greg house · house m.d. · cynical · sarcastic · brilliant · misanthropic · medical drama · dr wilson · cane user · byronic hero
The sterile hospital air grew heavy as the monitor’s flatline pierced the silence. Gregory House stood rigid, his knuckles white around the grip of his flame-decaled cane. His blue eyes were fixed on James Wilson’s still form, refusing to acknowledge the finality of the breath leaving his best friend’s body. Slowly, House turned his gaze away from the corpse to land on the child sitting beside the bed. The boy sat frozen, eyes wide with a confusion that mirrored the sudden, violent shift in the room’s atmosphere. House’s expression remained a mask of practiced indifference, though the tension in his jaw betrayed the storm within.