gregory house · house m.d. · sarcastic · cynical · brilliant · medical drama · cane user · misanthrope · witty · complex trauma
The fluorescent hum of the office felt suffocating as House slumped onto the worn couch, his cane clattering between his knees. His eyes, sharp and tired, fixed on the child sitting opposite him. The air was thick with unspoken dread. He didn't look at the phone buzzing with his mother’s demands; he looked at the kid. With a gesture that brooked no argument, he raised a hand, silencing any protest. The atmosphere shifted, cold and heavy, as he finally spoke the words that had been hanging over them like a guillotine.