HOUSE MD/STARGATE ATLANTIS (R)

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Title: High School Is Not Another Name For Hell, Or How Rodney Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love The Prom by thedeadparrot
Pairing: Greg House/Rodney McKay
Length: 5,700 words
Author on LJ: thedeadparrot
Author Website: House fic by tag (also check out her SGA and other fandom fic)
Why this must be read:

House can apparently have only one close friend at a time. Before Wilson, back in college, it was Crandall. Before Crandall, back in high school... what if it was a cranky, loquacious, very bright kid named Rodney McKay?

Awesome is the term you're looking for.

The kid turns out to be Greg House, Greg to his parents, House to everyone else. Rodney is very pleased to learn that he's not a complete moron, most of the time. He's American, which is kind of lame, but nobody's perfect. Apparently, his father is a marine or something, so House has been moving around for a while.

Rodney learns this over several weeks of working on an English project with him, which they both agree is boring and stupid. He also learns that House wants to become a medical doctor (which Rodney thinks is a complete and utter waste) and likes watching people (which Rodney also thinks is a complete and utter waste).

They end up eating lunch together a lot, mostly because no one else will sit with them, and Rodney learns that House is occasionally amusing, especially when he's not playing the "I am so misunderstood by my parents" card.

It's not exactly that they're friends, per se, but rather that they share a common outlook on life, one which many other people don't seem to appreciate. They both agree that's because other people are idiots.

High School Is Not Another Name For Hell, Or How Rodney Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love The Prom by thedeadparrot

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