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Title: The Place Where Wings Unfurl
Author: elrhiarhodan / elrhiarhodan / elrhiarhodan
Fandom: Kingsman (Movies)
Rating: PG (language)
Characters Merlin, Harry Hart | Galahad, Eggsy Unwin, Roxanne Morton | Lancelot, Original Kingsman Characters
Pairings: Harry Hart/Merlin (Merlahad)
Word Count: ~1400 (Chapter 1 of ?)
Spoilers: None, not The Golden Circle Compliant
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Summary: From the teaboy at the tailor shop to Arthur himself, every employee of Kingsman is Wing-Kin, semi-magical and quasi-human, gifted with raptor's wings and the ability to fly (at least if there's a good updraft and a high perch to throw yourself off of). Merlin, who is almost more at home in the air than on the ground, can no longer fly, and he's not taking the loss well at all.

Author’s Note: I am really quite astonished that Kingsman has so little wingfic, this is my attempt to fix that problem.

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Today, Merlin takes the elevator; it's hard enough walking on level ground, he can't manage even a single stair without gasping from the pain. (On AO3)

Title: Come, Beltane
For: MMOM - Thirty (One) Dirty Words – Day 1 (Prompt: Spring)
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: Kingsman
Rating: NC-17
Characters: Gary "Eggsy" Unwin
Pairing: Fantasy Harry/Eggsy/Merlin
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Consensual Tentacles
Word Count: ~1000
Summary: It's the First of May, and according to the ancient and holy calendar, it's time for the Kingsman knights and their knight-spirits to renew their vows to keep England safe and fertile. And that means one thing - wanking. This is Eggsy's first Beltane as a Kingsman knight and his knight-spirit, Mordred, wakes him up out of a sound sleep to start the celebrations.


Author's Notes: Written for Day 1 of the 2018 Edition of Merry Month of Masturbation, for the prompt "Spring". I've posted my prompt list here. If you see any prompts that spark your interest (Kingsman, White Collar), please feel free to message me on Tumblr - you can find me here: elrhiarhodan

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On AO3 - Come, Beltane

Title: Underneath the Words
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Yvonne; Peter/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~1200
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Set in the Dragon'verse A/U, a direct sequel to The Binding, Neal and Peter have to prepare for the Council meeting, but Neal's more interested in asserting his claim. Until he learns to hear what's underneath the words.

A/N: An extra fill for my 2015 Fic-Can-Ukah meme, for for the prompt "Beyond the confines of ordinarily language", selected by joy2190.

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(  Elizabeth's farmhouse was a familiar sight now, although Neal still thought it was a slightly incongruous architectural style for a Dracon. No turrets, no moat, no castle wall. )

Title: The Price of Knowledge – A Dragon'verse Timestamp
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Mozzie, Peter Burke, Reese Hughes
Pairings: Peter/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~2100
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Set in my Dragon'verse, Neal is kind of desperate to understand the Draconis and their ways. So Moz helps him out, and then helps himself to some wine. What else is new?

A/N: Written for daria234 for Promptfest IX, for her prompt "Ancient Code".

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(  “I think I've found what you're looking for.” Moz burst into his apartment, a smile on his face and a huge book in his arms.  )

Title: Out of Proportion
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Mozzie, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Neal Caffrey
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Crack
Word Count: ~400
Beta Credit: None
Summary: When you're a were-creature, you need to be careful about what cold medicines you take. They can really screw up your metabolism.

A/N: This one, like yesterday's entry, is solely the fault of my enabler-in-chief, sinfulslasher, who sent me another GIF (at the bottom of the story) wondering if this too could be Mozzie. Should be read in conjunction with A Friend To Predators.

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( Awww, look at him. Sooo cute. )

Title: Upside, Downside
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Peter/Elizabeth/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~600
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Set in an alternate universe where Season 6 never happened. And where Neal is occasionally a seal point Siamese cat.

A/N: See end for author's notes. Also, a fill for my Trope Bingo card.

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( Neal turned into a cat on a fairly regular basis these days. )

Title: Weep to Break the World – Part Two
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Reese Hughes, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Neal Caffrey, June Ellington, OMC; Pre-Peter/Neal, past Neal/Kate
Word Count: ~14,000 (two parts)
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Mention of canon death of canon character
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Artwork: kanarek13
Summary: An A/U riff on Pilot, where Neal is not successful in his attempt to break out of prison. Peter goes to Sing-Sing to deal with the fallout. It is, once more, the start of a very beautiful friendship.

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( Weep To Break the World, Part Two )

Title: At the Other Side of Heaven
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artistkanarek13
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, The Devil
Word Count: ~2000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Because his God is jealous and vengeful, Peter has been cast out of Heaven for loving Neal. Written for the third annual Caffrey-Burke Day.

Author’s Notes: The story in each Act was inspired by artwork created by kanarek13, Tim as Winged Jonesy from Carnivale (Act Two), and then Winged Matt from his Details shoot (Act Three). The art for Act One was created by Kanarek for that part of the story when I first started working on it, back in August.

The titles of each Act are from The Writer’s Book of Days, which were additional inspiration for the story.

Please see additional (and spoilery) author’s notes at the end of the story.



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( From the moment he first lays eyes on him, Peter knows that loving Neal is disastrous, wrong, a crime – at least in the eyes of their God. )

Title: If the Soul Doesn’t Sing (Just One Life) - Masterpost
Artist: kanarek13, Artwork Post
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, June Ellington, Garrett Fowler, Reese Hughes, Matthew Keller, Mozzie, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, mention of Kate Moreau, mention of Elizabeth Burke, mention of Satchmo, mention of Terrance Pratt, mention of James Bennett, original characters
Pairings: Pre-story Peter/Elizabeth, pre-story Peter/Hughes; Neal/Keller, Peter/Neal
Spoilers: Mention of canon events at the end of In the Wind (S4.16)
Warnings : Non-canon deaths of canon characters (all off-camera and pre-story): Elizabeth Burke, Satchmo, Kate Moreau, OMC
Word Count: Total ~50,000
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, sinfulslasher
Summary: Neal is an Archon, a ‘guardian angel’, who has been watching over the soul of Peter Burke for millennia. He’s learned that Peter’s soul will not be reborn into a new life, and cannot bear the thought that he will continue for eternity without Peter. So he decides to take the forbidden path: become mortal and spend the rest of his days watching over Peter and caring for him.

But he will need to make a sacrifice, and he will need to learn how to Fall.

Written for Round One of the wc_reverse_bb. This is the long-overdue Masterpost to the story.

( Text notes, artwork and links to the complete story )

Title: If the Soul Doesn’t Sing (Just One Life) - Epilogue
Artist: kanarek13, Artwork Post
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, June Ellington, Garrett Fowler, Reese Hughes, Matthew Keller, Mozzie, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, mention of Kate Moreau, mention of Elizabeth Burke, mention of Satchmo, mention of Terrance Pratt, mention of James Bennett, original characters
Pairings: Pre-story Peter/Elizabeth, pre-story Peter/Hughes; Neal/Keller, Peter/Neal
Spoilers: Mention of canon events at the end of In the Wind (S4.16)
Warnings : Non-canon deaths of canon characters (all off-camera and pre-story): Elizabeth Burke, Satchmo, Kate Moreau, OMC
Word Count: Total ~50,000 / Epilogue – ~ 1000
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, sinfulslasher
Summary: Neal is an Archon, a ‘guardian angel’, who has been watching over the soul of Peter Burke for millennia. He’s learned that Peter’s soul will not be reborn into a new life, and cannot bear the thought that he will continue for eternity without Peter. So he decides to take the forbidden path: become mortal and spend the rest of his days watching over Peter and caring for him.

But he will need to make a sacrifice, and he will need to learn how to Fall.

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( It didn’t take much to get inside the Suit’s abode. Even if he didn’t have the Suit’s keys, the locks were pitiful, the alarm system barely worth the price )

Title: If the Soul Doesn’t Sing (Just One Life) – Part V
Artist: kanarek13, Artwork Post
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, June Ellington, Garrett Fowler, Reese Hughes, Matthew Keller, Mozzie, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, mention of Kate Moreau, mention of Elizabeth Burke, mention of Satchmo, mention of Terrance Pratt, mention of James Bennett, original characters
Pairings: Pre-story Peter/Elizabeth, pre-story Peter/Hughes; Neal/Keller, Peter/Neal
Spoilers: Mention of canon events at the end of In the Wind (S4.16)
Warnings : Non-canon deaths of canon characters (all off-camera and pre-story): Elizabeth Burke, Satchmo, Kate Moreau, OMC
Word Count: Total ~50,000 / Part V – 7,600
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, sinfulslasher
Summary: Neal is an Archon, a ‘guardian angel’, who has been watching over the soul of Peter Burke for millennia. He’s learned that Peter’s soul will not be reborn into a new life, and cannot bear the thought that he will continue for eternity without Peter. So he decides to take the forbidden path: become mortal and spend the rest of his days watching over Peter and caring for him.

But he will need to make a sacrifice, and he will need to learn how to Fall.

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( Neal wanted to weep. )

Title: If the Soul Doesn’t Sing (Just One Life) – Part III
Artist: kanarek13, Artwork Post
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, June Ellington, Garrett Fowler, Reese Hughes, Matthew Keller, Mozzie, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, mention of Kate Moreau, mention of Elizabeth Burke, mention of Satchmo, mention of Terrance Pratt, mention of James Bennett, original characters
Pairings: Pre-story Peter/Elizabeth, pre-story Peter/Hughes; Neal/Keller, Peter/Neal
Spoilers: Mention of canon events at the end of In the Wind (S4.16)
Warnings : Non-canon deaths of canon characters (all off-camera and pre-story): Elizabeth Burke, Satchmo, Kate Moreau, OMC
Word Count: Total ~50,000 / Part III – 7,900
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, sinfulslasher
Summary: Neal is an Archon, a ‘guardian angel’, who has been watching over the soul of Peter Burke for millennia. He’s learned that Peter’s soul will not be reborn into a new life, and cannot bear the thought that he will continue for eternity without Peter. So he decides to take the forbidden path: become mortal and spend the rest of his days watching over Peter and caring for him.

But he will need to make a sacrifice, and he will need to learn how to Fall.

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(  Of all the improbable things that he might have imagined, having a convivial dinner with a mute stranger who fell out of the sky was not even on the list.  )

Title: If the Soul Doesn’t Sing (Just One Life) - Part I
Artist: kanarek13
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, June Ellington, Garrett Fowler, Reese Hughes, Matthew Keller, Mozzie, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, mention of Kate Moreau, mention of Elizabeth Burke, mention of Satchmo, mention of Terrance Pratt, mention of James Bennett, original characters
Pairings: Pre-story Peter/Elizabeth, pre-story Peter/Hughes; Neal/Keller, Peter/Neal
Spoilers: Mention of canon events at the end of In the Wind (S4.16)
Warnings : Non-canon deaths of canon characters (all off-camera and pre-story): Elizabeth Burke, Satchmo, Kate Moreau, OMC
Word Count: Total ~50,000 / Part I - 8,500
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, sinfulslasher
Summary: Neal is an Archon, a ‘guardian angel’, who has been watching over the soul of Peter Burke for millennia. He’s learned that Peter’s soul will not be reborn into a new life, and cannot bear the thought that he will continue for eternity without Peter. So he decides to take the forbidden path: become mortal and spend the rest of his days watching over Peter and caring for him.

But he will need to make a sacrifice, and he will need to learn how to Fall.

A/N: The artwork that kanarek13 has created has so blown past my wildest hopes and expectations. I am humbled by her generosity and awed by her creativity. Please don’t forget to go to her artwork post and look at all of the amazing pieces she’s created for this story and let her know just how wonderful she is.

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( Carefully perched over the mirror pool, wings outspread to give balance, Neal viewed the lone soul he’d been caring for its entire existence. He watched as the soul – this time around, a man – hurried about his business, unaware that he was being observed. )

Title: The Waking Nightmare
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar/Grimm
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke (Implied Peter/Elizabeth/Neal)
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~500
Summary: A fusion of White Collar and the world of Grimm. Neal starting seeing things that can’t possibly exist, and Peter and Elizabeth are not who he thought they were.

A/N: Based on a snippet I had written for nieseryjna, who asked for WC/Grimm - Neal Wants it All to be a Bad Dream, for a Prompt Me meme I did back in June, 2012. Significantly revised and expanded for hc_bingo, Round 4, for the prompt: hallucinations.

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(  All Neal wanted to do was wake up from this twisted nightmare where his friends had become something out of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and there were monsters roaming the paths of Central Park. )

Title: Out to Pasture
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R (or possibly NC-17)
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Neal, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie Havisham, Diana Berrigan, Reese Hughes
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Alternative Universe (which is, in this case, a warning)
Word Count: ~3500
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me and jrosemary
Summary: Elizabeth decides that it’s time for Peter and Neal to retire. This is not going to be what you expect.

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( Elizabeth pulled up to the gates of the Havisham Apple Farm. She sat in her truck, letting it idle. It wasn’t too late to turn back; to just drive on, the boys would understand. Hell, they'd never really know. )

Title: Here Be Dragons
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Mozzie (Friendship)
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers:
Word Count: ~700
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Neal goes looking for Moz and is rather startled to discover his friend has a roommate, of sorts.

A/N: Written as comment fic for attackfish, back in September, for the Tropes Meme. Prompt at the end of the story.”

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( Neal finally tracked Mozzie down in Friday, his personal favorite safe house. It had been more than a week since he'd seen or heard from him, and he'd become worried about his friend. It wasn't like Moz to go for more than a day or two without showing up at his apartment and helping himself to the best bottles of wine.  )

Title: Relearning
For: MMOM - Thirty (One) Dirty Words 2012 - Prompt 010 - Wet
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: NC-17
Characters: Elizabeth Burke (Pre Peter/Elizabeth/Neal)
Spoilers/Episode References: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Reference to non-canonical injuries
Word Count: 300 Exactly
Summary: Elizabeth rediscovers herself, finds her own safety.

Note: This is a timestamp to my epic Love Is As Rich As the Sea, wherein Neal is an ancient selkie recently reunited with his sentient skin, Peter has an erratic psychometric gift, and Elizabeth was badly injured by Keller during her kidnapping (he broke her wrist, no sexual abuse). At the end of the original story, Elizabeth tells Peter she wants to go to Neal’s - because nothing bad ever happened to her there. She gets into Neal’s bed, with his skin draped around her naked body.

( The pain medication left her feeling floaty, detached. Not quite connected to her physical self. That was okay, since her body wasn’t a happy place right now.  )

Title: Here Comes That Sinking Feeling
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Mozzie, Elizabeth Burke
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Surprisingly angsty crack fic. Of the kitten!fic variety.
Word Count: ~5000
Summary: It usually happens to Neal. In fact, it happens so often, no one freaks when it happens to Peter. No one, that is, except Neal.

A/N: If you’re going to blame anyone, blame rabidchild67 for this one. It was her suggestion. Beta’d by my lovely friends, coffeethyme4me and jrosemary, so naturally all mistakes are mine and mine alone. Your comments are always adored and appreciated.

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( It was supposed to be just another ordinary day. )

Title: Love Is As Rich As the Sea – Master Post
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R (For Violence)
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Peter/Elizabeth, Pre-P/E/N, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Reese Hughes, Matthew Keller, Kimberly Rice
Spoilers: All of Season 3 to Countdown
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Physical Violence, Assault, Knifeplay, Sexual Innuendo, Reference to past violence and assault
Word Count: ~51,000 (Total Six Parts – All Posted)
Summary: Neal Caffrey is an ancient Selkie (a seal who can become a human) who has lost his skin, Peter has some very special talents, and Elizabeth is as awesome as she is in canon. Set against the background of Season Three (from On Guard to Countdown), Neal struggles against his need to find the other half of himself and the desire to stay with those he loves.

Written for polybigbang and as a fill for my A/U Bingo Square “Selkie.” This story was completed ten days before Checkmate aired. Any similarities in dialog or plot are purely coincidental.

Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V | Part VI

My deepest thanks and even deeper appreciation goes to my extraordinarily talented and very patient artist, weaselette, who created not only amazing cover art, banners and icons, but the gorgeous drawing that concludes this story. You can find all of her artwork, here at her journal. Please leave her feedback, she did an amazing job capturing this story.



I also must thank attackfish for the idea that sparked this, back in late September.

It goes without say that nothing would have gotten written without the cheerleading from my terrific crit partner, jrosemary and my enabler-in-chief, rabidchild67 who prodded, nudged, argued and advised – with patience and fortitude. Without these two wonderful women, I would never have finished this.

Beta credit to the heroic attackfish, jrosemary, rabidchild67 and elainasaunt. All mistakes are mine.

Additional thanks to tj_teejay for help with some German words and phrases.

The title of this story comes from the Oysterband song, Only When You Call, from their album Deep Dark Ocean. I picked the title from a scrap of lyrics floating around in my head, and it was not until this morning that I paired it up with the album – a serendipitous coincidence.



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Go To Part I – Love Is As Rich As the Sea

Title: The Place Where Wings Unfurl
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, well-implied future P/N, N/E, P/E/N
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~800
Summary: Incarceration and a two mile radius have taken their toll on Neal’s self-control. Written for doctor_fangeek as an extra day for my Fic-Can-Ukah meme, for the prompt that’s the title of this story.

(  Neal hadn’t flown for the better part of a decade, the four-plus years of incarceration and the four years on work release made it difficult. Although he had been on an airplane several times with Peter, but that wasn’t the type of flying that he missed. )

Title: We Shall Come Home - Chapter XVIII
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Pairing/Characters: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Reese Hughes, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Mozzie, Satchmo, plus other characters.
Rating: R
Spoilers: None
Word Count: ~ 3700 (this chapter) ~61,000 (total)
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Summary: Transformed beyond recognition, beyond comprehension, Peter and Neal are lost in the woods and desperately try to get home. A tale of friendship, sacrifice, loss and ultimately, of love. Nightmares stalk Peter, denying him the rest he needs. Neal and Moz have a pair of one-sided conversations.

We Shall Come Home is not a work in progress. New chapters will be posted once a week, on Tuesdays.
Chapter I | Chapter II | Chapter III | Chapter IV | Chapter V | Chapter VI | Chapter VII | Chapter VIII | Chapter IX | Chapter X | Chapter XI | Chapter XII | Chapter XIII | Chapter XIV | Chapter XV | Chapter XVI |Chapter XVII |

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( CHAPTER XVIII – WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON )

Title: Not Quite Cappuccino in the Clouds
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Moz; reference to Peter and Elizabeth Burke (P/E/N)
Spoilers: Oh, certainly not.
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Death and consumption of a small urban animal. Part of the Transformation Series. Crack. Mild horror. Wha? Tentacles. Wings. Humor. You’ve been warned.
Word Count: ~600
Summary: Neal and Moz decide what do on such a pleasant Sunday afternoon.

(  A pigeon landed with a flutter of wings, started cooing, and Neal glanced up in annoyance. )