Turned From Grace (Supernatural/House) PG

[mhalachai]

Turned From Grace
A Supernatural/House crossover ficlette
by mhalachaiswords

Summary: Robert Chase was a coward. More than that, he was a failure.
Disclaimer: Supernatural belongs to the CW and Kripke. House MD belong to David Shore and Fox.
Pairings etc.: No pairings, gen, crossover. The main character is Robert Chase from House, and the concept of the Supernatual world.
Rating: PG
Words: 240
Spoilers: No spoilers for either series. Set pre-series for House.
Note: Told from Chase's POV. The poor boy always gets the short end of every stick, even from himself.

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Robert Chase was a coward. More than that, he was a failure. He knew this deep in his bones, more than anything else.

When he was a child, he only ever wanted one thing in his life – to be a priest, to save souls, to do God's work. His dream survived his father's abandonment, his mother drinking herself to death, the harsh words of his peers. It survived the hard years in seminary school, working with those in need.

It survived right up until he found himself called upon to help with an exorcism. The young woman, hardly more than a girl, screamed obscenities, taunted the priests as they spoke the Latin of the exorcism, cast aspersions upon their faith and their deeds.

Then the thing inside the girl turned to Robert. For the first time in his life, he saw evil, pure evil.

The exorcism worked. The girl's soul was saved. She was strong.

Robert was not.

He wasn't strong enough to face evil, couldn't face up to a world where evil and demons ran rampant, untouched and unbothered by God's grace. He was afraid of what might be, of what he might be called upon to do. What sort of God could let such evil touch His children?

So he left, slunk home, did what he was told by his father and went to medical school. He might as well save lives.

He sure as hell wasn't any good at saving souls.

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Comments

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was great!

[taniapretender.livejournal.com]

funny, I had this AU in mind where Robert's true father used to be a hunter, and Robert had turned his back on him much like Sam did, and Chase's father ended up dying on a hunt without anyone to back him up.

Out of anyone from House, I think Chase would be the one indeed to fit into Supernatural.

nice try at it =)

[vitawash24.livejournal.com]

Neat little story!

Oddly enough, I wouldn't have even called this a crossover. My mother knew a priest that had a similar experience - but he stuck with it. :)

[oportunemoments.livejournal.com]

awww, poor Chase. ... oh wait, he's a prick anyway

still sad though. Good writing :)

[jaydeyn-sitari.livejournal.com]

Awwww poor Chase. :( But nicely written! Would go a ways to explaining his must-get-everything-right syndrome (you know, aside from the brown-nosing he does :).

:)
Jaydeyn

[neviditelny.livejournal.com]

Totally awesome and amazing!!!!

[ansku]

Good one :)

[ladybeth.livejournal.com]

Even though I don't watch Supernatural, I liked this fic. It has good insight into Chase's character. I always wondered why they never seem to delve into his relgious past except to put it against House and Cameron's atheism.

[houses7177.livejournal.com]

Gah. What a touching, poignant reason for Chase to have turned from the priesthood.

[the-summoning-d.livejournal.com]

Ooo. I like this concept. It begs a sequel, don't you think? *thinks thoughts of Chase getting back into hunting, hopefully in a fashion involving slashing with Dean*

I bet House knows about the supernatural. If only because House knows everything.