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elrhiarhodanTitle: An Agent of Grace
Prompt: White Collar 100 - #039: Innocent
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Rating: R
Characters/Pairing: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke (Peter/Elizabeth/Neal)
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: Hints to the events in Under the Radar, On Guard,
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Oblique reference to prison rape (see Wash The Sins Away, reference to dub-con/non-con
Word Count: 300 Exactly!
Summary: Without forgiveness, love is futile
Set after The Ties That Bind. Continues the Danger Series, which is now a single entry on AO3.
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 | PARTNER | BACKGROUND 2 | CLUE 2 | TRACK | BOYFRIEND | BOYFRIEND 2 | LOVER | FAMILY 3 | DIAMONDS | CREDIT 2 | WIFE 2 | LOVER 2 | PAINT 2 | FAMILY 3 |PAINT 3 | LOVER 3 | TIE |
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“How badly did he hurt you?”
Peter was startled by Neal’s non sequitur.
“Czerny – how badly?”
He pulled back – not wanting to dredge up the details. “I handled the situation.” He started to get up, to get away.
Neal gave a small snort of laughter. It wasn’t pleasant. “I’m supposed to be the master of deflection.” He pulled Peter back down. “Was it worse than what happened to me?”
Peter looked at Neal’s grave, beautiful face and remembered the photos in that prison medical file. The bruises, the wounds. And he remembered his sympathetic understanding. “Not worse, but bad. In a different way. I knew what Czerny was. I wasn’t an innocent.”
“Such a fucking patriot.”
“Neal – I did what I had to do. I survived. No regrets.” That wasn’t true – but his regrets weren’t relevant to the damage he inflicted on Neal.
“You asked me a question – I haven’t answered it.” Peter wasn’t sure how to interprete the pensive note in Neal’s voice.
“Can you?” Elizabeth came into the room. She sat down next to Peter, resting her head against his shoulder. “Neal – can you forgive him?”
Peter twisted around - this was the first time El really touched him since he came back from Suitland. She tucked herself under his arm.
“Can you, Elizabeth?” Neal asked and Peter tried to watch both their faces. He settled for watching Neal’s. He could feel El’s tension radiate through his body.
She was careful in her reply. “I love Peter, and if I don’t forgive him, that love is futile.” She reached put and brushed Neal’s cheek. “How many times have we forgiven you for your mistakes, Neal? For all the time you’ve hurt Peter, hurt us. When your intentions were far from good. Don’t you think Peter deserves the same grace?
FIN
Prompt: White Collar 100 - #039: Innocent
Author:
elrhiarhodanRating: R
Characters/Pairing: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke (Peter/Elizabeth/Neal)
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: Hints to the events in Under the Radar, On Guard,
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Oblique reference to prison rape (see Wash The Sins Away, reference to dub-con/non-con
Word Count: 300 Exactly!
Summary: Without forgiveness, love is futile
Set after The Ties That Bind. Continues the Danger Series, which is now a single entry on AO3.
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 | PARTNER | BACKGROUND 2 | CLUE 2 | TRACK | BOYFRIEND | BOYFRIEND 2 | LOVER | FAMILY 3 | DIAMONDS | CREDIT 2 | WIFE 2 | LOVER 2 | PAINT 2 | FAMILY 3 |PAINT 3 | LOVER 3 | TIE |
______________
“How badly did he hurt you?”
Peter was startled by Neal’s non sequitur.
“Czerny – how badly?”
He pulled back – not wanting to dredge up the details. “I handled the situation.” He started to get up, to get away.
Neal gave a small snort of laughter. It wasn’t pleasant. “I’m supposed to be the master of deflection.” He pulled Peter back down. “Was it worse than what happened to me?”
Peter looked at Neal’s grave, beautiful face and remembered the photos in that prison medical file. The bruises, the wounds. And he remembered his sympathetic understanding. “Not worse, but bad. In a different way. I knew what Czerny was. I wasn’t an innocent.”
“Such a fucking patriot.”
“Neal – I did what I had to do. I survived. No regrets.” That wasn’t true – but his regrets weren’t relevant to the damage he inflicted on Neal.
“You asked me a question – I haven’t answered it.” Peter wasn’t sure how to interprete the pensive note in Neal’s voice.
“Can you?” Elizabeth came into the room. She sat down next to Peter, resting her head against his shoulder. “Neal – can you forgive him?”
Peter twisted around - this was the first time El really touched him since he came back from Suitland. She tucked herself under his arm.
“Can you, Elizabeth?” Neal asked and Peter tried to watch both their faces. He settled for watching Neal’s. He could feel El’s tension radiate through his body.
She was careful in her reply. “I love Peter, and if I don’t forgive him, that love is futile.” She reached put and brushed Neal’s cheek. “How many times have we forgiven you for your mistakes, Neal? For all the time you’ve hurt Peter, hurt us. When your intentions were far from good. Don’t you think Peter deserves the same grace?
FIN
