Communication, by travels-in-time (G)

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Fandom: WHITE COLLAR
Pairing: Neal/Peter/Elizabeth, reference to Neal/Kate
Length: 546 words
Author on LJ: travels_in_time
Author Website: unknown
Why this must be read:

Hello! It's me, laughingacademy, and I'm thrilled to be the first person to take the wheel of the crack_van for the White Collar fandom. I will do my best to drive it like I stole it.

I'm not going to post my overview until next Wednesday at the earliest, because I expect at least one big revelation and/or twist in the mid-season finale (which will air at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6), but in the meantime, why not start reccing stories? So here's one of the first fics I read in this fandom. All you need to know is:

1. Neal Caffrey is a charming and gifted con artist and forger (among other things).
   
2. Peter Burke is the smart, good-hearted FBI agent who put Neal in prison.
   
3. Peter is married to Elizabeth, and they are arguably the best husband-and-wife on TV since Firefly was cancelled.
   
4. Neal sent Peter birthday cards from prison.

Neal's motives for mailing the cards are never spelled out on the show, which gave travels_in_time the space to create this touching and plausible arc for him.

The third year there's no anger left, just weariness. The time seems endless, days blending into each other without variation. Orange and beige and bad food and miserable bunks, and even the dreams that he's been holding on to, of a future with Kate, have gone vague and colorless. There's life out there, he knows there is, but nothing seems real anymore. And if it doesn't seem real to him, then what guarantee does he have that he is real to anyone else? There's one person who knew him, one person who always saw him clearly, but it's been years, and no doubt he's been busy chasing other mavericks who've offended his over-developed sense of justice.

Don't forget about me, is what the third card means.

Communication

Comments

[stars-inthe-sky.livejournal.com]

Nah, this show is to smart for tha. You may also notice how Neal can't generally con Peter, Jones, or Diana, which on a lesser show he would totally take advantage of.