Another drabble...

[jennyaxe]

Stupid cold back again. Have been home with fever, runny nose and a cough so bad I threw up from coughing yesterday. A problem with trying to write is that even though I have ideas, and I compose stuff in my head, I never seem to have the time or energy to actually get it written down. Either I'm at work, or tired after work, or it's Saturday and I'm tired after a whole work week, or it's Sunday and I'm tired from riding. That's why I've never yet posted any long story. Drabbles are easier.

Title: Surrogate
Author: Jenny Dybedahl
Fandom: House, M.D.
Pairing: House/Wilson (preslash)
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 100

Surrogate

He's got several canes, all different, but eerily similar. They all do the same thing for him - while he's using them he can almost walk like a whole man. They're not what he really wants, though; they're just a replacement for the leg he still misses.

He's got several hookers, all different, but eerily similar. They all do the same thing for him - while he's using them, he can almost feel like a whole man. They're not what he really wants, though; they're just a replacement for the man he still desires.

He pretends he's not making do.

Comments

[suggsygirl.livejournal.com]

I absolutely adored this fic, it was tender and plausible... sad though.

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it!

For some reason the only ones I've managed to actually get finished have been sad ones lately.

[ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com]

:-(

Do get well soon!

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm getting there - am already much better than I was yesterday.

[ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com]

Yay!

that's good to hear :)

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

Slam dunk right there.

*chicken soup*

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

Thanks - that means a lot coming from someone who writes as well as you do!

[aribbonofblack.livejournal.com]

Poor, poor House. Poor, poor Wilson.

Packs a lot of punch for 100 words.

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was going to write that compliments are chicken soup for the soul, but that seems a bit over used... but getting positive feedback gives me a happy!

[stained-dreams.livejournal.com]

I loved how you said so much with so little. I also likethe use of repetition, that was effective.

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot! I'm glad you liked the repetition.

I got this idea while trying to sleep one night. For some reason I started wondering why House would have more than one cane - I only have the one, it fits me and I don't see any reason to have more than one. Then I thought, maybe it's that he's trying to find one that he feels completely comfortable with rather than almost-but-not-quite.

For the record, I have a collapsible cane, just as House did in "Needle in a Haystack". Not that I yelled and pointed when I saw it on screen, though. Oh no. That would never do. *cough*

[stained-dreams.livejournal.com]

For some people it could be a fashion thing, having more than one, but that clearly isn't House.

But I love your take on the situation, I mean I dd from the writing, but more so now I know the thoughts behind it.

And I love the icon <3

[gnapp.livejournal.com]

I agree - very effectful. I liked it. (Even though everything I know about the characters comes from your LJ. :-)

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

Praise from you is praise indeed!

[(Anonymous)]

Very nicely done. Write one for Wilson, too ("He has several wives" etc) Then put the boys together!!

[rnwannabe.livejournal.com]

Oooops ^^^^^^^^^^^^. That was me. Forgot to sign in :^(
Thanks again.

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

No problem - glad you liked the story!

It might be a sort of companion piece to He always told them (http://jennyaxe.livejournal.com/40924.html?style=mine) which is about Wilson...

I find it hard to put them together in a drabble. Drabbles tend to be about just one person, and for them to actually get together would (for me) require a lot more. So my drabbles so far have just been angsty pre-slash things. But that may change, of course. And there's still the longer stories I've got lying around with little more than the outline finished.

Again, thanks for your comment!

[daisylily.livejournal.com]

Wow. It's amazing how much you've said in so few words. Gorgeous! *mems*

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

This is going to my head, or maybe it's the fever coming back... thanks for your kind words! (whee! I got mem'ed! whee!)

[samisaurus.livejournal.com]

Yowzer. This packs a hell of a punch for 100 words. Especially the last line.

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I'm a sucker for hooker!fic.

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

Oooh, here's another compliment from one of my favourite H/W slashers! it's extra nice to get compliments from someone whose writing I admire. In fact, you're the only RPS slasher I read (while feeling slightly voyeurish, true, but still I can't seem to stay away from it...)

[myriadborealis.livejournal.com]

Wonderful, the use of repetition is very striking :)

[housepiglet.livejournal.com]

V. nicely done :) Thank you!

*passes tissues*

[caruso.livejournal.com]

Oh . . . this is very nice. You really manage to say a lot with so few words.