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elrhiarhodanTitle: An Unexpected Ally
Prompt: White Collar 100 - #007: Background
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Rating: R
Characters/Pairing: Reese Hughes, Neal Caffrey
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 Exactly!
Summary: Hughes knows what’s going on, on several levels.
Continues the Danger Series, and is set directly after Words are Just the Ashes. The entire Danger'verse is now up on AO3 as a single story with each entry a single chapter (29 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 | GLASS | BACKGROUND 2 |
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“Caffrey, what the hell are you doing here?” Hughes inadvertently echoed Diana’s question, and then he stopped and gave Neal a close, hard look. He didn’t like what he saw.
“Berrigan, will you excuse us?” Diana left, clearly reluctant.
Hughes positioned himself so that his body blocked Caffrey from the rest of the office.
“What’s going on, Neal?”
“Nothing, sir.”
His tone was respectful, but Reese couldn’t help but hear the world of hurt in those three syllables. He sighed. This was not a conversation he every really wanted to have with Neal.
“I’ve known about you and Peter and Elizabeth since the beginning.” He kept his voice low - he didn’t want to spook Caffrey.
Neal looked up, a credible version of a deer caught in the headlights. Hughes held up a hand to forestall any questions. “I’m not an idiot, and I’m not blind. What happened? Why did you leave the safehouse?”
He didn’t expect Neal to open up about his personal relationship - not with him, but there was something else at work here. It was amazing to see his thought processes so visibly - Caffrey was usually much more guarded.
“I told Peter about a connection between the Semtex that Garrett Fowler had bought and the C4 that was discovered in his car. The same company made the explosives, about the same time.” Neal paused, “I told this to Peter, he mentioned an old money laudering case, and then …”
Hughes put the pieces together - better than Neal ever could. He had the whole picture. “Neal, there are things I can’t tell you. Peter can’t tell you. You are going to have to trust us, please.”
Reese kicked himself - he should have seen the from the beginning. Damn...this was going to be a lot of bad business.
FIN
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Prompt: White Collar 100 - #007: Background
Author:
elrhiarhodanRating: R
Characters/Pairing: Reese Hughes, Neal Caffrey
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 Exactly!
Summary: Hughes knows what’s going on, on several levels.
Continues the Danger Series, and is set directly after Words are Just the Ashes. The entire Danger'verse is now up on AO3 as a single story with each entry a single chapter (29 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 | GLASS | BACKGROUND 2 |
“Caffrey, what the hell are you doing here?” Hughes inadvertently echoed Diana’s question, and then he stopped and gave Neal a close, hard look. He didn’t like what he saw.
“Berrigan, will you excuse us?” Diana left, clearly reluctant.
Hughes positioned himself so that his body blocked Caffrey from the rest of the office.
“What’s going on, Neal?”
“Nothing, sir.”
His tone was respectful, but Reese couldn’t help but hear the world of hurt in those three syllables. He sighed. This was not a conversation he every really wanted to have with Neal.
“I’ve known about you and Peter and Elizabeth since the beginning.” He kept his voice low - he didn’t want to spook Caffrey.
Neal looked up, a credible version of a deer caught in the headlights. Hughes held up a hand to forestall any questions. “I’m not an idiot, and I’m not blind. What happened? Why did you leave the safehouse?”
He didn’t expect Neal to open up about his personal relationship - not with him, but there was something else at work here. It was amazing to see his thought processes so visibly - Caffrey was usually much more guarded.
“I told Peter about a connection between the Semtex that Garrett Fowler had bought and the C4 that was discovered in his car. The same company made the explosives, about the same time.” Neal paused, “I told this to Peter, he mentioned an old money laudering case, and then …”
Hughes put the pieces together - better than Neal ever could. He had the whole picture. “Neal, there are things I can’t tell you. Peter can’t tell you. You are going to have to trust us, please.”
Reese kicked himself - he should have seen the from the beginning. Damn...this was going to be a lot of bad business.
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