"But what a way to go," House chuckled, and licked a line up her throat.

His fingers danced over her thighs. "You, my dear, are such an excellent distraction."

He couldn't help but think, vaguely in the back of his mind, that with how this played out so far, the issues with his leg had not been a concern. If it went further, she was going to be privy to just how difficult things could be for him.

Of course, he and James had been having so much sex lately that -

Oh, for fuck's sake! DON'T THINK ABOUT JAMES.