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Jeffrey Nullier's "Man With Fedora" by copperbadge (PG)
Fandom: WHITE COLLAR
Pairing: Gen
Length: ~17,500 words (two chapters)
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
copperbadge
Author Website:sam_storyteller
Why this must be read:
Oh man, it was so hard picking just one WC fic bycopperbadge. He's written several excellent stories in the fandom, some of which have already been recced here. I finally settled on this two-part fic, in which the theft of several paintings is the occasion for Neal and Peter to hold a running debate on the power and value of art, the nature of responsibility, and the inescapability of consequences. Lest that sound too heavy, there is also plenty of copperbadge's signature comedy, like when Peter has a realization about one of the missing artworks.
Jeffrey Nullier's "Man With Fedora" (on Dreamwidth)
Pairing: Gen
Length: ~17,500 words (two chapters)
Author on LJ:
copperbadgeAuthor Website:
sam_storytellerWhy this must be read:
Oh man, it was so hard picking just one WC fic by
copperbadge. He's written several excellent stories in the fandom, some of which have already been recced here. I finally settled on this two-part fic, in which the theft of several paintings is the occasion for Neal and Peter to hold a running debate on the power and value of art, the nature of responsibility, and the inescapability of consequences. Lest that sound too heavy, there is also plenty of copperbadge's signature comedy, like when Peter has a realization about one of the missing artworks.Peter reached for the Trumbull investigation file, pulling out one of the photographs. "This one. Isn't that you?" he asked, tapping Man With Fedora.
Neal looked at it and laughed. "That's not me. I don't wear brims that wide. Kills my cheekbones."
"Oh, of course," Peter rolled his eyes. Neal cocked his head.
"Give me your certification," he said, holding out his hand.
"What?"
"Let me have your ID."
Peter frowned, digging his FBI wallet out of his pocket. He hesitated, and Neal raised an eyebrow.
"What am I going to do, convince you I'm Peter Burke?" he asked, taking it out of Peter's fingers. "Now, pay attention. Me," he said, gesturing to his face. "Painting," he continued, holding up the photo of Man With Fedora. "You," he finished, waving the ID.
Peter looked from Neal's face to the photograph, then down to his ID and back. The man's eyes and most of his nose were obscured by the hat, and his smile was curled up in a smug, almost menacing way, but the pull of skin across the cheek and the shape of the mouth were familiar. Very, very familiar.
[...] he blurted the first thing that came into his head: "I don't wear hats!"
Neal sighed. "That's why they call it artistic license [...] What? You should be flattered, your mouth's worth like ninety grand. Wait, not like that," Neal added hurriedly.
Jeffrey Nullier's "Man With Fedora" (on Dreamwidth)
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