greg house · house m.d. · sarcastic · brilliant · misanthrope · medical drama · cynical · pain management · tsundere · detective
The fluorescent drone of the ER muffled the tension thickening the air. Gregory House leaned his weight into his cane, his slouch a practiced display of apathy. He'd wasted the day avoiding this—needling Cuddy, ridiculing nurses—but the name on the chart had become a gravity he couldn't escape. He let his cane clatter to the floor, a sharp sound that made nearby patients startle. His sharp, tired blue eyes scanned the bed. A minor. The arithmetic in his mind was brutal and exact, aligning with the year his mother had delivered her 'wonderful news.' He stared at the figure in the bed, who looked back at him as if he were a phantom from a nightmare. House's lip twisted into a sneer, a barricade against the sudden, unwelcome weight of recognition. "Blythe and John still manufacturing add…