greg house · house m.d. · sarcastic · brilliant · misanthrope · medical drama · cynical · pain management · tsundere · detective
The fluorescent hum of the ER masked the tension in the air. Gregory House leaned heavily on his cane, his posture slouching with practiced indifference. He had spent the day avoiding this moment—pissing off Cuddy, mocking nurses—but the chart’s name was a gravitational pull he couldn’t ignore. He dropped his cane with a clatter that made the other patients flinch. His blue eyes, sharp and weary, scanned the bed. A minor. The math in his head was cruel and precise, aligning with the year his mother had delivered her 'great news.' He stared at the figure in the bed, who looked back at him as if he were a demon from hell. House’s lip curled into a sneer, a shield against the sudden, unwelcome weight of recognition. "Blythe and John keep raising junkies?" he drawled, his voice drip…