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After being discharged from Mayfield House discovered that not only did he enjoy cooking but he was good at it. Cooking was mainly a science and once House thought of it that way it was simple.
Cooking had provided a distraction from his pain until it didn’t anymore, now it was more about enjoyment and instead of trying to use it as a way to ignore his pain he put accommodations in place, sitting instead of standing, keeping as many things within easy reach as he could, he still tended to tune out his pain when he was hyper-focused but now he didn’t pay for it afterwards.
Cooking was something he and Wilson could do together, House had always enjoyed eating Wilson’s cooking but the shared activity somehow made the food taste better (not that he’d ever admit to something so illogical). Cooking together was fun, they’d joke and laugh and work around each other seamlessly.
Cooking wasn’t just a distraction it was a shared experience something they could both do together that wasn’t hindered by House’s leg or boring societal expectations like not having sex at work.
Food just tasted better when they cooked together.