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2013 – The Year in Fanworks:

By the Numbers

Stories: 101
Words: 409,400
Monthly Average: 34,117
Daily Average: 1,122
Longest: 70,000 (Red Velvet)
Shortest: 100 (Bruised Roses)

To compare, my 2012 Review | 2011 Review | 2010 Review

Total number of words since 2010: 1,424,235

The rest of this exercise in navel-gazing is under the cuts. There's a bonus Bomer awaiting anyone who finishes.

( The List of 2013 Stories  )

( Overview… )

( Some general observations about 2013… )

( The Year End Meme Questions… )

( Looking Forward… )

Title: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Neal Caffrey, OFC, Peter/Elizabeth, Neal/OFC
Word Count: ~3000
Spoilers: Vague spoilers for S5.09 - No Good Deed
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Another year comes to an end, and Peter is filled with regrets for wounds that haven’t healed, and may never heal. He doesn’t know that he has reason to hope.

Author’s Note: Happy New Year to all my dear friends in the White Collar fandom. I wanted to end this year on a happy (or at least, less angsty) note. It was difficult when listening to the Dougie MacLean version of the famous Robert Burns song, but hopefully I’ve succeeded.

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( Satchmo, old and so gray around his muzzle that his face seemed white, was slow to move these days. Peter’s heart always seemed to skip a beat in the mornings when the old boy didn’t lift his head at the sound of his footsteps coming down the stairs. )

Title: The Details of Unremarkable Days - Spring
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Elizabeth Burke Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, OMC, OFC (Peter/Elizabeth, Neal/Sara)
Word Count: ~4000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: rabidchild
Summary: Peter has retired from the FBI, Elizabeth has sold her business and they have settled in Peter's boyhood home town of Silver Lake, in upstate New York. Like the title says, it's the details of unremarkable days.

Author’s Note: Written as an extra for my Fic-Can-Ukah meme for aragarna. Her prompt was "The details of unremarkable days" and she asked for a story about Peter and Elizabeth. This is the first in a series of four fics in this A/U.


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( “Hey there, Elizabeth!” Carla the waitress called from the counter before she even got both feet inside the diner. Elizabeth returned the greeting and scanned the small restaurant for a set of faces she only knew from emailed photographs. There, in the booth at the far side of the tiny railroad car-style diner, was the young couple she’d been expecting. The spotted her, too, and waved. )

Title: The Truth Will Out - A Wonder(ful) Years Story
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Agent Roe, OMC - Walter O'Donnell, OMC - Sylvester DiNapoli, OMC - Bruce Malloy (Peter/Neal)
Word Count: ~4400
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Expression of homophobia
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me, miri_thompson
Summary: A timestamp to the Wonder(ful) Years story, Something We Never Dreamt We Could Have. The Kansas City agents, Sylvester DiNapoli and Walter O'Donnell, are back and are causing some trouble for Peter (and Neal).

Author’s Note: Written as an extra for my Fic-Can-Ukah meme for ultracape. Her prompt was "A Collection of Lies" and she asked for a story in the Wonder(ful) Years ‘verse.

I have no idea how an FBI disciplinary hearing would work - this is based on what we saw in the beginning of Withdrawal and my imagination. That's it. Don't expect a whole lot of realism here.

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( Peter could not believe that this had actually escalated into a full-fledged disciplinary hearing.  )

Title: The Circumstance of You and Me – Prequel to Nothing Will Remain - Part Two of Two
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, nee Mitchell, Reese Hughes, Neal Caffrey, Original Female Characters, Original Male Characters, Peter – Elizabeth friendship, Elizabeth – Neal friendship
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: References to the events of 9/11 in New York City, reference to the death of a non-canon character.
Word Count: ~14,000 total
Beta Credit: miri_thompson, coffeethyme4me
Summary: In the near-canon A/U, Nothing Will Remain, Peter and Elizabeth had been divorced for years, but remained very close friends. This is the story of how they met, forged an unbreakable bond, and why, when Peter is gay and is not in the closet, they got married. This story can stand alone, but the experience will be richer if you’ve read the other fic.

A/N: Written for the 2013 White Collar Hurt/Comfort Advent over at whitecollarhc. And I guess it's now official (if it wasn't apparent before) that there is a "Nothing Will Remain 'verse". When you write 30k for two stories in less than three weeks, it's pretty clear that there's a 'verse in the works.

Title from Oysterband's "Only When You Call."

Part One – On DW | On LJ

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(  Peter looked up from the New York Times crossword puzzle as El made her way into the living room. He was worried about her. She’d been suffering from nearly constant headaches for months now. She’d lost a lot of weight too. )

I think this is the episode we've been waiting for all Season. I'm actually terrified. In fact, I almost don't want to do this - I don't know where it's going or what will happen (I'm pretty unspoiled.

And without further adieu…

( Spoilers and squee and breathless terror below the cut )

Title: In a Brutal Arena
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey
Images: 23 Images - Courtesy of kanarek13
Spoilers: S4.09 - Gloves Off
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Images of Violence
Beta Credit: None
Summary: A fill for my H/C Bingo Square - Arena. Images of Peter and Neal fighting in a boxing ring.

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( In a Brutal Arena )

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Title: Fighting For His Life
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Matthew Keller
Images: 12 Images - Courtesy of midnight_road
Spoilers: S3.11 - Checkmate
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Images of Violence
Summary: A fill for my H/C Bingo Square - Combat. Images of Neal and Keller fighting in the street, using looted art.


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( Fighting For His Life )

Title: The Raven’s Children
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Alex Hunter, Peter/Elizabeth/Neal
Word Count: ~3000
Spoilers: S1.14 – Out of the Box (But slightly canon divergent)
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: miri_thompson, theatregirl7299
Summary: A long time ago, in another country, Neal found a piece. (No, it's not the piece you're thinking of, and you know how long and what he had to do to get his hands on that). This piece he kept for twenty years, occasionally putting it to good use.

Author’s Note: Written for the seventh night of Fic-Can-Ukah for my friend, kaylashay. Her prompt was "In the Back of the Closet" and she asked for Peter/Elizabeth/Neal. I actually brainstormed part of this fic with my dearest enabler-in-chief, theatregirl7299 about four months ago, and I had hoped that someone would be kind enough to pick this prompt and this pairing. I got very lucky.

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(  “Damn it Neal, it’s not here. We’ve got to go.”  )

Title: Hope For the Future
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Mozzie, Diana Berrigan, Theo Berrigan, Reese Hughes
Word Count: ~1600
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: miri_thompson
Summary: Mozzie is delighted to spend the day with his little namesake, Theo Berrigan, and they go for a walk in the park. Mozzie’s brother joins them. A light-hearted addition to my Unusual Relations series that started with Kinship Analysis and continued in Old Haunts.

Author’s Note: Written for the fifth night of Fic-Can-Ukah for my friend, algeiban. Her prompt was "The World Before You Were Born" and she simply let it be ‘writer’s choice.’ The title is from a quotation by Nelson Mandela, Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

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( Moz arrived at the She-Eagle’s nest at the appointed time. Not a minute early, not a minute late.  )

Title: Nothing Will Remain – Part One of Two
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Clinton Jones, Mozzie, (Peter/Neal)
Word Count: ~16,700
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Beta Credit: miri_thompson, coffeethyme4me
Summary: A near-canon A/U, where Neal Caffrey isn’t a forger and thief, but young Wall Street wizard who legitimately worked for Vincent Adler. He’s just out of prison, having served four years for investment fraud. He finds a job as a bookkeeper for Elizabeth Burke, Peter Burke’s ex-wife. Elizabeth and Peter have remained on excellent terms, and El wants to set Neal up on a blind date with him. But that’s not going to work as Neal’s past and Peter’s caseload collide.

Author’s Note: Written for my sweet friend sinfulslasher for Day Four of my 2013 Fic-Can-Ukah meme, for the prompt “I Was Meant to Be Someone Else”. She said “writer’s choice, but I love me some Neal angst.”

I should also note that Fic-Can-Ukah stories are meant to be short. In the original prompting post, I even said 300-500 words, knowing full well that most of these would be between 1000 and 3000 words. I was brainstorming with my enabler in chief, theatregirl7299, and she suggested that Peter and Neal are set up on blind dates with other people, but end up falling for each other. I didn’t think it quite met the prompt, but I loved the blind date idea. Next thing I knew, I had the makings of a massive fic on my hands. Seriously, if I didn’t have all the other fic-can-ukah stories left to write, this might just have ended up at 100k.

Title comes from the Oysterband song, “Someone You Might Have Been.”

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(  “El, I don’t want to go out on a date with your ex-husband.”  )

Title: Fortune Favors the Bold
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Peter/Elizabeth, Peter/Neal (fantasy)
Word Count: ~2800
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Fantasy dub-con
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me
Summary: Pre-series, Peter is on the chase and ends up stuck in a dingy hotel room in Helena, Montana on his fifth anniversary. He has a rather unique way of celebrating.

Author’s Note: Written for the first night of Fic-Can-Ukah for my dearest friend, theatregirl7299. Her prompt was "Only Here, Only Now" and while she initially asked for some naughty RPS, she agreed to accept a little Peter/Neal instead.

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( Peter was loathe to admit it, but he always liked Neal Caffrey. And maybe more than liked. )

I am almost completely unspoiled for this ep. Something to do with Russians and ice skating??? Will we get to see Neal in lycra? Or better, Peter in lycra? Or maybe Moz (not in lycra) is making counterfeit vodka? (Yes, yes, I know that good vodka comes from everyplace BUT Russia). Or maybe this episode will bring my SPQR'verse back to life.

Anyways...after four seasons of Dishing, you all know the drill! Play nice and remember ... ( spoilers ahead… )

Title: A Life More Ordinary - Master Post
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: kanarek13
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: NC-17
Characters: Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Neal Caffrey, Satchmo, Mozzie, June Ellington, Matthew Keller, Reese Hughes, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Yvonne, Asher Ben-Gali (Original Male Character)
Pairings: Peter Burke/Elizabeth Burke, Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke/Asher Ben-Gali, Neal Caffrey/Matthew Keller (past), Peter Burke/Elizabeth Burke/Asher Ben-Gali (past)
Spoilers: None
Content Notes/Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Threats of graphic violence, graphic description of non-canon animal death, reference to prior emotional, physical and sexual abuse, rape.
Word Count: ~40,000
Beta Credit: miri_thompson
Summary: In this alternate universe, Peter Burke is an FBI agent recovering from gunshot wounds, his career is on hold and he’s becoming frustrated with the lack of progress in his recovery. Neal Caffrey is not a con artist, forger and thief, but a veterinarian who is, himself, recovering from a terrible and abusive relationship. Peter, and his wife, Elizabeth, have a very special marriage – they have, on many occasions, let others into their life and their bed. Peter and Elizabeth have been gently wooing Neal, who wants to be part of their lives, but is still afraid to enter into any serious commitment. Elizabeth, who had initially pursued Neal, is now wondering if a relationship with the young veterinarian is right for her.

A/N: Continues the story that began in last year’s entry for the polybigbang, A Life Less Ordinary, but you do not need to read it to understand what is happening here.

Many thanks to my Beta Reader in Chief, miri_thompson, and to theatregirl7299 and coffeethyme4me for their endless support and cheerleading.

The prologue to this story was adapted and expanded from a story I wrote for my timestamp meme in July, All You Need to Do Is Walk Away, which is now off-line.





Artwork: Cover Art, Banners and Icons by kanarek13


Part One: LiveJournal | Dreamwidth
Part Two: LiveJournal | Dreamwidth
Part Three: LiveJournal | Dreamwidth
Part Four: LiveJournal | Dreamwidth
Part Five: LiveJournal | Dreamwidth
Part Six: LiveJournal | Dreamwidth

I'm rambling all over the place in this one, it's been a long while since I've had the headspace to just ramble.

( So, be patient and when you get to the end, you will be rewarded! )

Title: Full Disclosure - Part One of Two
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar, The West Wing
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Jed Bartlet, Abigail Bartlet, Peter/Elizabeth/Neal, Jed/Abbey
Spoilers: None, other than generally well-known canon deaths for The West Wing and for White Collar
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Non-canon events for The West Wing, possible timeline issues for The West Wing.
Word Count: 8,300 this part, ~12,000 total
Beta and Cheerleading Credit: theatregirl7299, miri_thompson, coffeethyme4me, gnomi
Summary: On the day that Neal’s tracker is removed for the last time, he and his lovers go to The Four Seasons to celebrate. Peter encounters an old acquaintance and a few hijinks (of the mildest kind) ensue.

A/N: See Author’s Notes at the end.

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( Neal wasn't nervous, exactly. More like nervy, hyper-alert to every movement, his skin excruciatingly sensitive under the fine cotton and wool of his suit. He had goose pimples on top of goose pimples and there were whole flocks of butterflies trying to work their way out of his stomach. )

Title: One More Job
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Curtis Hagen
Spoilers: Pilot, All of Season 5, up to Episode 3, specific reference to events at the end of Episode S5.03, One Last Stakeout
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Canon Death of Canon Character
Word Count: ~1000
Beta Credit: None
Summary: Hagen has another job for Neal, one he’s adamant he won’t take. But Neal may not have a choice.

A/N: Written for my friend pooh_collector, not that she asked for it, but it will become apparent, by the end, that she inspired it.

I know that there are some errors with regards to the New York Public Library. The Stokes Gallery does not overlook 42nd Street, nor does it have windows. I just couldn’t resist using it. Longtime White Collar fans might remember that Peter Burke was originally supposed to be called “Peter Stokes” but the name didn’t pass clearance.

Please see additional author’s notes at the end.

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(  Neal didn’t have long to wait for Hagen’s next “assignment.” The Dutchman summoned him, per the usual text message, to the New York Public Library.  )

Title: Reason Enough
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Prompt: #146 - Genius
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Mozzie
Spoilers: S4.4 - Parting Shots, S5.3 - One Last Stakeout
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Canon death of canon character
Word Count: 300 Exactly
Summary: Mozzie knows that he needs to make the hard decisions. He’s only looking out for Neal. A follow-up to Pulling Strings.

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(  It still surprised him that Neal hasn’t figured it out by now  )

Title: The Magic at Moonrise
Prompt: White Collar 100 - #61 - Moon
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Elizabeth Burke (Implied P/E/N)
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: 300
Summary: It’s Halloween and there’s something in the air.

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(  There was magic in the air tonight. )

I can't believe that we're going to be Doing It In D.C. in less than five days!

(runs around like a mad woman, waving her hands in the air)

Anyways, some housekeeping and whatnot...

( Please click here - there's good stuff underneath the cut. Not only a bonus Bomer, but a way for peeps who can't make it to DC to participate in the festivities. )

ETA: Yes, yes - the first eight slots have been filled, but please continue to sign up! Last year, I filled sixteen of the eighteen prompts and the year before, I filled fourteen. And in neither of the previous years did I give myself as much time as I've done this year. So keep them coming!

My lovely friend, rabidchild does the Twelve Days of Ficmas. Many others on my flist participate in Yuletide and have fun filling Fandom Stockings. My gift to you, my awesome flist, comes on the eight days of Fic-can-ukah, which coincidentally occur on the eight nights of Hanukkah.

But you say, it’s only late October and not even Halloween, what’s this with Hanukkah? Well, a few things. This year, the Festival of Lights begins on the earliest possible day – the night BEFORE Thanksgiving. Yes – November 27th. And I have other fic’ing commitments – like a couple of Big Bangs – to finish. So consider this an exercise in planning ahead.

Fic-can-ukah works like this...I will write a short fic(let) for each of the eight days. And by short, I mean 300-500 words (yeah, stop laughing, please). To make this easy on me (because I know my limitations), I'm giving you the prompts, and you get to pick which prompt you want me to write and the character(s) and/or pairing(s), or if it's simply writer's choice.

Shapes like stars
The sound of a thousand secrets
The secret history of anger
It’s either the beginning or the ending
Beyond the confines of ordinary language
He called you by your real name
Lost in the shadows of time past
Something moves in the distance

Only here, only now - theatregirl7299 (1)
Staying awake all night - kanarek13 (2)
The weight of sleep - calis_1st (3)
I was meant to be someone else - sinfulslasher (4)
The world before you were born - algeiban (5)
What waits at the top of the staircase - anodyneer (6)
In the back of a closet - kaylashay (7)
The last stop before arrival - angelita26 (8)
A collection of lies - ultracape (9)
He has a confession to make - pooh_collector (10)
A painting, dark and ancient - daria234 (11)
This is the moon I was born under - coffeethyme4me (12)
The details of unremarkable days - aragarna (13)
It shimmers in the distance - sapphire2309 (14)
You’re eavesdropping - miri_thompson (15)
The stranger at the crossroads - sahiya (16)
The moon made them do it - joy2190 (17)
In search of impossible light - doctor_fangeek (18)
A lie someone told him - embroiderama (19)
Lighting the first lamps - photoash (20)
Your lover’s pillow - sheenianni (21)

First come, first served, and one prompt per person. And yes, I am aware that none of these prompts are particularly fluffy or holiday oriented. In fact, they’re all kind of angsty. Just the way I like ‘em.

If you want a short outtake from a current 'verse (Wonder(ful) Years, Paladin, Vinegar Hill, Gloriana, Orchestration, etc., but not Vampire World, which no one has ever asked for anyway - that one will be finished for the Final Touches big bang) let me know, and I will try to honor your request. Of course, if more than eight people sign up, I will try to fill every one's request, but I will only guarantee the first eight. Fills will be posted starting Wednesday, November 27th (the first night) and will run to at least December 5th.

Participation is ecumenical - there is nothing inherently Jewish about Fic-can-ukah, and you don't have to be Jewish to sign up. Think of it as my masochistic version of Fandom Stocking. For what it's worth, last year, I filled sixteen prompts, and would likely have filled all eighteen requests but life, in the form of staying alive, intervened

PS: To those of you who may be wondering (and I'm not going to name names), RPS is a welcome request.

Title: Travel Well and Come Home Safe
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Peter/Elizabeth/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~7400
Beta Credit: miri_thompson, theatregirl7299
Summary: During his years in prison, his time on the anklet, Neal dreams of travel. He’s a free man now and when the opportunity to consult with the Los Angeles field office comes up, he doesn’t hesitate to accept. Getting to LA isn’t a problem, it’s getting back to New York that the issue.

A/N: Written for the Second Annual Caffrey-Burke Day, in celebration of the fourth anniversary of the airing the White Collar Pilot, otherwise known as “Snow White and Her Seven Little Men.”

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(  During his four years in prison, Neal dreamed of traveling the world: flying away at a moment’s notice, Kate at his side, Mozzie carrying the bags. They would go to London and Paris and Rome and Venice. As the years progressed, those dreams took him further afield, to the gaming palaces in Macau and Hong Kong, the glittering spires of Singapore, the pink sand beaches of the Maldives. )