The Past Is the Present (It's the Future Too): Part Three

Title: The Past Is the Present (It’s the Future Too) Chapter Three
Author: Namaste
Summary: House always pushes people away. Just ask Stacy. Or Crandall. Chapter three of five chapters, post-infarction time period. No spoilers. Gen, PG, about 3,600 words. House/Stacy, House and Wilson friendship, House and Crandall friendship.

Chapter Three:
“Stacy wants to help too,” Wilson said. “She needs to know that you still need her.”

“Right. I keep forgetting that this is all about Stacy.” House tossed his towel into the open hamper in the corner of the bathroom. “You’ll have to forgive me, my memory is a little hazy. Must be the drugs.”


Find previous parts here: Chapter One
Chapter Two



He dreamed he was floating, his body suspended in warm water, kept from drifting off into nothingness only by his head and shoulders propped against the low concrete edge of the pool. It was warm and humid, the late summer night giving up none of the heat of the day.


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