Title: Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places – Chapter Thirty of Thirty
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Olivia Benson (L&O: SVU), Section Chief Bruce (McKinsey) Original Characters
Spoilers: White Collar, all of Season 5; no specific spoilers for L&O: SVU, but set in Season 15. No spoilers for Season 6, A/U from S5 finale forward.
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Kidnapping, torture (off-camera), rape (off-camera),
Word Count: This chapter – ~8,600 / ~90,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Story Summary: Six months after Neal disappears, Peter still has no answers and his decision not to go to Washington has had significant repercussions for both his career and his marriage.
Chapter Summary: Neal finds the courage he needs to leave the safety of his apartment. He has to go see Peter, but when he arrives at the FBI Building, he's greeted with some unexpected news. And when he finally does talk with Peter, he gets the shock of his life.

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Previous Chapters: Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight | Chapter Nine | Chapter Ten | Chapter Eleven | Chapter Twelve | Chapter Thirteen | Chapter Fourteen | Chapter Fifteen | Chapter Sixteen | Chapter Seventeen | Chapter Eighteen | Chapter Nineteen | Chapter Twenty | Chapter Twenty-One | Chapter Twenty-Two | Chapter Twenty-Three | Chapter Twenty-Four | Chapter Twenty-Five | Chapter Twenty-Six | Chapter Twenty-Seven | Chapter Twenty-Eight | Chapter Twenty-Nine

A/N: Title from Alan Hovhaness’ wind concerto, which takes it from the Old Testament.


Art by kanarek13

( Sometime in Late April – Wednesday Afternoon )

Title: Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places – Chapter Twenty-Eight
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Olivia Benson (L&O: SVU), Section Chief Bruce (McKinsey) Original Characters
Spoilers: White Collar, all of Season 5; no specific spoilers for L&O: SVU, but set in Season 15. No spoilers for Season 6, A/U from S5 finale forward.
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Kidnapping, torture (off-camera), rape (off-camera)
Word Count: This chapter – ~3200/ ~90,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Story Summary: Six months after Neal disappears, Peter still has no answers and his decision not to go to Washington has had significant repercussions for both his career and his marriage.
Chapter Summary: Peter goes to see Neal, and Neal surprises him. Mozzie, though, is angry.

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Previous Chapters: Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight | Chapter Nine | Chapter Ten | Chapter Eleven | Chapter Twelve | Chapter Thirteen | Chapter Fourteen | Chapter Fifteen | Chapter Sixteen | Chapter Seventeen | Chapter Eighteen | Chapter Nineteen | Chapter Twenty | Chapter Twenty-One | Chapter Twenty-Two | Chapter Twenty-Three | Chapter Twenty-Four | Chapter Twenty-Five | Chapter Twenty-Six | Chapter Twenty-Seven

A/N: Title from Alan Hovhaness’ wind concerto, which takes it from the Old Testament. New chapters will be posted to my LJ every Thursday and to the relevant communities on Fridays.


Art by kanarek13

( Sometime in Late January - Saturday Afternoon  )

Title: Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places – Chapter Twenty-Six
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Diana Berrigan, Olivia Benson (L&O: SVU), Section Chief Bruce (McKinsey) Original Characters
Spoilers: White Collar, all of Season 5; no specific spoilers for L&O: SVU, but set in Season 15. No spoilers for Season 6, A/U from S5 finale forward.
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Kidnapping, torture (off-camera), rape (off-camera),
Word Count: This chapter – ~2500 / Total – ~90,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Story Summary: Six months after Neal disappears, Peter still has no answers and his decision not to go to Washington has had significant repercussions for both his career and his marriage.
Chapter Summary: Neal is home, in his apartment and he tries to settle back and find his own normal. Peter and Elizabeth, too, are searching for what they've lost over the last six months. And they just might have found it.

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Previous Chapters: Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight | Chapter Nine | Chapter Ten | Chapter Eleven | Chapter Twelve | Chapter Thirteen | Chapter Fourteen | Chapter Fifteen | Chapter Sixteen | Chapter Seventeen | Chapter Eighteen | Chapter Nineteen | Chapter Twenty | Chapter Twenty-One | Chapter Twenty-Two | Chapter Twenty-Three | Chapter Twenty-Four | Chapter Twenty-Five |



A/N: Title from Alan Hovhaness’ wind concerto, which takes it from the Old Testament. New chapters will be posted to my LJ every Thursday and to the relevant communities on Fridays.


Art by kanarek13

( Sometime in Late January – Friday Evening )

Title: This Year, Next Year - A Wonder(ful) Year Story
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Joe Burke (Original Character), Cathy Burke (Original Characters)
Pairing:: Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey
Word Count: ~8500
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Frank talk of end of life issues
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher , theatregirl7299
Summary: Peter, Neal and Peter's parents, Joe and Cathy Burke, are at Peter and Neal's vacation house in Vermont to celebrate Christmas. Peter's mother is sick, but Peter doesn't know how bad it really is.

Author’s Note: A very late entry for the White Collar Hurt Comfort Advent on whitecollarhc. Thank you, my dear friend kanarek13, for running this challenge again and for your patience. This was due on the 23rd.

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( Neal looked up from his laptop. Even though it was Christmas and he and Peter were technically on vacation until the third of January, he still needed to check his work email. The agreement was that the office mail accounts were turned off on their cellphones and they could only check for messages when no one else was around.  )

(And also, today's edition of the Daily Neal).


I can just imagine how ugly that sweater must be

Title: What is Mine I Keep
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke,
/Pairings: Peter/Elizabeth, pre-Peter/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~5000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher, theatregirl7299 - This is the fully beta'd version.
Summary: Continuing the tale first told in Weep to Break the World (the first story in the Dragon'Verse). As Peter promised, Neal has been obedient and earned some privileges, so Peter takes him to meet his clan chief, Elizabeth. If Elizabeth doesn't eat him, maybe Neal will learn how to transform.

A/N: Written for the seventh night of Fic-Can-Ukah, for palombaggia. She asked for "Only here, only now" with Peter/Neal. Technically, this is not late, because the holiday runs from sundown to sundown, so until 4:29 PM, it's still the Seventh Night of Chanukah.

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(  Peter had shown up at his apartment around the crack of dawn, waited impatiently for him to get dressed, handed him a go-cup of some rather inferior coffee and a surprisingly tasty donut before hustling him downstairs and into his car. )

Title: The Language of Love
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Peter/Elizabeth
Spoilers: All S6 episodes up to S6.05 – Whack-a-Mole
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Tiny angsty moment about pregnancy. Tiny angsty Neal moment.
Word Count: ~1100
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: Peter and Elizabeth have their own special language.

A/N: Written for the fifth night of Fic-Can-Ukah, for my friend aragarna. She picked "Beyond the confines of ordinary language" and asked for a story featuring Peter and Elizabeth. Also, written before the series finale aired.

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(  They've always had their own language, even beyond the shorthand for the deep love they shared.  )

This is it. The end. After tonight, it's really, truly, absolutely over. At least for canon.

I'm not sure how this edition of The Post Ep Dish is going to play out. I may do a running squee, I may just leave a few composed thoughts. I do know that in the coming days, I'll try to write up some type of full-fledged reaction post, much like I've done in the first few seasons.

So, here we go. ( Au revoir, but far too soon )

And one very non-spoilery comment, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Weep to Break the World – Part Two
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Reese Hughes, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Neal Caffrey, June Ellington, OMC; Pre-Peter/Neal, past Neal/Kate
Word Count: ~14,000 (two parts)
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Mention of canon death of canon character
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Artwork: kanarek13
Summary: An A/U riff on Pilot, where Neal is not successful in his attempt to break out of prison. Peter goes to Sing-Sing to deal with the fallout. It is, once more, the start of a very beautiful friendship.

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( Weep To Break the World, Part Two )

Title: After Rain
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Mozzie, Blake, Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth Tudor, Peter/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Bathing, Shaving, Misuse of Elizabethan Clothing
Word Count: ~6000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
Summary: Set in the Gloriana ‘verse – an Elizabethan A/U where Peter works as an agent of Queen Elizabeth’s First Secretary, Lord Francis Walsingham. It’s late in Gloriana’s reign and Peter is commanded to join the English army and guard the coast against the Spanish invaders. Neal must stay in London, and work as Walsingham’s spy. Their parting is long and difficult, but there is much comfort to be had on the return home.

A/N: For joy2190 for the very first night of Fic-Can-Ukah 2014. She asked for “After the Rain Stopped” in the Gloriana’verse.

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( It had been an unnaturally cold spring, and it would likely be a cold summer too.  )