We'll Be Fine

[damigella]

Title: We'll Be Fine
Words: approx 500
Rating : PG for language
Spoilers : 7x23
Warnings : Violence
Summary : Written for camp sick_wilson challenge #1 - The Great Fix. Alternative ending to final seventh season episode - Moving On. [Yes, I copied this verbatim from menolly_au.]

"Get out."

Wilson just stares at House.

"Are you deaf? Get out of my goddamn car!" House's face is red with anger, his knuckles white on the steering wheel.

"No." Wilson forces himself to remain calm. To keep enough sanity for himself and for his friend.

"I want to be left alone. Get out."

"House, you can't be alone." Wilson's hand glides on his pulse. "You have a fever. An infection, probably - not a surprise after all you've done. You should go lie down in the back of the car and I'll drive you to the hospital. It will be faster than an ambulance."

House laughs derisively. "I'm the diagnostician, you moron. If I had an infection I would be in pain."

"If you weren't so stoned, you mean. Let me drive."

"Forget it."

"Okay, park and I'll get down. But go park away from Cuddy's place. In the parking lot of the Safeway's two blocks ahead."

House turns his eyes to the road, and Wilson looks at the sidewalk. He discreetly pulls out his cellphone. 911 is on speed dial already, has been since the cannonball dive. House is busy parking, slaloming between shopping carts and wailing toddlers. Wilson speaks fast but clearly. "Infection, fever, mental problems. Parking lot of Safeway's in 11th Street, corner Gardenia Drive, blue sedan, tall middle aged man with a cane."

House stops the car abruptly, switches off the engine, and slaps the phone out of Wilson's hands. "Judas."

"House, you're sick and need help."

House's eyes are red rimmed, his pupils tiny dots of black in a lake of blue which seems to be freezing over with fury. Wilson thinks he can see adrenaline spiking in his friend's body.

The first punch is unexpected, although it shouldn't have been. House's arms are strong, especially the right, used to carry so much of his weight. Wilson's nose cracks audibly, the noise startling him one moment before the pain hits.

Unable to think, it's only by instinct that he raises his arms to defend his face. House punches again, then grabs Cuddy's hairbrush. Through tears-blurred eyes Wilson sees silver flashing in front of him, landing with a twack on his left forearm. Pain shoots up: his ulna is at least cracked, probably broken.

People shout, open the doors to the car, someone tries to pull House out. "Don't touch him. He's sick. He needs medical care. I'm his doctor." His voice is so calm and reasonable that everyone steps back. The ambulance gets audibly nearer.

House drops the brush. He looks at the broken nose, blood all over Wilson's clothes and the car. "Wilson… help me, please."

Wilson holds House's hand, sighing with relief as he sees the ambulance pulling in in the parking lot.

The tears falling on his hand are as burning hot as the sweaty palm pressed against his own.

"You'll be fine, House."

Wilson should be surprised when parched lips start covering his hand with small kisses, the sensation mixing with the tickling of House's beard. But he's not. For the first time in what feels like forever, he's hopeful.

"We'll both be fine."

Comments

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Oh, you messed up Wilson's pretty face :) I like Wilson taking charge and being all medical rather than meekly getting out of the car (and that despite snarking at him House actually does what Wilson wants, very in character for the both of them.)

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

I count on Taub to fix Wilson's nose so that it is as good as new.

"I like Wilson taking charge and being all medical"
I actually didn't understand in canon how they could justify Wilson getting out of the car without even asking why.

Thank you so much for commenting!

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Yeah,if someone was driving me around I wouldn't just get out of the car and let them leave me abandoned on the sidewalk. Not without an argument anyway.

I suppose its preferable to having House drive the car into a house with Wilson in the car as well though...

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

"abandoned on the sidewalk"
precisely. That seemed really crazy. But then, the whole of S7 seemed crazy.

"having House drive the car into a house with Wilson in the car as well"
I'm an optimist and hope we can count on some of our fellow campers for that :-). Wilson can get much more severely hurt that way [evil grin].

[barefootpuddles.livejournal.com]

Oh, you messed up Wilson's pretty face :)

LOL, my immediate reaction too was "no, not the nose!!!". But damigella_314 is right, there is always Taub to patch him up.

I took liked Wilson's take charge attitude. He often starts it, but he just never follows through. I think House would respond better to Wilson, if Wilson was just a little bit more sure of himself.

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

I personally think House's nose is much prettier then Wilson's. I would never ever write a fic in which House's nose gets broken :).

And I think Wilson should take charge more often, too. Thanks for commenting.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

YES. I don't blame Wilson for what happened in any way, but he should have stood his ground and refused to get out of the car.

I think that Wilson would have had 911 on speed dial since long before the cannonball dive, but maybe that's just me.

Wilson's nose cracks audibly, the noise startling him one moment before the pain hits.

I liked this sentence very much.

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

"I think that Wilson would have had 911 on speed dial since long before the cannonball dive"
LOL. You're probably right.

"I don't blame Wilson for what happened"
It is my opinion that he blames himself. Bitterly.

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[ladyinverness23.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your Wilson didn't get out of the car. If Wilson has to get punched in the face for this to be the alternate ending, well that's the risk. They'll be able to help each other get better. :)

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

"Wilson has to get punched in the face"
because we all love sick!wilson :-).

Also, nothing like seeing Wilson in House-inflicted severe pain to make House get in touch with his own feelings ;-).

[rslhilson.livejournal.com]

Totally how it should have gone down, with Wilson remaining firm. I loved the reference to the cannonball dive with 911 on speed dial - made perfect sense. Really enjoyed reading this!

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

"Wilson remaining firm."
Yes. Wilson's behavior in the show was weird.

Glad you liked it!

[selkie3.livejournal.com]

I love BAMF Wilson. Your description of House's eyes was quite chilling, you could feel the build up of everything.

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

I had to google BAMF :-). I teach you bad words in Italian and you teach me bad acronyms in English.
And yes, I wanted to show House losing control as in the show, but Wilson keeping his head and managing to avoid disaster (if not keeping his nose or arm whole).

[pgrabia.livejournal.com]

Wow! powerful! I can really see Wilson remaining so calm and protecting House from his own would be rescuers. Wilson by this time would know that House isn't in his right mind and that would help him put this abuse into perspective. That, and the fact that he loves House. I really think TPTB dropped the ball. We hear from Wilson that House had been taking a shocking amount of Vicodin yet I could barely tell he was stoned. I don't know if that was a slip on HL's end, bad writing or bad directing but when House crashed into the house my first thought wasn't "Oh, he's so high that he doesn't have full control over what he's doing"--but if he had been taking that many pills one would think that he would be out of his mind stoned.

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

Well, you can drive when drunk and/or stoned unfortunately and kill a number of people; it happens all the time in Italy (not so often, but regularly). What should be clear to a doctor is that you shouldn't allowed a stoned friend to drive. With House a cripple just out of a long hospital stay, it couldn't have been impossible for Wilson to force him to stay home (or at least insist that it's Wilson to drive). But of course tptb had their little "funny" idea. I think they are just unable to realize the implications of what they did.

Thank you for the well-thought comment.

[jezziejay.livejournal.com]

I, too was surprised that Wilson got out of the car in the finale - but like flywoman, I don't blame him - maybe he was remembering House bashing his stuff in his office when he wouldn't stop talking. Still, very nice - I could certainly believe that Wilson would defend or protect House, even after a beating. And I've been waiting for a fic where House is sorry :)

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

"like flywoman, I don't blame him"
I do, but as I said before, not as much as he blames himself.

"And I've been waiting for a fic where House is sorry :)"
I think I've seen others, maybe in the chain!fics - although I may well have gone further (and possibly OoC) in his expression of sorrow.

Thank you for the comment!

[mmorgan317.livejournal.com]

Very good. Like others have mentioned, I'm not sure I would have just gotten out of the car either but knowing House they way he does, I suppose it was wisest of Wilson to get out. Better be stranded on the sidewalk then dead from a car accident.

I kind of which you'd continued this but I do like how you've ended it. Very well written!

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

" it was wisest of Wilson to get out."
I think Wilson should get out of your way, LOL ;-).

It is my honest hope that House wouldn't have crashed the car had he had Wilson near him, but of course we cannot know. Thank you for your comment!