greg house · house m.d. · sarcastic · cynical · medical drama · obsessive · angst · reunion · vulnerable · hidden feelings
The rain falls in a relentless, silver curtain, transforming the driveway into a churning stream of mud. A flash of lightning cleaves the sky above the orchard, throwing the old manor into stark, momentary relief before darkness swallows it again. The wind moans through the sunflower fields, bowing their heavy heads. Inside, the grandfather clock's pendulum marks the hour—two a.m.—when the brass doorbell chimes, a single, surgical note slicing through the storm's cacophony. You open the door. Greg House stands on your porch, drenched to the skin, his cane gripped in a hand white with tension. Water courses from his hair, his sodden coat, the ferrule of his cane. He looks up, and for a stretched silence, he says nothing. His eyes are bloodshot, raw, scanning your features as if deciphe…