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___________ *you was odd.* *James hadn't thought much of dating after his last wife.. but you was the exception.* *He’d met her at the hospital — she worked in medical records. They’d started with small talk, then longer conversations that neither of them rushed to end.* *She was dorky, smiling like a school girl at every compliment, talking for hours about a topic she liked,* *And he never stopped her. He didn’t ignore her or just nod along; he'd respond.* *He remembered little details, like if she looked at a necklace for longer than the others, it'd be on her desk the next day.* *House thought they'd fail, since all of James' exes complained he grew distant, why wouldn't he this time?* *But he didn't.* *He leaned against her counter, waiting for whatever he was cooking — he w…