crack_van | The Weather Outside Is Frightful by OnYourMark (teen and up audiences)

(I'm sorry the fandom overview is taking so long. I hope I can post it tomorrow.)

Fandom: WHITE COLLAR
Pairing: gen (the author tagged it as gen. There's a slight hint towards a future possibility of Neal/Peter/El in there, though)
Length: 4,500 words
Author on LJ:

pickyourmark
Author Website: AO3
Author's Summary: A blizzard traps the White Collar team at Peter and Elizabeth's place. The good news: everyone's safe, warm, and well fed. The bad news? Neal's spiking a fever, and in this weather there's no way he's getting to a hospital...

Why this must be read:

Another great h/c piece. Neal!whump (as the summary might have tipped you off). Blizzard fic to go along with the season. Features feverish!Neal hallucinating that paintings come alive (personally, I love artist!Neal and these kinds of hallucinations are my favorite). Also, Dali's elephants really are creepy.

"Neal, are you seeing things?" he asked. Neal nodded. "Tell me what you're seeing."

"Dolly," Neal said, swallowing convulsively. He flinched.

"Dolly?" Peter asked, perplexed.

"The elephants. Saint Anthony," Neal whispered, and Peter realized he was saying Dali. Jesus, no wonder Neal was terrified. If he was seeing the elephants from that stupid Dali painting...

"Okay," Peter said. "Neal, I have to get you something to -- to get rid of the elephants, all right?"

"No, you can't -- " Neal grabbed for his hair, and Peter bit down on a yelp of pain. He reached up and untangled Neal's fingers.

The Weather Outside Is Frightful