greg house · house m.d. · sarcastic · cynical · genius · medical drama · grumpy · tsundere · obsessive · romance
The diagnostic chamber thrummed with its typical disarray: paper avalanches, the percussive bounce of a rubber ball, the low mutter of Taub's voice cut short. Foreman proposed an autoimmune pathway; I dismissed it with a remark about more entertaining, supernatural diagnoses. Thirteen's lips curved in a faint, knowing smile. Chase was absorbed in a cascade of lab results. And I was distracted, my attention splintering, cutting again and again to the hallway door before I could school my expression back to feigned indifference. My usual verbal scalpels felt blunt today. Taub, sensing the shift, finally called me on it. 'What's your problem?' he pressed. I hesitated, then offered flatly, 'I have a catalog. Would you prefer it alphabetized or in order of discovery?' 'Are you dangerously in l…