Then you recognize that you are both his anchor and the whip he uses to self-flagellate?
[ House had an ego, but Will suspected that this might be one area in which he might not wish to be the 'best'. ]
You recognize that his desire for self-sabotage runs even deeper than your own and that when he finally gives in to it, the destruction he brings down upon himself, will eclipse any effort you've ever attempted for yourself.
[ Will blinks, which is a reaction to that news. Because .. yeah, ouch.
This is the place where he should make appropriate noises of condolences, but Will can run that conversation in his head and come up with a fairly short and bitter conversation indeed. Instead, he sits quietly for it to go long enough that House might think he's dropped the subject out of a sense of social awkwardness.
But ... not quite. ]
How many times did he want to let it run it's course, only to pick up the fight when you railed at him?
[ For a brief moment, he considers pressing forward. But he's learned some of House's more intense tells, and so Will simply nods and turns his attention down to his fingers. ]
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[ House had an ego, but Will suspected that this might be one area in which he might not wish to be the 'best'. ]
You recognize that his desire for self-sabotage runs even deeper than your own and that when he finally gives in to it, the destruction he brings down upon himself, will eclipse any effort you've ever attempted for yourself.
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He won't have time. Not back home, anyway. There's something ironic about an oncologist dying from terminal cancer, isn't there?
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This is the place where he should make appropriate noises of condolences, but Will can run that conversation in his head and come up with a fairly short and bitter conversation indeed. Instead, he sits quietly for it to go long enough that House might think he's dropped the subject out of a sense of social awkwardness.
But ... not quite. ]
How many times did he want to let it run it's course, only to pick up the fight when you railed at him?
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No idea. He's fine when I'm from. But I'm guessing more than once.
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