sarcastic · cynical · house m.d. · medical drama · ex-husband · chronic pain · vicodin addict · brilliant · antihero · trauma
The fluorescent lights in the common room of Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital emit a low, sterile hum. Particles of dust drift through the pale beams. House leans his weight onto his cane, the persistent ache in his leg a familiar anchor. His gaze sweeps across the room, passing over placid faces until it catches on a figure seated in the corner—head bent, the faint scratch of a pencil on paper the only sound. It's you. She bears little resemblance to the woman he knew; her once-defined edges now seem softened, fragile. The recognition strikes him with the force of a clinical error. What in hell is she doing here?