That was quite well written. House's thoughts were very believable and easy to feel. It was an excellent piece of history and introspection.

Oh, this is a seriously nice piece of writing. I love the squeezing vicodin metaphor. Really cool, moody and completely in character. I also loved the way House shows his vulnerablity then seems to realise and switches to plain old hurt and nasty. Once again, well played!

I've got a soft spot for "the fight" and how it might have gone down, and this is just absolutely beautiful. So very in character, so very much House, and so very very well done. I love the bathtub metaphor, it's subtle, but it's present, and it's great.