White Collar Fic - A Favor for Gloriana - Chapter II - At The Thin Edge of the Blade

Title: A Favor for Gloriana - Chapter II - At The Thin Edge of the Blade
Author::  elrhiarhodan
Rating::  NC-17
Fandom::  White Collar
Characters: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Hughes, Diana, Lauren; other historical figures (Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth)
Pairings: Peter Burke/Elizabeth Burke (referenced only); Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey.
Spoilers/Episode References:  None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: PURE SMUT DISGUISED AS A HISTORICAL A/U - SHAVING, MASTURBATION, UST
Word Count: ~6500 (~11,000 whole work to date)
Summary: Early Elizabethan Era Historical A/U - Peter Burke works for Sir Francis Walsingham, the Queen’s Spy Master, Elizabeth Burke is the Queen’s Mistress of the Revels and Neal Caffrey is a ne’er do well artist and courtier, incarcerated in the Fleet for debt. The golden age has yet to flower in Merry Old England, and it’s going to take a deft hand to manage all the players that will keep Good Queen Bess on the throne. Author’s notes at the end.

( Neal stood in the center of the inner courtyard, wearing nothing but a clean breechclout, his skin still damp and raw from the scrubbing he just had. )