Thanks so much. I do think I'm done playing in this ficverse. At least, none of the characters are telling me any more stories, and meanwhile I've got that other one brewing, remember?

Nate Long practically wrote this story himself. It was bizarre. I knew he wanted to meet House again, so I put them in the same hallway and from then on I had no control of anything that happened. When he decided to get House to buy him lunch, I couldn't believe it. I was even more astounded when I realized that he fully intended to provoke House into violence. It wasn't only out of guilt, either. He had a whole slew of reasons, too many to even start listing; he liked House a lot and that had much to do with it. And he simply cannot resist playing with gunpowder. He never could, and that's how he ended up with the job he has.