House looked as if he were going to say something else, but in the end just nodded and then went back up the stairs.

And despite having been previously fully prepared to have sex that night, subsequently absolutely could not bring himself to jerk off knowing that Max was downstairs. Ugh.

He woke up the next morning and his body was practically screaming for coffee. He rolled out of bed, and then opened the door and yelled down the stairs, "Hey you want coffee?" In part just wanting to know if he was still there.