Disclaimer: We don't own anything

Warning: torture, rape, brainwashing, slash,

Rating: M

Pairing: House/Chase, OMC/Chase

Summary: Chase is just another puzzle for House. But will he find out it's because he lives with man who captured him years ago and continuously tortures him?

Captive

Chapter 2: Crystallized

Chase was going to his first day of work excited. He was still happy he had won the fellowship over everyone else. And the fact that Joseph was working closely, in the same hospital brought a feeling of safety, since he didn't know anything and anybody over there.

"Ok Robert, you know what we combined. You will work in your cases, and I will work in mines. Don't talk to me unless is extremely important, and don't go look for me, or call me, page me, and I will do what's necessary. It's an order, understood?" Joseph explained, what he had already explained at home for the blond.

"Yes, I understood" Chase nodded, obediently.

"Good. Go now. I'll go just after" Joseph said with his usual command voice. Chase obeyed him, he left the car and started to walk in the PPTH direction, without looking back. Inside the car, Joseph observed the blond walking to the hospital, when he thought he could go, he left the car too, closed it, and went to his own work.

As Chase walked in the hospital, he thought it was like a whole new world he was stepping into. A new job in a new world. The Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital wasn't a new world to him, because it was so big, or because of its impressive reputation. No, it was far more than all that his new boss. And even the odd security that Joseph was also here and would watch over him, couldn't make him any less nervous. It was good both him and Joseph applied for jobs here, and both of them did get the jobs they desired. Even if Chase wasn't so sure anymore he desired his job all that much...

While Joseph was now working as a Surgeon he was going to be a minion to Dr. House. The world-renowned diagnostician who was not only a genius but also insane. At least it seemed so to the younger doctor. His steps were hesitant while he walked down the lobby, heading for the elevator, which would bring him to something he couldn't really asses. The lobby was a busy place, full of doctors, nurses and patients even at this time of the day. Voices were filling it, movements, steps that weren't as inert as his. No one was really giving him any attention. Okay, he noticed a few appreciating glances, but he was used to that. After all he was pretty as the man – Joseph – always told him.

He didn't change his pace until he reached the elevator. He didn't want to go up there now, he wanted to stay... well just away. But he knew it would look weird if he just went away from the elevator again. And he didn't want to look weird, Joseph wouldn't like it. Slowly he pushed the button, waiting for the door to open. As they did, he noticed it was empty and stepped in, relieved. He needed a few moments to compose himself and while he took a few deep breathes his mind inevitably wandered off to the interview - if one could call it so - that has gotten him into this whole trouble.

On time the blond doctor pushed the office door open. Just to find an empty room. Well, no not entirely empty. There was a ball laying on the blue carpet, with a note under it. For a moment Chase hesitated, letting his gaze wander through the room, eyeing warily the book shelves, the desk on which chaos ruled, the computer, the sofa and the little portable TV standing next to it.

"Dr. House?", he called out, waiting for a response but not really expecting one. And he didn't get one anyway.

So he entered the room farther and took a few steps to the ball. Still having an eye on his surroundings while he kneeled down - as if he had any choice at all. Joseph had told him to do everything that was expected of him and to obey the orders of Dr. House, so he would get the job.

That included stupid paper hunts. So he followed the orders on the note - 'Go into the conference room.' - where he found... Oh wonder! Another note. But this one was longer, it included a variety of tasks he should write the answers to on the whiteboard - before House came back. The Questions ranked from symptoms which added up too the rarest form of an even rarer disease going to his favorite TV show over some tricky logic questions to the color of his favorite piece of underwear. As he finished, he looked on the last questions which just said:"Meet me for lunch in half an hour." Well, that was strange. But what other choice...

His memories were interrupted by the halting elevator and only the fact that there were people that wanted to use it now stopped him from going up and down with the elevator avoiding his new boss. But now he stepped out, a polite smile on his face as he forced his feet towards his new working place.

He walked straight down the hall, the fact he didn't have Joseph here and wouldn't be with him every minute made him nervous, he knew he would be close but he would have his own job to take care off. And what made him nervous wasn't just his new boss, was the fact that this was a complete new experience to him. He has been living with Joseph for so long, he has lived only a few times of what he could call "new experience".

Finally he found the door, it was glass and its curtains weren't pulled so he could see everything of it. And he could see clearly that it was empty. House hadn't gotten there yet.

He stepped inside, and looked around. Usually it's Joseph who told him what do in the house. Of course he had some freedom he had conquered in the past few years, but it's not the same thing here. This space belonged to his boss House, and it was his boss House. So he didn't know what exactly to do.

After a minute or two of staying up just looking around, waiting if House would come, Chase decided he wouldn't get there soon. So he decided to do something simple, something he knew he wouldn't get in trouble for. He sat at the table.

House was late to work. But gosh he was always late to work, it was no biggie, right? Well today apparently was. Apparently it was his newbie's new day of work, so the right thing to do was to get early, was Cuddy had told him time after time after time when she finally saw him getting in, apparently she was very annoyed.

So House limped towards the office, just hoping that his new employee knew how to make a fine cup of coffee.

"hmnn coffee" He thought out of loud as he closed his eyes and opened the Diagnostics door.

What was his surprise when he saw a blond young man, sitting at the table looking anxious at him, still with his jacket and bag, and no coffee.

Chase looked up when his boss entered the room, feeling not very comfortable and even less sure what to do. He was quite sure that neither Joseph nor House would be to happy if he did what he did for his master at home. So he just sat there and watched House who in return looked at him like he was all crazy. Which could be because he noticed the hurt puppy look on Chase's face even if the younger man didn't even notice he looked that way. But House didn't care.

"Coffee", he snapped and Chase jerked to attention immediately nearly jumping out of his seat.

Coffee? Coffee! He should have thought about that, damn him. Joseph had taught him better. He would be disappointed when he would learn about this incidence. So Chase tried desperate to rescue what could be saved. Well tried was the right word because as he tried to get out of his seat and to the machine as fast as humanly possible he tripped over the chair. Not only went he to the ground but also the chair and what would prove to be far more of a problem: The Whiteboard. House growled as he limped around the table to where Chase was trying to get up and untangle himself from the board. Panic was cursing through his system and his breath had begun to become faster, his heart beat harder. "I'm sorry..."

But before he could even finish his sentence there was a sharp pain were the cane of his new boss had collided with his ribs. "You harm my whiteboard once more and you're fired." No, no, no! He thought desperately. He couldn't get fired, Joseph would kill him! He would be so angry and disappointed, he... Chase got up from the floor in a second but only because all of this fear was in him, fear to lose his job, his new won freedom, Joseph's kindness. He couldn't get fired. He wouldn't get fired! "Yes, Sir," he mumbled as he got the board back up, watched closely that it didn't take any injury from the incident and after the chair was also back standing he hurried to the coffee machine and looked towards his new boss. "How do you like your coffee sir?"

As his newest fellow prepared the coffee, House observed. The boy seemed meticulous. Despite the disastrous incident from a few moments before, when the boy seemed to nearly have a panic attack when House told him he forgot to make him coffee, now he just seemed to be overly careful.

"Here it is, sir. Just the way you asked for." The boy, Chase, as was in his badge, said as he gave the mug.

It was also another thing House noticed, he called him sir.

"Call me House." He told him, as he got the mug in his hand. He hated to be called sir.

"Yes, of course." He answered the older doctor, who raised an eyebrow. What was wrong with him? "What should I do know?" Chase cleaned his throat "House?" The younger doctor had to ask. He knew he should probably know without questioning, but he was new, maybe with experience he would knew with asking. But for now, he just couldn't get fired.

He just watched as House got his badge and tossed at him. "Go do my clinic duty, when you finish, go back here."

And that was his chance, he had to do it right. "Yes, si- House." He said leaving the office.

House just eyed him. Normally people would ask, would wonder, would get mad, or would just look confused, but he didn't, he just accepted, and left. Was it just him, or the boy wasn't only very polite but also very obedient?

To be Continued...

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