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[After nearly four years in the City, one becomes adept at ignoring all sorts of unpleasant circumstances. It's a point of pride that Cameron rarely cancels her plans due to curse interference; doing so always feels like letting the City win, and she can't abide that.

Today, apart from work, she has a few errands to run; lunch at a café, a quick stop by the bakery. She's doing her best to avoid the scattered bunches of mistletoe, but no one can miss all of them...]

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[Easy on the eyes is what got her the job. (Maybe someday she'll forgive him for that comment.)

For now, it's a Christmas miracle-- or maybe just a thorough Christmas curse-- because she's kissing back, fist curled in the fabric of his shirt. Merry Christmas, House.]

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[Except taking her on while having that over her head has made her surpass expectations. Even though he does go on and on about her more sensitive aspects, there's a grizzly in that care bear. Somewhere. If House isn't antagonizing and insulting, what other reactions could he glean out of her? Probably ones he couldn't stand.

People in the hospital hallway coming and going are maneuvering around them like they are the rock in the stream. She really does have a gift here.]

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[They do say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger; a medically inaccurate statement, but the cliché has its merits. Understanding the method doesn't necessarily make it less maddening.

For someone who'll swear up and down that she's not interested-- and mean it wholeheartedly-- she's not doing a very good job of communicating it right now, eyes fluttering shut as they block traffic.]