Fic: there is a crack in everything (White Collar, PG, 2150 words)

[florastuart]

Title: there is a crack in everything
Author: florastuart
Rating: PG
Genre and/or Pairing: Gen
Characters: Neal, Peter
Spoilers: Season 2
Warnings: None
Word Count: 2150
Summary: A week ago he thought he'd be dead by now, or else back in prison for good; he hadn't much cared which.
A/N: Missing scene for 2.10 Burke's Seven. This was supposed to be for Caffrey

Comments

[neontiger55]

This is utterly gorgeous. I love the way you render Neal's shock and relief, and the atmosphere you create in the back yard - the way it changes moment to moment with Neal's thoughts. And of course, the way you write Neal and Peter.

Loved these lines especially:

He doesn’t know how to say this, that for everything he owes Peter he owes her first.

He doesn’t know how to say this, that in all the pain and doubt and grief there was one razor-bright moment of clarity, one moment between firing that first shot and pulling back the hammer for a second when everything made sense; one moment when all the world collapsed into a funnel, a clean straight line down the end of a gun sight, and he knew who he was and what it all meant and everything he had to do.

Beautiful ;)

[florastuart]

Thank you so much! I've had this image in my head for a long time, of the two of them sitting in the back yard together; it's a pivotal moment for Neal, and I wanted to show that and give them both a chance to process everything that's happened. I'm glad you liked it!

[kanarek13]

Oh, wow... simply beautiful, the atmosphere, all the sounds and smells and feelings and thoughts blending together, and Neal and Peter right in the center of this bubble ♥

Truly wonderful Caffrey-Burke treat \o/ Thank you :D

[florastuart]

Thank you so much! It's an image I've been wanting to write for a while - I'm really glad you liked it! :)

[calis_1st]

I'm in awe.

I love how Neal comes to this realization -

It comes to Neal, suddenly, that Peter’s fear for him in all this has been as great as Neal’s fear for Mozzie; the realization stops all other thoughts for half a breath; it is a thing huge and incomprehensible, and Neal can’t quite wrap his head around it.

Thank you so much for posting this.

[florastuart]

Thank you so much! :) I'm really glad you liked it! Poor boys - they've both had a rough time lately. *hugs them*

[pipilj]

This was beautiful loved perceptible Peter

[florastuart]

Thank you so much! :) I'm so glad you liked it!

[leesa_perrie]

This was totally gorgeous and wonderful and perfect. I love the way you write Neal and Peter, and I think this is one of the best fics I've read that deal with all of this! Excellent!

[florastuart]

Thank you so much! It's one of my favorite moments in canon, and a key turning point for Neal, and I always wanted to explore it a little more. I'm really glad you liked this!