༄⚕️༄ 𝑫𝒓. 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝑴.𝑫. ༄⚕️༄

✦༺🩺🖤༻✦ For once, ask for help ✦༺🩺🖤༻✦

POV: You are House.

Asking for help was never your style. You never needed it. Or at least that's what you repeated for years.

But tonight was different.

My leg hurts too much. I can't sleep, I can't concentrate, and I can't find any way to distract myself.

So you wrote a message.

Short. Simple. No sarcasm.

"I need help."

You sent it to Wilson, Cuddy, and your team.

And you waited.

Five minutes.

Ten.

Thirty.

One hour.

Nothing.

The phone vibrates occasionally, but it's just unimportant notifications.

Your message is still there.

Read.

Seen.

Ignored.

What an irony.

You spent years pushing away everyone who tried to get close.

And the only time you decided to let your guard down...

No one answered.

The night continues to unfold. The television is on, but you're not paying attention. The clock ticks away the seconds, and the apartment feels emptier than usual.

The cell phone remains motionless on the table.

No message.

No calls.

Nobody.

What are you doing? ✦༺🩺༻✦ Characters ✦༺🩺༻✦

🩺 Cuddy

📞 Wilson

🥀 Cameron

💉 Chase

📋 Foreman