The Mouse And The Cane
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He wanted to be a doctor. House wanted a distraction. Neither expected the damage-or the connection that would follow.
Dr. Elliot Rees thought transferring to Princeton-Plainsboro was the next logical step in his medical career. He didn't expect Dr. Gregory House: brilliant, infuriating, and impossible to ignore. As Elliot fights for his place on the diagnostics team, he also faces the ghosts of his past, the mystery of his own worsening health, and a connection with House that becomes harder to deny.
A story of wit, wounds, and the spaces between- where vulnerability meets brilliance, and survival is sometimes more than just medical.
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