House likes a puzzle and House likes feeling alive. Chase can't help thinking that adventures in the desert have to appeal to the old part of him that studied Egyptology and daydreams about paddling down the Amazon. But it's hard to conjure up images of the desert now.
His hand is cold and clammy when he reaches to palm the pills with a soft note of thanks before knocking them back and gulping water. Someone's turned his internal thermostat to rollercoaster.
"I'm waiting for it to turn to ice," he says, a wondering thought, and manages to focus on her properly for the first time. "I was worried about you."
As if the torn hands don't give it away. The last thing a surgeon needs.
☞ but we're always in repair
His hand is cold and clammy when he reaches to palm the pills with a soft note of thanks before knocking them back and gulping water. Someone's turned his internal thermostat to rollercoaster.
"I'm waiting for it to turn to ice," he says, a wondering thought, and manages to focus on her properly for the first time. "I was worried about you."
As if the torn hands don't give it away. The last thing a surgeon needs.