[Chase/Foreman AU]

[dr_robchase]

Chase knew that Foreman needed help with the Vicodin and that it would probably be time for another go -- seeing as he was getting accustomed to Vicodin cycles, what with House around -- and headed for the back room, checking to see if Foreman was still dozing.

He lingered in the doorway, just watching him. He seemed just so peaceful and he wondered how much had happened between them, how much Foreman knew about Chase that he didn't even know about himself.

Eventually, he cleared his throat quietly. "Foreman?"

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[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

"Wait a second, " Foreman said, confused. "This guy punched you for letting him do what you promised you would do?"

[dr_robchase]

Chase nodded. "Yeah." He fidgeted slightly. "After we'd broken up, there were some...fights, where I got a bit pushed around and he started coming...well, he was..."

He trailed off, feeling uncomfortable.

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

Foreman grinned a little.

"Does Eric have to choke a bitch?"

Hey, he could occasionally be ghetto.

[dr_robchase]

Chase smiled slightly. "We're okay now. Jay didn't like him, but we're okay. He got my ex-girlfriend pregnant. They uh, slept around behind my back a few times and she got knocked up."

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

Foreman let out a low sigh.

"Damn Chase. You just attract drama, don't you? And who's Jay?"

[dr_robchase]

The harder topic.

"He uh. He was my fiance."

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

"Was? As in, not anymore?"

This was interesting. Very interesting.

[dr_robchase]

Chase nodded slowly. "That was very recent."

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

"Was it a bad breakup?"

Must not have been, since Chase didn't have any broken appendages.

[dr_robchase]

Chase shrugged. "He and my mother never really...you know. It didn't work. He proposed and I accepted and then things happened."

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

Foreman sat up then.

"Your mom? But she's been dead for years. How does Jay know her?"

[dr_robchase]

Chase bit his lip. Of course the time paradoxes were going to come up. "Time here, isn't very consistent. My mother is here."

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

"Like you remember her? Sickly?"

Foreman didn't want Chase having to deal with caring for his drunk mother all over again. It clearly had done a number on him.

[dr_robchase]

Chase shook his head. "From earlier, thank God," he admitted with a rush of breath. "I couldn't do it again."

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's what I was worried about. So she's healthy? Happy?"

Chase's mom could either be the best thing or the worst thing to ever happen to him. Foreman didn't want it to be the latter.

[dr_robchase]

Chase nodded slowly. "Healthy, pretty happy lately. It's...she's here and she's alive. It's amazing. It's a miracle," he exhaled thankfully.

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

"And you guys are getting along? No drinking, no fights?"

Yeah, he was prying a little, but he knew the signals to back off. He watched his face carefully.

[dr_robchase]

Chase watched Foreman watching him. "Some fights. Some drinking. It's not utopia," he said dryly.

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

"But she's happy and you're happy and she's not in a bottle?"

Foreman was making damn sure Chase's mom wasn't giving him grief. He'd already suffered that loss. He didn't need to do it again.

[dr_robchase]

Chase nodded, glad that Foreman was looking out for his back. "No, it's fine," he promised. "Much better than I could ever ask for."

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

"But you lost your relationship over it. Did it come down to picking sides or something?"

Foreman was still confused on how Chase's mom affected his romantic entanglements.

[dr_robchase]

Chase shrugged, smiling blithely. "He couldn't get along with her. Mum comes first, still."

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

Foreman nodded.

"Yeah, I can see where she would be. She's your mom. Do you miss him?"

[dr_robchase]

Chase quieted slightly and tugged the pillow to his chest, feeling very young. "We were together five months."

[the-neurologist.livejournal.com]

"And already engaged? Kinda quick, isn't it?"

He wasn't belittling the relationship, but trying to understand what would make Chase fall so fast. He was a hard guy to get to know.