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Title: Blythe’s Story, Chapter Eleven
Author: Namaste
Summary: “Blythe looked down at her notes, the script she had imagined. They would have started with small talk about the weather, move on to the children and eventually Blythe would slide in a reference to Phil. But this conversation wasn't going according to her plan.”
PG, about 1,000 words.
Author’s Note: Part eleven of a look at House's early life, based on the new background we received in the fifth season episode "Birthmarks," using chapters of about 1,000 words.
To start at the beginning go here: Chapter One

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Author: Namaste
Title: Blythe’s Story, Chapter Nine
Summary: "The first few times they'd moved, it seemed so easy, but Greg was younger then, his world revolving around just her and John. Now, he was finding his way in a bigger world and just starting to fit in, just starting to make real friends. Maybe that was why it hurt so much more this time, because this time they were taking something away from him. Even Thanksgiving."
PG, about 1,000 words.
Author’s Note: Part Nine of a look at House's early life, based on the new background we received in the fifth season episode "Birthmarks," using chapters of about 1,000 words.
To start at the beginning: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five, Chapter Six, Chapter Seven (Letters 1965), Chapter Eight (Letters 1966)

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Title: Blythe’s Story, Chapter Seven (Letters 1965)
Author: Namaste
Summary: “My sisters don't know what it's like to be married to a Marine, and what it's like for their husband to have so many responsibilities. He seems so distracted sometimes that I'm worried he'll just drift away. I know you'll understand what I mean, and I feel like you're the only person who would.”
PG, about 1,000 words.
Author’s Note: Two for the money today, with this chapter followed immediately by Chapter Eight (Letters 1966) as we follow a couple of years in House’s family life via letters. Chapter Eight is linked at the end. I fully admit to stealing the structure for these chapters from Carol Shields’ “The Stone Diaries.”
To start at the beginning: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five, Chapter Six

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Title: Blythe's Story, Chapter Five
Author: Namaste
Summary: "She wanted more. Another child. One for John, even if he never knew the truth about Greg. A brother or sister for Greg, so he'd have someone else important in his life, no matter how often they moved. A baby for her, who'd enter the world without being tied to her sin and guilt through no fault of his -- or her -- own."
PG, 1,000 words.
Author's Note: Part Five of a look at House's early life, based on the new background we received in the fifth season episode "Birthmarks," using chapters of about 1,000 words. To start at the beginning: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four

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Title: Blythe's Story, Chapter Three
Author: Namaste
Summary: "As Greg grew, Blythe kept looking for signs that would betray her, that he'd take on the features of the man they'd left behind, rather than the one who came home to them."
PG, about 1,000 words.
Author's Note: Part Two of a look at House's early life, based on the new background we received in the fifth season episode "Birthmarks." The 800 word limit I gave myself for chapters kind of isn't working, so I've revised that to 1,000 words. Hope no one cares about that. To start at the beginning: Chapter One, Chapter Two

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Title: Blythe's Story
Author: Namaste
Summary: "She did it because she was lonely, and because he'd reminded her so much of John."
PG, about 800 words.
Author's Note: Something of an experiment, using the additional background we've received about Blythe and John, via Season Five's "Birthmarks." I've been reading Roddy Doyle's books of short stories, "The Deportees," which are made up of 800-word chapters, and thought I'd play a little more with Blythe's life -- and House's history, of course -- with this format. Let me know what you think, and if I should continue.

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Title: Six Times Cuddy Regretted Letting House Anywhere Near Her Child
Author: Namaste
Fandom: House
Characters or Pairing: House and Cuddy, with appearances by a bundle of "joy." Gen.
Rating: PG
Word Count: About 1,700
Summary: A bit of kidfic, a bit of AU, giving Cuddy a happier ending than canon, though now she just has two "children" to try and keep out of trouble.
Notes: Spoilers through Season Five's "Joy," but goes AU before that episode's ending. Candy kisses to everyone who came by my LJ and helped me come up with more ways House could be a poor adult authority. It was amazingly easy, wasn't it? Written for karaokegal's "Come As You're Not" party.
Why it's a costume: I hate kidfic, generally. Too much of it (with some notable exceptions) veers way OOC. So I decided I'd have to try it out for myself.

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Happy Haloween everyone.

No candy for you, but I do have a present. Check out the Pumpkin Simulator for some virtual carving.

Title: Home Plate
Author: Namaste
Summary: What better way to celebrate a renewed friendship than beer, pizza, and the World Series? Well, for House there's always the promise of winning some money off of Wilson. Sports fluff, PG, about 1,280 words. House and Wilson friendship.
Author's Note: Part of my personal canon of House and Wilson betting on sporting events. Only the first inning for this one.

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Drive-by beta/first readers time.

This is the first Cuddy-focused story (outside of ficlets) I've done for a year or so, and I'd love some feedback at this point as to whether it works, and if the basic idea -- Cuddy remembers her first days seeing patients as a med student and compares her days on rounds then to how she monitors the health of the hospital now -- works.

I'm also not quite certain if it it would be proper to refer to her seeing patients as a med student, or if it would be more appropriate to place her in a setting in her memories as an intern, so if you've got any insight or advice on that, I'd appreciate it.

I'm also not certain whether to give it a fifth season time frame in terms of Wilson -- and play into the "couples counseling" aspect -- or leave it as is without referring to the post-Amber situation.

A word of warning, this is not finished (I'm actually hoping some of you can give me some insight to help shape my rough plans to wrap it up) and it's a first write-thru, so it's kind of rough, but if anyone has ideas or comments, feel free to chime in.

Thanks.



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