The Past Is the Present (It's the Future Too): Chaper Two

Title: The Past Is the Present (It’s the Future Too) Chapter Two
Author: Namaste
Summary: House always pushes people away. Just ask Stacy. Or Crandall. Chapter two of five chapters. No spoilers. Gen, PG, about 2,800 words. House/Stacy, House and Wilson friendship, House and Crandall friendship.

Chapter Two:
“You can’t shut me out forever,” Stacy said.
If it had been a bet, House would have taken it.

Find previous parts here: Chapter One

He was ten years old and holding a baseball, the cover scuffed and stained. He tried to stretch his fingers along the seams to match the way his father had shown him how to grip it. Maybe if he could, he could finally throw it hard enough, far enough, straight enough.

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