Home for Christmas, Part Two

[third_owl]

Title: Home for Christmas, Part Two. Part One is here, written by menolly_au
Characters: House/Wilson, Blythe
Rating: PG
Words Approx 1,160
Warnings: Fluff, Christmas sentiment, strangely absent Thomas
Spoilers: For Final arc
Summary: nightdog_barks and I wanted more of menolly_au's story. So, with her kind permission, we wrote it.

Comments

[barefootpuddles]

I am so glad Menolly let you give this a second half. I too felt like I had to know what happened after her wonderful little Christmas offering. You did a terrific job with this too. It has that perfect melancholy tone, and it could fit with the Riververse as well which is nice. I am also just plain glad that someone(s) thought of Blythe. It seemed cruel to me to leave her thinking her son was dead, no matter her own failings.

I loved the Liquor Barn and alcohol descriptions too. It seemed very Wilson POVish to notice the details the way you had them:

single malt from some island in the Hebrides with an unpronounceable name, good Kentucky bourbon, gin in a crystal-blue bottle that actually looked a lot like antifreeze and probably would've served the same purpose....a bottle of Bordeaux from a shelf, some small part of his mind identifying it as one he'd shared with Amber, and added it to the cart And then to sit in the parking lot for 30 minutes. Sometimes there is just something so sad about Wilson. Always trying to do the right

[third_owl]

LOL, it was me who sent Wilson to the liquor store, and Nightdog who provided all those fantastic details.

Yeah, Wilson and that sadness of his. Trying to do right by everyone, but also keeping a minimum safe distance from whatever explosions of joy and rage might be going on with House and his mom.

I, too, was very pleased when House climbed into Wilson's bed.

[menolly_au]

Oh, lovely ! The image of Wilson (a little drunk but very much alive!) snuggled up next to House - yay!

And this But here, nobody will ask why he's still traveling, when he's going back to work, when he's settling down very much the change we saw in Wilson in the last few episodes of the cancer arc. I hope that he gets cured of his cancer but still retains a little bit of the selfishness that he began to show.

And Blythe! Knocking back the spirits with Wilson! (Well, House had to get his drinking somewhere :) Surprising, but in keeping with the 'new Blythe' that we saw in the eighth season.

Blythe stands so close to her son, finds every opportunity to be near, puts her arm around him, reaches up to put her hand on his cheek. Wilson pretends not to notice that raw joy, or the bitterness that jostles it sometimes.

I like the touch of the bitterness - because House is alive but still the decision he made, and the hurt he did to her, remains.

Thanks so much for continuing this :) :)

[third_owl]

I added the line about the bitterness after reading some comments on your story and realizing it needed a little more acknowledgment. I had it in my head but we hadn't really written it in -- why House's eyes would have been red, too, when Wilson got back.

It was horrible, what he did to her, and they both have to face that now. But there was so much comfort in your story, too. <3

[chocolate_frapp]

thank you! i wanted a continuation of this fic so badly. :)

[third_owl]

So did we! :-D

[rslhilson]

What a wonderful continuation to menolly's fix! This was the perfect cap to my own Christmas celebration - thank you <3

[third_owl]

Thanks so much. It was an enjoyable thing to think about and write, and we loved having the chance to run with it.

[flywoman]

Aw, I'm glad that you two continued menolly_au's story! Loved the scene of them in bed together with Wilson confused and still a little drunk. "Dude. That's messed up." Hee!

[third_owl]

LOL, it may be messed up, but House is already wondering if he can cause it to happen again.

Because it's interesting. And Wilson made House's mom laugh.