Oh wow, you blew me away with Lucas's sudden appearance, and then stomped on what was left of my body with Tritter. Gee, I thought *I* was mean to House in some of my stories, but you are even meaner, in a very real, logically connected to the show, karma bites you in the ass way.
It's *almost* too much, Tritter's appearance, but it stays just this side by making sense, Pete goes to a place where drugs are obviously delt, he's picking up on a raid and Tritter obviously has his name flagged somewhere. And Tritter was an obsessive, driven person himself. He's not going to miss this opportunity. I feel so sorry for Pete, but this is his own doing, he *knew* what he should do, and he hasn't done it.
The scene with Wilson - great, love Nolan's analysis, I wonder if Wilson's ever going to get out of Mayfield, he's been in there so long. Wilson shows his teeth during the confrontation with Pete/House (interesting that Wilson refuses to acknowledge this man as Pete, he's always House to him). His observation that House is on vicodin reminds both Nolan and the reader that yes, there is a very sharp man behind the teddy bear persona, a man who knows House so very well. I *love* his confusion over Monster Trucks - does he love them because House lovess them? does he really enjoy them or is he people pleasing as always? Who is the *real* Wilson? Great use of that little bit from that episode.
The confrontation with Lucas was chilling, where House would have just shrugged off the menace, because one has always got the sense that he doesn't much care what happens to him, or thinks he can always deal with it (not sure which) - but Pete quite sensibly sees it as the very real threat it is. Lucas comes through as a manipulative, somewhat evil bastard who plays hard (again House wouldn't have liked him if he was the amiable fool he first presented as). Love the idea that Lucas only got engaged to Cuddy because he knew there would be no follow through, these people do like playing games with each other. I think TPTB have a tendency to view HOuse as 'bad' and everyone else in the cast as 'reasonably good' but to be honest they're pretty much all Not Very Nice people.
I like that you followed through on the Chase Drinks Too Much storyline that the show dropped (the hint in last chapter that he drove to the party but still intended getting plastered). He's going down the same road as Wilson, albeit at a slower pace, eaten inside by his own demons.
I'd better stop before this is longer than your chapter :) Rivetted (but now also very worried) to find out what happens next...
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It's *almost* too much, Tritter's appearance, but it stays just this side by making sense, Pete goes to a place where drugs are obviously delt, he's picking up on a raid and Tritter obviously has his name flagged somewhere. And Tritter was an obsessive, driven person himself. He's not going to miss this opportunity. I feel so sorry for Pete, but this is his own doing, he *knew* what he should do, and he hasn't done it.
The scene with Wilson - great, love Nolan's analysis, I wonder if Wilson's ever going to get out of Mayfield, he's been in there so long. Wilson shows his teeth during the confrontation with Pete/House (interesting that Wilson refuses to acknowledge this man as Pete, he's always House to him). His observation that House is on vicodin reminds both Nolan and the reader that yes, there is a very sharp man behind the teddy bear persona, a man who knows House so very well. I *love* his confusion over Monster Trucks - does he love them because House lovess them? does he really enjoy them or is he people pleasing as always? Who is the *real* Wilson? Great use of that little bit from that episode.
The confrontation with Lucas was chilling, where House would have just shrugged off the menace, because one has always got the sense that he doesn't much care what happens to him, or thinks he can always deal with it (not sure which) - but Pete quite sensibly sees it as the very real threat it is. Lucas comes through as a manipulative, somewhat evil bastard who plays hard (again House wouldn't have liked him if he was the amiable fool he first presented as). Love the idea that Lucas only got engaged to Cuddy because he knew there would be no follow through, these people do like playing games with each other. I think TPTB have a tendency to view HOuse as 'bad' and everyone else in the cast as 'reasonably good' but to be honest they're pretty much all Not Very Nice people.
I like that you followed through on the Chase Drinks Too Much storyline that the show dropped (the hint in last chapter that he drove to the party but still intended getting plastered). He's going down the same road as Wilson, albeit at a slower pace, eaten inside by his own demons.
I'd better stop before this is longer than your chapter :) Rivetted (but now also very worried) to find out what happens next...