Title: For Every Closed Door (7/?)
Fandom: House MD/Dead Like Me crossover
Author: Starling
Rating: R overall
Characters/pairings: House, original character, House/Wilson.
Warnings: Afterlife!Fic. Thus, by necessity, also a death!fic, but not depressing.
Summary: "What now?" "Now we get ridiculously drunk. Obviously."Obligatory Disclaimer: I don't own, write for, or produce either of these fabulous shows. I'm just a geek with too much time on her hands.
A/N: This chapter is brought to you by the free refills of coffee at King Solomon's Reef restaurant in Olympia, Washington. And it probably shows.
Unbeta'd. All mistakes are mine.
Concrit feedback gives me warm fuzzies.
x-posted to housefic and house_wilson.
Previous Chapters-Well, I want my life back!
-It's not like you were doing anything with it.From "Dead Like Me" episode 1x1
It was seeing Susan's Rivendell fold up and disappear before his eyes that decided it. A girl had died, House had taken her soul with a small and simple touch, and then he'd watched as she'd been absorbed into a heaven of her own choosing. He needed Wilson;
( he needed somebody to commiserate with him about how surreal life was, how it could be utterly extraordinary and absolutely inane at the same time. )