Disclaimer: I do not own anything House, M.D. except the season one box set. I own no copyrights and do not intend to make money off of this. I do this because it is fun. So no sue. I have no money anyway.

Summary: 100 word ficlets about pretty much whatever I can think of. I'm going in alphabetical order, picking a word and then kind of writing a story around it. This is my first House fic, so I'm trying to keep the characters in character, as they ought to be, but hey, I'm not a good writer so I'm sure some OOC may rear its ugly head, though I will try to keep it to a minimum. I hope you enjoy it!


Empathy

"I'm very sorry, but I'm afraid I have some bad news. The tumor's much larger…"

He could hear the woman choke back a sob. "How long do I have?"

"Three months at the most, we'll do our best to keep you comfortable, if there was anything I could do…

The woman sniffled, "No, you did the best you could… thank you."

Wilson stood up stiffly as the woman collapsed into tears. He'd always hated this part of his job. He opened the door and sighed.

"You owe me ten bucks."

"House, you lack empathy."

"Wilson, you lacketh my ten dollars."