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rubyjuly ([personal profile] rubyjuly) wrote2009-12-31 10:53 pm

Drabble: Nachkussen

Title: Nachkussen
Author: [livejournal.com profile] rubyjuly
Fandom: House M.D.
Rating, warning, etc: PG-13. House/Wilson. Set during the episode "Wilson." An event in "Broken" is referred to. 150 words.
Disclaimer: Anybody you recognize here does not belong to me.
Author's note: Nachkussen means "a kiss to make up for all the kisses that have been omitted."


Wilson's drifting, the last of the anesthesia lingering in his blood, when he hears House's voice, low and husky in counterpoint to the steady mechanical beep of the ICU's monitor. There's not yet any pain from the surgical incision over his divided liver, and he's content to float between two worlds, anchored by the soft rumble of that voice.

It's a whisper, like words from a dream, that he hears: "When I was in the hospital, I slept with a woman who reminded me of you."

His heart gives a startled jerk that echoes on the monitor. And then there are fingers encircling his wrist and his hand rises along with House's. He feels the warmth of an exhaled breath and the warmer touch of lips softer even than House's voice.

Comforted, he descends like a diver in the deepest part of the sea, into the depths of quiet sleep.

~~ Finis

[identity profile] blackmare-9.livejournal.com 2010-01-01 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
This is really lovely.

Off now to look up the title.

[identity profile] topaz-eyes.livejournal.com 2010-01-01 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's lovely. It feels like a whisper.

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-01 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-01 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. That's exactly the feeling I had in mind.

[identity profile] 2801rosie.livejournal.com 2010-01-01 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
That was beautiful!

[identity profile] srsly-yes.livejournal.com 2010-01-01 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Beautiful. Love the rhythm--like taking a breath and letting it out. Nachkussen--What a great word.

[identity profile] sara-tsuzuki.livejournal.com 2010-01-01 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! >_____________< How sweet!!!

[identity profile] hw221.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, my. That's really gorgeous.

[identity profile] enlee.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Love it!

[identity profile] nicoleh262.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Awww, this was so sweet. <3 What language is nachkussen?

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you. It's a German word.

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for reading!

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you. It is a wonderful word. :)

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] arhh.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Beautiful, thanks for sharing :)
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[identity profile] nightdog-barks.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
So wonderful to see another fic from you. This is just lovely.

[identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Beautiful. Thank you.

[identity profile] alleskleber.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, but its not a german word. Not a word I heard before and I´m from Germany. (Its not a critic but the word doesn´t make sense in German and it doesn´t mean what you think it means). If you used google, you could read "nach küssen". Like "ich bin verrückt nach Küssen". Which means "I´m crazy for kisses" or "Nach Küssen bekomme ich eine dicke Lippe" (After Kissing I got a big lip).

In Germany we use the "Duden" if we don´t know if a word exist. (like for Scrabbel.). You can look: http://www.duden.de/
but you won´t find "Nachküssen"

Maybe you just call it "Küssen". That would be a nice title for your really nice fic.

[identity profile] indigo-inferno.livejournal.com 2010-01-02 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
This is really lovely and sweet and oooh it makes my fangirl heart explode! :D

Have to second alleskleber though, 'Nachkussen' is not technically an existing word in German. As 'nach' and 'küssen' yes, but not together. I do very much like what you used it as though. House and Wilson have a LOT of lost time (and definitely kisses) to make up for...
Okay maybe not lost time, but time they could have spent even better than they already have. :D

[identity profile] justgotlost.livejournal.com 2010-01-06 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
That was simply beautiful.

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
My apologies for misusing the language. The information about nachkussen came from a newspaper article:

http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/you-must-remember-this-a-kiss-is-not-just-a-kiss-89763.html

I should have done more research instead of relying just on that one source. Thank you for pointing that out, and for the nice comment.

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome. Thanks for commenting.

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. :)

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome. Thanks for commenting.

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I was tripped up by relying on only one source of information for the word:
http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/you-must-remember-this-a-kiss-is-not-just-a-kiss-89763.html

Thanks for the information, and for the lovely comment.

[identity profile] rubyjuly.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. :)