Dr. Rob Chase

Normally in the mornings, Chase would just curl up with the blankets and go back to sleep or he would rouse himself for a run. Today, he just wanted to get a little closer and warmer and burrowed up against the Doctor, trying to wrap his arms around him. Trying was the operative word because they just wouldn't go.

He gave a small little grunt and it came out like a whine and he wondered if maybe the dog or something was in the way. Eventually, he tried again and once more, came up with nothing, at which point he opened his eyes and stared up and up and up at the Doctor, looking at him with accusatory and wide eyes.

"Doctor," he whined, burrowing his face into his chest. "Stop being so big."

He had overslept, but he figured he was allowed to do that just every often and he just grasped the pillow a little harder, burrowing in with a whimper of a grunt, one arm draped over the Doctor's waist. He had no idea what time it was, but it felt like it was going to be a hell of a hot day, at this rate.

Deep breath in, he pressed his nose against the Doctor's shoulder, not daring to open his eyes as he tried to determine if the Doctor was awake yet. His breathing still seemed too deep and slow, though, so Chase let himself drift off a little more, figuring he could squeeze a couple more minutes out of his unintentional lie-in.

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When he'd woken up, there had been a heavy weight sitting right on his frame that made a 'thunk' of a noise against his head when he shifted and it came barrelling down to smack him. He groaned loudly as he drew himself away from the Doctor to see what the matter was. A cursory inspection with one peeked eye showed nothing but a black case.

Wait.

He opened both eyes to discover a black case with a nametag on it for him. Slowly, he sat up and groaned sleepily, opening it up to see just what was going on and the moment, the very moment he got it open, a curse was exhaled past his lips. He was staring at a three-thousand dollar violin. It had to be at least worth that, a Guarneri by the tone (having just plucked a string).

He hadn't played since he was in twenty-four. Not since he'd come to the States and had left his old family-inherited violin in a closet. As he drew out the bow to inspect it, he discovered it to be brand new as well and his eyes traversed over it in awe, biting down on his lip as he withdrew the chinrest and the violin both, setting it up.

The Doctor was still sleeping, but it wouldn't be for long, not when Chase went to town with something easy, yet classic, right in the Doctor's ear. The first thing he would wake up to were the first violin bars of Pachelbel's Canon, the first song Chase had ever learned to play.

January 20th:

Chase, more tired than he's been in some time, finds out from House that Cuddy miscarried and Jack has run off.

January 21st:

Chase discusses the whole situation with the Doctor and is told who the baby really belonged to. He also has a conversation with the Doctor about how they both felt during the whole debacle and resolve to move on, but ask for the things they want.

January 22nd:

Chase hears House loudly drinking and goes downstairs to relive his past and help.

January 24th:

Chase spends his Clinic shift tossing around a rugby ball. House comes in to talk to him, the Doctor gets him in order to show him that the key he'd gotten earlier in the year actually means more than it did before now that the TARDIS has arrived, Jack comes in, only to get a stern glaring at, and Wilson needs medical help.

January 28th:

Chase and Wilson get into a fight and Wilson starts to question it all.

January 29th:

After all the bodyswitching, Chase finds House in order to figure out if he needs any help that can be offered.

February 3rd:

Chase gets high under the moon. Maureen joins him and they enjoy the spliff before taking things to a more private location. Even though the Doctor warns Chase about what it does to his constitution (makes him very, very honest), he joins him in smoking and they talk dirty.

February 9th:

The Doctor has just found out that Romana has disappeared, a fact that Chase had already been aware of. He is quiet and offers support for the Doctor, who is experiencing the first disappearance of someone meaningful to him. Chase pleads with the Doctor to not leave before telling him about his prior Island experiences.

February 10th:

Chase helps with Bridget's birthing, presenting a baby boy to the new mother. He also calms House down when the baby has piercing blue eyes and the paternity might still be in question.

December 24th:

With a little bit of a push, Chase attends Midnight Mass, sitting with the Doctor, Jack, and speaking to Jenny.

December 27th:

Chase reaches the breaking point when his hair begins to resemble a woman's. Wilson comes by and expresses mild worry at Chase's frustration, Ianto offers his hair-cutting services, Neil comes by to receive treatment and make snarky comments at the same time, Denny Crane thinks Chase should stop looking so womanly, the Doctor gives Chase a haircut not made with a bowl, Sirius comes by, and Maureen flirts on her way in while hinting at a threesome with him and Jack.

December 31st:

When the Island throws a party, Chase sets up tequila shots for interested parties, which includes Meredith Grey, Neil McCormick, James Wilson, Gwen Cooper, and Cuddy. He also checks in with House at the party. The liquor eventually persuades Chase to sing Sheets of Egyptian Cotton.

While incredibly intoxicated, Chase finds his way into the Doctor's lap and arranges for sex.

In order to honour tradition, Chase meets House for a midnight kiss and more.

January 1st:

A hungover Chase converses with Veronica about mysteries.

January 2nd:

In order to apologize for being such a flirt on New Year's, Chase greets House enthusiastically and amorously and drags him away for sex.

January 3rd:
Chase works his clinic shift while going over the new patient information forms. Cuddy discusses them with him, Bridget talks to Chase about her pregnancy, Aziraphale comes for help with his back, and Gwen and Chase have a discussion that is still more acquaintance-like than friendly.

Chase is the doctor-on-call when Andrej and Faramir's bodies are found and he pronounces their deaths.

January 4th:

Chase greets the Doctor in a good mood, but it goes incredibly downhill when they fight over what Sirius did to Chase nearly a year ago. It ends with Chase giving the Doctor back his key and leaving.

Chase comes across House while still in shock and they discuss what happened.

January 5th:

Chase, having spent the night on the couch, wakes up in the morning worse for the wear. Jane comes by and asks if she can do anything for him, House comes by to try and get Chase to get some decent sleep, Sirius is in a bad way and tries to find Chase for comfort, but that doesn't go over well. Death also tries to take Chase back to her room to care for him. Finally, Jay comes by and figures out exactly what happened.

January 9th:

When the Doctor brings Jane to the Clinic, he also stumbles upon Chase and they make up.

January 10th:

Chase comes by to properly appreciate House's new motorcyle.

January 15th:

Chase finds out that House is actually worried that Bridget Jones' baby is actually his.

The Doctor looked at each of them, opening them and grinning like a loon with each one. He looked over the paper, flushed, and folded it, putting it in his pocket to read later, then kissed Chase on the cheek. "You made the cupcakes?"

"I made them all by myself," he said, more proud of that than anything, beaming away as he looked the Doctor in the eye. The paper...well. "I know you're nine hundred and seventy six, but according to what you look like, it's thirty four. Which is why the paper is thirty-four things about you that I love so much that I'm not sure how I got by without them before."

He could be a hopeless romantic. He just had to be in love, completely and totally.

The Doctor promptly ate one, without a word further. Mouth half full and a smear of frosting on his upper lip, he said, "You are entirely too much, you know that?"

Chase gave the Doctor a dubious look when he ate the cupcake like he was all of five-years-old and leaned over with a napkin to wipe off the smeared frosting, giving him a pointed smile. "It's a gift. Now, that t-shirt took me five hours to find. So don't rip it for some idiot's sake this time. Got it?"

November 8th:

Chase comes across Jack trying to woo the bookshelf in order to properly cook for a CSI labrat.

November 10th:

Chase talks to the Doctor at the Council party about him having lost, but also implores him to not ever call him 'sugar'. The reason for that lies with Jack and House unnerving him.

November 15th:

After discovering House making a mess of the Clinic, Chase finds he's moving to the Treehouse. Chase has to argue his living situation, in which he splits time between his old bed and new one. Things get mildly tense when Chase tells House that his mother has disappeared and jealousy is brought up.

November 16th:

Still in a mood, Chase finds the Doctor prepping for Thanksgiving and happens to meet Sarah Jane in the process.

November 22nd:

At the Doctor's simultaneous birthday and Thanksgiving, Chase wishes Death a happy holiday and he gives the Doctor his gold signet ring.

November 23rd:

Chase finds House in a less than pleased mood and discovers it's because of the Thanksgiving party. Chase is confused, of course, because he also has a ring for House, for equity's sake.

November 24th:

Chase runs into Wilson and is happy to share how unhappy with the man he is, after Wilson punched the Doctor.

November 26th:

Chase's bad mood worsens when the last bottle of gin his mother ever drank before her death arrives. He watches reels of House MD for catharsis. Cuddy comes along for company, the Doctor comes by for comfort, Romana tries to distract, and House does his best to figure out what's wrong.

October 28th:

Chase brings candy to House in order to awkwardly apologize about reacting to House and the Doctor the way he did. He then awkwardly (as is the key of that conversation) asks for a date.

October 29th:

Lilly Kane, upon meeting Chase, decides that there are too many handsome men about. He gets flirted with for a while and he tries to ease her into the Island ways.

October 30th:

Jack gets to hear all about how Chase isn't a morning person while they drink coffee. He officially offers his help in building the Treehouse.

October 31st:

Chase believes it's retroactive karma when, on Halloween, he wakes up as a priest. The Doctor thinks he looks gorgeous and manages to seduce a kiss or two with a grope, Jack comes by looking more naked than anything, and Padme commiserates with Chase's plight.

Chase has a hard time maintaining the chastity of his costume when he sees Romana in a Jessica Rabbit costume.

November 1st:

Chase inaugurates the first of the weekly Clinic shifts for doctors. Bridget comes in looking for House, but finds Chase instead who is all too happy to tell Bridget about House's Halloween costume (Santa Claus). Romana comes by to show him that she's been able to put clothes back on, something Chase is all too unhappy about and gets a kiss out of her before the conversation turns to secrets and Chase reveals he wants a child. Cuddy drops by to make sure the running of the Clinic is smooth.

"Wanted to be a better father than my own Dad was and raise my own little boy and just...love him, unconditionally."

Romana nodded thoughtfully, smiling slightly. "I'll hug him and teach him everything I know, and properly comfort and let him do whatever. Love, I think," she commented softly. She titled her head up and smiled a bit wider. "You'd make an excellent father, Rob. I'm sure of it."

Chase's smile was filled with emotion as he kissed her softly again, murmuring a quiet 'thank you' into her lips, wrapping his arms tighter around her and just holding her close.

November 2nd:

Chase comes through on a promise, which just so happens to involved kissing the hell out of House.

Chase discovers the Doctor in a mood and talks to him to see what's wrong while hinting that his birthday is approaching.

November 3rd:

At Samhain, the Doctor pries into Chase's personal life and tries to find out when his birthday is. Then there are drunken antics. Isolde welcomes him to the gathering, as all good hostesses do. He flirts as much as he can with Maureen before he sees Wilson back for the first time and thinks he's either too drunk or hallucinating.

November 7th:

When Chase sees a man up in a tree that resembles the Doctor, he does the natural thing in assuming it is. Except that it's just Casanova, whose type Chase really isn't.

Privately, Chase reflects quietly and happily on his birthday. Romana comes by whilst belittling Aristotle and for his birthday gift, they finally sleep together. Chase meets Maturin for the first time and after discussing the need for Doctors, they begin to talk of diseases and Maturin's unique idea for solving STD's which happens to involve castration. Sirius wants to know what Chase is so smug about and a quick conversation leads Chase to tell his secret. His mother comes by to give him a card and birthday wishes before the conversation turns to Rowan. Cuddy drops by to check on Chase, Wilson comes by to offer birthday wishes, and the Doctor comes bearing a gift (of a puzzle box and a key that means more than just a key).