![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elrhiarhodanTitle: Ridiculous
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke
Prompt #227 - Claim
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 – Exactly
Summary: Peter's not sure if he should believe one of Neal's more outrageous claims.
A/N: A birthday ficlet for my dear friendwinterstar95. And inspired by the video in this post.
__________________
It's one of those nights when Elizabeth's in San Francisco and Peter's brought cheap wine and expensive beer and they're bullshitting they're way through too much take-out Chinese.
"So, what's the most ridiculous thing you've ever done?"
Neal looks at Peter of the rim of his wineglass. "I never do anything ridiculous."
"No? Not even the time you spent six weeks pretending to be an eighty-two year old French countess?" Peter adds with a smirk, "Allegedly spent."
"Comtesse, and no – that wasn't ridiculous at all. Not that I'd know anything about that."
Peter reaches into his pocket and pulls out his badge. "I'm off the clock. Nothing you say will be used against you – unless it's for blackmail purposes."
Neal laughs. "I guess I can trust you with some of my secrets."
"Only some?"
"Believe me, there are some secrets you really shouldn't know."
Peter laughs. "Probably right."
Neal thinks about what he could tell Peter. "There was the time I was in Japan for the winter."
"What did you do?"
"Thank you for not asking, 'What did I steal?' "
Peter raises an eyebrow at him. "Come on, tell me."
"I masqueraded as a zoo keeper."
Neal enjoys watching Peter's jaw drop. "Why?"
"Two words: red pandas."
"Huh?"
"Haven't you ever seen one? They are the cutest things in existence." Neal fishes his phone out and calls up a vid. "Here."
Peter watches three bundles of red and white fluff tumble around in the snow. "They look like raccoons. But really cute ones."
"I spent the whole winter feeding a family of red pandas. I very nearly accepted a permanent position at the Tokyo zoo."
Peter shakes his head. "Ridiculous, you really expect me to believe that the world's cutest animals almost stopped the world's greatest conman?"
Neal doesn't say a word.
FIN
Author:
elrhiarhodan Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke
Prompt #227 - Claim
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 – Exactly
Summary: Peter's not sure if he should believe one of Neal's more outrageous claims.
A/N: A birthday ficlet for my dear friend
winterstar95. And inspired by the video in this post.It's one of those nights when Elizabeth's in San Francisco and Peter's brought cheap wine and expensive beer and they're bullshitting they're way through too much take-out Chinese.
"So, what's the most ridiculous thing you've ever done?"
Neal looks at Peter of the rim of his wineglass. "I never do anything ridiculous."
"No? Not even the time you spent six weeks pretending to be an eighty-two year old French countess?" Peter adds with a smirk, "Allegedly spent."
"Comtesse, and no – that wasn't ridiculous at all. Not that I'd know anything about that."
Peter reaches into his pocket and pulls out his badge. "I'm off the clock. Nothing you say will be used against you – unless it's for blackmail purposes."
Neal laughs. "I guess I can trust you with some of my secrets."
"Only some?"
"Believe me, there are some secrets you really shouldn't know."
Peter laughs. "Probably right."
Neal thinks about what he could tell Peter. "There was the time I was in Japan for the winter."
"What did you do?"
"Thank you for not asking, 'What did I steal?' "
Peter raises an eyebrow at him. "Come on, tell me."
"I masqueraded as a zoo keeper."
Neal enjoys watching Peter's jaw drop. "Why?"
"Two words: red pandas."
"Huh?"
"Haven't you ever seen one? They are the cutest things in existence." Neal fishes his phone out and calls up a vid. "Here."
Peter watches three bundles of red and white fluff tumble around in the snow. "They look like raccoons. But really cute ones."
"I spent the whole winter feeding a family of red pandas. I very nearly accepted a permanent position at the Tokyo zoo."
Peter shakes his head. "Ridiculous, you really expect me to believe that the world's cutest animals almost stopped the world's greatest conman?"
Neal doesn't say a word.
