Quirks: He knows all of her quirks (of which there are just so many), but she never brings up his and he begins to wonder just why it is she’s giving him a free pass until one day, he stops caring to ask and it doesn’t matter any more.

Neutral: “Pick a side,” he tells her, which shouldn’t be such a difficult decision, but in a land of blue and reds and elephants and donkeys, Ainsley swallows her pride and answers with: “Neither.”

Question: “Will you--” “Sam, I swear to god if the last words of that sentence aren’t ‘marry me’, you’re getting a heel somewhere unpleasant.”

Balcony: They stand on the balcony of some unknown hotel in some unknown city while they’re on the campaign trail for Sam’s bid for congress and her body is tucked within his arms as he asks her what city they’re in and she murmurs that she has no earthly idea.

Sarcasm: “Gee, really, Sam, do you think that’s what this could possibly be in my hands, because here I thought that I was delivering the circus schedule to the President of the United States of America!”

Defeat: “It’s okay,” she murmurs as she rubs his back and tries to ignore the sullen look in his eyes when the news reports that they’ve lost another state, “it’s not the end,” she promises.

Worry: Sam is beginning to become preoccupied with Ainsley Hayes and it’s all because she hasn’t called him back in six days and she knows better than to let him off the hook, so when she does call in tears that her grandfather has died, Sam experiences the most guilty relief he’s ever felt in his life.

Smirk: She kisses him full on the lips and he asks what that was for, only for her to smirk in return and tell him, ‘you were looking a bit too smug there, tiger.’

Blessing: “She’s a good girl, Sam,” his mother demurs and speaks her approval when Ainsley is brought and trotted out to the whole of the family and Sam knows that it’s his mother’s approval that he really cares about and when it comes to his father, he just couldn’t care less.

Just: The laws in the country are set for a reason, she argues and the punishment is fair and swift and he’s hardpressed to argue when the punishment for his crime of bringing flowers long is a heated and breathless kiss he’ll never forget.

Solitary: There is one lone figure left in all the White House when Ainsley returns from a trip home to catch up on the simplest of life’s offerings – sleep, food, showers – and watching his shadow in the Communications Office, she wonders when it is he doesn’t stand alone to assemble the words for a nation.

Belief:

Sometimes, he mocks her for her stance in politics and she gets so hurt that he can see it reflected in the way her back stiffens and the way her eyes go cold and maybe this time, he’s pushed too far, is what he thinks.

Valiant:

“You, sir,” she giggles drunkenly, swirling around a bright blue drink like it’s a handbag, “are no Prince Charming,” she remarks, like she isn’t in his arms in the classic Damsel-In-Distress position and he doesn’t even comment as he takes her home until he kisses her nose and tucks her in bed and says, “I prefer Prince Valiant.”

Weddings:

‘Dear Mr. Seaborn,’ the invitation read to Josh’s wedding, like he was just another man, and after the long period of freaking right out, he’d checked off the plus one category and knew that if nothing else, it’d be pretty great to watch Ainsley demolish the whole wedding cake herself.

Lightning/Thunder * There’s no flash of lightning before the thunder of Chase kissing Wilson so hard that he stumbles backwards, knocks a vase to the carpet and winds up stumbling all the way back into bed.

Technology * Wilson has to praise the new modern day and age because it’s with no more than a time and place sent to Chase’s pager that they arrange their next tryst.

Clouds * Wilson’s head is all up in the clouds when he realizes he’s gone head over absolute heels for Chase and he simply doesn’t want to come back down to Earth because he far prefers where he is, too high up in the clouds to see how far he can go crashing down.

Telephone * Wilson finds a brand new cellphone on his desk and the first thing he sees is the sole programmed number into the new device: care of Robert Chase.

Sun * The sun does to Chase's hair what most salons now charge a fortune for, lightening strands of hair from dark to light, but when the sun does it, it stays longer, allowing Wilson more days of exploring those golden strands.

Fear * Wilson isn't a good actor and Chase is a terrible liar and Wilson fears the day that House finds out because there's any number of consequences for something that feels so good, despite the social rules against it.

Wind * Wilson's words are lost in the blustering winds of autumn, but Chase pretends that he's shouting, 'I'll wait for you,' into the Northerly wind, assuring Chase that he won't just fly away.

Sensual * Wilson is a master of the sensual, of the art to it and Chase hadn't believed any of the warnings because he just didn't fall for that crap, but then, a massage and a CD of Barry White later and maybe Chase does fall for that stuff, but just with Wilson.

Market * Wilson takes Chase food shopping just once because between the two of them bickering about recipes, spices, and the potency of garlic as an aphrodisiac, a routine half-hour trip winds up taking a grueling two hours.

Kiss * Wilson never expected it, but when it happened, he realized that he had been expecting something like it his entire life; the kind of kiss that was slow, soft, and thoughtful and the kind of kiss Wilson won't forget because it will forever define Chase for him.

Happiness * Chase once asked him during a fight if Wilson had ever once felt happiness that wasn't marriage-induced and Wilson had no genuine answer for him because how could a question like that be asked if Chase didn't see firsthand how happy he made Wilson?

Moon * Full moon in the sky and the only madness it's bringing about is the kind that clouds Wilson's head with thoughts of Chase, clad in nothing, leaning over Wilson's desk in the middle of the night, moonlight spilling over the pale skin of his back and begging to be touched.

Home * "Come home with me," Chase exhaled a pleading request and searched Wilson's eyes for an answer that he'd known even before he asked the question and it's no surprise when Wilson agreed, because he's never said no to Chase.

Pain * Wilson's emotional pain began manifesting as physical -- an icy clutching of his stomach -- on the day that Chase had come to see him and confessed quietly that he had lung cancer, just like his Dad, yet another patient of Wilson's that he couldn't save, just like he won't be able to save Chase and that hurts him more than anything.

Melody * Whereas House plays piano, Chase plays the violin with such devotion that he keeps his eyes closed to focus on the melody, which is all the better, because it means he can't see the look of abject adoration and wonder on Wilson's face while he watches.

Gift * Wilson arrives to his office at the beginning of Hanukkah to find a package sitting inconspicuously on his desk, wrapped in brown paper and string, and as he unties it to find a package of silk ties, he also finds a note: 'You can use them on me later - Chase'.

Soft * Chase isn't soft like his wives because men have a firmness and a leanness to them that differentiates the species, but Wilson is slowly discovering that maybe soft isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Freedom * Chase is with him when the finalization of the divorce happens and Chase laughs when Wilson does, and Chase kisses back when Wilson does.

Jealousy * Chase should have seen it coming - should have seen it from a mile away - but he never anticipated the way he would feel when he saw it -- it, like it's a monster - and he just wants the feeling in his stomach to die away because Wilson isn't his by any means, just because Chase has decided he wants him.

Hands * Wilson had never really cared about hands before, not in Julie, not in Laura, not with Brianna, but with Chase, he cares; he cares because no one's given him a handjob like Chase does and Wilson wonders if it's in the hands.

Ears * What Chase does when Wilson gets testy is a tricky and amazing thing indeed, it really can't be quantified, but he leans in and whispers something soft and low in Wilson's ear and takes to fellating his earlobe with his lips and mouth, taking his time in bringing Wilson back to that calm mellow.

Confusion * "You want-" "Yeah," Chase agrees and Wilson doesn't know what to think about all of this, but it doesn't look like Chase is done talking, "Yeah, I want you."

Speed * Chase is on Wilson's speed dial, has been since two months after House hired him and proceeded to get Chase to pick him up every time he went to a bar to mix Vicodin and Vodka; but it's only tonight that Wilson actually presses number seven for Chase's home.

Hell * The road to hell is paved with good intentions, Chase says one night as they drink red wine and discuss the repercussions of divorce, and at least you didn't have any kids Wilson because then you really would have created a hell for them.

Star * Wilson walks at night in the briskness of fall in New Jersey and there's a meteor shower above him like a silent orchestra in the sky and when he looks up, he wishes on one of them and when he looks down, Chase is standing there in his coat and with a smile on his face.

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