Tsunami: Summary and Index
Author: Jet44
Genres: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Whump, Humor, Friendship, Gen
Relationships: Peter and Neal bromance, canon pairings
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: PTSD, drowning, physical assault, prisoner abuse, a sprinkle of swearing. I'm not going the stereotypical "beaten and raped in prison" route. What happened to Peter and Neal was much more frighteningly close to legal treatment.
Spoilers: Potential through end of S5
Summary: After Peter was jailed for murder, he changed. Neal prods Peter about his experiences in jail and shares a trauma of his own, but Peter won't stop lashing out at him. When it can't get any worse, the two are caught in a tsunami in the middle of the night, Neal drowns, Peter rescues and resuscitates him, and from there on out it's all about survival, reconciliation, and healing. My aim is to explain why Peter acted so cruelly in season 5, and how they wound up so close to normal by the final episode. If you're willing to go along for the ride, I promise a happy ending and a rebuilding of trust and friendship. And cuddles.
Ch. 1: Turnabout is not Fair Play