to the mix an especially entertaining twist.
The story opens with a great narrative hook: a mysterious stone appears at PPTH which grants the wearer the power of invisibility. But Nakanna Lee turns this fantastical premise into a delightful (but oddly serious) cautionary tale about what people choose to see, even when they have the chance to see things from an entirely new vantage point.
Excerpt: House’s newest patient has a trifling shadow on her liver, which gives him the perfect excuse to rely on Wilson. The two consult on the other side of the glass wall in House’s office. You watch, Wilson dropping conspiratorial suggestions while House pensively scratches his beard.
They stand together like nothing ever happened.
Turning back to the inconclusive lab results, you blink several times and feel yourself swaying in your seat. Chase keeps asking if you slept at all last night. You glare momentarily, wondering how makeup failed to conceal the darkening circles beneath your mascara-laden eyes.