ticcyyy | Lead You Into The Night (House/Cuddy, House/Wilson friendship; PG-13)

Title: Lead You Into The Night
Pairing: House/Cuddy, House/Wilson friendship
Rating: PG-13
Words: 35,000
Author's Notes & Credits: A big, HUGE thank you to my wonderful betas,

ducks_in_a_row and

topaz_eyes! Without the both of you, this story would not have come together anywhere near as smoothly as it has. The title of the fic is derived from the song Lead Me Into The Night by The Cardigans. It was a song I listened to a lot while hammering this story out; it, in some ways, set the tone of the story. The chapter titles are also derived from the song's lyrics. The banner was made by me.

Summary: What's the differential for a woman who says she hates her baby?

Excerpt:

Cuddy shrugged. "I'm doing okay."

"Just 'okay'?"

She faced the crib, where the baby was wrapped up tight in a blanket and fast asleep. Maybe she was just fatigued, but she didn't seem herself. He frowned.

"Can't believe I'm heading home tomorrow," she finally said. "It's going to be weird having a baby in the house."

"You've had plenty of time to get used to the idea."

"Preparing for a baby, House, and having one..."

"Thought you'd be jumping for joy."

"I thought so, too."

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A;SLKDFJAWOEIJA;SLDKGJAW;OIRHWA;LKDFJASLDKF *MORE KEYMASH* BECAUSE OMG. IT'S HERE. AND I SO WANTED TO READ THIS IN ONE GO AS SOON AS THE ARCHIVE OPENED AT MIDNIGHT BUT MY BRAIN DECIDED IT NEEDED SLEEP. DARN YOU, BRAIN. DON'T YOU KNOW HOUSE COMES FIRST?

This will probably be an incredibly long comment because I seriously could NOT. STOP. READING. I kept cursing the errands I had to run for interrupting, but it didn't take away from the powerful emotions going into this.

I love how honest and real you make motherhood out to be. It's ugly, it's tiresome and you seriously cut to the core. I love Wilson being House's conscience once again, House struggling with not caring and Cuddy just trying to figure this all out. The progression is wonderful. And God, the arguments between all three of them, but especially between House and Cuddy--they just made me cringe and want to hug them all at the same time. Btw, Eva is a beautiful name. I JUST WANTED MORE. I was like NO, KEEP GOING. DON'T END HERE! lol. This definitely didn't feel like 35K because there is not a single dull moment. Every scene is tense and it shows character development and growth and House being cute with Eva! You totally stole my heart when she was doing 'push ups' on his chest. That's the one scene I've been dying to see in a fic ever since they brought this baby storyline up in canon and you made it better than I ever could imagine, so thank you for that.

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You, my friend, are amazing and a genius. You bring all the ugly realities to life and it's gorgeous. &hearts &hearts &hearts I'll probably end up coming back here to tell you more amazing and coherent details. :D

HEEEEE. YOUR COMMENTS NEVER FAIL TO MAKE ME GRIN LIKE A STUPID PERSON. :D :D :D

I love how honest and real you make motherhood out to be

Motherhood is hard, man. So many fics completely and utterly sugar-coat and gloss over motherhood like it's some beautiful, special time in a woman's life. And it is... except it comes with a lot of struggles and sometimes pain, too. Cuddy, in my mind, has always had a rather unrealistic ideal of motherhood, with exceedingly high expectations of herself. And falling short of any of her own expectations would be nothing but devastating to her. I really wanted to portray Cuddy as flawed and imperfect without making her weak, and I really hope I achieved that.

You totally stole my heart when she was doing 'push ups' on his chest

Ahahahaha oh my god that's one of my favourite special moments in that story. Every little bonding moment House has with Eva was precious to write, but that one in particular - House really would be a good father, in spite of his issues. I believe he would make a lot of mistakes and his issues would get in the way at times. But ultimately, he would do the best he could, too. And I can so see a little daughter getting him wrapped around her little finger. Hee!

Thank you so, SO much for reading such a long piece of work and for leaving such detailed, wonderful feedback!! I am thrilled to bits that you enjoyed it, bb!! ♥!

Lead You Into The Night (House/Cuddy, House/Wilson friendship; PG-13)

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