White Collar Ficlet - Happy Australia Day (WC100 - #228 - Festive)

[elrhiarhodan]

Title: Happy Australia Day
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke
Prompt #228 - Festive
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 – Exactly
Summary: It's the third battle of the Cute War and Peter's more than ready to wave the white flag.

A/N: You had to figure, after this post, that something like this was soon to follow.

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Peter rubbed the bridge of his nose and let out an exasperated sigh. First were the golden retriever puppies. If he closed his eyes, Peter could still see Neal getting licked by a rolly-poly bundle of golden fluff. And of course, the puppy wouldn't dream of peeing on Neal and his perfectly fitted suit.

Neal had begged to keep the puppy and made Peter feel like ten tons of shit when he had to say no. Besides, they'd later found out that all of those dogs were stolen and had to be returned to their rightful owner, a sleezeball puppy mill operator. Neal gave him the silent treatment and Peter felt like a murderer for weeks afterwards.

And then there were the red pandas. Peter couldn't stop imagining Neal as a zookeeper, having the time of his life caring for those wild, but way-too-adorable creatures. He had nightmares about Neal feeding the red pandas apples and bamboo shoots while dressed in his best Devore suit. It didn't help that in his dream, the red pandas were wearing grey fedoras.

But today was the worst.

He'd looked up from his computer to see that everyone was gathered around Neal's desk, which was nothing new. Except that Diana was actually cooing, and Diana Berrigan never cooed.

Peter went downstairs, half expecting Neal to be in possession of a baby. And he was, except the baby wasn't human, but a kangaroo, complete with a diaper festively decorated with the Australian flag and a tiny yellow vest sporting a logo, "Certified Service Animal".

He had to admit that with the big liquid-dark eyes, big ears and those tiny fists, it was rather coo-worthy.

Peter didn't bother to ask why Neal was in possession of a baby kangaroo. He just commented, "Happy Australia Day" and left it at that.

FIN

Comments

[caseyf123.livejournal.com]

That was adorable.

[riverotter1951.livejournal.com]

Priceless. This is so true: And of course, the puppy wouldn't dream of peeing on Neal and his perfectly fitted suit.

Poignant about what happened to the puppies.

[maiac.livejournal.com]

Assume that Mozzie made sure the puppies all ended up in better homes than the puppy mill, and that the puppy mill owner would never say anything.

[hurinhouse.livejournal.com]

and that the puppy mill owner mysteriously went out of business.


and now i'm going back to my pre-series WIP with something like this going on... ;)

[ladyrose42.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhh

[elrhiarhodan]

Thank you!

[maiac.livejournal.com]

AwwwwwWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

[elrhiarhodan]

Thank you!

You had to figure this was coming, no?

[maiac.livejournal.com]

I was kind of less than surprised when I saw the story. :-)

[sherylyn]

Neal + furry people = more cute than even the internet can hold at one time ;-)

[elrhiarhodan]

I know, I know. You can almost explode from da cute.

[lov-pb.livejournal.com]

Diana was actually cooing! Peter had no chance to regain control.
Love these stories.

[elrhiarhodan]

Yup, when Diana coos, all is lost.

[sapphire2309]

Haha!! Perfect :D

[elrhiarhodan]

Thank you!

[joy2190.livejournal.com]

Red pandas in fedoras - someone is really getting into that Friday feeling!

[elrhiarhodan]

Yup! Could anything be cuter?

[pipilj.livejournal.com]

Awwwww

[elrhiarhodan]

Thank you!

[sinfulslasher]

Baby 'roo!!! ♥

So, what's next? Fluffeh kittehs? Extra-fluffeh bunnehs? Tiny bb!lambs?

[elrhiarhodan]

Hmmm, I'm thinking fluffeh kittehs. Little Siamese or Persians, mebbe.

AND NEAL'S ALLERGIC!

[hurinhouse.livejournal.com]

love love love. the puppies... though I would have loved a better avenue for them, this was much more realistic so I thank you. that's one of those occasions that peter can surely understand where the law and justice don't meet.

[elrhiarhodan]

Thank you!

I think that the puppies did go to good homes. As another commenter suggested, Mozzie made sure of that.

[leesa_perrie]

Awww, so cute!! Love Peter not even bothering to ask why Neal had a baby kanga, lol! :D

[elrhiarhodan]

No, Peter's learned that when it comes to Neal and cute baby animals, he's better off not asking.

[treonb.livejournal.com]

Awww...

And of course, the puppy wouldn't dream of peeing on Neal and his perfectly fitted suit.
Hee! Oh so true. He'd wait till Peter picks him up.

[elrhiarhodan]

No, what puppy would dare pee on Neal? Especially with Peter and his ugly Brooks Bros suits just waiting to be ruined.

Thank you!

[ladygray99]

I think my blood sugar just jumped ten points.

[elrhiarhodan]

Only ten? From a diabetic's POV, that's nothing. If you said 100 points, I'd be flattered.

Seriously, thank you. I was definitely aiming for the sweetest of sweet spots with this ficlet.

Hope you and the fam are doing well and all recovered from the endless rounds of sicknez.

[ladygray99]

We're all doing better(ish). Small children are germ factories. Last week was Waitangi Day so we were all camping. No sickness just sunburns and bad cell coverage.

[elrhiarhodan]

Ahhh, sunburns. I remember those things.

Although the sun is out right now, I don't think anyone here is interested in camping. It's 20F and we just had another 5" of snow.

[ladygray99]

81 right now with UV index of 12. Which reminds me I need to go put the laundry on the line.

[kanarek13]

OMG, it's almost too much, puppies, red pandas and baby kangaroos + Neal... Peter is so, so screwed while Neal just keeps on perfecting his weapon of mass extortion :D