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Title: The Magic Between Us - Part Two of Two
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Reese Hughes, June Ellington, Byron Ellington, Original Female Character, Neal Caffrey, Ford Tolman, David Siegel; June/Byron, June/Ford, Peter/David, Neal/Unnamed Male Character (past), Neal/Kate (unconsummated past), Peter/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Canon death of canon character (long-term unspecified illness), non-canon deaths of canon characters, internalized homophobia, expressions of homophobia, gunshot wound, references to 9/11, talk of suicidal behavior.
Word Count: ~15,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: Peter Burke, a young FBI agent, meets June and Byron Ellington during an investigation of a series of mortgage fraud cases. They take him under their wing and become his surrogate family. During his first visit to the Ellington mansion, he sees a magnificent portrait of a young man and becomes captivated. June and Byron invite him to spend Christmas Eve with them, and he begins to notice something wonderful about the portrait. For a little while, it comes to life. For almost twenty-five years, Peter spends Christmas Eve with the Ellingtons, and each year, he grows closer to the man in the portrait.

A/N: Inspired by kanarek13's artwork – or more accurately, the concept that Kanarek told me about, which set my brain whirring. I had the basic idea of this story plotted out before she finished the piece. I'm only sorry it's taken longer than I'd planned to finish it.


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( June stood at his bedside, elegant as ever in Chanel and as implacable as Juno. )

Title: The Wonder(ful) Years
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G - NC17
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, White Collar stunt casting throughout (non-canon uses of canon characters)
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Bullying, verbal abuse of a child, threat of sexual abuse of a preteen child, parental abandonment, blackmail, extortion, consensual sex between older teenagers.
Word Count: ~28,000
Summary: School Years A/U centering on the friendship between Peter Burke and Neal Caffrey, from the time they are in kindergarten through their senior year in high school. For the purposes of this story, all of the characters are roughly the same age (Peter is a year older than Neal). The setting is middle class suburban New York (Westchester County), circa 1970–1983.

A/N: Written for rabidchild67’s KidFic Fest on the whitecollarhc comm.

Beta credit: coffeethyme4me - words cannot express how much I owe, this story owes, to this fabulous woman. Very simply, it wouldn’t have been written without her sage advice, unstinting support and endless bounty of affection. All mistakes are mine and mine alone.

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I should know better than to do Five Times fics. The beauty of writing a five times type story is that you can plan short vignettes that build to a respectable whole. When I planned this, it was going to be Four Times Peter Rescued Neal and One Time Neal Rescued Peter. It still is, except that the fifth chapter got a little complex, and ended up at almost 15k. I do hope you enjoy the story and each chapter - it has been a pleasure to write and I think that the only reason I ended it was because it was due TODAY!

Chapter 1 - At the Playground
Chapter 2 - Dodge Ball
Chapter 3 - Little League (Warning: Childhood abandonment issues, threatened sexual abuse of a pre-teen)
Chapter 4 - Rubick's Cube
Chapter 5 - Part 1 - Under the Bleachers
Chapter 5 - Part 2 - Under the Bleachers (Content Notice: Consensual sexual relations between teenagers)
Epilogue - At the Playground


Regarding the title, there is a terrific and very lighthearted White Collar HS A/U called The Wondersmith Years, by Msrvc, which I discovered when I was collecting stories for the White Collar Fixation Fan Fic Fest. I had tried to change the title of my own fic, but there was nothing else I could come up with that was quite as suitable.