Top 25 One-Shot House Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length House fics — short stories under 10,000 words.
Grey Area
by moldykeef
"It was totally normal to occasionally have dreams about hurting your best friend that made you hard in your sleep." or Wilson struggles with thoughts and feelings that blur the lines between love and violence.
Desk Duty
by ORiley42
Huddy office sex--classic tropes edition.
C'est la vie (as long as you have me)
by kimchicatlover
Set right after S3E6 “Que Sera Sera”, during the Tritter arc. After lying to the cops, Wilson drives to House's apartment. He just wants to talk.
I'm losing by your side.
by russotherat
Instead of Cameron finding House in his apartment, Wilson does.
I Hardly Ever Smile (Without You)
by darkredrockstar
House and Wilson have been friends for a long time, long enough to know when something isn’t right. Long enough to know when something has changed.
it started out with a kiss (how did it end up like this?)
by riverofsnow
5 times House kissed Wilson and 1 time Wilson finally confessed Takes place on various stages of House and Wilson's friendship, starting with pre-canon all the way to post-canon. !! VERY MAJOR SPOILER WARNING !! The title is inspired by a song "Mr. Brighside" by The Killers
House x Wilson
by Phoedih
Wilson has just transferred to a new high school where he is afraid he is thoroughly disliked by a seemingly miserable boy. House is feeling things he has never felt and longs to figure out these feelings- hopefully with the help of Wilson.
House’s many reckless decisions and accidents while he dates Cuddy.
by H0us3MDfan
A tale of Huddy. House and Cuddy if they made it into an actual long term couple. Not specifically set in any season, will say if any are. Not going to add Rachel bc ngl she annoys me a little, she is cute and all but I think she is a little bratty.
The House MD ABC.
by H0us3MDfan
26 fics ranging in length, one per week, maybe less, maybe two, this all depends on what’s going on with my life, based off a word beginning with that weeks letter. The first fic will be A and so on. Z might be zebra for instance. Hope you enjoy if you read.
The Mug
by Sorabugs
House has a favorite mug no one is allowed to use it but Wilson…oh Wilson and his special treatment he gets from House cause a bit of discord with the ducklings. There is a bet, three who don’t know and one who finds out the meaning of the bet.
The Ducklings Gain Another Dad
by Anonymous
House and Wilson make out in Cuddy's office. The kids find out they have a new dad.
Been driving me crazy for years
by yanezayurveda
House helps Cuddy get pregnant.
I am sat/sad
by kimchicatlover
Set in S3E13 “Needle in a Haystack”.That bathroom scene in the wheelchair episode but if Wilson hadn't left. (Heed the tags!)
Where You Aren't
by diagnostichazard
Wilson always thought that he returned to House because it was his day-to-day. House always managed to do something that made Wilson question their entire friendship. He stopped after a while because with House, you don't get to have boundaries. House will always do something that makes you question
House comes home.
by H0us3MDfan
Lisa Cuddy and James Wilson have been unable to have a baby. The next best thing: adoption. When they get offered a troubled young boy and they say yes, how does that go. OR: in which Cuddy and Wilson adopt an eight year old boy, Gregory House, and life starts to look a whole lot different.
7 days
by cigsouthtewindow
"A week," Wilson pointed a finger at House’s chest. "We do this for a week tops. Then you announce we had a 'tragic, irreconcilable falling out' and you never speak of this again." or House announces he and Wilson are dating when they're not. Cuddy tells them to go on a date.
You owe me!
by yanezayurveda
Set in S3 E12, after the Tritter arc. Cuddy has perjured herself to save House, and now he owes her.
The Anatomy Of Us (The book)
by Jayxwriterx
Standing in the freezing winter wind is House, older, weathered, and entirely alive. Forced to fake his death seven years prior to spend the final months of James Wilson’s life free from prison, House has spent nearly a decade running from his past, living under a false name, and drowning in isolati
Rusted gates (Is this bait?)
by kimchicatlover
Set in S3E10 “Merry Little Christmas”.House didn’t cut himself. (Heed the tags!)
Look At Me
by CapsulatedDiagnosis (Above_AbsoluteMania)
' “I want you to look at me the same way you look at those nurses you get so chatty with all the time.” House declared in a tone that reeked of a challenge. Wilson stilled at that, as his shoulders went rigid and his gaze trailed upward, keeping his head still.“To prove what exactly?” Wilson asked s
Women are all we talk about
by kimchicatlover
Set in S5E14 “The Greater Good” where Cuddy turns the power off at House’s apartment. But instead of seeking warmth in the hospital, he visits Wilson. Who is living in Amber’s apartment.
Shake my fist, knock on wood
by ineffablecolors
“Wake up every day and try to help as many people as possible, that’s what I always say,” Chase – who has never in his life said that and probably hadn’t even thought it until two days ago, says with the kind of humble voice and beatific expression that, if it doesn’t get him the sainthood, is bound
“drunk words are sober thoughts after all,”
by h3art_e4t3r_014
House gets drunk and shows up on Cuddy’s doorstep in the middle of the night
the wedding on everybody's mind
by ellarosario
When the hospital found out House asked Cuddy to marry him, no one could really believe it.Least of all House. ---- (set in a canon-divergent season 7. house and cuddy never broke up, masters never left the team, and thirteen never returned. house never went back on vicodin either. basically set in
Interlude: Grape Bubble Gum
by Anonymous
Set during an undisclosed time before Trauma Never Shows Back up at a Good time. The team has come to the end of a long work day, after a series of long days trying to find what is wrong with their current patient. House leaves them to complete paperwork they have no intention of doing. Foreman offe
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This list of 25one-shot House fanfics spans 85,139 total words. Kudos range from 6 on the newest entries to 88 on the most established. 56% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (8 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Banter · James Wilson Loves Gregory House · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Dark James Wilson (House M.D.) · Smut.
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