Just Like Family

[jrosemary]

Title: Just Like Family
Author: J. Rosemary Moss
Fandom: White Collar
Genre: A friendship/family fic and stand alone part of the  My Old Man verse. Warning for fluffiness!
Pairing: Peter-Neal
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Sadly, I don’t own White Collar
Summary: Neal tries for some father-son bonding with Peter

~oOo~

Neal woke up to a wet tongue licking his

Comments

[elrhiarhodan]

Ooooh, just lovely. So very lovely.

My favorite part is Neal being honest with Peter's friend...

Thanksgiving dinner...we may have dueling fics if you do write that! I've had a Peter/El/Neal - Mozzie Thanksgiving story percolating in my brain for months. I may just have to write it now.

[jrosemary]

Thanks Elrhiarhodan!

I can't wait for your Thanksgiving fic, and I'm sure our stories will be complimentary, what with the different types of relationships.

(I really want to do a first night seder fic next year--I just need one character to turn out to be canonically Jewish. Mozzie? Elizabeth?? Jones??? Come on, Jeff Eastin, give me someone!)

[elrhiarhodan]

Between you, me and a kiddush cup...I am always slightly astonished at the lack of Jewish characters in WC.

It's a show set in NY! Problem is, JE has spent little time in Manhattan, and as a midwesterner, probably doesn't have a clue.

Would you like to borrow my Sonia? I have a whole backstory to her relationship with Neal (it has to do with art, naturally). I wouldn't mind loaning her out to you, because you could do a better job of a First Seder than I ever could.

[jrosemary]

Good point about JE. Maybe we should twitter him and give him a nudge!

And I would be honored to borrow Sonia! I'm so excited that you would trust me with one of your characters. I'll PM you about it; maybe I'll just write the fic early and save it. (That will give me plenty of time to let you review it.)

To be honest, making a first night Seder is the one big social thing I do each year, so right after the High Holy Days I start thinking about it, lol.

It's usually a good mix of Jewish and Catholic family members, plus synagogue friends who help lead 'cause they know way more Hebrew than me, plus all my atheist friends--Jewish and gentile--because the Seder is the only 'religious' holiday they can tolerate.

(It helps that we order them to question and argue everything. In stereotypical fashion, the Jewish atheists I know have no problem with that, but sometimes you have to draw the gentile atheists out of their shells, 'cause they're afraid to be impolite.)

[sonia6349]

Love the story. I'm really enjoying this series. I'm even trying to stay away from the erotic endnotes I usually have with P/E/N lol.As for the lack of Jewish characters in a NYC based show like White Collar, oy gevalt, you're so right *sigh*

[jrosemary]

Lol! Thanks so much, Sonia.

I still have hopes for a Jewish character. El's maiden name might be Shapiro, after all. Or mabye Neal's Jewish through his Mom? (Assuming that the lovely Irish 'Neal Caffrey' is his real name . . .)

Or Mozzie might be a nick-name for Moshe. And anyone could be a Jew-by-choice. Here's hoping!

[pinglederry]

I've always thought Mozzie was Jewish. Call it a hunch. Although I could see Elizabeth being Jewish, too.

JE not having spent much time in Manhattan is no excuse. He's in show business! NYC as a Jewish city is such a common trope of comedy and entertainment in general; it'd be ridiculous for him to never have heard it.

[jrosemary]

Oh, I'd be happy to take Mozzie or Elizabeth! Like I said, I'm hoping Mozzie turns out to be a nickname for Moshe, or that Elizabeth's maiden name is Shapiro. :)

[elrhiarhodan]

I am thinking about sending a direct message to JE on Twitter. Anyone want to help me compose it?

[jrosemary]

I was thinking of sending him one like this:

"It's New York! Can one character be Jewish? Moz? El? Jones? Someone?"

Edit: But I'm willing to let you speak for us--or would it be better if more of us asked?

Edit again: But maybe something like this sounds better:

"Are any of the characters Jewish? It's NY!"

[elrhiarhodan]

I think if more asked, the better. JE doesn't/shouldn't know me at all.

[jrosemary]

Actually, I bet he'll recognize your name.

"Oh! That's the chick who knows Mozzie can't really be a NY lawyer . . . and she writes great porn!" ;)

Anyway, I think phrasing it as a question may be the way to go--I guess I shouldn't go on the attack, lol.

[elrhiarhodan]

I don't seem to be following JE in my twitter stream, just his twitpics in Google reader...

What's his Twitter ID?

[jrosemary]

http://twitter.com/Jeffeastin

What wording are you thinking about?

[elrhiarhodan]

NY is a very Jewish city, why doesn't WC have any Jewish characters.?

I'm trying to be respectful...am I hitting the mark?

[jrosemary]

I think that's fine. I'll go with:

"Are any of the WC characters Jewish? (It's NY!)

Edit: Or is that too close?