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For the past week, all during their case, Foreman had been trying to rein House in, demand he pick fellows, try to tell him how to conduct the case, look for a diagnosis, as if he'd respect his Cuddy-given-powers and listen. House had brushed him off (well, until he'd actually been right and his advice actually made sense), thinking that if this was Foreman's idea of retaliation--boss him around in front of his team--then it was pathetic. House wasn't even going to acknowledge it. He intentionally avoided Foreman any other time. After the car ride, and the forced avoidance that followed once they got to work, House realized that it was a tactic he could use. He felt smug about it, imagining Foreman brooding, fuming with possessive jealousy because he'd jerked off to memories of an ex-boyfriend that he didn't even know anymore, hadn't seen since his residency had ended decades ago. But apparently it was enough to get to Foreman; he already felt that possessive over him to get pissed off over something like that, as if people didn't fantasize about ex-partners, or even strangers.

Secretly pleased with himself--it helped that he conned Cuddy into getting the fellows he wanted, too--he'd made Foreman sweat it out. He'd resisted the temptation to knock on Foreman's door and get him so turned on he wouldn't be able to turn him away. He'd masturbated instead, certain that Foreman had jerked off to images of what he'd done in the car. Foreman had gotten so hard then, so horny that he hadn't been able to control himself, and House doubted he'd exercised much control when he was alone. It was all too good.

He sat around for most of Saturday, passing most of the afternoon, considering dropping by Foreman's place just out of curiosity, just to see what the hell Foreman would do. Why not, he thought. He had nothing better to do for the next day and a half and he hadn't had a chance to rub this in Foreman's face at work. He still had a grin on his face when he arrived at Foreman's door, sneaking in with a building resident--the cripple card really came in handy sometimes--and knocked on the door, waiting for Foreman to swing it open.

Date: 2009-04-16 06:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foreman-eric-md.livejournal.com
Foreman raised an eyebrow, waiting for the rest of House's comment. Apparently he could be straightforward and say what he wanted. Foreman hadn't caught him off-guard, but House seemed faintly suspicious that Foreman wasn't arguing further. Maybe he'd get that Foreman didn't argue for the argument's sake. He argued when he thought he was right, which more often than not he was. If House told him what he needed, what he expected, and it was reasonable, then Foreman wasn't going to try and coddle him. That would be the definition of insanity, to even attempt that.

"Yeah, very goal-oriented of you." Foreman backed off slowly, gripping House's arms in return, to make sure that House wasn't leaning too heavily on him when he let go. Most of the time, Foreman didn't even think about House's leg, and what he would or wouldn't be able to do. It was usually pretty obvious, and Foreman made the equally obvious accommodations without saying a word. But right now it would have been nice if House could take care of his own balance, so that Foreman could keep him pressed up against the wall and kiss him, suck away the drops rolling down House's throat and jaw. The steam and the water plastered House's hair against his forehead, and it darkened his stubble and the hair on his chest and trailing down his stomach. He looked stupidly appealing--just something about having him naked and wet and in Foreman's shower--and Foreman blinked and looked away, hiding a laugh at himself all over again for getting in to this. He grabbed the soap and started lathering up, scrubbing his chest and arms and then reaching out to hand-paint a line of soap bubbles from House's collarbone down to his stomach. Slippery and warm. God, he was an idiot. Making excuses to touch House when he already knew he was allowed. Just not necessarily like this, when sex wasn't immediately on the table. Foreman smirked and handed House the bar of soap, and then turned to face the spray to rinse off.

Date: 2009-04-17 07:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foreman-eric-md.livejournal.com
Foreman finished washing, catching the soap as it ran down his body and using it to clean off the lube and traces of semen. He still felt vaguely sore, his muscles aching slightly, but no worse than if he'd worked out too hard. He twisted away from the spray, glancing at House over his shoulder, and grinned at his question. He'd lay bets that House could name the exact day Foreman had walked into the office with his hair gone, but what really amused him was that he did have shampoo. House wasn't going to like it, though. "Sure," he said, moving to the back of the shower and opening the door to step out. The floor was already mess, the bathmat soaked, from House climbing in while the shower was running, so Foreman didn't bother with a towel. A few more drips wouldn't make much of a difference.

He bent down to check the cupboard under the sink, pushing a few things aside before he found the dusty bottle. Wendy had left her shampoo and conditioner here a few months ago, and Foreman hadn't bothered to get rid of it. Foreman grabbed the bottle and went back to lean into the shower, grinning widely. The bottle was bright pink, with swirling flowers, and Foreman glanced at the slogan before handing it over to House. "Gives straight hair beautiful natural movement and sways with only slight shakes," he read aloud, swallowing down a laugh. "I think it's mango-scented. Did you want the moisturizing body wash, too?"

Date: 2009-04-18 05:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foreman-eric-md.livejournal.com
Foreman's grin widened when House complained over the water that he was going to smell like a fruit. "You know," he said, still feeling smug, "the irony isn't lost on me." He didn't bother responding to House's remark about Chase, although it made him think again about the moment when he'd tell Chase about this. He couldn't keep it to himself forever. Wilson already knew. The only thing stopping him--other than the fact that Chase would probably laugh in his face and refuse to believe him at first--was the news getting back to Cameron. Foreman doubted she'd be impressed. The more she protested she wasn't interested in House, the more obvious it was. Still, Chase was about the only person left at the hospital that Foreman could talk this sort of thing through with, and even then they mostly tried to shrug their way through conversations rather than actually talk. This conversation was going to be excruciating, but at least once they'd had it, Foreman wouldn't have to keep his complaints about House to himself all the time. He'd have someone to vent at, even if Chase blinked at him with his stupid fish-face and didn't get it. Foreman doubted House would appreciate Chase knowing. Chase wouldn't be able to hold back a smirk. House would know that Foreman had told him. Well, he'd just have to get over it. It'd be the whole damn hospital soon enough.

Foreman dried himself off and left the towel on the rack for House when he was done, then opened the linen closet and got out fresh sheets. He'd been about due to change them before House fucked him into the mattress, and he wasn't going to give House a chance to infiltrate the bed this time before he'd cleaned up. He went back to the bedroom and pulled on his boxers and a pair of sweats, along with the hoodie he'd been wearing before. He stripped the bed, threw the old sheets in the hamper, and started pulling on the new ones.

Date: 2009-04-24 06:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foreman-eric-md.livejournal.com
It didn't take more than a minute to get the fitted sheet on the bed, and Foreman was tucking in the top sheet when House came out of the bathroom. The fruity scent wafted out with the steam from the shower, and Foreman pressed his lips together to stop himself from laughing. He couldn't tell if House's hair had more beautiful movement than ever before, since it was towel-dried and standing up in damp spikes, but he'd be sure to compliment House on it anyway. House went straight for his dresser, and Foreman couldn't even find it in himself to be annoyed. He'd let House fuck him. Letting him wear Foreman's boxers hardly held the same uneasy connotations that it had the first time. Besides, it was hot to see House in his clothes, in ways that didn't quite make sense. There was nothing new about seeing House naked at this point, but it was different, seeing the matter-of-fact way he dug through Foreman's dresser, the stubborn I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary tilt to his shoulders. Well, fine. They shared clothes. It would be weirder if Foreman let himself think about it, so he threw the comforter on the bed and concentrated on making hospital corners instead.

When the bed was made, Foreman took a step or two closer to where House was sitting and thoughtfully sniffed the air just above his head, then shrugged, as though it was a complete puzzler to him how his bedroom suddenly smelled like a produce aisle. With another half-smothered grin, Foreman left the room, laughter catching in his chest. Saying nothing would probably be worse than making comments that House could shoot back at him. When he got to the kitchen, he scooped House's clothes off the floor--another thing he wasn't going to think about, the meaning behind what they'd done--and stepped into the living room long enough to toss them onto the couch.

Foreman opened the fridge and then the freezer, to see what he had on hand. He'd managed a grocery run yesterday, but only for beer and snacks. He'd planned to spend Sunday parked in front of the game. As usual, there were some vegetables he'd have to use before they went off, that he'd ignored for a week because of the case. That and a couple of pork chops would make a reasonable stir fry. He picked out what he needed and started getting things ready.

Date: 2009-04-25 09:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foreman-eric-md.livejournal.com
Foreman raised his eyebrows when he heard House coming--well, more like smelled him coming. He kept on chopping vegetables, tossing them in a frying pan as he went. If he looked at House, he was going to burst out laughing. He let himself smile when House approached him, smirking down at the food as House peered over his shoulder. Foreman couldn't quite help shifting his weight, subtly, but enough to invite House into his space. He expected a barbed comment, maybe about the shampoo, maybe about the food. He wasn't expecting to get a shot to the crotch.

"Hey!" Foreman recoiled, more from a protective instinct than from the pain, half turning, and stumbled, catching himself before he stepped on House's foot. He twisted around the rest of the way and grabbed House's wrists, both of them, to make sure he was safe from any more attacks, and glared at him. He couldn't keep it up, though. House's hair was still sticking up, but it was drying, and Foreman couldn't help noticing that it was shinier than before, and looked softer. He leaned his ass back against the cupboards, feeling the smirk take over his face, no matter how hard he tried not to, until he was grinning widely. He yanked on House's wrists, tugging him forward. "I'd take that question seriously if it wasn't like I was talking to Carmen Miranda's hat," he said.

Date: 2009-05-08 02:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foreman-eric-md.livejournal.com
Foreman could see definite advantages to keeping hold of House's wrists--he didn't exactly relish the idea of House being free to poke him again, for one, and for another, like this he could manhandle House however he liked. That idea made him feel warmer, his heart thudding just a hint faster. It felt like getting his control back, after House had been the one pushing him around in bed. The fact that he'd shut House up in the end, holding House down, wasn't quite the same. Foreman was pretty damn sure he'd shown more than he'd wanted to, in the end, and he didn't know what House really thought of that. Other than House had said next time, pay attention--so presumably he wanted to do it again, and he liked making Foreman react like that--make him focus on what House was doing. Foreman wasn't quite ready to deal with that idea, and if he could assert himself instead, then he'd take that option.

Better than holding on to House, though, was showing him that Foreman was letting him go. Foreman opened his hands ostentatiously, lifting his arms in a half-shrug. He turned back to his chopping as if he didn't think House standing right there was a danger to him or to the food. He kept his hips against the counter, though, as a safety precaution against House going for his crotch. "Like you ever take me seriously," he said, with a tinge of sarcasm. House's default position was that any word out of Foreman's mouth was moronic until proven otherwise, but that didn't bother him particularly, since House didn't even give most people the chance to show they weren't idiots. Foreman at least had the benefit of the doubt on that score most days. House liked arguing with him and proving--to himself, at least--that Foreman was wrong. And there were times when House took Foreman's suggestions in a differential, or Foreman maneuvered him into agreeing to something Cuddy wanted, and that was enough for him.

Foreman dumped the last of the vegetables off the cutting board into the frying pan, and opened the package of pork chops, starting to slice them thinly. "Rice cooker's in there," he said, pointing to the cupboard on the other side of the stove. It was more likely that House would scoff at him for stating the obvious than he'd take it as a suggestion to help. House wouldn't take orders and Foreman doubted he'd wander off to watch TV if he could annoy Foreman instead, so it was at least worth a shot.

Date: 2009-05-14 12:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foreman-eric-md.livejournal.com
Foreman turned slightly, enough to catch House's insulted expression that Foreman would ever dare to ask him to help. He refused to smile, this time, even though he'd been breathing in the fruity scent of the shampoo and enjoying House standing close enough to lean warmly against his back. More than could possibly be healthy. He really was an idiot. "You look like someone who wants to eat," he said, as House crossed the kitchen and opened the fridge. Foreman got out the rice cooker and was starting it when House smirked at him and left him to do the heavy lifting. Foreman snorted and let him go. He had enough of catering to House at work without acting like his valet at home, too. Anything he let happen once, House would take as standard for the rest of their relationship. Foreman didn't mind cooking, and he would have had to feed himself anyway, but when he was at House's place he didn't plan to lift a finger.

The stir fry didn't take long. After waiting this late to eat, and all the exercise they'd had earlier, it smelled delicious. The rice was finished at nearly the same time. Foreman grabbed plates and cutlery, and dished up some dinner for himself, opening the fridge to grab a beer. He left one of the plates on the counter--he wasn't going to serve House, especially not after that crack. If House wanted Foreman to ignore his leg, then Foreman would ignore that House probably didn't want to get up again. Besides, he only had two hands.

Foreman brought his plate into the living room, settling down on the couch with a satisfied sigh. Even though he usually ate in the dining room, that was more for convenience if he was working while he ate, either reading or working on articles or going over older cases. Tonight, he'd rather see what House would do about Foreman's pointed failure to get his food for him. Foreman's money was on House trying to steal Foreman's food instead of going to the kitchen for his own.

Date: 2009-05-14 10:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foreman-eric-md.livejournal.com
Foreman raised an eyebrow at the TV show House had picked, even though he wasn't really surprised that House's first choice would be people apparently trying to kill themselves with sporting vehicles--House fit in that category himself. Foreman didn't really care; he concentrated on eating instead, shifting slightly to make himself comfortable and pushing House's jeans over to his side of the couch. The first few bites only made Foreman realize how hungry he was. He glanced at House once or twice. House wasn't making a dive for his food, but he wasn't making any moves to get his own, either. Well, it wasn't Foreman's problem.

No sooner had he thought that than House struck with his cane, dumping Foreman's meal in his lap. "Jesus, House--" That's the second dinner you've ruined for me tonight came to his lips, but he clamped them shut before he could say it. He didn't need House getting huffy again when House was the one flinging food around. Foreman scraped as much of the mess as he could from his lap and from the couch back onto his plate. His hoodie was probably going to stain from the sauce, and it was one he actually liked, that he'd had since undergrad. So he wasn't going to be left to eat in peace unless House was fed. Foreman threw his fork down on his plate with a clatter and banged the plate down in front of House on the coffee table. "Did you want some? Here. Let me know if you need help getting the fork in your mouth, too."

Foreman stood up and started for the kitchen, pulling his hoodie off as he went to check the stain. The sweatpants he didn't care about, and he could throw them in the wash later, but he took a second to get out a cloth and blot the sauce off the hoodie. He cleaned it as best he could, fuming in frustration over how obnoxious House was being--first the jab when Foreman was cooking, and now this. Foreman expected it at work, or when they were arguing, or even during sex, but he didn't see the point of it now. When the hoodie was as clean as he could get it, Foreman pulled it back on, still damp. He was still hungry, so he filled the second plate with food, leaving hardly any in the frying pan, and headed back to the living room. This time he stayed standing, and well out of House's reach, even with the cane. Giving House a mild glare, Foreman took a bite. Still not serving you, he thought, and waited for House's reaction instead of immediately heading for the dining room, where he'd probably be safe.

Date: 2009-05-16 05:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foreman-eric-md.livejournal.com
Foreman raised his eyebrow when he came back to see House actually eating the food Foreman had scraped off his lap. He'd figured House would be pissed all over again when Foreman didn't bring him another plate, but instead House only gave him a guileless look before turning back to the television. "If you wanted to cover me in food, I think there are better possibilities than flour," Foreman said, to see if he could make House choke. Save that idea--eating off each other--for when they were at House's place, and Foreman wouldn't give a shit about cleanup. He was still peeved that House had knocked over his plate, and House's refusal to acknowledge it or apologize was annoying, too. If House was willing to joke about smelling like fruit, however obliquely, that took some of the sting away.

What really mollified him, though, was the way House was eating. Foreman knew he wasn't the world's best cook. He did it enough to get by, and most nights he didn't care particularly what he ate, as long as it was healthy. He remembered House waxing practically ecstatic over Wilson's cooking. House wasn't--and probably would never be--complimenting Foreman like that. Foreman might never hear a positive word out of House about whatever food Foreman set in front of him, but the way House was forking the stir fry into his mouth was flattering on its own. Sure, if he'd eat food that had fallen off the plate, he obviously wasn't picky. House was probably just hungry. Foreman knew he was, enough that he could ignore that the vegetables were a bit overcooked and the rice was mushy. But it didn't hurt to see House enjoying it.

Foreman took another bite, still standing behind House, watching House more than the slo-mo replays of ATV crashes. He didn't know if they'd agreed to never mention Marty, or what had happened tonight, ever again, or if House was still brooding over it and just not showing it. Foreman didn't know if he was finally giving in to the Stockholm syndrome or if having House around really wasn't that bad, messes aside. He scooped up another bite, chewing before he said anything, in case a last minute of reflection would remind him that he'd wanted to get away from House when he'd left Princeton. "Bears are playing the Broncos tomorrow," he said, finally, in about the same tone he'd used to not-quite-ask House to bring him the rice cooker. Foreman had planned to spend his Sunday sprawled on the couch watching football, and probably it wouldn't be terrible if House was there too. If he wanted to be. Quite possibly, he didn't. Foreman glanced at his plate--pretty much cleared--and figured now was as good a time as any to go clean up the kitchen.

Date: 2009-05-16 06:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foreman-eric-md.livejournal.com
It didn't take long to clean the kitchen. Foreman had only used the minimum dishes, and after a quick rinse, he stacked them in the dishwasher and turned it on. His beer was still out in the living room, so Foreman headed back out. House hadn't answered him, but Foreman wasn't going to put himself out further by asking again.

House had turned sideways on the couch, his legs up, but there was just enough room for Foreman to sit on the end of the couch without having to deal much with House's feet; they rested just against his thigh, and if House didn't like that, he could move them. Foreman grabbed his beer and took a drink. House's restless channel-flipping didn't interest him, and he picked up the latest Forbes that had been sitting on the end table beside him. It was getting late, and he felt comfortable, and full. He'd read through far louder distractions than the television before, so it was no problem to ignore House completely. Soon enough he'd head for bed, leave House to go through every channel Foreman got all night if he wanted to. At some point, House would probably kick Foreman awake when he climbed into bed too. All that would mean was that Foreman would get his answer about tomorrow; he'd know that House wasn't leaving.

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