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Title: Salva Me - Part Three of Three
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Diana Berrigan, James Bennett, Lydia Bennett (OFC), Kyle Collins, Clinton Jones, Matthew Keller; Neal/Keller (past), Peter/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Kidnapping, physical assault, very brief reference to self-harm (OC), brief reference to clerical sexual abuse of a minor (OC), pre-story non-described death of canon character.
Word Count: ~22,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher who was heroic in her work on this story, despite having her own fic to write. Her advice was invaluable, even when I didn't take it.
Summary: Colonel Peter Burke, retired, runs a private kidnap and hostage recovery operation. He's hired by James and Lydia Bennett to rescue their kidnapped son, Neal. Neal is a priest who's been assigned to work in central Honduras, one of the most dangerous places in the world.

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( Peter was dreading Caffrey's answer. )

Title: Salva Me - Part One of Three
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Diana Berrigan, James Bennett, Lydia Bennett (OFC), Kyle Collins, Clinton Jones, Matthew Keller
PairingsPeter/Neal, Neal/Keller (past)
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Kidnapping, physical assault, very brief reference to self-harm (OC), brief reference to clerical sexual abuse of a minor (OC), pre-story non-described death of canon character.
Word Count: ~22,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher who was heroic in her work on this story, despite having her own fic to write. Her advice was invaluable, even when I didn't take it.
Summary: Colonel Peter Burke, retired, runs a private kidnap and hostage recovery operation. He's hired by James and Lydia Bennett to rescue their kidnapped son, Neal. Neal is a priest who's been assigned to work in central Honduras, one of the most dangerous places in the world.

A/N: Written for Day 4 of Fic-Can-Ukah, for kanarek13 "This is the geography of his body" – Anything Peter/Neal. This is actually a joint inspiration. A few weeks back, I was very intensely bunnied by a piece of Kanarek's artwork (what else is new) called Rescue, and I was so delighted to be able to work Kanarek's chosen prompt into the story that was already eating my brain.

And when I starting brainstorming the idea with Kanarek, she came up with other awesome artwork to keep my inspiration at a high boiling point and then created the cover.

My deepest thanks to my alpha reader and cheerleader, theatregirl7299, who was also my sanity check and endless well of information for all things Roman Catholic and priestly.



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(  Colonel Peter Burke, retired, hated jungle jobs.  )

Title: It Must Be Now - Part Seven-B of Seven
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: treonb / Art Post
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, David Siegel, Diana Berrigan, Theodore "Mozzie" Winters, Theo Berrigan, Sara Ellis, Clinton Jones, Matthew Keller; Peter/Elizabeth (Past), Peter/Neal (Past), Neal/Keller (Past), Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~60,000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Major Character Illness
Beta Credit: pooh_collector, sinfulslasher
Summary: In this alternate universe, the story opens as Peter and Elizabeth's marriage ends. Peter tries to move into a new life, but finds himself haunted by his past - a relationship with Neal Caffrey when they were both students at Harvard - and a future that might come to an end far too soon.

Author’s Note: Many, many thanks to my alpha readers theatregirl7299 and miri_thompson, who provided an endless bounty of encouragement.

Even more thanks to my wonderful and talented artist, treonb, who created the beautiful and evocative promo video.

Title from the Annie Lennox Song "Oh God (Prayer)", which TreonB used in the vid.

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( It Must Be Now - Part Seven-B )

Title: It Must Be Now - Part Six of Seven
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: treonb / Art Post
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, David Siegel, Diana Berrigan, Theodore "Mozzie" Winters, Theo Berrigan, Sara Ellis, Clinton Jones, Matthew Keller; Peter/Elizabeth (Past), Peter/Neal (Past), Neal/Keller (Past), Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~60,000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Major Character Illness
Beta Credit: pooh_collector, sinfulslasher
Summary: In this alternate universe, the story opens as Peter and Elizabeth's marriage ends. Peter tries to move into a new life, but finds himself haunted by his past - a relationship with Neal Caffrey when they were both students at Harvard - and a future that might come to an end far too soon.

Author’s Note: Many, many thanks to my alpha readers theatregirl7299 and miri_thompson, who provided an endless bounty of encouragement.

Even more thanks to my wonderful and talented artist, treonb, who created the beautiful and evocative promo video.

Title from the Annie Lennox Song "Oh God (Prayer)", which TreonB used in the vid.

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( It Must Be Now - Part Six )

Title: It Must Be Now - Part Four of Seven
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: treonb / Art Post
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, David Siegel, Diana Berrigan, Theodore "Mozzie" Winters, Theo Berrigan, Sara Ellis, Clinton Jones, Matthew Keller; Peter/Elizabeth (Past), Peter/Neal (Past), Neal/Keller (Past), Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~60,000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Major Character Illness
Beta Credit: pooh_collector, sinfulslasher
Summary: In this alternate universe, the story opens as Peter and Elizabeth's marriage ends. Peter tries to move into a new life, but finds himself haunted by his past - a relationship with Neal Caffrey when they were both students at Harvard - and a future that might come to an end far too soon.

Author’s Note: Many, many thanks to my alpha readers theatregirl7299 and miri_thompson, who provided an endless bounty of encouragement.

Even more thanks to my wonderful and talented artist, treonb, who created the beautiful and evocative promo video.

Title from the Annie Lennox Song "Oh God (Prayer)", which TreonB used in the vid.

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( It Must Be Now - Part Four )

Title: It Must Be Now - Part Two-B of Seven
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: treonb / Art Post
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, David Siegel, Diana Berrigan, Theodore "Mozzie" Winters, Theo Berrigan, Sara Ellis, Clinton Jones, Matthew Keller; Peter/Elizabeth (Past), Peter/Neal (Past), Neal/Keller (Past), Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~60,000 Total
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Major Character Illness
Beta Credit: pooh_collector, sinfulslasher
Summary: In this alternate universe, the story opens as Peter and Elizabeth's marriage ends. Peter tries to move into a new life, but finds himself haunted by his past - a relationship with Neal Caffrey when they were both students at Harvard - and a future that might come to an end far too soon.

Note for Part Two – Because of LJ's entry size limitations, Part Two is in two parts. This is the second of two parts for today's chapter.

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( It Must Be Now - Part Two-B )

Title: It Must Be Now - Part One of Seven
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: treonb / Art Post
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, David Siegel, Diana Berrigan, Theodore "Mozzie" Winters, Theo Berrigan, Sara Ellis, Clinton Jones, Matthew Keller; Peter/Elizabeth (Past), Peter/Neal (Past), Neal/Keller (Past), Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~60,000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Major Character Illness
Beta Credit: pooh_collector, sinfulslasher
Summary: In this alternate universe, the story opens as Peter and Elizabeth's marriage ends. Peter tries to move into a new life, but finds himself haunted by his past - a relationship with Neal Caffrey when they were both students at Harvard - and a future that might come to an end far too soon.

Author’s Note: Many, many thanks to my alpha readers theatregirl7299 and miri_thompson, who provided an endless bounty of encouragement.

Even more thanks to my wonderful and talented artist, treonb, who created the beautiful and evocative promo video.

Title from the Annie Lennox Song "Oh God (Prayer)", which TreonB used in the vid.

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"It Must Be Now (White Collar fic promo)" (Watch on YouTube)

( It Must Be Now - Part One )

Title: Is It Getting Hot in Here, or Is It Just Me? - Five Ficlets in the Rentboy ‘Verse
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Matthew Keller, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Vincent Adler, Mozzie, Neal/Keller, Neal/Adler, Neal/Peter, Neal/Mozzie (basically, Neal’s for sale to anyone)
Word Count: ~550
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Hints of non-consensual relationships; pointless smut of the smuttiest kind.
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Five three-sentence ficlets set in the Rentboy ‘Verse (oh, you didn’t know I had a Rentboy ‘Verse?) based on prompts off of my Season of Kink bingo card.

Author’s Note: The incredible sinfulslasher prompted me with five ideas for the top line of my Seasons of Kink bingo card. Of course, these ficlets are too short to qualify as bingo fills, but who cares?

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( Smut This Way... )



Title: Red Velvet - Part Nine of Nine
Notes: See Master Post - On LJ | On DW


( Neal was standing with June in front of a large canvas that normally hung on the wall in the Ellington mansion’s second floor library. )

Title: Red Velvet - Part Seven of Nine
Notes: See Master Post - On LJ | On DW


( After a mild autumn, it looked to be a ridiculously cold winter. Thanksgiving Day had been an unseasonable seventy degrees, but by that Sunday, the temperature dropped to 35 and kept dropping. Now, a few days before Christmas, it just might end up being the coldest December in almost twenty years. Peter just hoped that the skies would stay clear and dry. It could snow for days, but only after the New Year, when he’d be out of New York. )

Title: Red Velvet - Part Five of Nine
Notes: See Master Post - On LJ | On DW


(  By the time Peter was able to get to Neal – he had to stop and shake hands with more people than he wanted to – the crowd had shifted again. The collection of beautiful young things had been whittled down to just two. A short, dark-haired man with an aggressively pugnacious attitude and a tall redhead who looked vaguely familiar. )

Title: Red Velvet - Part Three of Nine
Notes: See Master Post - On LJ | On DW


( El had wished Neal luck when he left the bakery that evening. After the contracts came through, after they’d both read and signed and sent them back, Neal just looked at her with those puppy dog eyes, just waiting for her to give him permission to go see Peter. )

Title: Red Velvet - Part One of Nine
Author: elrhiarhodan
Art: kanarek13 Art Post:
Fandom: White Collar
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Diana Berrigan, Elizabeth Mitchell, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Mozzie, June Ellington, OFC, OMC, Peter/Neal, Neal/Elizabeth, past Neal/Sara, past Neal/Keller, past Neal/Kate, past Neal/Gordon, Mozzie/Elizabeth, Reese/Elizabeth, Mozzie/Gina (off camera), Mozzie/Sallie (off camera), implied Mozzie/Gina/Sallie (off camera)
Rating: R
Word Count: ~70,000 (Complete)
Spoilers: None
Beta Credit: miri_thompson
Warnings: Situational depression, grief, mention of HIV/AIDS, other STDs
Summary: Elizabeth Mitchell’s company, "Desserts After Dark," delivers fine cupcakes and pastries to the eclectic elite of Kings County (Brooklyn). Peter Burke, former FBI agent and one of the senior partners in the accounting firm of Hughes, Burke, is the bakery’s most loyal customer. But it’s not all fluff and cream cheese icing when he falls for Neal Caffrey, the Chief Baking Officer of Desserts After Dark. Peter has some serious issues from his past to deal with, and their road to happiness isn’t guaranteed.

Author's Note: My deepest thanks to angelita26, who made an innocuous comment in the wcwu chat one evening about the custom painted dessert delivery van she had just seen in her neighborhood. One thing lead to another and the next thing I knew, I had the start of my White Collar Big Bang story.

theatregirl7299 and miri_thompson also deserve extra-special recognition. Not only were they heroic alpha and beta readers, they gave me flawless story advice, held my hand, wipe my brow and listened to me whine about this for half the summer. I can’t thank them enough.

A special shout out to rabidchild for her help with cake.

Many more thanks to all of the ladies of the nightly chats who’ve cheered me on and helped me over the bumps. You’re the best!

And very special thanks to my wonderful artist, kanarek13 for the cover and all of the incredible banners and icons. Her creative talent is without peer. Please remember to go here and tell her how awesome she is.

Of course, I don’t own White Collar or the characters portrayed therein. White Collar is the property of Fox Television Studios and USA Networks

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( He shouldn’t do it. He knew that. It was becoming a habit. An addiction. And while he could reason with himself that there were worse things to be addicted to than red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, there were better things, too. Like carrot sticks and celery and cucumber, or maybe fresh kale.  )

Title: Past Midnight, Drunk on Stolen Wine
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Matthew Keller (mention of past Neal/Kate, Mozzie), Neal/Keller
Spoilers: Vague spoilers for 2.10, Forging Bonds; 3.11, Checkmate
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~900
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me
Summary: In the days following his breakup with Kate, Neal had another partner in crime, Matthew Keller. After a successful job, Neal’s anxious to celebrate.

A/N: The first of my Fic-Can-Ukah fics, for jrosemary, who picked the prompt, Past Midnight, Drunk on Stolen Wine.

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(  Neal has done this enough times to recognize the feeling – the high that he gets from finishing a job successfully. Getting away clean with the loot, no one hurt, no shots fired, the plan – their plan – working perfectly.  )

Title: Traveling By Starlight
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~800
Summary: Memories of better times haunt Neal on a cold November day. Written for jrosemary as an extra day for my Fic-Can-Ukah meme, for the prompt “Riding the All Night Train.” Title from Oysterband’s “The Deserter.”

( Memory was a potent thing, particularly when you’re trying to forget. It was a day much like today, the gray November sky, just cold enough for breath to form puffs of white clouds.  )