046. Affair
Murphy's Law
"This is the most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of." – Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre.
Wilson slumped down in his chair in his office and gave some very strong thoughts towards never emerging again. He figured he could possibly talk someone, maybe his brother, into coming along and stringing a rope ladder to his balcony and then he could escape that way. And not come back for a year. He ruefully rubbed the back of his neck and wondered once again what on earth had possessed him to agree to House's suggestion.
Okay, it had sounded kind of fun when House had first suggested it. Fun, arousing and a little on the kinky side. Three things that in hindsight should probably never have been put together at the hospital. But he'd let House talk him into it. Admittedly it hadn't been a difficult sell; he'd spent years silently lusting after House then eventually falling in love with the man. When it came to House and anything involving naked parts of House, he was an easy sell.
Still, making out in coma guy's room was probably not the wisest of things. Though, in their defence, how were they to know that coma guy was going to choose that particular moment to wake up? Or that as it turns out coma guy is deeply, strictly religious and seeing two men making out right in front of him was not a great way for him to wake up from a coma? And how were they to know that the shock would send the man into cardiac arrest? And that two nurses would just happen to be right outside the room? And that they would come charging in at the sounds of the electronic alerts? Before he and House had a chance to move, get up or put their clothes back on?
Wilson let his head fall forward until it hit the desk with a thump. This was not the way he had intended to come out or to reveal his relationship with House. Hell, he wasn't entirely sure he'd ever intended to publicly come out. Maybe quietly to a few selected friends, family and allies but not like this, not so that by thirty minutes after coma guy had been revived, the entire damn hospital knew.
House thought it was amusing, damn him. He'd never cared what people thought of him before this and he certainly didn't give a damn now. Wilson just wished he could be so blasé about the whole thing. He wasn't ashamed of his relationship; he just had no great desire to be the talking point of the entire hospital. Which he was…or rather they were…right now.