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[starlingthefool]

Title: Until I See You Again - Epilogue to For Every Closed Door
Author: starlingthefool
Fandom: House/Dead Like Me crossover
Rating: PG-13, for death and swearing
Pairing: House/Wilson
Warning: Character death. Well, sort of.
Obligatory Disclaimer: Don't own either of these shows, have absolutely no artistic right to them, blah blah blah, etc.
A/N: Okay, here

Comments

[dominus_trinus]

Oh. Oh, that was wonderful. Sweet and sad and achingly poignant--I didn't get teary reading the last chapter, but I'm definitely making up for it now. (I may have to go write their reunion, just to cheer myself up.) Thank you for writing this--it brings everything perfectly full circle.

And let me say--since I've been following this with avid interest since it started--that it's really a gem. Excellent dialogue, excellent imagery, just the right twist of caustic wit and introspection... One doesn't see that kind of quality nearly often enough, so I commend you on a job well done.

[starlingthefool]

Thank you kindly! I had this scene in mind since a few chapters ago. I love happy endings, but I love angst too, so this was my comprimise for the last chapter.
If you want to write anything in this 'verse, feel free! I've officially opened it up to anybody who wants to play. And I love your writing, so you're especially welcome.

[pinglederry]

*whines about Wilson's heaven in a thoroughly undignified manner* We don't get to see? Not even a smidgen? Come on, you know you want to...

Hey, what happened to Stacy? No way she wouldn't be waiting for House. I mean, they had their problems, but they still cared a lot about each other.

Oh, and I really liked that what bothered the construction foreman was the smoking and the fact that they weren't workers, not that they were both men and kissing. Changing social trends, FTW. In fact, I liked everything about your future. It was... realistic, which is nice.

Also, Cameron in Doctors Without Borders was a sweet touch. There was another story, once, where House got to see what the world would be like without him ever being born, where she was also in DWB in Africa and happy and strong. I think the whole concept suits her very well, so it's nice to see another person agree.

[starlingthefool]

Huh. I hadn't even really considered her being there. I think she'll probably find House eventually, and they'll have a very interesting meeting. A lady named Alice Sebold wrote a book called The Lovely Bones which deals very interestingly with the afterlife. One part that I wanted to write about, but couldn't fit in, was what she calls the Wide, Wide Heaven, which is kind of everyone's common and shared afterlife.

My view of the future is both fatalistic and optimistic at the same time. I think some things will change for the worse (like the rising sea levels, etc.) and some for the better.

I had that story in mind when I wrote Cameron in DWB. It fits, doesn't it?

And I'm leaving it up to somebody else to write about Wilson's heaven, if they choose. I have a few ideas in mind, but hey; I can't give it all away. If nothing was left up to the imagination, stories would be boring.

[pinglederry]

You know, I'd seen The Lovely Bones from a distance, but now I think I'll have to go pick it up. That whole Wide, Wide Heaven thing sounds intriguing. *Wikipedias it* Ooh, hey, they're making a movie out of it! Cool.

Maybe somebody will write House and Stacy's meeting in the afterlife. *nudges you, whistling innocently*

As far as the future goes, fatalistic and optimistic is really the most realistic viewpoint there is; some things go much worse than expected *coughIraqcough* and some things go better (like the cervical cancer vaccine and all these new no smoking in buildings laws; then again, that might be bad from your viewpoint, since I seem to recall that you smoke). And yes, Cameron in DWB really does fit. Immensely. As in, that would be an awesome direction for her to go in now that she's free of House. *nudges TPTB*

Hey, speaking of other people writing stuff in your universe; I don't actually go on house_wilson these days (no time), and I'm worried that I and others like me might miss such stories. For example, I would never have known

[starlingthefool]

How can I resist the awesome power of puppy eyes? I'll definitely mention it if anybody else chooses to write something in this 'verse.

As for me though, I'm done. I won't be writing anything else for this, at least in the forseeable future. Wasn't 48,000 words enough?

[shutterbug12]

Colby had informed them that this meant the last person who had known them had died. Morbid thought indeed. There were a lot of sentences like this that made me pause, sit back, and actually think about death for a bit. Everyone likes to think that their memory will go on, but that ends too. I'm so glad you wrote this, because it was incredibly thought-provoking.

I would love to know what Cuddy, Wilson, and House talked about. That part made me sad.

"The last thing that went up my ass was your dick last night, and it was still alive." Ha. Haha. :)

When House's afterlife showed up, I kind of felt like Wilson. *sigh* The halo line was great, but *sigh* A great vision of his afterlife, too.

Yes! D.C. gets Foreman! Ha!

[starlingthefool]

That's actually a part of DLM canon. It must be thoroughly depressing, but kind of liberating at the same time. Or at least, that's how I imagine it.
I think about death a lot; not necessarily in a morbid way, just in a kind of interested, healthy (I believe, at least) wonderment. It's inevitable, but seems very distant much of the time. A lot of my years of pondering have gone into this fic. I'm glad there's some things that have made others pause as well.
I would love to know what Cuddy, Wilson, and House talked about. That part made me sad.
*nudge* You can write it if you want.

Somebody said that the delivery guy who killed Wilson, that his field-of-poppies-afterlife was what they could picture House going to. It made me laugh.

Yeah, well DC may get Foreman, but Seattle got Wilson for 18 months! So there! (even if he was dead, but who cares?)

[shutterbug12]

I ponder death a lot, too. Probably too much for someone my age. And usually in a "find me the Elder Wand because I don't want to go!" way. Heh.

Wow. Your permission is so tempting. I'd be nervous writing that.

I said that thing about the poppies. I was feeling silly. House totally wouldn't go to a place like that, but it's hard to think of House without thinking of opiates, hence the poppy comment. :)

[starlingthefool]

I ponder death in a Peter Pan kind of way - "Death would be a grand adventure," and whatnot.

Oh, dur. Now I feel silly. I just remember thinking that House didn't seem like he'd appreciate a bunch of poppy seeds unless someone could distill it into opium, the lazy bastard.

Also - write it! You know you want to! And you know I want you to! sorion already wrote a companion piece to FECD (that's actually why I've held off on posting this to the comms; didn't want to overwhelm people), so you wouldn't be the only person playing with this verse. And as far as I'm concerned, the story is public domain.

[l57371]

Ah, wistful happy, my favourite kind. Love that they had 80 years together and were still in love. Love that Wilson still felt that wanderlust that sent him elsewhere, and loved even more that House waited for him. Here's hoping that the next stage will find them together as well.

Good wrap up, I really enjoyed this whole story immensely.

[starlingthefool]

80 years is a long time to spend with anyone. With House... A LOT happened in that time between them, none of which made it into this story, unfortunately, but I knew that they would have their problems.

And I'm sure the future will find them together again.

[hwshipper]

Ah, I was so happy to read this. Though I *really* hope Wilson joins House tomorrow morning (sniff)

[starlingthefool]

In my mind, it'll be a bit longer that that, but not by much.
*hands you a hankie*