Dr. Robert Chase

Even without heading diagnostic medicine, House's presence still has a notable effect on Darrow General. He should have known that House wouldn't stay unemployed for long. His yearn for the puzzle was always too great, pushing him to further and further lengths, even those that weren't necessarily good for his own well-being. When word got out that someone was causing a fuss over the new forensic pathologist at the hospital, Chase didn't even need to ask.

The name: Gregory House.

Unearthing mistake after mistake made by the doctors at Darrow General has resulted in everything from angry threats of lawsuits to panic over one's own capabilities as a doctor. The only person who's been unaffected on a personal level is Chase.

Now they're forwarding him cases that have no right to be in diagnostics.

It makes the job a hell of a lot less interesting, but he's tied to it more than ever these days, with the blizzard bringing in a higher number of people than usual. Only when he's starting to push three full days at the hospital does Chase meaningfully step out at last, just to the small café by the entrance of the hospital.

"Coffee, please?" he asks the server before slumping into his seat, staring down at the menu options.