Great Expectations

[moose_mcmoose]

 Title: Great Expectations
Characters/Pairings: House/Wilson, House/Cuddy (alluded to only)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 514
Disclaimer: Not mine. A shame, as then I could buy some new t-shirts. (I HAVE FINALLY GOT THE JEANS)
Summary: What you expect is never necessarily what you will get. Spoilers for end of season 6 onwards....sort of....-ish

He'd expected pain. Something like a small, twitching reverb in his chest whenever he thought about it.

He'd expected misery. That horrible, dull fog in his head, clouding his thoughts, bleaching everything into negative.

He'd expected a sense of loss. A pining for something that was no longer in his grasp.

But nothing seemed to live up to his expectations.

The pain, the misery, the loss was nowhere to be found. He'd looked, he'd sat twiddling his anxious thumbs on the rim of his overused coffee cup as he waited for the inevitable turn of his emotions. He'd paced his office. He'd scribbled on pointless paperwork and scrutinized endless CT scans and MRIs. He'd driven his Volvo around most of the back streets of Princeton actively seeking what he knew was to come.

And...nothing.

Two weeks had passed and he had felt nothing. Not a twinge of sadness, not a single tear of despair, no urge to shrug in exasperation.

Now he's not sure whether he should be concerned or pleased.

Before his mind can wander to other thoughts, his cell phone angrily jerks along the coffee table.

"Hello?", is his monotonous greeting.

"Save me."

He could only sigh a hollow breath. "What have you done now?"

"Cuddy wants us to double date. Tonight. I don't know about you but that's a physical manifestation of my own personal version of hell. Can you conveniently fall down the stairs or can Sam get her hair caught in the toaster?"

Sam...

Wilson waits, waits for it to set off. Surely, the mere mention of her name will create something. He clears his throat in preparation and mutters on. "I guess I could make something up." Nothing. Just that same sensation of hanging in limbo.

"Well..."

"Well... you haven't given me much time." Anything would do at this moment, he had no fighting urge to play House's games. "Just say I'm ill. I have a cold or something, I dunno. Why did you even call me about this anyway? You could have made a more elaborate excuse all by yourself."

"I need to make it look like I have actually tried to call you. I thought maybe calling you would make it so."

"Ah deception. Nice."

"Oh don't moan just because I've disturbed your make out session. At least you don't have a whining child to contend with."

No, just a non existent partner to contend with. Wilson bit his tongue, now was the not the time to let it slip. He'll find a better time. Sometime. Soon. Hopefully. "Well enjoy whatever you get up to."

"I'll tell you the details tomorrow, in all their naked glory."

"I'd rather you-" The call went dead in Wilson's ear. "didn't." The last word escaping as an weary sigh.

Tossing the cell phone back onto the coffee table, he rose from his seat and padded into the kitchen, grabbing a mug from the corner cupboard as he passed.

He only needed one full mug of rice to cook with these days. Any more and it would just be a waste.

Title and lyrics from the LJ-cut taking from Great Expectations by The Gaslight Anthem

Comments

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

YES! Sam is gone. She DIED. And now Cuddy will DIE as well and all will be okay again.

Eh... sorry. Great story, Moose, love Wilson matter-of-fact acceptance of the inevitable!

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

LMAO! Calm down with the death!

I don't think he's quite accepted yet, he's just numbed by it all. He doesn't know what to do.

Glad you enjoyed this Hib. Your comments are muchos appreciated!!!

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

Sorry. I tend to get carried away sometimes...

*HUGS* Don't mind me...

[alternatealto.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think this would be the most interesting scenario for the upcoming season -- a Wilson-Sam split while House is still (please, gods, temporarily) with, er, someone else. And suddenly, Wilson will get to experience third-wheeldom. And, coincidentally, will be conveniently available whenever House can't deal with all the cozy domesticity he's sure to be forced into . . .

But we'll probably only get to see it in great fics like this one, because I don't think it would occur to the show's writers in a month of Sundays . . .

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

Wilson as the third wheel would certainly be an interesting scenario. Knowing him, he would probably not tell anyone and mope in the background.

Bah TPTB, I am hoping there will be only a sliver of domesticity in the oncoming car crash series.

Cheers for reading and commenting XD

[brindlewolf.livejournal.com]

LOL ... sometimes I read the comments before I read the actual stories. So I was actually expecting Sam to be ... um ... DEAD. Oh well. As long as she's GONE. :-)

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

Haha Hib got a little carried away me thinks. I think she doesn't like Sam. Hmmm

Thanks for reading and commenting XD

[http://users.livejournal.com/_slytherin_girl/]

Excellent! I would like to see more of this scenario. I like roll reversal idea of Wilson being the third wheel. Any chance you have more in mind for this?

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

Hmmm well, we shall have see if anything comes up. I'm not sure yet, but maybe, just maybe.

Glad you liked this one. Cheers for reading and commenting XD

[http://users.livejournal.com/_slytherin_girl/]

No pressure, I just haven't seen much of this scenario and really liked it. :D

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! No one does subtle like you. Always touches my heart. If canon doesn't do this, I'll always be grateful that you did.

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

Aw how very lovely of you.

So glad you liked this so much. Cheers for reading and commenting XD

[mostlyscrubbed.livejournal.com]

YESSSSS. That was so good. Painful to me, even if it wasn't to Wilson. The lack of despair was almost worse than any heartbreak he could be feeling.

In addition, YOUR TED ICON. <3 Every time someone in the house makes a mess or ruins anything, I exclaim, "My chicken!"

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it so much XD

And Ted will always be my favourite Scrubs character, the poor, helpless oaf of a man.

(Oh and thanks for the friends add ;-))

[yarroway.livejournal.com]

I liked this. A little sad, a little funny, and their voices were just right.

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

The best compliment possible! Glad you thought I got their voices right. :)

Cheers for reading and commenting XD

[fleurione.livejournal.com]

I loved the poignancy of the last line, because it's not just 'No Sam to cook rice for' it's 'No House to cook rice for either' too. Brilliant :)

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

I<3 little smiles on the end of comments, hehe.

Thank you very much for your kind words. Much appreciated XD

[pinigir.livejournal.com]

Great fic! Loved it.

Hopefully, Wilson will come to understand what his "lack of feeling" means.

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it.

Cheers for reading and commenting XD

[pgrabia.livejournal.com]

Excellent fic! Not too much or over emotional. Great that Wilson isn't mourning too badly over Sam. He did more than enough of that over her the first time around. The pride in Wilson not wanting to let House know (so he can crow about telling him so) is very IC.

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you very much for the lovely comments.

Glad you enjoyed my wee little fic. XD

[perspi.livejournal.com]

OH, I liked this very much! I liked the way you kept us in the dark over what, exactly, Wilson felt like he should be mourning, and how it was so ambiguous right up till the end. This is wonderful. :)

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it so much. And thank you very much for the wonderful comments.

Thanks for reading XD

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

This was really good. What a great note of wrongness running through the whole story, and I love the ambiguity at the end. Excellent, excellent work. :-D

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

Ooo an italicised 'really'. One can't be any other than exceptionally delighted about that.

Glad that you enjoyed it.

Thanks for reading and commenting XD

[hwshipper.livejournal.com]

Fantabuloso! Would be fun to see Wilson telling House the news... getting round to it like about 2 years later :)

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I can't imagine him being in much of a hurry to spill the news.

Glad you enjoyed this. Cheers for reading and commenting XD

[sara-tsuzuki.livejournal.com]

Wow, now is Wilson's time of loneliness! ;____;

[3rdgal12.livejournal.com]

Love this. Especially loved that you got rid of Sam. Now just get rid of Cuddy and put the two boys back together again... :D

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

Amen to that. Hehe.

Cheers for reading and commenting XD