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Fandom:WHITE COLLAR
Pairing: Neal/Peter/El, Mozzie
Length: 21,000 words
Author on LJ:out_there
Author Website: out_there on A03
Why this must be read: I have an abiding love for outsider-POV fic. This White Collar story is shaped around the intricacies of Neal, Peter, and El's relationship, but it's told strictly from Mozzie's perspective.out_there does such a great job capturing Mozzie's skewed voice that it was easy for me to hear him in my head as I read this. I think it's incredibly hard to use the voice of an outsider to tell the story of someone else's relationship- How do you get the emotional payoff that you would normally find with a direct telling? How do you keep the story relevant to the character telling it, if it centers on someone else? The answer, of course, is that you leave it in the hands of a clever writer, and you get this, the tale of how Mozzie learned to stop worrying, and love trust plot with The Suit and Mrs. Suit, to save Neal from his own (potentially) poor decisions.
I was particularly fond of the interaction between Mozzie and El- like the show itself, it's obvious here that Mozzie likes and respects her, and I dig that. Getting a peek at what Mozzie actually DOES, when Neal isn't pestering him for favours, was fun too.
"There's just one thing I want to know," Mozzie says once they're out of June's house. "Just one question."
Neal smiles as wide and confident as he can. It shows a lot of very white teeth. "I know it looks bad, Moz, but Peter's—"
"Just one thing," Mozzie interrupts because he really doesn't want to hear anything that's going to make him imagine any kind of visual. "Does El know?"
"Does El… Why would you need to know that?"
"She is smart and sexy and way out of the Suit's league. If he's risking his marriage over this, he needs his head examined."
Neal blinks and slowly says, "Thank you. That's very complimentary."
"You asked why I wanted to know and I told you. I haven't said that this is insane, that he's an FBI agent and every day, he works for the opposite team—"
"There aren't teams, Moz."
"And I like El. She gets me invites to parties and doesn't object when I crash without an invitation. I don't want it to be awkward next time I see her. If I have to lie and pretend that her husband isn't getting extra cream on the side, I need to be prepared."
"I have no idea how that would ever come up in a conversation between the two of you, but, yes. She knows." And then, because Neal's weaknesses have always been devotion, curiosity and the urge to boast, he adds, "Sometimes, she joins in."
Martyrs Never Last This Long
Pairing: Neal/Peter/El, Mozzie
Length: 21,000 words
Author on LJ:
out_thereAuthor Website: out_there on A03
Why this must be read: I have an abiding love for outsider-POV fic. This White Collar story is shaped around the intricacies of Neal, Peter, and El's relationship, but it's told strictly from Mozzie's perspective.
out_there does such a great job capturing Mozzie's skewed voice that it was easy for me to hear him in my head as I read this. I think it's incredibly hard to use the voice of an outsider to tell the story of someone else's relationship- How do you get the emotional payoff that you would normally find with a direct telling? How do you keep the story relevant to the character telling it, if it centers on someone else? The answer, of course, is that you leave it in the hands of a clever writer, and you get this, the tale of how Mozzie learned to stop worrying, and I was particularly fond of the interaction between Mozzie and El- like the show itself, it's obvious here that Mozzie likes and respects her, and I dig that. Getting a peek at what Mozzie actually DOES, when Neal isn't pestering him for favours, was fun too.
"There's just one thing I want to know," Mozzie says once they're out of June's house. "Just one question."
Neal smiles as wide and confident as he can. It shows a lot of very white teeth. "I know it looks bad, Moz, but Peter's—"
"Just one thing," Mozzie interrupts because he really doesn't want to hear anything that's going to make him imagine any kind of visual. "Does El know?"
"Does El… Why would you need to know that?"
"She is smart and sexy and way out of the Suit's league. If he's risking his marriage over this, he needs his head examined."
Neal blinks and slowly says, "Thank you. That's very complimentary."
"You asked why I wanted to know and I told you. I haven't said that this is insane, that he's an FBI agent and every day, he works for the opposite team—"
"There aren't teams, Moz."
"And I like El. She gets me invites to parties and doesn't object when I crash without an invitation. I don't want it to be awkward next time I see her. If I have to lie and pretend that her husband isn't getting extra cream on the side, I need to be prepared."
"I have no idea how that would ever come up in a conversation between the two of you, but, yes. She knows." And then, because Neal's weaknesses have always been devotion, curiosity and the urge to boast, he adds, "Sometimes, she joins in."
Martyrs Never Last This Long