Picture Perfect 2/4

[astra_sequi]

Title: Picture Perfect
Pairing: Referenced Neal/Kate. Character focus on Neal and Peter. El and Moz make an appearance.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 13,146
Spoilers: Season 1 finale. A brief mention of a single conversation in season 2
Warnings: General angst. Neal being Neal.
Summary: Neal gets over Kate, only for her to show up again. Peter wants him to

Comments

[afiawri]

You manage omniscient view well. I know it’s difficult to write and there are scenes in this story where it is just amazingly fluid.
I love the symbolism of the wine- that Neal is trying to toast Kate’s con, that he’s the one nostalgic, but it’s contagious. That was clever and heavy with symbolism in a way that I adored.
And the foil between how emotional Neal is with Kate and how aloofly observant he was with Peter is very well done. And Kate’s eavesdropping position, so like Neal’s watching of the waiter, adds so much to the piece. A foil of a foil even, but it doesn’t feel convoluted, just natrual. Very well written.
I love the unintended consequences Kate has to face and how, despite being a largely unsympathetic character, you do not hold back in the roundness of her character.

[astra_sequi]

Wow, you leave such wonderfully insightful comments. :) And as ambivalent as I am to Kate's character in the show, there's plenty of interesting things surrounding her. Thanks for the comment!