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Title: A Forever Kind of Family - Part Three of Three
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: eldorah
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Reese Hughes, Kyle Bancroft, Original Male Characters, Original Female Characters; Peter/Elizabeth
Word Count: ~16,500
Spoilers: All of Season 6, Especially Au Revoir
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Brief scene of animal neglect
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: The year between his "death" and the final sentencing of the Pink Panthers brought a lot of changes in Neal's life, and in Peter's, too. Families are made - by birth and by choice - and both men learn that the bonds of friendship can never really be broken.

Author’s Note: Written as a pinch hit for eldorah's artwork for Round 2 of the wc_reverse_bb.

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( The Louvre job was coming along very well and Neal mentally patted himself on the back. The museum's trustees had released the next stage of funding - over a million Euros - now that his proof of concept had met their expectations. )

Title: A Forever Kind of Family - Part One of Three
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: eldorah
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Reese Hughes, Kyle Bancroft, Original Male Characters, Original Female Characters; Peter/Elizabeth
Word Count: ~16,500
Spoilers: All of Season 6, Especially Au Revoir
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Brief scene of animal neglect
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: The year between his "death" and the final sentencing of the Pink Panthers brought a lot of changes in Neal's life, and in Peter's, too. Families are made - by birth and by choice - and both men learn that the bonds of friendship can never really be broken.

Author’s Note: Written as a pinch hit for eldorah's artwork for Round 2 of the wc_reverse_bb.



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( Neal never thought of himself as a man who'd be alone forever, but that had become the sad, inexorable truth in his life. )

Title: Torch Song – Part Seven of Seven
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: kaylashay
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, June Ellington, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mozzie, Julian Larsen, Garrett Fowler, Reese Hughes, Kyle Bancroft, Evan Leary, Chloe Woods, Amanda Callaway, Phillip Kramer; Peter/Neal, Elizabeth/Mozzie
Word Count: ~56,000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Expressions of homophobia, transphobia, past reference to a physically and emotionally abusive relationship. Please see more extensive notes in the Master Post on my Journal.
Summary: An alternate universe partially based on the characters and location in "Upper West Side Story", but with a twist - of the "Victor/Victoria" kind. Neal Caffrey teaches European History, but has an interesting and potentially career-damaging gig at his godmother's nightclub. Enter Peter Burke, talent agent and an old friend of June's, who plays the fairy godmother role to the hilt.

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(  “Neal?” Elizabeth nudged him. “Earth to Neal. Come in, Neal.”  )

Title: Torch Song – Part Five of Seven
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: kaylashay
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, June Ellington, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mozzie, Julian Larsen, Garrett Fowler, Reese Hughes, Kyle Bancroft, Evan Leary, Chloe Woods, Amanda Callaway, Phillip Kramer; Peter/Neal, Elizabeth/Mozzie
Word Count: ~56,000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Expressions of homophobia, transphobia, past reference to a physically and emotionally abusive relationship. Please see more extensive notes in the Master Post on my Journal.
Summary: An alternate universe partially based on the characters and location in "Upper West Side Story", but with a twist - of the "Victor/Victoria" kind. Neal Caffrey teaches European History, but has an interesting and potentially career-damaging gig at his godmother's nightclub. Enter Peter Burke, talent agent and an old friend of June's, who plays the fairy godmother role to the hilt.

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(  Sunday morning, Peter watched from behind the cameras as Neal fielded pre-interview questions from Helen Anderson, a hard-hitting journalist who'd recently made the move from print to media. )

Title: Torch Song – Part Three of Seven
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: kaylashay
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, June Ellington, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mozzie, Julian Larsen, Garrett Fowler, Reese Hughes, Kyle Bancroft, Evan Leary, Chloe Woods, Amanda Callaway, Phillip Kramer; Peter/Neal, Elizabeth/Mozzie
Word Count: ~56,000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Expressions of homophobia, transphobia, past reference to a physically and emotionally abusive relationship. Please see more extensive notes in the Master Post on my Journal.
Summary: An alternate universe partially based on the characters and location in "Upper West Side Story", but with a twist - of the "Victor/Victoria" kind. Neal Caffrey teaches European History, but has an interesting and potentially career-damaging gig at his godmother's nightclub. Enter Peter Burke, talent agent and an old friend of June's, who plays the fairy godmother role to the hilt.

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(  Peter sipped his third cup of coffee and gave a final look through the internship applications. He still had a half-hour to kill before meeting Neal at the park, and he might as well get some work done. He needed to focus on something other than the memory of kissing Neal.  )

Title: Torch Song – Part One of Seven
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: kaylashay
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, June Ellington, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mozzie, Julian Larsen, Garrett Fowler, Reese Hughes, Kyle Bancroft, Evan Leary, Chloe Woods, Amanda Callaway, Phillip Kramer; Peter/Neal, Elizabeth/Mozzie
Word Count: ~56,000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Expressions of homophobia, transphobia, past reference to a physically and emotionally abusive relationship. Please see more extensive notes in the Master Post on my Journal.
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher, who, once again, was absolutely heroic in her work on this epic. Also, deepest thanks to my good friends and constant cheerleaders, theatregirl7299 and miri_thompson, whose endless encouragement helped me every step of the way.

Summary: An alternate universe partially based on the characters and location in "Upper West Side Story", but with a twist - of the "Victor/Victoria" kind. Neal Caffrey teaches European History, but has an interesting and potentially career-damaging gig at his godmother's nightclub. Enter Peter Burke, talent agent and an old friend of June's, who plays the fairy godmother role to the hilt.

Author’s Note: My deepest thanks to my artist, kaylashay, for being so patient with me. Her artwork inspired me with what I thought was a simple idea, but nothing, lately, is ever simple. I had so much fun writing this, I hope it lives up to the beautiful art she created.



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( Tonight was a night that he should have been on his way home. After the week he'd had, he deserved an evening with no activity more strenuous than propping his feet up on an ottoman before a fire crackling in the hearth, with a glass of wine or a bottle of beer close at hand.  )

Title: We Rise Where Shadows Fall – Part Five
Artist: Nioell
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mozzie, Clinton Jones, Lauren Cruz, Kyle Bancroft, Original Characters; Peter/Neal, past Neal/Adler, past Peter/Elizabeth (marriage of convenience), Peter-Elizabeth friendship
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~41,000
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, miri_thompson, theatregirl7299.
Summary: Neal, a former employee of Vincent Adler – and the only person from Adler’s organization to serve jail time – has agreed to help the FBI find Adler. Peter Burke, the case agent assigned to the Adler case, is worried about Neal’s safety and doesn’t trust the Marshals, so he’s keeping him close at hand. The attraction between the two men grows as they learn about each other and everything comes to a head when Neal finally shares a devastating secret.

Title from the Oysterband song, “Rise Above”.

Written for Round One of the wc_reverse_bb.


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(  They made it down to the street before Neal burst out laughing. “I can’t believe Stan was really that stupid.” He had to lean against the building to catch his breath. )

Title: We Rise Where Shadows Fall – Part Three
Artist: Nioell
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mozzie, Clinton Jones, Lauren Cruz, Kyle Bancroft, Original Characters; Peter/Neal, past Neal/Adler, past Peter/Elizabeth (marriage of convenience), Peter-Elizabeth friendship
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~41,000
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, miri_thompson, theatregirl7299
Summary: Neal, a former employee of Vincent Adler – and the only person from Adler’s organization to serve jail time – has agreed to help the FBI find Adler. Peter Burke, the case agent assigned to the Adler case, is worried about Neal’s safety and doesn’t trust the Marshals, so he’s keeping him close at hand. The attraction between the two men grows as they learn about each other and everything comes to a head when Neal finally shares a devastating secret.

A/N: When I first set this up for posting, I apparently lost count of the number of chapters - there are only five, not six.

Title from the Oysterband song, “Rise Above”.

Written for Round One of the wc_reverse_bb.


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(  Peter realized his mistake almost as soon as they’d entered the consignment shop, what with the hushed and genteel atmosphere, the sign in elegant script offering help with fittings by the store’s on-premises dressmakers and tailors, and of course, the discreet price tags. )

Title: We Rise Where Shadows Fall – Part One
Artist: Nioell
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mozzie, Clinton Jones, Lauren Cruz, Kyle Bancroft, Original Characters; Peter/Neal, past Neal/Adler, past Peter/Elizabeth (marriage of convenience), Peter-Elizabeth friendship
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~41,000
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, miri_thompson, theatregirl7299
Summary: Neal, a former employee of Vincent Adler – and the only person from Adler’s organization to serve jail time – has agreed to help the FBI find Adler, who disappeared over half a decade ago. Peter Burke, the case agent assigned to the Adler case, is worried about Neal’s safety and doesn’t trust the Marshals, so he’s keeping him close at hand. The attraction between the two men grows as they learn about each other and everything comes to a head when Neal finally shares a devastating secret.

A/N: Continues the story that began in Nothing Will Remain, the near-canon A/U, where Peter is an FBI agent assigned to locate Vincent Adler. He had discovered that a former employee of Adler’s, Neal Caffrey, is his ex-wife’s book keeper. Neal had been reluctant to assist the FBI, but eventually agrees to help them. This story picks up immediately after the prior story ends, but you don’t have to read that story to understand what’s going on here.

Title from the Oysterband song, “Rise Above”.

Written for Round One of the wc_reverse_bb.


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(  “I’ll help you.” Neal said the words – he hadn’t thought about them before speaking, but now that he’d spoken, it felt right. Like the first right thing he’d done in a very long time.  )

Title: It’s Life That Just Sharpens the Blade – A Wonder(ful) Years Timestamp – Masterpost
Author: elrhiarhodan
Art Credit: kanarek13
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey (Peter/Neal), OMC, OFC, Jack Franklin, Reese Hughes, AD Bancroft
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Violent expressions of homophobia (Parts 1 and 2 only)
Word Count: ~21,000
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, jrosemary
Summary: Set immediately after Neal’s graduation from Quantico (the story told in For the Ends of Being and Ideal Grace). Neal’s first days on the job at the White Collar division in New York are difficult. Life at home isn’t easy either.

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Part One: LiveJournal | Dreamwidth
Part Two: LiveJournal | Dreamwidth
Part Three: LiveJournal | Dreamwidth

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Title: It’s Life That Just Sharpens the Blade – A Wonder(ful) Years Timestamp – Part 3 of 3
Author: elrhiarhodan
Art Credit: kanarek13
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey (Peter/Neal), OMC, OFC, Jack Franklin, Reese Hughes, AD Bancroft
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Violent expressions of homophobia (Parts 1 and 2 only)
Word Count: ~21,000 (~8000 this part)
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, jrosemary
Summary: Set immediately after Neal’s graduation from Quantico (the story told in For the Ends of Being and Ideal Grace). Neal’s first days on the job at the White Collar division in New York are difficult. Life at home isn’t easy either.

Part One: LiveJournal | Dreamwidth
Part Two: LiveJournal | Dreamwidth

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( The rest of the week lacked the excitement of the first two days, and Neal was grateful for that. By Friday, however, it was clear that he wasn’t going to be an office favorite with anyone other than Agent Hughes. )

Title: It’s Life That Just Sharpens the Blade – A Wonder(ful) Years Timestamp – Part 1 of 3
Author: elrhiarhodan
Art Credit: kanarek13
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey (Peter/Neal), OMC, OFC, Jack Franklin, Reese Hughes, AD Bancroft
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Violent expressions of homophobia (this part only)
Word Count: ~21,000 (~6,000 this part)
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, jrosemary
Summary: Set immediately after Neal’s graduation from Quantico (the story told in For the Ends of Being and Ideal Grace). Neal’s first days on the job at the White Collar division in New York are difficult. Life at home isn’t easy either.

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( “You know that we’re going to have to be very careful at work.” Neal was sitting on the bed, wrapped in one of the hotel’s fluffy terry cloth robes and looking more like jailbait than a newly minted FBI agent.  )

Title: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, (P/E/N), Reese Hughes, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Bancroft, the return of The Army Brats (Stephen, mention of Emily and Matthew)
Spoilers: None, A/U from 2.09 forward
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~6000
Summary: A series of vignettes filling in the events at the White Collar office after Peter takes over from Hughes and Neal rejoins the Bureau following his stint as an agent-in-training at Quantico. It isn’t long before Neal’s chickens come home to roost, in a good way.

For the first parts of this story, please read Between the Darkness and the Dawn, and then My Charade (is the event of the season).

(  Reese Hughes stood on the balcony and looked out over the collected mass of agents and administrative personnel he called together for this late day meeting. Peter stood at his right and a few steps back and behind him. )

Title: My Charade (is the event of the season)
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey (Eventual P/N, P/E/N), AD Bancroft
Spoilers: None, A/U from 2.09 forward
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Sequel/Fill-in to Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Word Count: ~8200
Summary: The FBI Agent Training program is twenty weeks long. The following story is a series of vignettes of Neal going through that program at Quantico. He’s not going to become an agent. His participation is the result of a deal he struck with AD Bancroft a few months before his work release ended, and he’s been promised a position as the lead analyst for the White Collar division in New York. He never told Peter where he was going, and in fact, he and Peter parted in anger. For the full story, please read Between the Darkness and the Dawn.

(  Neal shouldered his duffle bag and headed to the main hall at Union Station. He had been told that someone would be meeting him there. He wasn’t expecting AD Bancroft. )

Title: Funny How it Seems Like Yesterday (some things never change)
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters: June, Byron, Bancroft
Spoilers/Episode References: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~2300
Summary: They aren’t precisely old friends. He’s never forgotten her, and she’s still intrigued. From a plot bunny that formed in a comment exchange with deepbluemermaid. The story spins out from a small plot point in Between the Darkness and the Dawn.

Beta'd by the ever wonderful rabidchild67, all mistakes are mine and mine alone. Of course, feedback and concrit deeply appreciated. Title is from the Eurythmics' Seventeen Again.

( Byron Ellington was smart and cunning and after a four-year long investigation, the only crime they had a chance of convicting him on was the sale of untaxed cigarettes. )