You Ruined Everything (In the Nicest Way) by jmtorres (G)

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Fandom:  WHITE COLLAR
Pairing:  N/A, gen (Peter/Elizabeth)
Author on LJ:  jmtorres 
Author's Website:  on the AO3

Summary:  
A story of missed connections, in which Peter doesn't know what to say, Neal doesn't seem to want to hear it, and Elizabethan translation proves vital.

Why this must be read:
Okay, so this is one of my absolute favorite stories in this fandom.  It's an AU, but it fits into canon so well that it could very well be canon, for all we know.  I love it.  So, so much.  I can't tell you much more, or it'll spoil it, but suffice it to say that this story makes Peter and Neal's relationship make so. much. sense.

Tempting Tidbit / Excerpt:
 "Hey, boss, how come I never get lasagna invites?" Cruz asks--not, Peter thinks, out of any real feeling of being left out; more as a sarcastic stinger to tell him he's being unprofessional about Neal. It's funny that lasagna sounds more warning bells than the argument which Peter (and Neal, he's pretty sure) felt didn't so much skirt dangerous territory as wander directly through it.

Peter figures the truth is reasonable recourse here. "Because you don't inspire my wife to want to pinch your cheeks and fatten you up," he rallies.


ETA:  HOLY SHIT FACEPALM.  Um.  Here's the fic!