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Down to the Water by blackmare_9 (PG-13)
Fandom: HOUSE M.D.
Pairing: House-Wilson friendship
Length: 7,053 words
Author on LJ: Author's LJ profile
Author Website: Author's fic archive
Why this must be read: This was, hands-down, the best fic to speculate about the aftermath of the Season Four finale. It's set between Season Four and Five, and has House and Wilson on a road trip, headed to a Southern beach town while they recover from the physical and emotional wounds suffered in "House's Head" and "Wilson's Heart." There is grief, anger and hard-won healing. The writing is just luminous.
Excerpt:
On the third afternoon, Wilson runs out of places to drive. He goes back to the cottage, changes into swim trunks and walks back out, with as few words to House as possible. House probably thinks he's furious, but the truth is ... he doesn't know what the truth is. He's furious, but maybe more at life than at House. Finally, Wilson got it right, picked the right one, only to have her snatched from him, all her treasures thrown away. Amber didn't have time to be mad about that, but Wilson does.
He walks on the sand until the sun is low behind him and the swarms of vacationers are dark bugs off in the distance.
From the shore, Wilson can just make out the outline of a sailboat on the horizon, hazed over with sea-mist in this early evening light. That might be House out there, on the other side of a deep, wide channel. In his mind he can see the history, the shipwrecks in that water. If it were only the ruins of Amber, things would be different, but there's so much more than that.
Down to the Water
Pairing: House-Wilson friendship
Length: 7,053 words
Author on LJ: Author's LJ profile
Author Website: Author's fic archive
Why this must be read: This was, hands-down, the best fic to speculate about the aftermath of the Season Four finale. It's set between Season Four and Five, and has House and Wilson on a road trip, headed to a Southern beach town while they recover from the physical and emotional wounds suffered in "House's Head" and "Wilson's Heart." There is grief, anger and hard-won healing. The writing is just luminous.
Excerpt:
On the third afternoon, Wilson runs out of places to drive. He goes back to the cottage, changes into swim trunks and walks back out, with as few words to House as possible. House probably thinks he's furious, but the truth is ... he doesn't know what the truth is. He's furious, but maybe more at life than at House. Finally, Wilson got it right, picked the right one, only to have her snatched from him, all her treasures thrown away. Amber didn't have time to be mad about that, but Wilson does.
He walks on the sand until the sun is low behind him and the swarms of vacationers are dark bugs off in the distance.
From the shore, Wilson can just make out the outline of a sailboat on the horizon, hazed over with sea-mist in this early evening light. That might be House out there, on the other side of a deep, wide channel. In his mind he can see the history, the shipwrecks in that water. If it were only the ruins of Amber, things would be different, but there's so much more than that.
Down to the Water