Fic : Stress Fracture
Title: Stress Fracture
Words: 464
Rating : PG
Spoilers : For 7x23 Moving On
Characters : House, Wilson, Danny
Warnings : Angsty - not happy
Summary : Written for camp sick_wilson Child's Play Challenge. It isn't the first time Wilson's wrist has been broken...
He's playing with Danny when it happens. Danny doesn't have a lot of friends so Jimmy often throws the ball around with him. Danny is younger and smaller, but he is quick on his feet and he always plays to win. Most of the time it's fun but sometimes Jimmy will see a certain look in his eye, a hard look, a cold look, and then he has to watch out.
Danny has thrown the ball long and Jimmy is bringing it back, ball tucked under one arm, eyes on Danny and aiming to get past him to score a touchdown. He feints one way, turns to go another and nearly slips past him but his foot catches in the muddy ground and twists and then he sees that look in Danny's eye.
He hits the ground hard, Danny's full weight is behind the hit. As he goes down his hand strikes the ground awkwardly and bends back, he hears something snap a second before he feels the sudden sharp pain.
When he comes back from the emergency room he has a bright blue cast on his right wrist. Mom and Dad make a fuss over him and he gets out of doing his chores for the six weeks it takes the bone to heal. Danny apologises of course, and Jimmy knows it really had been an accident so he says it is okay, but he always keeps an eye out for that look in Danny's eye.
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He gets out of the car, confused and uncertain. He doesn't want to get out, but he remembers the way House had smashed the glass in his office poster, and the anger and frustration that had been written in every line of his tense stance. House is about to boil over and Wilson isn't sure he wants to be in the way.
He watches as the car roars off down the street, then turns at the head of the road and starts back. He's not sure what House is doing, the car is veering off the road and headed straight for him. At the last moment he realises that House is not going to stop and he dives to one side, out of the way. His hand strikes the ground awkwardly and his weak right wrist gives way. The snap of the bone is an echo from the past.
As he cradles his wrist, he stares at the wreckage in front of him, at the devastation House has made of both their lives. House emerges, unscathed, and unrepentant and walks over to him. As Wilson stares into those cold blue eyes he sees Danny looking back at him.
When House walks away, Wilson knows his brother is lost.
Words: 464
Rating : PG
Spoilers : For 7x23 Moving On
Characters : House, Wilson, Danny
Warnings : Angsty - not happy
Summary : Written for camp sick_wilson Child's Play Challenge. It isn't the first time Wilson's wrist has been broken...
He's playing with Danny when it happens. Danny doesn't have a lot of friends so Jimmy often throws the ball around with him. Danny is younger and smaller, but he is quick on his feet and he always plays to win. Most of the time it's fun but sometimes Jimmy will see a certain look in his eye, a hard look, a cold look, and then he has to watch out.
Danny has thrown the ball long and Jimmy is bringing it back, ball tucked under one arm, eyes on Danny and aiming to get past him to score a touchdown. He feints one way, turns to go another and nearly slips past him but his foot catches in the muddy ground and twists and then he sees that look in Danny's eye.
He hits the ground hard, Danny's full weight is behind the hit. As he goes down his hand strikes the ground awkwardly and bends back, he hears something snap a second before he feels the sudden sharp pain.
When he comes back from the emergency room he has a bright blue cast on his right wrist. Mom and Dad make a fuss over him and he gets out of doing his chores for the six weeks it takes the bone to heal. Danny apologises of course, and Jimmy knows it really had been an accident so he says it is okay, but he always keeps an eye out for that look in Danny's eye.
*******************************************************************************************
He gets out of the car, confused and uncertain. He doesn't want to get out, but he remembers the way House had smashed the glass in his office poster, and the anger and frustration that had been written in every line of his tense stance. House is about to boil over and Wilson isn't sure he wants to be in the way.
He watches as the car roars off down the street, then turns at the head of the road and starts back. He's not sure what House is doing, the car is veering off the road and headed straight for him. At the last moment he realises that House is not going to stop and he dives to one side, out of the way. His hand strikes the ground awkwardly and his weak right wrist gives way. The snap of the bone is an echo from the past.
As he cradles his wrist, he stares at the wreckage in front of him, at the devastation House has made of both their lives. House emerges, unscathed, and unrepentant and walks over to him. As Wilson stares into those cold blue eyes he sees Danny looking back at him.
When House walks away, Wilson knows his brother is lost.