White Collar Fic - I'll Be Home for Christmas

[doctor_fangeek]

Title: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairing: Neal, Peter, Elizabeth
Length: ~2900
Spoilers: None really, unless you are way behind (brief mention of some Season 1 and Season 2 events)
Warnings: None
Summary: This was not the way Neal Caffrey planned on spending Christmas Eve.  And it was just a little too close to another

Comments

[kanarek13]

Awwwww ♥ *smishes them* What a wonderful story \o/ I just love sad!Neal getting the comfort and love he deserves. Awww... it's just perfect. Thank you \o/

[doctor_fangeek]

I'm a bit behind replying to comments as I posted my fic maybe an hour before I hit the road for a New Year's Eve gathering with a bunch of college friends.

Anyway, thanks so much for your comment. Poor sad!Neal, but yes, he is on his way to some good comfort in the end. Glad you liked the fic.

[embroiderama]

Aw, Neal! I love that the temporary handler wasn't a bad guy, he just wasn't Peter. And seeing Neal's sad resignation about being stuck at the hospital give way to the unexpected happiness of Peter and El coming to get him was great.

[doctor_fangeek]

As I was talking through some of the details of this fic, I decided that the temporary handler could (and maybe should) be just a regular agent - it's not that he has a problem with Neal, but he's not going to go out of his way for him either. I'm glad that that seems to have worked for people, and I really appreciate the specific feedback on things you liked.

Thanks!

[embroiderama]

a regular agent - it's not that he has a problem with Neal, but he's not going to go out of his way for him either

That makes a lot of sense. I enjoy the trope of woobie Neal being abused by an evil handler as much as the next h/c lover, but it's so much more realistic for most agents to feel like, while Neal is of course a human being and they need to be decent to him and make sure he's taken care of if he gets hurt, he's not one of them, not a friend or a colleague. I can't even blame anybody for going that route, no matter how much I love Neal.

Thanks for sharing

[slytheringurrl]

This was a very cute fic!!! Thanks soo much for sharing with us, and I hope that you will write for wc_women_fest's ficlet challenge that starts in TWO days!

Re: Thanks for sharing

[doctor_fangeek]

Thanks for stopping by and for leaving a comment. Glad you liked the story.

[pjna3]

Aww... poor Neal! His recollections of past Xmas in prison and his resigned loneliness were very poignant. Also I liked that you made the OC agent not mean, just not his buddy like Peter is.

[doctor_fangeek]

Poignant is good - glad the resignation and loneliness were effective. Thanks for commenting!

[lauracollared]

This was wonderful. Just realized that my comment from yesterday didn't load. >.< So I don't have any specific feedback, because I don't have time to re-read/skim right now, but really, I loved this. :hugs Neal:

[doctor_fangeek]

Hmm...disappearing comment...bad LJ.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by again.