elrhiarhodan

Title: The Best of All Possible Futures - A Wonder(ful) Years Story
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Jack Franklin, OFC (Amy Grainger), Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey, Jack Franklin/OFC
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~ 5500
Beta Credit: jrosemary, without whose sage advice and support this story would have never gotten finished.
Summary: Set a few years after the events in The Strength To Dream is All That Remains, Neal tells Peter a secret, Peter keeps a secret, and everything works out just fine.

Written for the Pregnancy Square on my Love Bingo card and the Matchmaker square on my Trope Bingo card.

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(  “By the way, Amy’s pregnant.” Neal casually dropped that bombshell over morning coffee and the New York Times. )

Title: The Strength to Dream Is All That Remains - Part I - A Wonder(ful) Years Story
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Reese Hughes, Jack Franklin OMC, OFC, Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey, Jack Franklin/OFC
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Discussion of HIV/AIDS, expressions of homophobia, sexist appellations
Word Count: ~12,200 (two parts)
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, theatregirl7299 and jrosemary
Summary: In the aftermath of the events first told in Heaven for the Hunger, Poison for the Pain, where Neal might have been exposed to HIV/AIDS, Neal’s colleagues rally to him, they have his back and make it known that he’s very much part of the team.

This story also ties up some loose ends in It's Life That Just Sharpens the Blade and What Doesn't Bend, Breaks.

Author's Notes: Written for the lovely angelita26, who asked me to write more of the story from Heaven for the Hunger, on my Timestamps Meme. Now, technically, a timestamp is a short outtake of a much longer story, but not in this case. The original fic was 2000 words, this one is six times longer.

Fills the "Wildcard" Square on my H/C Bingo Card and the "Coming Out" Square on my Trope Bingo Card, and the "In Sickness and in Health" square on my Love Bingo Card.

Title from Dougie MacLean’s “Hearts Can Never Hide”.

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( For most of her life, Amy Grainger hadn’t been a woman given to deep introspection. Maybe if she’d been more mindful, more self-aware, she wouldn’t have had half the problems that she did. )