Title: Penelope Weaving
Characters/Pairings: Neal/Kate, Fowler, Mozzie, Peter, Keller, Adler
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 78,000
Spoilers: Through 4.03
Warnings: Some violence.
Summary: She’s never liked chess, and this is chess played in the dark and blindfolded, and all the pieces are broken glass. Kate’s POV of season 1.
Disclaimers: I do not own White Collar or its characters. I do not own the poems quoted near the end, either. I am also not a trained parachute instructor. Nothing in this fic should be taken as actual instructions for how to jump out of a plane.
Author’s Note: Huge thanks to everyone involved in helping me with this.
soteriophobe read an early draft and provided many helpful and encouraging comments;
sholio made the wonderful art above;
kernezelda and LC both provided fabulous betaing and encouragement; LC also provided invaluable information on how parachutes actually work, as well as offering advice on when to just handwave and make stuff up. *hugs to everyone*
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