Thank you so much! "Painful" was exactly what this story was going for, so I'm glad it succeeded. Realism is one of the primary purposes of the entire 'verse, since all the power of "Nobody's Fault" was undercut when the SCI magically healed. (Much like House's pain was so often magically ameliorated by ibuprofen. Canon, did you even have medical consultants?)

House changed as a result of his injury; Chase will change because of his. That's the reality, and that's what I want these stories to show: the effects of disability in both their lives, how they cope, and how their relationship changes because each understands what the other has to live with.