Artist: aolian

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Title: how many
Subject: your standard-issue illustration-of-a-moment-from-the-story fanart (you may want to read the story first if you don't want to be spoiled!) The title should cue you in as to when exactly this occurs.
Pairing/Rating: none, g
Medium: digital illustration (pencil scan, photoshop)











Title: Survival Strategies
Author: mer_duff
Pairing: James Wilson and Gregory House, gen
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 21,500
Spoilers: None. Set in December 2003.
Summary: A bad week leaves Wilson wondering if he made the right career choice and House struggling to support his best friend.
Excerpt:

Wilson gestured for House to give him the file. "I can't entertain you right now, House. I need to be able to give my patient my full attention."

"Right. Because it takes so much concentration to tell a guy he's got less than a year to live. You should be able to do that in your sleep by now." But he put the file back on Wilson's desk and walked to the door. "Grab me after T-cell guy leaves. I'll be starving by then." He knew he'd be able to talk Wilson into an early and extended lunch. Wilson always welcomed a distraction after delivering a death sentence.

He hesitated at the door and looked back. Wilson was studying the file again, scrawling notes in the indecipherable handwriting that he thought made him seem more like a doctor, as if the lab coat and the multiple diplomas weren't enough to hammer the point home. Wilson glanced up and waved him away with an annoyed frown, but it wasn't enough to disguise the bleak expression in his eyes.

House closed the door and leaned on his cane. On Sunday evening, they'd watched a Monty Python marathon, and Wilson had laughed so hard during The Meaning of Life that he'd fallen off the couch. House loved the sound of Wilson's laughter; the pure, unrestrained kind, not the bitter chuckle that punctuated so many of their conversations. He didn't think he'd be hearing it again anytime soon.

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Comments

[mer-duff.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic! Thank you for bringing my story to life - the art captures the moment perfectly.

[aolian.livejournal.com]

:) Thank you, I'm glad you like it! House and Wilson were so easy to envision as I read that there ended up being like seven or eight passages I had hi-lited as moments I wanted to draw. I really had a lot of fun, both with the reading and drawing stages!

[mer-duff.livejournal.com]

I love the expression on Wilson's face - it exactly captures how I imagined he was feeling. But I love all the little details in the kitchen background - it really grounds the scene for me. Thanks again!

[hwshipper.livejournal.com]

I have no artistic skills whatsoever, but if I had, and I'd been doing art for this fic, this is EXACTLY the scene I would have picked too. And the execution; the kitchen, the pill bottle, Wilson's ashen face, House's concern... it's wonderful!

[aolian.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot! Hehe, we must have been on the same mental wavelength! I loved the suspense in that scene. :) I didn't know how I was doing conveying House's concern through body language here, so I'm really glad to hear it came through!

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Ooh, wow. Yes. I haven't read the story yet--gah I am behind!--but the emotion of this scene just pours through. I think what struck me most about it was Wilson's loosened tie, as a signifier of just how upset he is. And then, as I look at it more, the anger on House's face becomes clearer. And it's such a reversal of their usual positions: I see House reaching out and Wilson pulling back. You've definitely made me curious about the story, and how this situation comes about, and is resolved. Really nicely done.