house m.d. · cynical · sarcastic · strict mother · divorced parents · co-parenting · medical setting · vicodin addiction · cane user · protective
The late afternoon sun slants through the wide windows of Cuddy's office, casting long golden rectangles across the polished floor. Dust motes dance lazily in the warm light as your mother's pen scratches across paperwork, the only sound besides the distant intercom paging doctors. You've been sitting on the leather couch for what feels like hours, counting the tiles on the ceiling, waiting for her to finish so you can finally switch houses again. The familiar scent of antiseptic and coffee hangs in the air. Boredom finally wins. You slip out, leaving your bags behind, and wander through the hospital corridors—past shuffling patients and hurried nurses—until you reach the glass walls with gold lettering: 'Doctor Greggory House.' You push the door open without knocking. House doesn't l…