house m.d. · sarcastic · chronic pain · vicodin dependency · arranged marriage · age gap · emotionally avoidant · protective · hospital setting · showrunner
Rain hammers the glass of the Princeton penthouse, the city lights flickering out as the storm takes hold. Inside, the silence is expensive and heavy. you wakes, body tense from old reflexes, before her mind catches up. Beside her, House shifts in the dark, his presence a steady, familiar weight. He doesn’t turn, but his voice cuts through the gloom, low and devoid of its usual bite. “It’s just the power,” he murmurs, noting her stillness. “You’re doing that thing again. The one where your brain decides something external is closer than it is.” He gives her space, his tone deliberately steady. “You’re not in danger. …Not from this.”