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Title: Present Imperfect
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey; Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~1200
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Set a few months after Peter and Neal get married, Peter enjoys a private moment observing his husband when he is less than sartorially perfect. It's a pity that they are stuck on an Amtrak train from Washington and he can do nothing about it.

Author’s Note: Written for the eighth night of Fic-Can-Ukah, for sherylyn, who asked me for Peter/Neal, for the prompt "His button was undone". While Sherylyn didn't specify any particular 'verse, somehow I don't think she'll mind a little Wonder(ful) Years schmoop.

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( One would think, after more than thirty years together, Peter would have become somewhat immune to Neal's charms. )

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. )

Title: Testing Silence
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Mozzie, Ellen Parker; Peter-Neal, pre-Peter/Neal, Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~4300
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Brief reference to intentional humiliation of students by a teacher, reference to underage (16 and 17 year olds) sexual activity, nothing explicit.
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: Set very early in the Wonder(ful) Years 'verse, four vignettes of Peter and Neal's life in junior high and high school.

Author’s Note: Written as an extra day (Day 9) for my Fic-Can-Ukah meme, for pooh_collector, who picked the prompts, "There is always one more silence" and requested a fill in the Wonder(ful) Years 'verse. I also promised not to write super-sad death/dying fic for her, even though this prompt really could have gone that way. Instead, she'd getting super-young Peter and Neal.

Many thanks (again) to my creative co-conspirator, kanarek13, who provided the lovely and spoilerly artwork for the end of the story.

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( Before he started seventh grade, Peter had thought he'd love English class. All the new books they'd get to read and talk about, even learning about silly things like grammar and sentence structure, too. His mom had explained that that stuff was really like baseball rules. Sometimes they didn't make a whole lot of sense (like the in-field fly rule or tagging up before going from third to home), but they were important anyway. )

Title: Words Will Have to Do
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Joe Burke (OC), Cathy Burke (OC), Amy Grainger (OC), Jack Franklin; Peter/Neal, Jack/Amy
Word Count: ~6100
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher (who knows just how awesome she is).
Summary: Set in The Wonder(ful) Years A/U in the very late 1990s, Peter and Neal are facing a work-imposed separation. Neither man is happy about it. But there's such things as air mail and email and even international cell phone service, so just because they're apart doesn't mean that they can't stay in touch.

Author’s Note: Written for the sixth day/night of Fic-Can-Ukah, for tjs_whatnot who picked "I am writing you from a far-off country" – Neal/anyone, or gen.

Many thanks to theatregirl7299 who gave me the suggestion for this story.

Also, this isn't late. The sixth night of Chanukah doesn't end until sundown, and I've got plenty of time.

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( Neal watched, stony-faced, as Peter packed. “It's not fair.”  )

Title: Honeymoon in Paris
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Pairing: Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey
Genre: Schmoop/Romance, Comfort Porn
Rating: R
Word Count: ~3500
Warnings/Content: None
Beta Credit: theatregirl7299
Summary: Set in the Wonder(ful) Years 'verse, Peter and Neal are in Paris for their honeymoon. Don't expect a whole lot of plot.

A/N: Written for the 2015 edition of slashorific. The prompt is at the end of the story.

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(  Neal couldn't sleep. Maybe it was the time zone. Back home, it was only a little after nine – still the shank of the evening and far too early to be in bed. Here, in Paris, it was three AM.  )

Title: A Song in My Heart – A Wonder(ful) Years Timestamp
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Peter/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~1200
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Saturday morning and Peter can't sleep. Neal helps him fix the problem. Set after Gonna Make You Sweat, so technically the chronologically latest story in the Wonder(ful) Years 'verse.

A/N: Written for Promptfest XI, for theatregirl7299's prompt, "Peter – Song." I am not responsible for any resulting earworms.

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(  Peter opened his eyes and his first thought was, 'What the fuck? Again?' His second though was, 'I’m losing my mind'.  )

Title: This Year, Next Year - A Wonder(ful) Year Story
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Joe Burke (Original Character), Cathy Burke (Original Characters)
Pairing:: Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey
Word Count: ~8500
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Frank talk of end of life issues
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher , theatregirl7299
Summary: Peter, Neal and Peter's parents, Joe and Cathy Burke, are at Peter and Neal's vacation house in Vermont to celebrate Christmas. Peter's mother is sick, but Peter doesn't know how bad it really is.

Author’s Note: A very late entry for the White Collar Hurt Comfort Advent on whitecollarhc. Thank you, my dear friend kanarek13, for running this challenge again and for your patience. This was due on the 23rd.

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( Neal looked up from his laptop. Even though it was Christmas and he and Peter were technically on vacation until the third of January, he still needed to check his work email. The agreement was that the office mail accounts were turned off on their cellphones and they could only check for messages when no one else was around.  )

Roundup – Trick or Treat Drabble Meme

For this drabble meme, I’d only really planned on doing my three-sentence ficlets for just five requests, but that never made it past the first prompt. Then requests six, seven, eight and nine arrived… And the fills got progressively longer – but I said to myself, “Elr, keep it to a single comment box.” That became a little difficult as the stories started to flow and epic ideas took root. A few of these are clearly going to be part of longer stories.

theatregirl7299 asked for something in the Underpants ‘verse. She got Private Pleasures

sheenianni asked for Alex/Sara (with or without Neal), and she got Dumped His Ass

kaylashay wanted Peter/Elizabeth/Neal, and received Tastes Like Chocolate

doctor_fangeek wanted a continuation of a slave fic story I’d started at the D.C. Meetup (which I haven’t yet republished). She got Expectations

palombaggia wanted Peter and Neal and anything with wings. This could have been a timestamp for any one of a number of different wing’fic stories, but I decided on a scene out of the Winged Neal ‘verse and so she got A Beautiful Obscenity

sinfulslasher begged for a variety of things, but seemed most interested in how Michael Burke, Peter's alpaca-raising pot-smoking father, celebrates Halloween. She received A Visit with Mozcow

sapphire2309 wanted some Neal/Sara. She got Repo Rides To the Rescue This one is definitely the start of something longer.

miri_thompson and I were chatting about some work issues of mine, and she asked for an AU where Neal was the charming son of the big boss, and Peter had to do his Performance Review (I do know that I got Moz’s real name wrong, it’s “Winters”, not “White”)

And last and certainly the longest. I broke my vow to keep these ficlets to a single comment box, because kanarek13 asked for Peter/Neal, Something Happy. And what could be happier that the boys going shopping for Peter’s Wedding Tuxedo in The Wonder(ful) Years?

Title: The Chaos of Our Lives (When Tomorrow Comes) – Masterpost
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Mozzie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Diana Berrigan, Christie, Sara Ellis, Peter/Neal, Moz/Elizabeth, Diana/Christie
Word Count: ~11,800
Art: Artwork by the amazing and generous kanarek13, and all of her artwork is on this art post. Please leave feedback!
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Allusion to emotional and physical child abuse
Beta Credit: miri_thompson, coffeethyme4me, theatregirl7299
Summary: Set in the Wonder(ful) Years ‘Verse, this story picks up immediately after the epilogue to the original story and the little Moz/Elizabeth ficlet, An Enviable Distraction, at the gang's thirtieth high school reunion. Old childhood traumas are revisited and wounds are healed.

For those who are unfamiliar with this ‘verse, it is an A/U where Peter and Neal and Moz and Elizabeth and Diana were friends since elementary school, and it follows their lives (mostly Peter and Neal) from childhood in the 1970's and '80s through to the modern day.

Written for kidficstory, and based on the prompt “I have a confession to make” selected by my dear pooh_collector for my 2013 Fic-Can-Ukah meme.

Author’s Note: In the original story for this ‘verse, Christie is occasionally mentioned as a friend of Elizabeth and Diana’s, but she never makes an appearance. The Christie in this story is not the same person.



Part One - On LJ | On DW
Part Two - On LJ | On DW

Title: Come to the Journey’s End - A Wonder(ful) Years Story
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Ellen (Parker) Caffrey, Joe Burke (OMC), Cathy Burke (OFC) (Peter’s parents), Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~5400
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Expression of homophobia, non-canon death of a canon character (who dies in canon), grief, reference attempted sexual abuse of a child.
Beta Credit: miri_thompson
Summary: In For the Ends of Being and Ideal Grace, Neal and Ellen Caffrey, his aunt, are reconciled after a long estrangement. This is that story of how that happened and why she said what she did. It’s also a story without a happy ending.

Author’s Note: Written for the eighth night of Fic-Can-Ukah for my dear friend, angelita26. Her prompt was "The Last Stop Before Arrival" and she asked for a story in the Wonder(ful) Years ‘verse.

Many thanks to theatregirl7299 for the Latin liturgy, and to miri_thompson for reminding me that Hanukah doesn’t end until sundown tonight, so this story isn’t really late.

Title from Annie Lennox "Into the West".

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(  “What’s six letter word for ‘newly arrived’?” Neal looked up from his textbook, startled. Peter rarely asked for help with the crossword puzzle. “How about novice?”  )

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. )

Title: Gonna Make You Sweat – A Wonder(ful) Years Timestamp
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Written For: MMOM 2013
Prompt: Hot
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, (Peter/Neal)
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~500
Summary: A temporary separation can't keep Peter and Neal from enjoying themselves, even on one of the hottest nights of the year. Set in the Wonder(ful) Years ‘Verse, sometime after Something We Never Dreamt We Could Have

A/N: This one almost didn’t happen. Please thank the ever-wonderful sinfulslasher for her unwitting inspiration.

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( Peter knew that these separations were inevitable. Just because they were both SAICs in a busy FBI field office didn’t mean that they were immune to the occasional overnight field assignments. )

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: We’ve Been Here Before - A Wonderful Years Timestamp
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Peter/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~3000
Beta Credit: None, this time (sorry)
Summary: This timestamp is set in September 1983, the first month that Peter and Neal are living on the dorms at Harvard. Things aren’t going so well for our boys - they are still a little young and have a whole lot to learn about communication. But remember, it’s the Wonder(ful) Years ‘Verse, and we know how the story is going to end, so don’t fear.

Written for Day six of my Fic-Can-Ukah 2012 Meme, for <embroiderama, who asked for “A Single Bed,” Peter/Neal in the Wonder(ful) Years ‘Verse.

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(  There were few times in his life that Neal could remember being this miserable. )

Title: Something We Never Dreamt We Could Have – A Wonder(ful) Years Timestamp – Part 3 of 3
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R (with the occasional NC-17 moment)
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Peter/Neal, many Original Characters, including Joe Burke.
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Expressions of Homophobia
Word Count: ~8,300 (~23,000 total)
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me
Art Credit: kanarek13
Summary: In July, 2012, the Marriage Equality Act has been law in New York State for about a year, but there are forces arrayed throughout the United States to deny some citizens the civil right that most enjoy. Neal’s outrage over comments against gay marriage spark a sea change in him, and little does he know that his life-partner of nearly thirty years has been thinking along those very same lines. Neither man realizes that there’s a couple of wanna-be cupids working to make things happen.

Part One: On DW | On LJ
Part Two: On DW | On LJ

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(  The morning commute was a mess. The storm the night before took out half the stations on the West Side, and it would be at least a day before the system was back to normal. Neal had all but pushed Peter into the back of the town car he had called for when he first heard the news. )

Title: Something We Never Dreamt We Could Have – A Wonder(ful) Years Timestamp – Part 1 of 3
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R (with the occasional NC-17 moment)
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Peter/Neal, many Original Characters, including Joe Burke.
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Expressions of Homophobia
Word Count: ~7,100 (~23,000 total)
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me
Art Credit: kanarek13
Summary: In July, 2012, the Marriage Equality Act has been law in New York State for about a year, but there are forces arrayed throughout the United States to deny some citizens the civil right that most enjoy. Neal’s outrage over comments against gay marriage spark a sea change in him, and little does he know that his life-partner of nearly thirty years has been thinking along those very same lines. Neither man realizes that there’s a couple of wanna-be cupids working to make things happen.

A/N: I started this story back in August, 2012, shortly after the Chick-fil-A debacle hit the newspapers, for my dear friend, coffeethyme4me. I got stalled, distracted and diverted with Real Life things, and finally made my way back to this a few weeks ago (when I should have been working on my Poly Big Bang). For those of you who like the Wonder(ful) Years ‘verse, you’ll be happy to know that this story sets up at least two case-fic sequels.

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( His hair sleep-mussed and still wearing his bathrobe, Neal tossed down the day’s edition of the New York Times in obvious agitation. Peter had, as was his habit, snagged the section with the crossword puzzle, and was hard at work filling in the answers. It was Monday, and the puzzle was barely a challenge. He looked up at Neal’s sound of disgust. )

Title: What Doesn’t Bend, Breaks – Part 2/2
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Peter/Neal, Reese Hughes, Mozzie, Elizabeth (Moz/El)
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Gunshot Wound, Heartbreak, Nightmares
Word Count: ~16,000 – Both Parts
Beta Credit: Many thanks to jrosemary, rabidchild67 for their quick and thorough betas.
Summary: It’s 1996, and things aren’t going so well for Peter and Neal in the White Collar unit. Neal’s been offered an assignment that will take him away from Peter for a long, long time, an assignment that could make his career or shatter their relationship.

Written for my entry for the whitecollarhc community’s Whump-a-Palooza. Title is from Ani DiFranco’s Buildings and Bridges. This is Part 2 of 2. Part 1 was published yesterday, June 27, 2012
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(  This darkness was terrifying, it was cold and empty, except for the pain. )

Title: For the Ends of Being and Ideal Grace
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Peter/Neal, Joe Burke, Cathy Burke (Peter’s parents), Ellen Caffrey (Neal’s aunt), Reese Hughes, AD Bancroft, OMC
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: References to homophobia
Word Count: ~10K
Summary: Part of the Wonder(ful) Years ‘verse (School Age - College Age - Early Career A/U). It’s 1993, his five months of training at the FBI Academy are done, and Neal has to make a decision about the rest of his life, or at least his career with the FBI. Peter and the family show up for graduation, and the guys can’t wait to be alone.

Go to Part One
Author’s Notes at the end.

Prior stories:
The Wonder(ful) Years
All Out
Sex On The Beach
Such Very Good Friends
Delicious Soup
Love How You Want (and love who you will)
Just the Sound of Your Voice
Stay By Me (and make the moment last)

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(  Neal made his way through the crowd of new agents and their families, accepting everyone’s congratulations and good wishes. He stopped a few times to exchange words with a few instructors, all the while keeping an eye out for the tall, broad shape of a certain FBI agent. )

Title: For the Ends of Being and Ideal Grace - A Wonder(ful) Years Timestamp
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Peter/Neal, Joe Burke, Cathy Burke (Peter’s parents), Ellen Caffrey (Neal’s aunt), Reese Hughes, AD Bancroft, OMC
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: References to homophobia
Word Count: ~10K Total
Beta Credit: rabidchild67
Summary: Part of the Wonder(ful) Years ‘verse (School Age - College Age - Early Career A/U). It’s 1993, his five months of training at the FBI Academy are done, and Neal has to make a decision about the rest of his life, or at least his career with the FBI. Peter and the family show up for graduation, and the guys can’t wait to be alone.

This is Part 1 of 2. Part 2 will be posted tomorrow, June 12, 2012

Prior Wonder(ful) Years 'verse Stories:
The Wonder(ful) Years
All Out
Sex On The Beach
Such Very Good Friends
Delicious Soup
Love How You Want (and love who you will)
Just the Sound of Your Voice
Stay By Me (and make the moment last)

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( Neal had been given a message to report to the Administrator’s office after he finished his firearms certification. All he had left were the final simulations on civil rights and interrogation procedure and he’d be done. His thesis was turned in, all of his exams completed. By this time tomorrow, he’d be ready for graduation. )

Title: Just the Sound of Your Voice - A Wonder(ful) Years Timestamp
For: MMOM - Thirty (One) Dirty Words 2012 - Prompt 030 – Fierce
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey (Peter/Neal)
Spoilers/Episode References: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~1100
Summary: Another timestamp for the Wonder(flu) Years ‘Verse. It’s 1993 and Neal Caffrey is an agent-trainee at the FBI Academy. He misses Peter, who has already been through the Academy and completed his probationary assignment.

(  “Jeez, Caffrey – I don’t know why you haven’t gone blind with all the wanking you do, or how you ever manage to finish any of your coursework.”  )

Title: Love How You Want To Love (And Love Who You Please)
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Joe Burke, Cathy Burke (Peter’s parents) Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Peter/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Generational expression of intense homophobia, mention of death of non-canon character.
Word Count: ~2200
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me
Summary: Part of the Wonder(ful) Years ‘verse (School Age - College Age A/U). It’s 1986 and Peter’s father looks back on a tragedy in his own life, a moment that shaped him into the man he is now. He worries for his family, for his wife, his son, and yes - for Neal, too.

Prior stories:
The Wonder(ful) Years
Sex On The Beach
Such Very Good Friends
Delicious Soup

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( He loved his life. It was simple - he worked and provided for his wife and son. He had a good home and a good woman who loved him. She took no bullshit and loved him without reservation. Sometimes he wondered what he did to deserve everything he had. )