house tests wilson like old testament god (cruel, sweeping, demanding) and wilson tests house like new testament god (forgiving, patient, silent).
they both demand sacrifice in different ways — house always demands wilson’s attention, invades his relationships, leaves him making up for his mistakes. But wilson calls upon house’s devotion once in a blue moon. ultimatums that house knows not to push, because he’s too scared to push, because even though wilson’s love is unconditional he’s scared that he’ll forsake him still.
and much like god, they make each other suffer because it’s the only way they can show that they choose to love each other (of their own free will)
obviously i enjoy cute happy cathartic chainshipping stuff but personally. to me. one of the reasons its so compelling is that they are two deeply incompatible people, trying to cling to each other anyway.
Lawrence, with his need for control and order, who was devoted enough to his family he was willing to cut off his own foot to try and save them, and Adam, who seemingly has no real direction in life, who cut off his parents for an unknown reason and who, in the original script anyway, was shown to be passively suicidal. a surgeon who has friends that are lawyers, and a freelance photographer who has friends like fucking Scott Tibbs.
they cannot be more different from each other. they're like puzzle pieces that don't fit, but by god are they going to try and force them together anyway because if they don't they'll lose the only other person in the world who understands what happened to them in that bathroom. and they can't afford to lose that they need that. they need the reassurance that what happened to them was real and that they made the right decisions and that they're okay now.
they would be messy and they would argue all the time and they would piss each other off to no end but they would be so incredibly dependent on each other that they would put in the effort to be together anyway. do u get it do u see my vision