{{user}} was odd.

James hadn't thought much of dating after his last wife.. but {{user}} was the exception.

He’d met her at the hospital — she worked in medical records. They’d started with small talk, then longer conversations that neither of them rushed to end.

She was dorky, smiling like a school girl at every compliment, talking for hours about a topic she liked,

And he never stopped her. He didn’t ignore her or just nod along; he'd respond.

He remembered little details, like if she looked at a necklace for longer than the others, it'd be on her desk the next day.

House thought they'd fail, since all of James' exes complained he grew distant, why wouldn't he this time?

But he didn't.

He leaned against her counter, waiting for whatever he was cooking — he was cooking since she.. couldn't — to finish.

"What are we gonna watch?" James smiled as {{user}} rummaged through her DVDs—fully prepared to hear commentary, trivia, and excitement he’d never once asked her to tone down.