Small Comfort

[damigella]

Title: Small Comfort
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 100
Notes: mmom Day 28. Unbeta'd. Post-ep drabble for 7x23. ETA: Many thanks to menolly_au for improving my English. 
Summary: It could have been worse.

The painkiller wasn't working. He looked at his phone on the bedside table: 2.13 am. No call from the police. Or House.

Which meant he probably wasn't dead, or they would have found him. He closed his eyes and sunk into recollection. He could still feel House's weight on his arm, the beating of his heart under the fingers of the right hand. The sweaty smell of his skin, the warmth seeping through the thin hospital gown, the slight tickling of his stubble.

At least he’d broken his right wrist, Wilson thought as he slipped his hand inside his boxers.

Comments

[luridlurker.livejournal.com]

poor, lonely, touch deprived, tortured soul.
Well done, so melancholic, so depressing.
(compliments my own mood perfectly).

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

"compliments my own mood perfectly"
(hands over Zoloft)
And Wilson's definitely touch deprived, like too many people in our society.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

At least he’d broken his right wrist, Wilson thought as he slipped his hand inside his boxers.

Yeah, that was my first thought about his injury. Um, not about THAT, exactly, but it's definitely an added bonus. Great incorporation of canon into the MMOM theme.

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I don't think I'll ever be able to do a solid month of MMOM but I was sort of missing it. And writing drabbles is kind of a guilty pleasure - ahem, a bit like MMOM.

Thanks for commenting (and I'm relieved to know THAT's not the first thing you thought, LOL).

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Oh, poor Wilson with his broken paw :( He should have told House how he felt while he was holding him up and the whole car thing might never have happened...Very nice description of that scene.

I wonder - do we know if the wrist is broken/sprained whatever? Anybody able to tell from what was happening in the ambulance?

(tiny english note 'sunk in recollection' should probably be 'sunk into recollection')

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

He should have told House how he felt while he was holding him up
Definitely. And no, I didn't precisely get what happened to Wilson's wrists. Normally it shouldn't get broken so easily (he isn't post-menopausal yet, LOL).

Thank you for the kind comment.

(note) I try hard to think my fics in English, but I don't always manage - that was sprofondare nei ricordi and I struggled very hard with the translation. Thanks! You know I'm always grateful to you patient native speakers helping me know your beautiful language better and better.

[lovemywilson.livejournal.com]

Aww thats so sad and sweet. *sigh*

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you like it. Thank you for your comment!

[selkie3.livejournal.com]

Oh, for something so little this was lovely. Perfectly conveyed.

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your comment.
I like the drabble format a lot, forces one to concentrate on the essentials.

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Wonderful drabble. Love how you incorporated the last scene from After Hours.

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

Thank you so very much for the kind comment!

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

awwww. poor Wilson.

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

I felt a bit guilty, so I'm trying now to write something slightly less dark. Not so easy.

Thanks for your comment.