Drabbles - Chicken Soup

[menolly_au]

Title: Chicken Soup
Characters: House & Wilson
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: For the C-Word
Words: Two drabbles of 100 hundred words each
Summary: It's the only bit of comfort House knows how to give.

Written for the 'Meet Me in the Mess Hall' challenge at Camp Sick!Wilson.



His hands work quickly, methodically. Cooking quiets his racing mind. Chopping vegetables distracts him from the sight of Wilson, sitting on his couch, hooked up to a heart monitor and a lethal drip. Slicing the chicken, making firm cuts into the tender flesh, relieves him of some of his anger. This isn't fair, none of this is fair. Wilson should be untouched by pain and suffering. This could kill him, House could kill him.

He puts ingredients together, stirs the soup and ladles it into a bowl. It's very little and most likely futile, but it's all he can do.

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House hands him a bowl of chicken soup with spoon and added snark. He can feel House's anger, he knows it's directed at him, at his cancer, at this life that brings such pain. House hates this and Wilson feels a sliver of guilt, remorse for what he is about to put House through. He never meant for House to be involved in this, although he always knew he would be.

He puts the spoon into the bowl, it looks delicious, and then it happens. His muscles lock and spasm, his hand is useless, he can't feed himself.

It's begun.

Comments

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

My, that needed an extra sad warning. The image of House cutting the chicken as a way to get rid of his anger at the unfairness of it all was perfect. And poor Wilson, he could at least have managed to enjoy that moment of quiet comfort. Totally believable, especially Wilson feeling guilty for doing this to House, and yet doing it all the same.

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think it's extra sad now that we know it was all futile, Wilson went through all that pain for nothing :( Thanks for reading, sorry about the extra sad :)

[rslhilson.livejournal.com]

Very sad but powerful piece of writing. Your descriptions were wonderful.

He never meant for House to be involved in this, although he always knew he would be.

I loved that line, especially - it seems to be the perfect summary.

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) I think Wilson couldn't possibly have thought he was going to disappear and do chemo at home for a few days without House even noticing...

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

Ouch. So painful and yet so lovely to read. I love the changing POVs, first House's, not emotionally expressive, but pouring his emotions into the making of Wilson's soup; then Wilson's slight guilt that House is involved in all of this, and knowing the inevitability of it as well. And the end is just heartbreaking.

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) I think those scenes are even extra poignant now that we know what the outcome will be :(

[jezziejay.livejournal.com]

It's begun. Goodness, that was a sucker-punch and a half. I was reeling. Really powerful end to a very sad little drabble. *sniff*

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) Yep, that's the moment it all kicks off for Wilson and becomes real I think. Thanks for reading :)

[brindlewolf.livejournal.com]

Oh this is so sad ... or at least it would be if all this nonsense about incurable cancer was REAL ... *lalalalalala fingers in my ears I can't HEAR you canon lalalalal* because we all KNOW Wilson is NOT going to die. ♥ But this is beautifully written.

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

lol - I think denial is a very sensible option :) Thanks for reading even though it's very AU for what really happened :)

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

Oh God, this is so sad. Kudos.

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the sad :) Thanks for reading!

[yarroway.livejournal.com]

I like the stark depiction of what they're confronting. Well done, as always.

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad you liked it :)

[jahmat.livejournal.com]

I think Wilson wanted House to be with him during the chemo. Why else would he leave the box out in the open for House to find?

Anyway, both of their thoughts during this story were so IC. This is why I love fanfiction. Great authors can get us inside the characters' minds, something rarely possible in movies or on TV.

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Wilson would have been mad to do that chemo without someone there, and I think he knew that really. He didn't make too much of an effort to cover his tracks.

Thank you for reading, glad you liked it :)

[sassyjumper.livejournal.com]

You packed quite a big emotional punch into 200 words. Great job (like always).

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Thank you, glad you liked it, thanks for reading :)

[readingrat.livejournal.com]

A depressingly perfect double drabble.

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading :)

[barefootpuddles.livejournal.com]

Very poignant in just a few words. I love the switch of perspectives. And while the chemo didn't work, I do believe it was worth it for the change in their relationship. It drove them forward (and as far as I am concerned to a place where someday soon House will be able to convince Wilson to try again with the chemo, or some other possible intervention).

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yes, I do think going through that experience benefited their relationship but I have also wondered if the memory of that terrible pain/sickness/helplessness played a part in putting Wilson off doing any more chemo (although intellectually he knew that it wouldn't be that bad it must have been a devestating experience, and then to find out it didn't work anyway....)

[3rdgal12.livejournal.com]

These are perfect little explorations of my favorite episode. Thanks for sharing!

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked them, thanks for reading :)

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

How did I miss this? A wonderful interpretation of what the guys are thinking as the roller coaster starts its slide down the hill. The way it fully encompasses their emotions, it doesn't feel like a drabble,

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

as the roller coaster starts its slide down the hill

Oh, I like that as a description :) Thanks, glad you enjoyed the drabbles :)