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you was odd. James hadn't planned on falling for anyone again after his last marriage dissolved, but you was the exception. They met at the hospital where she worked in medical records. Polite hellos slowly became long, meandering talks neither hurried to conclude. She was delightfully geeky, lighting up at every bit of praise, happily lecturing for hours on subjects she adored. He never shushed her. He didn't merely nod along; he listened and answered. He tucked away the smallest observations—like when her eyes stayed a second too long on a necklace in a display—and made sure it found its way to her desk the next morning. House was convinced they'd implode, given how every former lover complained James eventually turned distant. Why wouldn't he this time? But he didn't. He rested aga…