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elrhiarhodan) wrote2011-02-25 05:20 pm
elrhiarhodan) wrote2011-02-25 05:20 pm
White Collar Ficlet – Shadows and Skylines (WC100 - #026 - GLASS)
Title: Shadows and Skylines
Prompt: White Collar 100 - #026: Glass
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elrhiarhodan
Rating: R
Characters/Pairing: Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 Exactly!
Summary: Sometimes doing what’s right hurts like hell.
Continues the Danger Series, and is set directly after Old Business. The entire Danger'verse is now up on AO3 as a single story with each entry a single chapter (27 at current count), just in case you want to read the whole thing at once.
THE DANGER SERIES:
TARGET | HUNT | CASE | FILE | BACKGROUND | INTERROGATION | WITNESS | HOME | HOME 2 | FAMILY | FAMILY 2 | TEAM | UNIT | UNIT 2 | PAPER | CLAY | PAINT | INK | CHECK | CASH | CREDIT | LOAN | SAVINGS | GOLD | WIFE | SILVER |
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Peter stood at the window, the Manhattan skyline barely making an impression.
Do what is right, let the chips fall where they may… Do what is right.
Was this really the right thing to do? To so abruptly force this break? To hurt someone you loved, who loved you with his whole heart – just to keep him safe?
It had to be.
There was no way he could risk Neal’s involvement in this. If he was right – and everything in his gut screamed that he was, the people involved would make Vincent Adler look like a kindergarten bully. The only way he could keep Neal safe was by driving him away.
The anguish on Neal’s face. Peter would give anything to make it go away, anything never to have caused it at all. But he knew Neal too well – he wouldn’t stop until he discovered the truth, until he put himself so deep into harm’s way that nothing Peter could do would save him.
He dressed quickly; his pickup would be here soon.
Elizabeth stormed in, fury radiating out of every pore of her body. “Neal’s going back to the City tonight.”
“It’s for the best.”
“I don’t understand.”
Peter turned back to the window, and rested his head against the cold pane. “Don’t worry about him. He’ll be fine.”
“You think? You break his heart and he’ll be just fine? When did you become an asshole, Peter Burke?” Elizabeth gathered up a blanket and some pillows. “I can’t stand the thought of sleeping next to you tonight. I’m bedding down with Satchmo.”
Peter didn’t say a word. As he watched the lot in front of the building, a knife-blade of light briefly split the darkness. Neal was leaving.
He put his hand up, but he didn’t touch the glass.
FIN
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Prompt: White Collar 100 - #026: Glass
Author:
elrhiarhodanRating: R
Characters/Pairing: Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 Exactly!
Summary: Sometimes doing what’s right hurts like hell.
Continues the Danger Series, and is set directly after Old Business. The entire Danger'verse is now up on AO3 as a single story with each entry a single chapter (27 at current count), just in case you want to read the whole thing at once.
THE DANGER SERIES:
TARGET | HUNT | CASE | FILE | BACKGROUND | INTERROGATION | WITNESS | HOME | HOME 2 | FAMILY | FAMILY 2 | TEAM | UNIT | UNIT 2 | PAPER | CLAY | PAINT | INK | CHECK | CASH | CREDIT | LOAN | SAVINGS | GOLD | WIFE | SILVER |
Peter stood at the window, the Manhattan skyline barely making an impression.
Do what is right, let the chips fall where they may… Do what is right.
Was this really the right thing to do? To so abruptly force this break? To hurt someone you loved, who loved you with his whole heart – just to keep him safe?
It had to be.
There was no way he could risk Neal’s involvement in this. If he was right – and everything in his gut screamed that he was, the people involved would make Vincent Adler look like a kindergarten bully. The only way he could keep Neal safe was by driving him away.
The anguish on Neal’s face. Peter would give anything to make it go away, anything never to have caused it at all. But he knew Neal too well – he wouldn’t stop until he discovered the truth, until he put himself so deep into harm’s way that nothing Peter could do would save him.
He dressed quickly; his pickup would be here soon.
Elizabeth stormed in, fury radiating out of every pore of her body. “Neal’s going back to the City tonight.”
“It’s for the best.”
“I don’t understand.”
Peter turned back to the window, and rested his head against the cold pane. “Don’t worry about him. He’ll be fine.”
“You think? You break his heart and he’ll be just fine? When did you become an asshole, Peter Burke?” Elizabeth gathered up a blanket and some pillows. “I can’t stand the thought of sleeping next to you tonight. I’m bedding down with Satchmo.”
Peter didn’t say a word. As he watched the lot in front of the building, a knife-blade of light briefly split the darkness. Neal was leaving.
He put his hand up, but he didn’t touch the glass.
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