White Collar Fic: Knowing

[soteriophobe]

Title: Knowing
Author: Soteriophobe
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke. Gen with canon pairings. 
Word count: 6158
Warnings/Spoilers: Major character death. Graphic description of frightening scenarios. Spoilers for the S3 finale.
Notes: Written as a fill for this prompt, by the lovely frith_in_thorns , over at collarcorner.
Huge, unending

Comments

[kanarek13]

I hope you don't mind that I comment here :D

WOW! I wasn't even sure I had the strength to read a deathfic that was a true deathfic... but of course I couldn't resist. I'm so glad I read it because, yes, it's so heart-wrenching but also so beautifully written, Peter's denial, grief, the pain of knowing the truth... geez, I had tears in my eyes!

Thank you so much for sharing this masterpiece ♥ It definitely helped me take my mind off the boring work-related stuff :D

[soteriophobe]

Not at all! Sorry I have taken a while to reply.

But thank you so, so much for your lovely feedback - I feel…really humbled and such that you enjoyed it so much! *blushblush* But I am so glad you liked it! I am always a bit nervous writing deathfic, because I don't want to stomp on anyone's heart too much, but…yay, I am glad this one worked out. :D

Thank you so much again for your comment!!! <3

I prefer LJ's commenting system to AO3's - hope you don't mind!

[frith_in_thorns]

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. This is amazing and, like, so much more than I could have hoped for! :D I loved how you wrote Peter, and the stages of grief he went though, and it was heartbreaking to see how much he blamed himself (and he would). This part was perfect: It doesn’t seem right, in his world of good guys and bad guys and convictions and acquittals, that planes should be allowed to just…crash, like that. It can’t be totally random, the world can’t be that chaotic. *hugs Peter*

Also, I can see why you freaked yourself out learning all the plane-crash details! XD That was so vivid and terrifying to imagine. Oh, Neal.

And I loved, too, that Peter was eventually able to find some peace. I also think Mozzie would approve of staying out of the system until the end :)

Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WRITING THIS! *flails*

♥♥♥

Re: I prefer LJ's commenting system to AO3's - hope you don't mind!

[soteriophobe]

Omg, I am so thrilled that you liked this! I always get nervous writing prompts, because I don't want to turn over a crappy fill, but…:D :D :D

I think poor Peter would be one to struggle with the 'just world' hypothesis, ha. He's so used to being able to put the smackdown on injustice with his badge and his power - so it was fun (er, not in a sick way, but) to write him in a situation where he's flailing and trying to make things make sense but…they just don't, because life doesn't.

And, hahahahaha, I may never fly in a plane again. At least not an airbus. D:

But….yes. Thank you so so so much for your amazing feedback and lovely praise. As mentioned before, I suck at accepting praise, but…just know that I'm blushing furiously and loving on you.

And thank you so much for the prompt! I am so so glad you liked the outcome. :D