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Title: Farewell Insight
Prompt: White Collar 100 - #002: Clue
Author: [livejournal.com profile] elrhiarhodan
Rating: R
Characters/Pairing: Neal Caffrey
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 Exactly!
Summary: Neal figures out why Peter did what he did.

Continues the Danger Series, and is set directly after An Unexpected Ally. The entire Danger'verse is now up on AO3 as a single story with each entry a single chapter (30 at current count), just in case you want to read the whole thing at once.

THE DANGER SERIES:

TARGET | HUNT | CASE | FILE | BACKGROUND | INTERROGATION | WITNESS | HOME | HOME 2 | FAMILY | FAMILY 2 | TEAM | UNIT | UNIT 2 | PAPER | CLAY | PAINT | INK | CHECK | CASH | CREDIT | LOAN | SAVINGS | GOLD | WIFE | SILVER | GLASS | PARTNER | BACKGROUND (2) |



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Neal spent most of his day pretending to analyze cold case files and not staring up at Hughes’ office. What the hell did the old man mean, “There are things I can’t tell you. Peter can’t tell you.”

He closed the folder he was trying to work on, and found himself jotting down dates. The graduation date from Peter’s Harvard diploma, the year he started with the Bureau, his date of birth, the current date. Basic mathematics revealed something he should have realized a long time ago.

There were eleven years of Peter’s life that he knew nothing about. How did he miss this? It was staring at him in the face for nearly four years. Every time he walked into Peter’s office, everytime he saw the date on that damned diploma.

What did Peter do from the time he graduated high school to the time he started college? And more to the point, did he really want to know?

Yes. Most definitely yes, if it meant figuring out and stopping the people trying to kill him.

Neal tried to put away the hurt from last night’s brush off, he tried to concentrate on problem at hand. But he kept seeing Peter’s face, the second-by-second reactions when he told him about the explosives. It went from joy and pleasure to curiosity, concern and worry. And lastly, for the briefest of moments, fear. Then nothing. No anger - not even when Neal tried to tell Elizabeth about the danger they were in.

That son of a bitch! Neal all but exploded out of his chair. He played me. He wanted me out of there.

He needed to get back to the safe house, now. He had to see Peter.


FIN


Go to Get Back

Date: 2011-02-28 03:08 am (UTC)
ladygray99: (Default)
From: [personal profile] ladygray99
Neal, there might be a Very Good Reason Peter is trying to keep you safe.

Date: 2011-02-28 03:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] queenaeron.livejournal.com
You get to live! LOL!

But does he have the tracking anklet on? I can't remember if Diana put it back on him or not.

Date: 2011-02-28 05:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeethyme4me.livejournal.com
Yesyesyes!!! Go, Neal, go!

Date: 2011-02-28 03:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coffeethyme4me.livejournal.com
Well, plot-wise, what else could you do? ;-)

Date: 2011-02-28 05:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] snoops94love.livejournal.com
"That son of a bitch! Neal all but exploded out of his chair. He played me. He wanted me out of there."

Something about this line made me smile.

Loved it, as usual.

Date: 2011-02-28 06:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] umbralillium.livejournal.com
*faceplants and points to LG's comment* What she said. JFC, Neal, use that brilliant brain of yours!

Date: 2011-02-28 07:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabidchild67.livejournal.com
Go, Neal, go! Save your man!

Date: 2011-02-28 02:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabidchild67.livejournal.com
Yes, but Action!Neal! Hurray!

Date: 2011-02-28 09:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daria234.livejournal.com
:) Wow, you're really rolling with this fic series. Love it. But I want to yell at Neal not to be stupid.

Date: 2011-02-28 11:18 am (UTC)
yamx: (Default)
From: [personal profile] yamx
Conning a conman is really bad manners. ;)

Too bad that when Neal gets there, he won't find Peter. :(

Date: 2011-02-28 01:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elainasaunt.livejournal.com
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Um, sorry. This is so exciting.

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