White Collar Fic - Loneliness - a place that I know well (The Annie Lennox Remix)

Title: Loneliness - a place that I know well (The Annie Lennox Remix)
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Matthew Keller, Reese Hughes, Mozzie, Neal/Kate, Peter/Elizabeth
Spoilers: Episode Tags to 1.01, Pilot, 1.11, Home Invasion, 2.14, Payback, 3.05, Veiled Threat and 3.16, Judgment Day.
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, rabidchild67, jrosemary. All mistakes are mine and mine alone.
Word Count: ~5000
Summary: From Pre-Series to Judgment Day, five moments when Neal ached from the loneliness, for the need of simple human contact, to belong to someone who cares.

A/N: Written for Remix Redux 10 – X Marks the Spot. Remixing amy1705fl ficlet, Lonesome. Story and chapter titles are taken from Annie Lennox’ ballad, “Loneliness.”

( It was his own arrogance that got him convicted. He just had to check out Peter Burke as up close and personal as possible. Which means that the agent could put him at that branch of Midtown Mutual at the time the Atlantic Partners bond was cashed in. )