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elrhiarhodanTitle: Hang On To Me and I'll Hang On To You
Prompt: White Collar 100 - #033: Wine
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Rating: R
Characters/Pairing: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke (Peter/Elizabeth/Neal)
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: Oblique Reference to Under the Radar
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 Exactly!
Summary: The past hurts, Peter know that Neal understands all to well
Author’s Note: Title from Carbon Leaf’s The Sea
Set after I Believe in What You Do. 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 | INNOCENT | WHISPER | SKIN | SECRET | SECRET 2 | BLOOD | FAMILY 3 |
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Three days later, Mozzie put a bottle of wine - what looked like Neal’s best Barolo – and two glasses in the middle of the work table. “You’ll need this.” He then handed Neal a two-inch thick folder.
“I’ll go join Mrs. Suit in the kitchen, see if she needs help with braising the veal.” Mozzie didn’t have to be told that Elizabeth was to be kept out of any discussions concerning Pavel Czerny. He’d keep her distracted with his own interpretations of a classic osso bucco recipe.
Peter held out his hand for the folder, but Neal didn’t give it to him. “I want to see what we’re up against.” There was no point in fighting Neal for it, so he slid his chair around, and sat next to him.
There were two photos clipped to the file jacket, one from the mid-1980’s, when Peter had first met him, and one that was far more recent. Seeing Czerny’s face, after so many years, was a shock. Peter took a deep breath and mostly succeeded in quelling his panic.
Neal just said. “He reminds me of Vincent Adler.”
Peter could see a certain resemblance. Not in the bone structure, but in the eyes. Thinking back, Adler’s eyes had the same deadness about them. He wondered at Neal’s flat, almost affectless tone. He had to ask. “Did you and Adler ever … ?” He left the question hanging, afraid of the answer.
Neal looked up sharply, but didn’t say anything. Peter never saw such a haunted expression on his lover’s face.
“Neal?”
“Let’s just say it was consensual and leave it at that.”
Peter couldn’t stop the words. “Despite everything, I’m glad I killed him. I’m glad he’s dead.”
“So am I.” Neal laid a hand over his. “Thank you.”
FIN
Prompt: White Collar 100 - #033: Wine
Author:
elrhiarhodan Rating: R
Characters/Pairing: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke (Peter/Elizabeth/Neal)
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: Oblique Reference to Under the Radar
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 Exactly!
Summary: The past hurts, Peter know that Neal understands all to well
Author’s Note: Title from Carbon Leaf’s The Sea
Set after I Believe in What You Do. 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 | INNOCENT | WHISPER | SKIN | SECRET | SECRET 2 | BLOOD | FAMILY 3 |
Three days later, Mozzie put a bottle of wine - what looked like Neal’s best Barolo – and two glasses in the middle of the work table. “You’ll need this.” He then handed Neal a two-inch thick folder.
“I’ll go join Mrs. Suit in the kitchen, see if she needs help with braising the veal.” Mozzie didn’t have to be told that Elizabeth was to be kept out of any discussions concerning Pavel Czerny. He’d keep her distracted with his own interpretations of a classic osso bucco recipe.
Peter held out his hand for the folder, but Neal didn’t give it to him. “I want to see what we’re up against.” There was no point in fighting Neal for it, so he slid his chair around, and sat next to him.
There were two photos clipped to the file jacket, one from the mid-1980’s, when Peter had first met him, and one that was far more recent. Seeing Czerny’s face, after so many years, was a shock. Peter took a deep breath and mostly succeeded in quelling his panic.
Neal just said. “He reminds me of Vincent Adler.”
Peter could see a certain resemblance. Not in the bone structure, but in the eyes. Thinking back, Adler’s eyes had the same deadness about them. He wondered at Neal’s flat, almost affectless tone. He had to ask. “Did you and Adler ever … ?” He left the question hanging, afraid of the answer.
Neal looked up sharply, but didn’t say anything. Peter never saw such a haunted expression on his lover’s face.
“Neal?”
“Let’s just say it was consensual and leave it at that.”
Peter couldn’t stop the words. “Despite everything, I’m glad I killed him. I’m glad he’s dead.”
“So am I.” Neal laid a hand over his. “Thank you.”
