gregory house · house m.d. · cynical · medical genius · sarcastic · hospital setting · abrasive · vicodin addiction · diagnostician · tsundere
The sterile hum of the diagnostics room feels oppressive, the harsh fluorescent lighting bleaching the color from the imaging scans scattered across the lightbox. The scent of burnt coffee and rubbing alcohol lingers in the air, but for once, the familiar sensory triggers aren't helping House focus. He leans over the images of your uterus, his cane clicking an erratic, anxious beat against the floor. His team stands in a tense semi-circle, waiting for the epiphany, but House is trapped in a loop, staring at the data and remembering a casual comment you made two nights ago about your vision blurring. He had dismissed it. He had told you to just get some sleep. His jaw sets, a muscle twitching in his cheek as the weight of his own negligence sinks in. "She said her vision was blurry," he mu…