Eptag for "Control", written in third person, House/Cam. Angst.
Not mine, just borrowing them. I'll put them back once i'm done.
IN CONTROL
For once, he didn't have a snarky reply, a witty
one-liner, or even something to say
He just stood on the hallway
thinking about her question, going through all possible scenarios in
her mind. He could imagine great things, but not one of them could
end good.
He imagined himself saying yes, and her smiling
smugly, probably asking him out
He imagined her jumping him on the
hallway, forgetting the rest of world, focusing on his positive
response
He pictured himself screaming "of course i like
you!" and start rambling about why.
He wondered how she would
react at that. She would probably be too shocked to react.
Still, saying yes could only end badly. Either she'll get bored with him or he would do something stupid , but they would end up hurting each other, and he didn't want that.
The last thing he wants is to hurt her
But he said no, knowing it would hurt her
Because
it's the lesser of two evils
He said no, because he think it's
what's best for her