White Collar Fic - The Chaos of Our Lives (When Tomorrow Comes) - A Wonderful Years Story

[elrhiarhodan]

Title: The Chaos of Our Lives (When Tomorrow Comes) – Masterpost
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Mozzie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Diana Berrigan, Christie, Sara Ellis, Peter/Neal, Moz/Elizabeth, Diana/Christie
Word Count: ~11,800
Art: Artwork by the amazing and generous kanarek13, and all of her artwork is on this art post. Please leave feedback!
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Allusion to emotional and physical child abuse
Beta Credit: miri_thompson, coffeethyme4me, theatregirl7299
Summary: Set in the Wonder(ful) Years ‘Verse, this story picks up immediately after the epilogue to the original story and the little Moz/Elizabeth ficlet, An Enviable Distraction, at the gang's thirtieth high school reunion. Old childhood traumas are revisited and wounds are healed.

For those who are unfamiliar with this ‘verse, it is an A/U where Peter and Neal and Moz and Elizabeth and Diana were friends since elementary school, and it follows their lives (mostly Peter and Neal) from childhood in the 1970's and '80s through to the modern day.

Written for kidficstory, and based on the prompt “I have a confession to make” selected by my dear pooh_collector for my 2013 Fic-Can-Ukah meme.

Author’s Note: In the original story for this ‘verse, Christie is occasionally mentioned as a friend of Elizabeth and Diana’s, but she never makes an appearance. The Christie in this story is not the same person.



Part One - On LJ | On DW
Part Two - On LJ | On DW

Comments

[pooh-collector.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited about this!

I can't wait to read it tonight, when I can focus without all the interruptions that work creates.

Thanks Elr!!!!

[elrhiarhodan]

I hope you like it!

[kerrylang.livejournal.com]

I missed you!!! But now you are back and with a Wonderful Years story, no less. That's awesome!!!

I need some time to catch up on stuff but as soon as I read it I'll be back with a comment.

And wow, the artwork, amazing!!! The two boys on the swings, that's so them from the epilogue. Again a Kanarek to die for. Really, she always comes up with the most sweet art of our beloved characters.

Will comment at her LJ as well.

[elrhiarhodan]

*hugs you*

I haven't been absent as much as working on longer fics...but it does feel that way.

Looking forward, as always, to your feedback!

[daniel-shadow.livejournal.com]

I am so going to set time aside later to read this. I can't wait to read it.

[maiac.livejournal.com]

Yay happy ending!

I love how you use the little canon details, like "Miss Jeffries, the librarian", and that bully Kramer getting a come-uppance.

The story of Neal befriending Mozzie made me happysad (poor Mozzie for having such a miserable home life, and poor Neal for losing his dad), and then happy that they have such a good life now.

The story of El and Diana's falling-out was kind of not a surprise, and I'm relieved they've resolved the misunderstanding, though sad they lost so many years of friendship.

Whatever the reunion was for everybody else, for the White Collar crew and their best friends it was definitely a time for reviving the best of their past.