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Title: What's Past is Present
Author: elrhiarhodan / elrhiarhodan / elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar, Kingsman (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, June Ellington, Mozzie, Elizabeth Burke, Sachmo, Bugsy; Harry Hart, Eggsy Unwin, Merlin
Pairings: Neal Caffrey/Peter Burke, Peter Burke/Elizabeth Burke, Harry Hart/Eggsy Unwin, Harry Hart/Neal Caffrey (past)
Word Count: ~18,500
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Canon Levels of Violence
Summary: Set in a universe where Season 6 of White Collar didn't happen, Peter asks Neal - now a year or so off of the anklet - for some help with a art theft case. Ironically, it's antiquities from the Mosul Museum, which had been sacked by ISIL in 2015, that are being sold by a gallery on Park Avenue. Neal's eager to assist, at least until he sees the buyer's name. It's one he's unfortunately familiar with - Henry DeVere.

Harry Hart and his new husband, Eggsy, had their honeymoon in Italy rather rudely disrupted when an old target resurfaces in New York City.

It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, or, don't blackmail spies. They really don't like that sort of thing.

Author’s Note: I started writing this in 2018, as a Chocolate Box treat, but set it aside when I got stuck (when my characters started behaving badly). I found it last week and realized that they were behaving badly and going all out of character because I wasn't being very nice to them. They just needed a little kindness to get them back on track.

Like many of my White Collar stories, it's based upon something I read in the New York Times. In this case, it's about the New York District Attorney's aggressive prosecution of the sale and possession of looted and stolen art. You can read the article here.


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What's Past Is Present - Read on AO3

Title: A Message Never Sent
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Neal Caffrey, Peter/Elizabeth
Spoilers: S6.6 – Au Revoir
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~2400
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: Peter loves being a father, even when his curious son finds things that he shouldn't have. When seven year old Neal brings him an old photograph, Peter wonders if it's time to tell his child about the man he was named after.

A/N: Written for the fifth night of Fic-Can-Ukah, for aragarna, who picked the prompt "A black and white photograph" and asked for "Peter/El, or Peter, in canon." The black and white quality of the photo is questionable, but I hope she enjoys this none-the-less.

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( “Dad, who is this?”  )

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: Wisdom Lies in Wait
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Peter/Neal, Peter/Elizabeth, eventual Peter/Elizabeth/Neal
Spoilers: None. This story takes place in a universe where Season 6 never happened.
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~5500
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: Nearly four years have passed since Peter told the Powers that Be that if they didn't release Neal Caffrey from his sentence, he was quitting the FBI. They took him at his word and Neal was freed. Although Neal no longer works for the FBI, Peter remains his closest friend and more than that, he's the one person Neal wants but believes he can never have. For his part, Peter is almost unbearably proud of Neal, who has embraced the life of a solid and productive citizen. He loves Neal but won't even allow himself to dream of anything more than friendship It's a good thing that Elizabeth is the sensible one in this relationship.

A/N: A gift for my very dearest friend, kanarek13, because she deserves every wonderful thing in the universe. This was not supposed to be a story about love and longing. It was not supposed to be filled with angst and pain. It was supposed to be a silly riff on a newly acquired tool for Peter's household chores. Something happened along the way.

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(  Peter and Neal were all but out the door when they heard El call down from upstairs. “Hon, if you're going to the hardware store, don't forget we need a stud finder.”  )

Title: A Forever Kind of Family - Part Three of Three
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: eldorah
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Reese Hughes, Kyle Bancroft, Original Male Characters, Original Female Characters; Peter/Elizabeth
Word Count: ~16,500
Spoilers: All of Season 6, Especially Au Revoir
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Brief scene of animal neglect
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: The year between his "death" and the final sentencing of the Pink Panthers brought a lot of changes in Neal's life, and in Peter's, too. Families are made - by birth and by choice - and both men learn that the bonds of friendship can never really be broken.

Author’s Note: Written as a pinch hit for eldorah's artwork for Round 2 of the wc_reverse_bb.

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( The Louvre job was coming along very well and Neal mentally patted himself on the back. The museum's trustees had released the next stage of funding - over a million Euros - now that his proof of concept had met their expectations. )

Title: A Forever Kind of Family - Part One of Three
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: eldorah
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Reese Hughes, Kyle Bancroft, Original Male Characters, Original Female Characters; Peter/Elizabeth
Word Count: ~16,500
Spoilers: All of Season 6, Especially Au Revoir
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Brief scene of animal neglect
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: The year between his "death" and the final sentencing of the Pink Panthers brought a lot of changes in Neal's life, and in Peter's, too. Families are made - by birth and by choice - and both men learn that the bonds of friendship can never really be broken.

Author’s Note: Written as a pinch hit for eldorah's artwork for Round 2 of the wc_reverse_bb.



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( Neal never thought of himself as a man who'd be alone forever, but that had become the sad, inexorable truth in his life. )

Title: Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places – Chapter Thirty of Thirty
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Olivia Benson (L&O: SVU), Section Chief Bruce (McKinsey) Original Characters
Spoilers: White Collar, all of Season 5; no specific spoilers for L&O: SVU, but set in Season 15. No spoilers for Season 6, A/U from S5 finale forward.
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Kidnapping, torture (off-camera), rape (off-camera),
Word Count: This chapter – ~8,600 / ~90,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Story Summary: Six months after Neal disappears, Peter still has no answers and his decision not to go to Washington has had significant repercussions for both his career and his marriage.
Chapter Summary: Neal finds the courage he needs to leave the safety of his apartment. He has to go see Peter, but when he arrives at the FBI Building, he's greeted with some unexpected news. And when he finally does talk with Peter, he gets the shock of his life.

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Previous Chapters: Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight | Chapter Nine | Chapter Ten | Chapter Eleven | Chapter Twelve | Chapter Thirteen | Chapter Fourteen | Chapter Fifteen | Chapter Sixteen | Chapter Seventeen | Chapter Eighteen | Chapter Nineteen | Chapter Twenty | Chapter Twenty-One | Chapter Twenty-Two | Chapter Twenty-Three | Chapter Twenty-Four | Chapter Twenty-Five | Chapter Twenty-Six | Chapter Twenty-Seven | Chapter Twenty-Eight | Chapter Twenty-Nine

A/N: Title from Alan Hovhaness’ wind concerto, which takes it from the Old Testament.


Art by kanarek13

( Sometime in Late April – Wednesday Afternoon )

Title: Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places – Chapter Twenty-Eight
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Olivia Benson (L&O: SVU), Section Chief Bruce (McKinsey) Original Characters
Spoilers: White Collar, all of Season 5; no specific spoilers for L&O: SVU, but set in Season 15. No spoilers for Season 6, A/U from S5 finale forward.
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Kidnapping, torture (off-camera), rape (off-camera)
Word Count: This chapter – ~3200/ ~90,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Story Summary: Six months after Neal disappears, Peter still has no answers and his decision not to go to Washington has had significant repercussions for both his career and his marriage.
Chapter Summary: Peter goes to see Neal, and Neal surprises him. Mozzie, though, is angry.

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Previous Chapters: Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight | Chapter Nine | Chapter Ten | Chapter Eleven | Chapter Twelve | Chapter Thirteen | Chapter Fourteen | Chapter Fifteen | Chapter Sixteen | Chapter Seventeen | Chapter Eighteen | Chapter Nineteen | Chapter Twenty | Chapter Twenty-One | Chapter Twenty-Two | Chapter Twenty-Three | Chapter Twenty-Four | Chapter Twenty-Five | Chapter Twenty-Six | Chapter Twenty-Seven

A/N: Title from Alan Hovhaness’ wind concerto, which takes it from the Old Testament. New chapters will be posted to my LJ every Thursday and to the relevant communities on Fridays.


Art by kanarek13

( Sometime in Late January - Saturday Afternoon  )

Title: Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places – Chapter Twenty-Six
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Olivia Benson (L&O: SVU), Section Chief Bruce (McKinsey) Original Characters
Spoilers: White Collar, all of Season 5; no specific spoilers for L&O: SVU, but set in Season 15. No spoilers for Season 6, A/U from S5 finale forward.
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Kidnapping, torture (off-camera), rape (off-camera),
Word Count: This chapter – ~2500 / Total – ~90,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Story Summary: Six months after Neal disappears, Peter still has no answers and his decision not to go to Washington has had significant repercussions for both his career and his marriage.
Chapter Summary: Neal is home, in his apartment and he tries to settle back and find his own normal. Peter and Elizabeth, too, are searching for what they've lost over the last six months. And they just might have found it.

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Previous Chapters: Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight | Chapter Nine | Chapter Ten | Chapter Eleven | Chapter Twelve | Chapter Thirteen | Chapter Fourteen | Chapter Fifteen | Chapter Sixteen | Chapter Seventeen | Chapter Eighteen | Chapter Nineteen | Chapter Twenty | Chapter Twenty-One | Chapter Twenty-Two | Chapter Twenty-Three | Chapter Twenty-Four | Chapter Twenty-Five |



A/N: Title from Alan Hovhaness’ wind concerto, which takes it from the Old Testament. New chapters will be posted to my LJ every Thursday and to the relevant communities on Fridays.


Art by kanarek13

( Sometime in Late January – Friday Evening )

Title: Baggage Claim
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Neal Burke, Peter/Elizabeth
Spoilers: S6.06 - Au Revoir
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~1000
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Neal's coming home, finally.

A/N: Written for Promptfest IX, for aragarna's prompt, "Peter – Love".

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(  It had been a long, strange journey. One filled with anger and mistrust, with wild (and no-so-wild) accusations. With bravery and sacrifice and cowardly selfishness, too. )

Title: Empty Hands Are My Gift
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Satchmo, Peter/Neal, Peter/ Elizabeth
Word Count: ~4000
Spoilers: None (A/U from the end of S4)
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: The journey to forgiveness isn't easy.

The conclusion to the story first told in The Lost and Found, You Never Know What the Wind May Blow, and Everything's Far and Nothing is True.

Author’s Note: The second of two fics written for poetry_fiction's Ai Ogawa 2015 Challenge, for the prompt:


Also, a birthday present for my very dearest angelita26.

Title from the Oysterband song, "The Lost and Found".

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(  Peter dreams of love. Of security. Of comfort. He dreams of the home and the hearts he's left behind. )

Title: You Never Know What the Wind May Blow
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Peter/Neal, Peter/Elizabeth
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~2000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: A prequel/alternative point of view to the events that precipitated the story in The Lost and Found. Neal gets Peter out of prison after the events at the end of In the Wind, but he can't save Peter's career, too. Peter takes to the road and Neal tries to pick up the shattered pieces of his life.

A/N: Written for doctor_fangeek, who asked for the prompt "Four miles outside of town, the highway ends" with the focus on Neal (with a context of Peter/Neal or P/E/N), for the eighth night of Fic-Can-Ukah. Like yesterday, this technically is not late, because the holiday runs from sundown to sundown, so until 4:29 PM, it's still the Eighth Night of Chanukah.

Title from the Oysterband song, The Lost and Found.

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(  It's been four months since he's seen Peter. Four months since he held the man he loves and been cradled in those strong arms. Four long months. A season. It feels like a year. A decade. A damn lifetime. )

Title: When the Day Goes Down
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke; Peter/Elizabeth, Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~4800
Spoilers: All of Season 6, especially S6.06, Au Revoir
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: theatregirl7299
Summary: Episode tag for series finale. Neal waits for Peter to find him. He's stopped counting how many times that's happened.

Author’s Note: Written for Day 6 of Fic-Can-Ukah, for my dearest friend, kanarek13, who asked for "A History of Whispers". Title from the Eurythmics song of the same name.

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( Neal sat at a table outside his favorite café in the Marias. It was a little after three on an overcast afternoon in early July. The weather report said it was going to storm by early evening. He hoped the rain would hold off until then.  )

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: Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places – Chapter Twenty-Five
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Olivia Benson (L&O: SVU), Section Chief Bruce (McKinsey) Original Characters
Spoilers: White Collar, all of Season 5; no specific spoilers for L&O: SVU, but set in Season 15. No spoilers for Season 6, A/U from S5 finale forward.
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Kidnapping, torture (off-camera), rape (off-camera),
Word Count: This chapter – ~2100
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Story Summary: Six months after Neal disappears, Peter still has no answers and his decision not to go to Washington has had significant repercussions for both his career and his marriage.
Chapter Summary: Neal gets ready for one more journey – home. And the preparations are not easy.

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Previous Chapters: Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight | Chapter Nine | Chapter Ten | Chapter Eleven | Chapter Twelve | Chapter Thirteen | Chapter Fourteen | Chapter Fifteen | Chapter Sixteen | Chapter Seventeen | Chapter Eighteen | Chapter Nineteen | Chapter Twenty | Chapter Twenty-One | Chapter Twenty-Two | Chapter Twenty-Three | Chapter Twenty-Four |



A/N: Title from Alan Hovhaness’ wind concerto, which takes it from the Old Testament. New chapters will be posted to my LJ every Thursday and to the relevant communities on Fridays.


Art by kanarek13

( Sometime in Late January – Friday Afternoon )

Title: Collateral Damage
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Matthew Keller, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Peter/Elizabeth
Word Count: ~4800
Spoilers: S6.03 - Uncontrolled Variables, all of Season 6 to date
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: theatregirl7299
Summary: Neal doesn't much like the man he sees in the mirror. Episode tag to S6.03 - Uncontrolled Variables.

Author’s Note: See end for author's notes.

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( Neal looked in the mirror and didn't much like the ugliness he saw. )

Title: Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places – Chapter Twenty-Two
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Olivia Benson (L&O: SVU), Section Chief Bruce (McKinsey) Original Characters
Spoilers: White Collar, all of Season 5; no specific spoilers for L&O: SVU, but set in Season 15. No spoilers for Season 6, A/U from S5 finale forward.
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Kidnapping, torture (off-camera), rape (off-camera),
Word Count: This chapter – ~3800
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Story Summary: Six months after Neal disappears, Peter still has no answers and his decision not to go to Washington has had significant repercussions for both his career and his marriage.
Chapter Summary: As Neal continues to heal, physically, so does his relationship with Peter, who comes to bring him some excellent news. Mozzie and Hughes come to some kind of terms about their relationship.

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Previous Chapters: Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight | Chapter Nine | Chapter Ten | Chapter Eleven | Chapter Twelve | Chapter Thirteen | Chapter Fourteen | Chapter Fifteen | Chapter Sixteen | Chapter Seventeen | Chapter Eighteen | Chapter Nineteen | Chapter Twenty | Chapter Twenty-One |


A/N: Title from Alan Hovhaness’ wind concerto, which takes it from the Old Testament. New chapters will be posted to my LJ every Thursday and to the relevant communities on Fridays.


Art by kanarek13

( Sometime in Late January - Early Thursday Evening  )

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!



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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 )

Title: How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns (Part Two of Two)
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Other Male Characters from Another Fandom; Peter/Elizabeth, Peter/Neal UST, Neal/Other (not original) Male Character, Eventual Peter/Neal
Spoilers: Minor reference to the end of Season 5
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~14,200
Beta Credit: theatregirl7299
Summary: Set about a year after the events at the end of White Collar Season 5, Neal tells Peter that he’s seeing someone – a guy. When Neal brings him over to the house, the Burkes get the shock of their lives.

A/N: This is a crossover, but I’m going to be coy and not tell you what the crossover is. Since this was written as a birthday fic for my dearest friend lumosed_quill, she’ll probably get what this is, because I wrote it for her. But for the rest of you White Collar fans, I’d rather let you discover the surprise at the heart of the story. But if you find you can’t bear not knowing before you read this, you can download the full header from my dropbox, here.

Title from the Paul Simon song of the same name.

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(  How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns (Part Two of Two) )