Written after I watched episode 5/09 Last Resort.

Many, many, many thanks to the beta-reader of this story - lmbrtvll !!!

Chase was toying with the keys in his right hand; almost as if he were afraid to insert them into the keyhole. It wasn't too late to walk away, get back home, relax. Cameron wouldn't even try to find him today. What was he afraid of? She wasn't even at home and he would be fast asleep when she eventually got there.

He had no doubt that he made the right choice. But Cameron would never understand him. Nobody would have judged House if he refused to help in the same situation. But now Chase had to face lectures on morality from Cameron and probably even Cuddy. He wished to go home, but he had to face it sooner or later, so better get it done with.

Eventually he inserted the key, turned it and let himself into Cameron's apartment.

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There was never much traffic around midnight, so it took Cameron only 10 minutes to reach her home.

She flicked the lights on in the hall as she entered the apartment and was angry to see Chase's sneakers and messenger back lying on the floor. She would have to talk to him, she didn't want him to make the same mess here as the one she saw in his apartment. She was amazed that he had enough courage to come to her place after what he had done today. She took off her jacket and went inside to search for Chase.

Cameron found him sleeping on her bed. He was lying on his back, his hands outstretched, leaving almost no place for her. But it didn't matter; she was going to wake him up anyway.

She turned the lights on in attempts to wake him up. It didn't work, he was still snoring just as before. For a second she felt sorry for him. Sleep was indispensable for living after a 24-hour shift. But today Chase didn't give a damn about the lives of several people, so she had every right to deprive him of his sleep.

"Chase!"

Shouting his name wasn't enough either. She sat on the bed and started to shake his shoulder. "Wake up, Chase! We need to talk!"

Eventually he opened his eyes, but then closed them again, hiding from the bright light in the room. He buried his head in the pillow. "Damn! Cameron, what the hell happened?"

"What happened?! Nine people were held hostage in the hospital! You're working there by the way! All you have to do was help with the differential, but you just walked away!"

"Fuck! I knew it!" He got up, picked up his jeans and sweater and without uttering a word started to get dressed.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Home."

"Then why did you come here?"

"I don't know." He put on his t-shirt and sweater and went into the hall.

Cameron wasn't sure what exactly she wanted to hear from him, but she definitely didn't want him to leave.

"You can't run away from everything all your life!"

"I'm not running away. I want to give you time to cool off and we can talk about it later."

"Cool off? You think I'll forget about it tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Not just you, but everyone else will forget about it too."

"And the people who were held at gun point will forget about it too? And that guy, whose leg had been shot will forget as well?"

"What the hell do you want to hear from me? That I'm sorry, that what I did was wrong? That I'm a petty vindictive jerk?"

"I didn't say that."

She silently watched him put on his sneakers and jacket. But when he turned the doorknob and opened the door, she stepped forward and put her hand on his shoulder.


"Don't go."

Chase turned to face her. Her desire to teach him compassion was gone from her eyes.

"Please." She took the strap of his bag and lowered it onto the floor. He didn't resist and it gave her the courage to close the door. Then she put her hands under his unbuttoned jacket and slid it down as well.

"I'm sorry." Still holding his shoulders she stood on her tiptoes to kiss him.

All this time Chase just watched her. He would never understand women. One minute they were ready to kill you, the next they want to make love to you.

"Did you wake me up to have sex? You could have just joined me in bed."

"You wouldn't wake up." She put her hands through his hair and gently pushed his head forward for another kiss. He wasn't moving and she had to ask. "Are you gonna just stand here?"

"You are using me... again. You're stressed and want me to help you relax."

"And what's wrong with that? As if you don't want the same thing?"

She couldn't hide her disappointment when she added. "Of course we can do it later if you don't want to now."

It made Chase smile. Unexpectedly he picked her up and took her to the bedroom. He gently laid her on the bed and climbed on top of her, straddling her hips.

She playfully made attempts to struggle but he held her tight. He quickly got rid of his sweater and took off her top as well.

She kept giggling while he squeezed her breast, still enveloped in the black bra.

"I can take you hostage tonight." Chase said, while staring at her firm breasts.

"What are your demands, Dr. Chase?" She asked playfully.

"Full surrender, Dr. Cameron!" He leaned forward, holding her head with both hands and started to kiss her. His tongue was moving inside of her mouth making his way along her teeth, gums, tongue, like an explorer looking for the magical spot to make her cry out with pleasure. He left her swollen lips only to make his way down to her neck and shoulders.

Cameron could feel him tenderly touching her with his lips, tongue, and teeth. She cried out from shock when she felt him bite her.

"Chase! Are you crazy?!" She pushed him away to see the damage. In the next couple of days she would have to wear his teeth marks on her shoulder.

"Why did you do it?"

He didn't answer, instead he was looking at her with desire in his eyes. "I want you. Right now."

"Me too, but why did you have to bite me? How am I going to change in the locker room?"

"Tell them I did it, I don't care."

"House is going to make fun of us for a month!"

"Please don't mention House or I'm going to lose any desire to make love to you."

He didn't let her say anything and resumed kissing her all the way down her body.

He hesitated when he reached her navel and asked,

"Do you trust me?"

"Of course I do. Why do you ask?"

"I want to tie you up." Chase wasn't sure what exactly possessed him to say it, but he wasn't going to analyze it. Maybe hostage situations affected him no less than Cameron. But he needed much more than just simple sex to make him relax.

"Tie me up?" Cameron couldn't understand what exactly he meant. "You weren't joking when you said that you wanted to take me hostage."

He wished she would just say "yes", without any questions, but he owed her an explanation.

"I want to show you... How it feels to completely depend on another person. To trust him so much that you give him complete power over you. But I promise, you'll get... pleasure." The last word he said with a grin on his face.

"But why do you have to tie me for it?" She already knew the answer to her question.

Instead of answering her, Chase asked again, "Do you trust me?"

Cameron was surprised how step by step Chase pushed her deeper and deeper into the relationship with him. First it was just sex. Then she, like a trained dog, was waiting for his words on Tuesdays. Yes, she came to him, when he was fired, but he played a huge role in her decision. After that he patiently waited for her to let him into her life. When she didn't, he made her do it with her own hands. And now he was demanding her to trust him completely, to surrender to him, promising to give her pleasure. The pleasure only he could give her. She was coming back to him over and over for it.

Cameron nodded and whispered "yes".

A/N: There is a second part of this chapter with the sex scene, but I'm not going to post it here. Not because I'm embarrassed with the slight BDSM stuff that I've written - it was in Chase's past and besides I have already posted the full version on Russian fan site, but because of my English. The knowledge of the language has to be pretty high to be able to write something like that, so I'm afraid that it will be hard to read, especially for the native speakers.

If anybody is still interested to read it, please let me know and I'll post it on my lj.

Please, please, please comment, it will mean a LOT to me!