Fic: Virginia is for Lovers

[sassyjumper]

Title: Virginia is for Lovers
Characters: House/Wilson, friendship w/old-fashioned UST
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: For finale
Words: About 3,000
Summary: House and Wilson eat, drink and talk in Virginia

A/N: I was stuck on the subway for an hour yesterday, with my laptop, and this came out (or half of it).

Comments

[rslhilson]

Aw, I liked this very much. So many great lines and descriptions, but this was my favorite:

Uh-oh, House thought. Feelings are being felt.

Perfectly IC. Nicely done!

[sassyjumper]

Thank you! I'm so glad you like it :)

[3rdgal12]

Nothing really. He just wanted him to be Wilson. And not stop.

Perfect line, and my favorite of the story.

I agree about Shoney's. Ate there once, threw up for the next 13 hours. Never again. Also saw that episode with the car... that was just creepy.

Loved to see another story from you. Keep going! :D

[sassyjumper]

Oh no, Shoney's got you! I've traveled up and down I-95 so many times, and it never stops shocking me how many damn Shoney's there are! I'm vegan and can only do the salad bar -- and learned the same lesson you did!

Thank you for reading! :)

[menolly_au]

There’s a front porch with a swing! he’d continued, as if he were speaking to someone who wasn’t House. lol!

I just love your dialogue and House's inner voice, so sharp and IC. And drunk!Wilson is delightful :) There is, of course, an underlying sadness to it all, and to Wilson's search for what he really wants out of this road trip. How *do* you spend the last five months of your life? Must every moment be meaningful or can you just chill out sometimes like you used to? I love that you are exploring this. A delightful read.

[sassyjumper]

Thank you! I'm so glad the sadder undercurrent came through. I don't think either of these guys are lovers of change ... so after the initial ride into the sunset, there's got to be some serious bumpiness.

[damigella_314]

I seriously loved this. On the one hand, because it makes it clear how problematic House and Wilson's road trip is. Because, well, forgetting you're dying is much easier said than done, but making the most of each moment, as you write, is also exhausting.

On the other, because you have their relationship exactly as it used to be. Banter, subtext, and a deep undercurrent of affection. I can't write that and so I don't, but I absolutely love reading it.

The show, with the Cahse line, was so believable, and the image of the two of them watching it and laughing together, well, made me go all aw. Because that's kind of the answer to the question "what's the best thing to do when you have five months left".

And, finally, because I've never been to Virginia, and probably never will be, and all these road trip fics are showing me sides of the US I didn't know, which are almost as fascinating and exotic as the fics themselves.

PS I had heard of Roanoke before. It plays a big role in John Nash's life (he of "A Beautiful Mind").

Oh, and

[sassyjumper]

Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments. I'm very happy you thought this portrayed their relationship as it used to be.

Because that's kind of the answer to the question "what's the best thing to do when you have five months left"

YES. Thank you, because that's feeling I was hoping that little scene would have.

And thanks for the reminder about John Nash :) So he's connected to both Princeton and Roanoke...

[damigella_314]

He is. Plus competitive, genial*, and with mental health issues. He also is (or was as a young man) good-looking, bisexual and in deep denial.

*What he got the Nobel Prize for isn't his best work. That would be the Nash embedding theorem imho, although I'm told by colleagues he has also some rather important results on singularities of solutions of partial differential equations.

[cuddyclothes]

My father worked with John Nash. I wish I could remember what Dad said about him.

[alternatealto]

And to think that, a few weeks back, a few people were worrying that the end of the show might mean that there wouldn't be fanfics any more. Instead, we have new writers and terrific new stories, like this one!

I can second everyone else's love for this. Their voices are so clear here that it's like listening to Hugh and RSL speaking the lines. And I love the way the humor of the story overlays the essential sadness of the road trip and its ultimate meaning.

[sassyjumper]

Thank you! It's quite a compliment that you could hear their voices. And I'm glad the sadness underneath the humor peeked out.