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Side Effects by Isagel (NC-17)
Fandom: HOUSE
Pairing: House/Wilson
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isagel
Author Website: Drops of Moonlight
Why this must be read:
There's always something delicious about realizing that the first story you read in a fandom hasn't been recced yet here, like taking friends to your favorite sidewalk cafe in a foreign city. And while there are many stories that show the change in equilibrium as Wilson's relationship with House turns sexual, this is the only one I've seen so far that shows the side effects of Vicodin taking their toll as pleasure starts to mean more than just the absence of pain.
Then the infarction had struck, and he had seen Greg's body crumble. The effortless grace turned into a constant struggle, the forceful strides James had hurried to keep up with lost forever in the quagmire of pain that made every little step forward a battle as often lost as won. It had hurt to watch, and he hadn't known how to look away. Until one day he'd been walking his friend through the corridors of the hospital and, glancing at him, he had seen a rhythm, a flow to his steps that made his breath catch. A new kind of grace; shaped and contained by the limitations of the ruined leg, but grace nonetheless, as striking in its own way as what had been there before. That was the day he had started to keep an eye out for illnesses that couldn't be explained.
Side Effects
Pairing: House/Wilson
Author on LJ:
isagelAuthor Website: Drops of Moonlight
Why this must be read:
There's always something delicious about realizing that the first story you read in a fandom hasn't been recced yet here, like taking friends to your favorite sidewalk cafe in a foreign city. And while there are many stories that show the change in equilibrium as Wilson's relationship with House turns sexual, this is the only one I've seen so far that shows the side effects of Vicodin taking their toll as pleasure starts to mean more than just the absence of pain.
Then the infarction had struck, and he had seen Greg's body crumble. The effortless grace turned into a constant struggle, the forceful strides James had hurried to keep up with lost forever in the quagmire of pain that made every little step forward a battle as often lost as won. It had hurt to watch, and he hadn't known how to look away. Until one day he'd been walking his friend through the corridors of the hospital and, glancing at him, he had seen a rhythm, a flow to his steps that made his breath catch. A new kind of grace; shaped and contained by the limitations of the ruined leg, but grace nonetheless, as striking in its own way as what had been there before. That was the day he had started to keep an eye out for illnesses that couldn't be explained.
Side Effects