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elrhiarhodanTitle: The Flesh and The Word
Prompt: White Collar 100 - #036: Skin
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Rating: R
Characters/Pairing: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey (reference to Peter/Elizabeth/Neal)
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 Exactly!
Summary: The need for intimacy takes many forms
Set after At The Foot of Thee. Continues the Danger Series, which is now a single entry on AO3.
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 | CLUE 2 | TRACK | BOYFRIEND | BOYFRIEND 2 | LOVER | FAMILY 3 | DIAMONDS | CREDIT 2 | WIFE 2 | LOVER 2 | PAINT 2 | FAMILY 3 |PAINT 3 | LOVER 3 | TIE | INNOCENT | WHISPER |
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Peter ran his hand over Neal’s sleep-warmed skin. They’d only been parted for five days, but it felt like a lifetime. He was surprised that Neal’s flesh didn’t feel different – it should have, after everything. He stroked his shoulder, cupping it, feeling the shift of muscle and bone.
The caress disturbed Neal, who rolled over and opened his eyes. This was often the sweetest time with him – when he was unguarded, opened and vulnerable. The love there stole his breath and Peter’s heart skipped a beat in happiness.
“Hey.” Neal smiled. “Welcome home.”
Peter kissed him and pulled back, trying not to make a face. Neal always had the worst morning breath. “You okay?”
Neal nodded. “You?”
“Yeah.”
Elizabeth grumbled from Peter’s other side. There were few inviolable rules in the Burke-Caffrey-Burke ménage, but one was no talking in bed when El was sleeping. No matter how important the conversation was.
Neal got up and Peter followed him into the bathroom. They washed up and went to the great room, the scene of yesterday’s high drama.
Peter sat on the couch and pulled Neal down. He held him close and kept whispering, “I am so sorry.”
Neal kissed Peter’s jaw. “Stop it – it’ll be all right.”
Peter slid his hands under Neal’s robe, loving the velvet texture of his skin as it warmed his palms. “I need you.” Peter swallowed against the welter of emotions. “Please, Neal, I need you.”
When they had fallen into bed last night, sex didn’t seem right. They were more starved for touch and comfort. But now, Peter needed Neal more than air – he needed the gift of Neal’s submission, his flesh and body taking what Peter needed to give.
But Neal wasn’t interested in eager submission this time, pulling Peter down into his arms.
FIN
Prompt: White Collar 100 - #036: Skin
Author:
elrhiarhodan Rating: R
Characters/Pairing: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey (reference to Peter/Elizabeth/Neal)
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 Exactly!
Summary: The need for intimacy takes many forms
Set after At The Foot of Thee. Continues the Danger Series, which is now a single entry on AO3.
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 | CLUE 2 | TRACK | BOYFRIEND | BOYFRIEND 2 | LOVER | FAMILY 3 | DIAMONDS | CREDIT 2 | WIFE 2 | LOVER 2 | PAINT 2 | FAMILY 3 |PAINT 3 | LOVER 3 | TIE | INNOCENT | WHISPER |
Peter ran his hand over Neal’s sleep-warmed skin. They’d only been parted for five days, but it felt like a lifetime. He was surprised that Neal’s flesh didn’t feel different – it should have, after everything. He stroked his shoulder, cupping it, feeling the shift of muscle and bone.
The caress disturbed Neal, who rolled over and opened his eyes. This was often the sweetest time with him – when he was unguarded, opened and vulnerable. The love there stole his breath and Peter’s heart skipped a beat in happiness.
“Hey.” Neal smiled. “Welcome home.”
Peter kissed him and pulled back, trying not to make a face. Neal always had the worst morning breath. “You okay?”
Neal nodded. “You?”
“Yeah.”
Elizabeth grumbled from Peter’s other side. There were few inviolable rules in the Burke-Caffrey-Burke ménage, but one was no talking in bed when El was sleeping. No matter how important the conversation was.
Neal got up and Peter followed him into the bathroom. They washed up and went to the great room, the scene of yesterday’s high drama.
Peter sat on the couch and pulled Neal down. He held him close and kept whispering, “I am so sorry.”
Neal kissed Peter’s jaw. “Stop it – it’ll be all right.”
Peter slid his hands under Neal’s robe, loving the velvet texture of his skin as it warmed his palms. “I need you.” Peter swallowed against the welter of emotions. “Please, Neal, I need you.”
When they had fallen into bed last night, sex didn’t seem right. They were more starved for touch and comfort. But now, Peter needed Neal more than air – he needed the gift of Neal’s submission, his flesh and body taking what Peter needed to give.
But Neal wasn’t interested in eager submission this time, pulling Peter down into his arms.
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Date: 2011-06-17 05:25 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-06-17 07:12 pm (UTC)I'm hoping that you realize that we need you to finish that scene...more than we need air! :-)
GAH!
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Date: 2011-06-18 10:40 pm (UTC)Sorry.
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Date: 2011-06-17 07:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-17 10:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-18 05:22 pm (UTC)This is a perfect little humanizing touch.
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Date: 2011-06-18 05:27 pm (UTC)Neal is so freakishly perfect - you're right, he needs this humanizing touch.
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Date: 2011-06-18 10:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-18 10:28 pm (UTC)I don't think my heart could deal with another break up - in this 'verse or any other. Canon difficulties are heard enough to take.