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donutsweeper ([personal profile] donutsweeper) wrote2008-03-31 03:38 pm
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Clarity of Thought

Title: Clarity of Thought
Pairing/Rating/Warning: House fandom, dark themes warning, spoilers for the Tritter arc, rated PG
Word Count: 596
Beta: [profile] jadesfire2808  *hugs*
Summary: Wilson comes to a solution for his current problem
Author's Note: Written for my [profile] paliphrase  10 fandom challenge

It was just a piece of paper.  A small rectangular piece of paper.  Unassuming.  But, in this case, it was as powerful as a gun.

That Wilson had even found it had been an accident.  Had he not been in the pharmacy at the right moment he’d never have even known it existed.  In this case, ignorance would have been bliss.  But, that was not to be.  Now he was saddled with the knowledge of it..  How could House have done this to him?  Again?  Wilson had blamed himself last time; he hadn’t listened, hadn’t believed the ketamine treatment had failed.  House had never apologized, of course Wilson hadn’t expected he would, even after all the fallout it had caused with Tritter.  But he’d listened since then, as a doctor and as a friend.

He’d nearly lost everything, but apparently House hadn’t been fazed by that, didn’t care about the price Wilson had paid.  Here was the proof.  Wilson had to admit that at least the signature was closer this time.  It was less likely someone would realize it was a forgery.  But Wilson knew.  He hadn’t written this.  What could he do?  Run to House, ranting and raving?  That wouldn’t solve anything.  There was no changing House, he knew that by now.  If changes were to be made, he had to be the one to make them.

That’s why he was here, in his office, this late at night.  First, he brought House’s file up to date, then those of the rest of his patients.  Carefully documenting symptoms, treatments he’d considered, and those he’d disregarded.  Backdating here and there, so it wouldn’t be ridiculously obvious he’d done it all in one sitting.  No one needed to know that.  House would figure it out of course, but that couldn’t be helped.  It would be useless to try to hide anything from House.

It was liberating, now that the decision had been made.  It was really the only way out of this downward cycle; the black hole that his relationship with House had become.  He couldn’t stay here, not with House as both friend and patient, but Wilson didn’t see a way for him to remain one without the other.  And he was just too tired, too damn tired, to start his practice from scratch somewhere else.  He’d been lost until it came to him - like the bright light at the end of a long, dark tunnel, there it was.  The answer to his conundrum.  Sure, it was a bit more permanent than it could be, but quick fixes never worked, especially when House was involved. 

It was kismet.  The message left this morning by his mechanic reminding him, for the third time, about the worn brake pads combined with warnings about the black ice on the radio a few hours ago led to the perfect solution.  A way out.  And no one would suspect a thing, except for House of course. But even House probably wouldn’t guess the reason, not without a little help.   A smile ghosted Wilson’s face as grabbed a piece of stationary and he jotted down a few lines.  Then carefully folding the forged prescription, he slipped them into an envelope and addressed it to House.  A stamp followed suit.  He’d drop it in the outgoing mail on his way to the car.  Whistling, he left his office, his step lighter and freer than it had been in a long time.

Bad brakes, an icy road, a sharp curve and a cement embankment awaited him.  Today was going to be a good day.


[identity profile] kensieg.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Does Wilson really have it this bad?

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, as long as House doesn't push him too far, I think he'll be okay.

[identity profile] kensieg.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought Wilson was committing suicide and that the forged prescription was his twisted suicide note to House. I don't usually like dark but I could see an exhausted depressed Wilson killing himself. Just one thing too many and poof! No more Wilson! But I don't think that canonical Wilson is that dysfunctional. He'd cut House loose first.

I stopped watching House because House was so damaged and wasn't going to change.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a problem I have with the show too to some extent

[identity profile] kensieg.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Is it true that the goslings are gone? Or are different goslings? How the hell does House manage to remain employed? At this point he seems very static. Has he done anything new?

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Foreman is still there, but with three new Fellows. Chase and Cameron show up occassionally- they're still at the hospital in other positions.

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/ 2008-03-31 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
OMGwhathaveyoudoneomg. And mailing him the--*flail*

You're good, though, 'cause as soon as he started bringing his files up to date, I knew where you were headed.

*repeats notcanonnotcanon a lot*

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
*puts on evil hat*

Nope, not canon, although depending on how House treats him, it probably could be.

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/ 2008-03-31 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Mailing him the prescription seems appropriately passive-aggressive, I gotta say. But, y'know, it's Wilson. He's getting something out of that relationship.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Like they said on the show, to some extent Wilson needs to be needed, but I think there will also be a point that House calls on him to put up with too much

[identity profile] vfdj42.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You should write more sick!Wilson. :)

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you! :)

[identity profile] phoenix64.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Holy ...!
(and I've just realized I have no non-humourous House icons)
That's quite the punch there. Certainly with or without the slash goggles House and Wilson's relationship can be downright maddening, but ... wow. But, yeah, I can just about see it being pushed that far.

One thing, and I think I've seen you do this before - the word you want is "fazed", not "phased".

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
oops, both Jades and I missed that

Yeah, I think it's possible to see that there might be a point where House might push Wilson too far.

[identity profile] travels-in-time.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
AIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

*hides*

[identity profile] travels-in-time.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
CAN'T HEAR YOU

HAVE MY HANDS OVER MY EARS


LALALALALALALA

[identity profile] travels-in-time.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmmm. Donuts.

...which is what iGod said when I asked if he liked them.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
which proves that deities have good taste

[identity profile] jane-hidell.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm, suicide fic. Beautifully done. <3

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, this hurts, and it does because it's so true both to Wilson's character, particularly if this hit him again when he was down, and because of this thought: It was liberating, now that the decision had been made. That is, so sadly, exactly what happens with real-life suicides.

I have this overwhelming desire now to give Wilson a big hug.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
:) thanks so much. I pretty much always want to give Wilson a hug, poor guy

[identity profile] kensieg.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Wilson needs someone normal he can take care of and to get far far away from House.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure anyone on that show is normal. But yes, it would certainly do Wilson some good.

[identity profile] kensieg.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I was thinking of transferring him to another show. Maybe as a replacement for Carson instead of Jennifer? Or send him to DC appointed to NIH or recruited to CDC. I was thinking that Atlantis is far away enough that House couldn't show up there.

I like the idea of Wilson on Atlantis. Wilson/Cadman perhaps? Dex/Wilson makes my head go 'splodey! It might work as a fever dream though.

Damn that bunny is biting!

Sorry to drabble in your LJ.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-03-31 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
ooh, Wilson crossing over to SGA would be good!

[identity profile] kensieg.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
who would you like me to fix him up with? John and Evan are taken. Both of them would literally kill Wilson (what's his first name?) if he tried. Do you know how many poisons a botanist can manufacture? McShep & P/orne are OTP to me in Kensie's SGA.

I'd slash Wilson with Sinclair but Garibaldi would likewise kill Wilson. This is beginning to sound like the scene in Fallen Angels where people are chanting "Kill Seth! Kill Seth!"

So who would you like Wilson slashed with?

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Wilson's first name is James.

hmmm... I don't own slash goggles so it's hard to figure that out. I could see him and Keller bonding over dealing with difficult patients or him and Elizabeth...

[identity profile] kensieg.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
No not Elizabeth!! I can see him killing self after her death. I do like him with Laura or Teyla. Laura would be better though to me.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Sure, I could see that

[identity profile] cutthroatpixie.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
House had never apologized, of course Wilson hadn’t expected he would, even after all the fallout it had caused with Tritter.

House did apologise, though.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
specifically for the prescriptions? I thought it was more of a general and vague one.

[identity profile] cutthroatpixie.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
I don't suppose he specifically said, 'Hey, sorry I forged those scrips,' but the general apology was suppose to cover everything, the way I saw it.

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
I don't remember it that well, just that it seemed more of an aside than an actual apology

[identity profile] mad-jaks.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
OWWW - and I don't even *see* House/Wilson

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't really see H/W either, but they are best friends and their relationship has always been give and take (in the sense Wilson is always taking House's crap)and House doesn't seem to know when to stop

[identity profile] mad-jaks.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Tis true - poor downtrodden Wilson

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-04-01 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
That's why, in the case of this fandom, in a lot of ways I like the fanfic better than the canon- House usually is shown the errors of his ways or Wilson gets some sort of revenge or something... (there's also a LOT of h/c) I'm a sucker for [livejournal.com profile] sick_wilson and all the h/c posted there)