het_reccers | Lead You Into the Night, by Ticcy (PG-13)

Fandom Category: House M.D.
Pairing: Lisa Cuddy/Gregory House
Fic Title: Lead You Into the Night.
Author: Ticcy
Link: http://housebigbang.panfandom.ca/fiction/into_the_night.htm
Rating/Warning(s): pg-13
Genre: General, angst, hurt/comfort?
WIP?: no

Why This Must Be Read: This has the best voices for all the characters I've ever seen. It's a simple story that takes the premise that House helps Cuddy out by getting her pregnant, and then proceeds to do everything he can to avoid any more responsibility in the situation. And somehow, yet, he gets drawn in. Wonderful read, but don't go in expecting it to be sugary-sweet or fluff. This thing is far too real and raw to be anywhere near fluff. House is himself: arrogant, stubborn and sometimes even cruel. But still, somehow, he manages to help. Cuddy is wonderfully drawn as a woman over her head with a new baby, and the postpartum depression is deftly handled with a type of realism you very rarely see in fanfiction. Wilson is there in all his Wilson glory, deconstructing and pushing House to examine himself and be more than what he wants to be.

Great read.

"If you want what's best for your kid, you're looking at the wrong guy. I'm the last person you want being in charge of your kid."

"I asked you to be the father, didn't I?" she replied with a pointed look.

"Not the father. The contributing party. Big difference."

"Oh, for God's sake, House. You're--"

"Don't you get how impractical this stupid idea of yours is? You get my name notarised on the kid's birth certificate, you're going to need my signature on other things. Kid's passport, official documents..."

Her expression grew incredulous. "You'd rather focus on how much it inconveniences you instead of what's best for this kid?"

"I'm not obliged to give a crap about this kid," he replied. "Putting my name on a birth certificate means I am obliged."

"I'm not asking you to give a crap about this kid. I'm asking you to give a crap about me."

House shook his head. "No deal. I did my bit. I'm not doing you any more favours."

Cuddy lowered the envelope to her side and gazed up at him with a look that made House's insides squirm with defensiveness. "You're right," she said quietly. She stuffed the envelope back into her handbag. "This was a stupid idea. I should've known you'd be an asshole about this."

"Bad judgement has always been a strong point of yours," he agreed. "Especially when it comes to men."