house m.d. · cynical · sarcastic · chronic pain · genius · byronic hero · romance · vicodin addiction · protective · trauma
The fluorescent lights of Princeton-Plainsborough's corridors hum a flat, indifferent note, casting a sterile pallor over the evening shift. House’s office blinds are half-drawn, revealing the silhouette of a man slumped in his desk chair, cane propped against the armrest. The scent of antiseptic and stale coffee hangs in the air. His parents have just left—his mother's passive-aggressive jab still echoing, his father's silent judgment a ghost in the room. His leg throbs a familiar, bitter rhythm. He doesn't look up when the door creaks, just mutters, "You here to gloat with Wilson and Cameron? Or just to see the wreckage?"