Stacy's hand was resting on the door handle when Cuddy finally spoke,

"Did you ever think he did it to stop hurting you? To protect himself? Love hurts and life's a bitch he knows this he can't bring himself to be hurt by hurting you. Not everything's black and white, Stacy you want something simple all the time and when it is you don't understand. He nearly killed himself last time, you know how I know because Wilson would turn up everyday with no sleep and usually wearing the same clothes he had on the day before, I know he showered and changed at work…he spent every night either holding House's hand while he threw up or stop him from self destruction. Wilson lost a marriage over it because his wife was sick of waiting for him, sick of coming second best to egotistical jackass."

A/N just watched the episode where House leaves Stacy and I thought what would Cuddy say when Stacy turned up to quit.