Title: He Called You By Your Real Name
Author: elrhiarhodan / elrhiarhodan / elrhiarhodan
Fandom: Kingsman/James Bond (Craig Movies)
Rating: PG
Characters Merlin, James Bond
Pairings: Merlin/Eggsy, Bond/Q (alluded)
Word Count: ~1588
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Single use of an ethnic slur
Summary: Merlin and Bond meet on the Vauxhall Bridge, right across from the SIS Building. Merlin needs a favor from his old friend.

Author’s Note: Part of my Personal Fic Challenge 2019, for the prompt "He Called You By Your Real Name". This is a short version of a story that I've had in my head for several years, since I found Our Friends In The North and discovered that Mark Strong and Daniel Craig are good friends.

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( Two AM and the Vauxhall Bridge is mostly deserted. Mostly, not completely, however. ) (On AO3)

Title: Choose Wisely – The Secret History of Neal Caffrey
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar, Kingsman
Rating: NC-17 (for mature themes, language)
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey (White Collar), Harry Hart (Kingsman), Merlin (Kingsman)
Spoilers: Slight character spoiler for Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~3100
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Harry offers Neal a choice - a once in a lifetime opportunity. One that Neal has no intention of turning down.

A/N: Slight character spoiler for Kingsman: The Golden Circle

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(  Harry hadn't expected to enjoy this so much. No, that is a lie. He'd hoped that the reveal would satisfy his inner drama queen, but he hadn't realized just how much he'd been looking forward to seeing his quarry cornered. )

Title: I'm Not Shooting the Dog - The Secret History of Neal Caffrey, Part One
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar, Kingsman: The Secret Service
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Merlin (Kingsman), brief appearance by Arthur | Chester King
Word Count: ~1000
Spoilers: None for White Collar (set pre-series), Spoilers for Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Neal Caffrey has some incredibly amazing and diverse skills, skills that not even the most dedicated autodidact could master. He's poly-lingual (nine or more languages), an Olympic-class fencer, his marksmanship is exceptional - especially for a man who hates guns. He's a world-class chef, a master distiller, an architect, a gambler, a connoisseur of fine wines and clothing and music. There is literally nothing he can't do, no situation he can't master, no risk he won't take.

Mozzie might have given him the basics on how to be the frontman for the cons he'd wanted to pull, but Neal's skills had been polished and his talents nurtured on an estate outside of London. For six months, Neal Caffrey had been a knight-candidate at Kingsman, an independent intelligence agency founded after World War I.

Author’s Note: Okay, so about three weeks ago, I finally watched Kingsman: The Secret Service, and fell headlong into the trashpit. It's stirred up so many feeeeelllsss and it seems that all I'm doing is reading Kingsman fic and thinking about Kingsman, and watching the trailer over and over an over again. Because, well Colin Firth and Mark Strong (guh).

And I started doing what I always do when I encounter a new fandom, I start thinking about how I can cross it over with my old fandoms (yes, I have at least three White Collar/Flash crossovers in my WIPs folder). First was an idea for a crossover with a Flash AU I've been writing for the last nine months, but that's not able to really go anywhere right now, since the main story is still far from finished.

Then I got to thinking about White Collar, and all of the pieces fell into place.

I usually have a rule about not publishing unfinished stories, but since I'm actually not certain where this is going, or how long it'll take me to write (even my shortest stories seem to go epic lately), I'll be publishing these as short(ish), stand-alone fics as the mood strikes. If you have ideas for where this should go, please leave me something in the comments.

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( Despite six months of extensive training, despite a never-quite-forgotten desire to follow in his father's footsteps, despite near-perfect marksmanship scores, Neal Caffrey still doesn't like guns. )

Title: We Followed an Unlikely Star
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Original Characters, Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~4000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Mention of death of non-canon characters, non-canon death of canon characters, reference to attempted sexual assault of a minor
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: Peter and Neal, after nearly thirty years together, finally tie the knot. But they could not have gotten to this moment without remembering the ones who gave them the strength to love.

Author’s Note: Written for pooh_collector, for the first night of Fic-Can-Ukah 2016, for the prompt "On the Eve of the Wedding". Please keep a full box of tissues handy.

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(  “And now, by the power vested in me by the State of New York, I now pronounce you married. Go ahead, kiss each other already.” Mozzie, naturally, couldn't help but conclude the ceremony with the tiniest bit of snark. )

One of the very earliest stories I wrote for the White Collar fandom was Wash the Sins Away (warning: graphic allusions to rape), for a rather innocent prompt from daria234, “Peter and Neal having sex in the shower”. It turned into a very dark story, one which formed the core of the Paladin'verse.

Last night, kanarek13 shared with me a preview of her image that would give her a blackout on her H/C bingo card and after I caught my breath, my first thought was - that's the perfect illustration for "Wash the Sins Away". When I mentioned it to Kanarek, she told me that she'd been thinking of that very story when she was working on this. Then she asked me if it was okay to turn this into cover art. Of course my answer was, yes!

I'm honored by this gift. This is a difficult story and one that has resonated with me for all my years in the fandom.

Please go check out the original image and the cover artwork at her journal.

Title: Ridiculous
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke
Prompt #227 - Claim
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300 – Exactly
Summary: Peter's not sure if he should believe one of Neal's more outrageous claims.

A/N: A birthday ficlet for my dear friend winterstar95. And inspired by the video in this post.

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( It's one of those nights when Elizabeth's in San Francisco and Peter's brought cheap wine and expensive beer and they're bullshitting their way through too much take-out Chinese. )

Title: Head Canon and Ficlets for White Collar Characters
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G – NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, June Ellington, Diana Berrigan, Lauren Cruz, David Siegel, Curtis Hagen, Matthew Keller, Garrett Fowler, Alex Hunter, Sara Ellis, Satchmo, Bugsy
Spoilers: Spoilers for all aired episodes, up to S6.05
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Canon death of canon character, violence, eating disorder, child abuse
Word Count: ~6000
Beta Credit: None
Summary: The Urban Dictionary defined "head canon" as idea or opinion about a fictional series (Book, TV, Comic, or otherwise) that is true in one's head, but has not become a canon fact.

A few weeks ago, in an attempt to fight off both a cold and the blahs, I ask friend to pick a White Collar character and I'd give them my head canon for that character, plus a tiny ficlet.

Please note, there are spoilers in these ficlets for all aired episodes (up to S6.05). Also, please pay attention to the chapter titles - there are warnings therein.

On AO3
The original LJ entry

Title: Let Your Honesty Shine
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: kanarek13
Fandom: White Collar / The Normal Heart
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Satchmo, Ned Weeks; Peter/Neal, Peter/Elizabeth, Peter/Elizabeth/Neal, Ned/Felix (past)
Spoilers: Minor spoilers for the end of WC S5,
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Canon death of canon character (Felix Turner), death of a non-canon White Collar character. Mild public expression of homophobia, self-deprecating use of homophobic slurs.
Word Count: ~40,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: On a hot June day, one summer in the near future, Ned Weeks finds himself in a West Village coffee shop. When he overhears a fascinating conversation about blackmail, kidnapping and getting shot at, he has to take a look. One of the speakers is definitely a Fed – Ned can tell just by the haircut and the ugly suit. The other man is his lover, Felix. Except that Felix has been dead for thirty years.

Then he remembers…

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Author's Notes: Ned Weeks is – as a matter of public record – a fictional stand-in for Larry Kramer, author, screenwriter, playwright, AIDS and human rights activist. The Normal Heart is intensely biographical, as is the sequel, The Destiny of Me. However, much of the character of the older Ned Weeks, as portrayed in this story, has been informed by the public persona of Larry Kramer, and I’ve used certain events in Larry Kramer’s life as if they’d happened to Ned.

I have tried to be true to the character of Ned Weeks and be respectful of his creator.

The title of this story is taken from the lyrics to Simon and Garfunkel’s song, “The Only Living Boy in New York,” which was used in the closing scene of the HBO production of The Normal Heart.

My thanks to wickhouse2005 for her prompt over at whitecollarhc’s “Comfest 2014” – “Neal is Felix's son, Ned runs into him at a pride event.” I also must thank my dearest sinfulslasher for pointing me to this – I might have otherwise missed it.

I must also thank the ladies of the wcwu chats who’ve supported and encouraged me along this sometimes difficult journey towards finishing what I thought would be a short, 3000 word story. I am eternally grateful to you, my friends.

And my deepest thanks go to my artist, kanarek13, who has created so many incredible illustrations. Not only am I humbled by her talents, I am in awe of her ability to read my mind. Without so much as a word from me, she captured the leitmotif of this story. Thank you!



Art Post
STORY POSTS
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five

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Title: Let Your Honesty Shine – Part 4 of 5
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: kanarek13
Fandom: White Collar / The Normal Heart
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Satchmo, Ned Weeks; Peter/Neal, Peter/Elizabeth, Peter/Elizabeth/Neal, Ned/Felix (past)
Spoilers: Minor spoilers for the end of WC S5,
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Canon death of canon character (Felix Turner), death of a non-canon White Collar character. Mild public expression of homophobia, self-deprecating use of homophobic slurs.
Word Count: ~40,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: On a hot June day, one summer in the near future, Ned Weeks finds himself in a West Village coffee shop. When he overhears a fascinating conversation about blackmail, kidnapping and getting shot at, he has to take a look. One of the speakers is definitely a Fed – Ned can tell just by the haircut and the ugly suit. The other man is his lover, Felix. Except that Felix has been dead for thirty years.

Then he remembers…
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( Part Four )

Title: Let Your Honesty Shine - Part 2 of 5
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: kanarek13
Fandom: White Collar / The Normal Heart
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Satchmo, Ned Weeks; Peter/Neal, Peter/Elizabeth, Peter/Elizabeth/Neal, Ned/Felix (past)
Spoilers: Minor spoilers for the end of WC S5,
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Canon death of canon character (Felix Turner), death of a non-canon White Collar character. Mild public expression of homophobia, self-deprecating use of homophobic slurs.
Word Count: ~40,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: On a hot June day, one summer in the near future, Ned Weeks finds himself in a West Village coffee shop. When he overhears a fascinating conversation about blackmail, kidnapping and getting shot at, he has to take a look. One of the speakers is definitely a Fed – Ned can tell just by the haircut and the ugly suit. The other man is his lover, Felix. Except that Felix has been dead for thirty years.

Then he remembers…
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( Part Two )