White Collar Fiction: "All Through The Night" (G)

[halfshellvenus]

Title: All Through The Night
Author: HalfshellVenus
Characters: Peter, Neal (Gen, H/C)
Rating: G
Summary: It's the little things that matter.
Author's Notes: A run_the_con entry for the prompt, "Sweet Dreams

Comments

[embroiderama]

♥ ♥ ♥ This is wonderful! I love woozy, pained Neal and Peter being so patient. Thank you for starting off the challenge beautifully!

[halfshellvenus]

Yay, I'm so glad you liked it! It's always daunting to go first, but I hope I did your prompt proud!

Perfect icon. How do you have so many of these? :)

[embroiderama]

I don't know, I guess I just keep collecting them! LOL

[kanarek13]

Wheeee \o/ And so the month of fluff begins :D

Wonderful, sweet and exactly what I needed to soothe my nerves in anticipation of tonight's finale. Love Peter's protectiveness and the fact that he agreed to read Neal a story - awwwww ♥

I feel all warm and fuzzy :D Thank you :D

[halfshellvenus]

Ooh, I'm a few episodes behind the show, so I don't even know what to be afraid of yet!

Peter is so persuadable, whether he realizes it or not. :)

[kanarek13]

Hehe, I have no idea what to expect and what will happen, but based on previous seasons, having a minor nervous breakdown in anticipation of the finale seems to be the appropriate way to feel :D

Again, thank you for the lovely story :D

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you! I was hoping it wasn't too much OR too dry, and that the feeling came through. :)

[angelita26]

Awwwwww! I love concussed!Neal. This was lovely - Peter taking care of Neal - so sweet! Thanks for sharing :)

[halfshellvenus]

It's funny that the prompt finally worked its way around to this, but once the idea came I couldn't resist this setup. Reluctantly nurturing Peter never gets old for me, and crabby but accepting Neal is one of my favorite versions. :)

[elrhiarhodan]

Throws her arms in the air and cheers - The Phantom Tollbooth is one of my all-time favorite books.

What a lovely way to start off this round - I hope, when it's my turn, that I can write something as good as this.

[halfshellvenus]

\o/ Someone recognized the book! \o/

I loved that story so much as a kid, and it was completely neglected in my own kids' education. I read it to my son at bedtime long after he should have encountered it himself... and just this last year he re-read it. There's so much wonderful weirdness in that story.

I'm so glad you liked this, and thought it was worthy of the kickoff! There's a lot of pressure being the first one, somehow. :)

[elrhiarhodan]

The Phantom Tollbooth is one of those books that's ostensibly for kids, but speak to adults too.

So much of the story still resonates with me - I never used the expression "Killing Time."

[halfshellvenus]

Have you ever read "The True Meaning of Smekday"? That's another one that is written for kids, but I can't imagine that it's more fun for them than for adults. The satire/irony/absurdity in that book are pure gold.

Upon re-reading Tollbooth, I unexpectedly fell in love with the Humbug, which I think is new from reading it as a kid!