Note: I enjoy reading fanfiction. I didn't intend to write one myself. But I OD'ed on House and now this idea keeps teasing me. Let's see where it leads us.

English is not my mother tongue, so bear with me. C&C very welcome!

I do not own House.


Prologue

Stay here… in the darkness… soft darkness, safe nothingness…. you've got to hold on to it.

Nothing... no sound, no light. No colors and …. no pain.

There was pain before. Before now. Before here. When? – No! Don't go there. It'll be loud and harsh and bitter and painful and pain…. and… pain…

It's safe here, in the nothingness, the void. Not even dark, for dark is just the absence of light. And light is pain. And pain is pain. And absence of pain is memory of pain….

But now memories try to sneak up on you, swirling by, too close, threatening to touch you, teasing, tempting, seducing….

Maybe… there might be… warmth?... hope?... life?

Be careful. Ribbons of memory... trying to encircle you, enticing, longing… NO! Push them back! Back into the void, the nothingness… the safety you know.

Now. Nothing else. No sound, no light.

No past. No future.

Empty eternities.