Fic: Just Like You
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine!
a/n: Hey guys! Thank you for all the reviews on my last fic! Its finals time, so of course this idea inconveniently popped into my head. I have a few chapters written already, and I'll try my best to keep this updated. And I promise, no character deaths this time! (and possibly even a happy ending lol) Enjoy!
House flipped on the lights in Wilson's office and sat in one of the chairs facing his desk.
Normally, Wilson's unlocked office would have presented the perfect opportunity to play pranks, but he wasn't in the mood. He had fallen on the icy sidewalk that morning outside of his apartment, and his leg had been causing him more trouble than usual as a result. He figured he would wait for Wilson to return from wherever he was, and then ask for a ride home. House noticed yesterday's newspaper poking out from under some of Wilson's files. He tugged at it, causing all the papers on Wilson's desk to shift.
And that's when it came into view.
He stared at it for a moment and then glanced toward the door out of reflex. He picked it up.
House turned the pill between his thumb and index finger, examining it in the light. He knew those rounded edges, the pale green color. He recognized the familiar old friend, and for a moment he smiled with pride at his own vast knowledge of pills. This was his forte. He liked to consider himself a connoisseur of sorts.
The moment passed, though, and he could feel a cold panic rise from the pit of his stomach. He moved the files on Wilson's desk frantically looking for others, or at least for another clue.
There was nothing on the desktop, so he moved to the drawers. The bottom drawer held an answer. A plastic bag with about twenty other pills identical to the one he clenched in his hand.
House took the bag and rushed to Cuddy's office.
"I'm busy," Cuddy said as soon as he opened the door.
House held up pills. "Look at these," he demanded.
"Wow, green. Did you come all the way down here to show me that your pain killers now come in new colors?" Cuddy snipped, picking up her phone and starting to dial.
"This is Oxycodon," House said loudly.
Cuddy placed the phone back in its cradle, "You idiot!" Her voice began to rise, "You didn't learn the first-
"They were in Wilson's desk," House cut her off.
Cuddy's eyes became wide, her mouth slightly agape.
"And I take it from your expression you don't know what the hell they were doing in there, either," House said quietly.
TBC