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Just Like Family

Jul 30, 2010 07:12

Title: Just Like Family
Author: J. Rosemary Moss
Fandom: White Collar
Genre: A friendship/family fic and stand alone part of the My Old Man verse. Warning for fluffiness!
Pairing: Peter-Neal
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Sadly, I don’t own White Collar
Summary: Neal tries for some father-son bonding with Peter

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white collar, my old man verse, peter-neal, fan fiction

Comments 47

shotboxer July 30 2010, 12:24:55 UTC

YAY! This was wonderful - the whole reversal of roles where Neal is the one who's uncomfortable and has to bring up the convict thing and Peter's the one who just goes with the familial relationship. And I totally bet Peter would have been a hard-ass father too, he'd just save it for big stuff and totally indulge Neal on everything else. More?

jrosemary July 30 2010, 14:15:09 UTC

Thanks so much, Shotboxer! I'm glad you enjoyed the role-reversal, and I completely agree with you about how Peter would be as a Dad to Neal. :)

(And there will be more stories, if I can get the correct proportion of fluff, lol.)

elrhiarhodan July 30 2010, 12:59:58 UTC

Ooooh, just lovely. So very lovely.

My favorite part is Neal being honest with Peter's friend...

Thanksgiving dinner...we may have dueling fics if you do write that! I've had a Peter/El/Neal - Mozzie Thanksgiving story percolating in my brain for months. I may just have to write it now.

jrosemary July 30 2010, 14:19:15 UTC

Thanks Elrhiarhodan!

I can't wait for your Thanksgiving fic, and I'm sure our stories will be complimentary, what with the different types of relationships.

(I really want to do a first night seder fic next year--I just need one character to turn out to be canonically Jewish. Mozzie? Elizabeth?? Jones??? Come on, Jeff Eastin, give me someone!)

elrhiarhodan July 30 2010, 14:25:37 UTC

Between you, me and a kiddush cup...I am always slightly astonished at the lack of Jewish characters in WC.

It's a show set in NY! Problem is, JE has spent little time in Manhattan, and as a midwesterner, probably doesn't have a clue.

Would you like to borrow my Sonia? I have a whole backstory to her relationship with Neal (it has to do with art, naturally). I wouldn't mind loaning her out to you, because you could do a better job of a First Seder than I ever could.

jrosemary July 30 2010, 14:56:53 UTC

Good point about JE. Maybe we should twitter him and give him a nudge!

And I would be honored to borrow Sonia! I'm so excited that you would trust me with one of your characters. I'll PM you about it; maybe I'll just write the fic early and save it. (That will give me plenty of time to let you review it.)

To be honest, making a first night Seder is the one big social thing I do each year, so right after the High Holy Days I start thinking about it, lol.

It's usually a good mix of Jewish and Catholic family members, plus synagogue friends who help lead 'cause they know way more Hebrew than me, plus all my atheist friends--Jewish and gentile--because the Seder is the only 'religious' holiday they can tolerate.

(It helps that we order them to question and argue everything. In stereotypical fashion, the Jewish atheists I know have no problem with that, but sometimes you have to draw the gentile atheists out of their shells, 'cause they're afraid to be impolite.)

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ultracape July 30 2010, 13:33:06 UTC

That was great. I liked that Peter honored his promise to adopt Neal and Neal showed his worthiness by explaining the anklet. Very well done.

jrosemary July 30 2010, 14:20:31 UTC

Thanks Ultracape! I'm glad you liked Neal explaining the anklet; I think he felt he had to come clean, to defend Peter's honor and all that. :)

ladygray99 July 30 2010, 15:49:08 UTC

I am really loving this series. You really have Neal's voice down so well. It's a lot of fun.

jrosemary July 30 2010, 16:12:38 UTC

Thanks Ladygray!

I'm so glad you're enjoying this, and so glad that Neal's voice comes across as authentic. :)

ursula4x July 30 2010, 18:21:15 UTC

I have to keep tearing off my slash glasses as it hits my incest buttons when you write them as family. This was very enjoyable despite that. Neal trying to please Peter pleases me.

jrosemary July 30 2010, 18:27:45 UTC

Thanks Ursula!

I know what you mean--Peter and Neal are, even canonically, so flirty with each other! Sometimes that overshadows the Father-son vibe they share too. So my plan with this series is to keep it a straight forward father-son relationship, even if they allow a little harmless daddy!kink teasing with each other every now and then.