071. Broken

Toe to Toe

"I think it's broken," Wilson said thoughtfully.

"Gee, it took all of those years of medical school to come to that conclusion?" House growled. "I already knew it was broken. I want you to fix it."

Wilson looked exasperated. "House, there's not much I can do about a broken toe. You know that. It'll just have to heal by itself."

"But it hurts," House whined.

"I think you already have a solution to that," Wilson said dryly.

"It'll heal all wonky," House added petulantly.

Wilson looked down at the bare foot that had been planted in his lap. "You can tell the difference?" he said mildly.

House actually looked hurt at that. "I have excellent feet, thank you very much."

"If you say so," Wilson said dubiously. "You can put your shoe back on now."

"Aren't you going to kiss it better?" House asked slyly.

"I'm not kissing your manky foot," Wilson said with amused disgust.

"You could kiss something else," House said with a leer.

"Yes, I could," Wilson agreed. "But we promised not to do anything like that at work."

House held up one finger. "Uh-uh, you promised. I wasn't that stupid."

"Exactly," Wilson said, shoving House's foot to the floor. "I promised therefore no kissing."

House pouted. "You're no fun."

"That's not what you said last night," Wilson said blandly as he got to his feet.

"I was clearly deluded," House replied as he reached out and ran on swift hand down the front of Wilson's trousers.

Wilson sucked in a sharp breath and stepped back out of House's reach. "Stop that!"

"Why?" House said with a smirk. "My toe hurts and since you won't do anything about it, I think you have a duty to distract me from the pain."

"Not at work," Wilson said firmly then he turned and very quickly strode out of the exam room.

House watched him go with a grin. He'd come so close that time to getting Wilson to relent on his ridiculous promise. He gingerly reached down for his discarded sock and shoe; he'd have to come up with something better next time. Maybe if he took his jeans off it would work? It might just be worth the hassle…