elrhiarhodan

Title: Love is a Danger (Of a Different Kind)
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, mention of OMC, Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~2700
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Teenage Peter (17) and teenage Neal (16) in the Wonder(ful) Years 'verse, so technically, underage.
Beta Credit: theatregirl7299, miri_thompson
Summary: Set early in the Wonder(ful) Years 'verse, when Peter and Neal are freshmen at Harvard (circa 1983). Neal wants to go all the way, but Peter wants to hold off for a bit. He has his reasons.

Author’s Note: Written for kanarek13 on the occasion of her birthday. I know that this is a story she's been longing for. It doesn't quite get there - the story has epic potential and like most Wonder(ful) Years stories, it needs to be told in several parts.

Also written for the prompt that kanarek13 left for me on my Trope Bingo card: "College/highschool - the one thing I definitely still want to read is Peter and Neal's first time in the WY verse, you know, they talked and made up and wanted to finally do it on the weekend :D Or anything in the WY verse, there are still so many tales to tell there."

Title from the Eurythmics song, "Love is a Stranger"

See additional author's notes at the end of the story.

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( Objectively, Peter knew that he wasn't going to die of blue balls. But it was hard to be objective when you were hard. All the time. )