crossoverfic | [FIC] Excuse, MA, House, M.D./Harry Potter.

Excuse
Angelfirenze

Disclaimer: Not mine. Shore, Singer, Jacobs, and Rowling are the architects of this amalgam. Blame them, along with one episode of The Office (US), The Harry Potter Trading Card Game, and The Boondock Saints.

Fandoms: House, M.D. and Harry Potter.

Summary: As it turns out, the wizard can drag himself out of his past. It becomes a problem when the past tries so doggedly to pull the wizard back in...

Rating: MA for darkness, angst, and...well, the fact that it was Smut Tuesday over at

house_cuddy when I started this also says a lot.

Pairings, etc.: *sighs* I don't think I have room to list all the possibilities I plan to explore. The CONCRETE ones, however, are House/Cuddy/Wilson, House/Cuddy, House/Wilson, and Cuddy/Wilson. Oh, and James Potter/Lily Evans, for canon-sake, obviously.

Spoilers: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, to say the least. Probably the other five, as well. House, M.D., seasons one and two. I flatly refuse to mention the Tritter debacle or its completely irrelevant detraction from the main story. The Demons Series by my dear friend,

kidsnurse, who has kindly consented to let me use her wonderful plot for my own machinations and such. I hope she doesn't regret it.

Special thanks to

silja_b, who has put up with so many revisions of this WIP.

Characters: Far too many from each canon to possibly name in a list. Dr. Gregory House is the main character, however.

PART ONE Incorrigible. That's what Cuddy and Wilson call him whenever he's pulled some stunt or played a prank or made some comment. It's one of his favorite words, but they don't know why. Considering the circumstances, neither does he.

PART TWO It was a terrible sort of relief. One he felt guilty about accepting. It was difficult, and begrudgingly interesting as he explained himself to Dickinson. He's sure the shrink would have called for the men in white coats to come get him if he hadn't had his wand.

PART THREE "...Is there any wound you just can't heal? Tell me your principles, your drive to help people, to heal...mean more to you than some whale of--wait," he paused and grimaced. "That's an insult to whales. More than some smug asshole's hundred million dollars. Tell me there's something you would lie for. Is there?"

PART FOUR Then it suddenly hits John and he remembers what Gregory had said that had so enraged him. "You're aware what my job means. What that means for this family."

And Gregory John Christopher House had laughed, bitterness and sarcasm in that voice his father (John Christopher) hadn't known the boy could achieve. "I am aware. I just don't care."

PART FIVE "Shut up, House," Jimmy and Lisa interject simultaneously, but he doesn't even falter. He expects them to try to shut him up and they expect him to ignore them. Comfortable patterns.

PART SIX "Oh, come on, Lisa. You want this. You should enjoy yourself at least some of the time. We all should."

PART SEVEN "You could at least start with 'I'm sorry'," Drake had said then, his own face saddened. "I think he'd like that."