Rectober Post Two: White Collar
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Week Two: White Collar Recs
Okay, so I just went back and checked my tags because I didn't want to rec things I've already gushed about, and was horrified to discover that I have recced very little of what I have read and loved over the years.
So, brace yourself, this is going to get ridiculous!
I'm just going to put these in chronological order. Please note, the first three are written AFTER THE FIRST EPISODE! w0w. I'm super impressed that they got so very much of the characterizations and themes of the show right (even if they did occasionally spell said character's names wrong). And also (like always) super impressed with that first episode being so perfect that it set up the series so amazingly from the start. ♥
Tracking Anklet Kink (503 words) by Rokeon
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke
Additional Tags: Consensual Kink, Teasing, Pre-Slash
Summary:
Peter keeps looking at Neal's ankle.
Little bit of foreplay, a little bit of teasing... ♥
Playing Cards (848 words) by LithiumDoll
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Elizabeth Burke, Peter Burke
Summary:
Four birthdays and a surprisingly unsurprising appearance by Dutch painters
Short and lovely piece...
Tattooed on My Mind (1093 words) by grim_lupine
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey
Characters: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey
Additional Tags: Masturbation, Pre-Slash, Sexual Fantasy
Summary:
For the prompt: Neal in prison, taking care of himself, while thinking of Peter.
Also short and slightly less sweet, more delicious. ♥
Steal Yourself Away (11117 words) by Ursula
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey
Characters: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Clinton Jones
Additional Tags: Pre series
Summary:
Peter's life sucks. His wife has asked for a trial separation. He just started his new work with the White Collar crime division in the hopes of winning her back. His new case involves a very elusive art forger, counterfeit bond maker, and con man and he has just met a guy who fills the hole left in his life by El's absence.
This is a writer I just discovered last week and will be reading all their things based on this story alone. I also am in the midst of the sequel to this and it is just as lovely as this one. Highly recommend.
And anyone who's ever had a heart (7265 words) by Liviapenn
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Elizabeth Burke/Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey
Characters: Elizabeth Burke, Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey
Additional Tags: OT3, Threesome - F/M/M, Pre-Canon, Post-Canon, Yuletide 2009
Summary:
Before seeing the picture, she'd just slotted Neal Caffrey in as one more thing Peter's brain couldn't let go of, and amusing yourself while your spouse hunted down the greatest international art thief of the age was certainly classier than being a football widow.
I just love this story so much! I've gone back and read it a lot over the years and it just gets more delicious every time. ♥
Always Starts the Same, with a Boy and a Girl (21428 words) by lightgetsin
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Neal/Elizabeth, Peter/Elizabeth, Neal/Peter, Neal/Peter/Elizabeth
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth, Peter Burke, Mozzie
Additional Tags: AU, Law Enforcement, Threesome, Pre-Canon
Summary:
Summer, 1998. Neal Caffrey robs the gallery where Elizabeth O'Dell is working late, and comes away with a lot more than art. Agent Burke has no idea what's about to hit him.
This was one of the first fics I read in this fandom many moons ago and it's still just as awesome. It supposes what would have happened if it had been Neal to first meet Elizabeth in the gallery she worked at instead of Peter. ♥
I'll Carry the Key (8359 words) by Deastar
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey
Additional Tags: AU
Summary:
20s AU - flappers, gangsters, escape artists, speakeasies, and the extremely inspiring thought of Elizabeth in a blue flapper dress. In which Neal helps Peter stake out a speakeasy, and things do not go according to plan.
1920s FLAPPERS!!! Let that soak in!! ♥
Bright Lights and Promises (3664 words) by elrhiarhodan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: White Collar, Magic Mike
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Peter Burke/Elizabeth Burke, Peter Burke/Ken
Characters: Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Barrigan, Clinton Jones, Ken, Dallas
Additional Tags: crossover fic
Summary:
Peter chases down a lead on Neal, who may be working as a stripper in a club in Miami.
You ever have that embarrassing moment of reccing a story to the person who wrote it? Yeah, that was me last weekend. :( Sitting right next to her, looking at the fic with her name ON it, and I'm still trying to convince her to read it. Oooops. Anyway, you all are not her and you all should read it. *nods*
Ode to Broken Things (14807 words) by angel
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: White Collar RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Matt Bomer/Tim Dekay
Characters: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason, Diahann Carroll, Gloria Votsis
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Bookstore, Permanent Injury, Hurt/Comfort, Developing Relationship
Series: Part 1 of Bookstore AU
Summary:
Matt runs a hipster bookstore in the Village. Tim comes in one day, looking for a book of poetry.
I don't usually read too much RPF, and haven't read all that much A/U--though this list might suggest otherwise--but what is really rare is RPF A/U and what I do love about this genre--is it a genre? Sure, lets call it that--is how it could really be anyone doing anything... could be totally original. Like this story, it's completely original and the characters are a bit Tim and Matt, a bit Peter and Neal and a whole lot of lovely.
And speaking of amazing A/Us that read like original fic...
Falling (27509 words) by sahiya
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Sara Ellis, Mozzie (White Collar), Diana Berrigan, Elizabeth Burke
Additional Tags: Ice Skating, Alternate Universe - Hockey, Falling In Love
Series: Part 1 of Falling for You: The White Collar Hockey/Figure Skating AU
Summary:
Neal Caffrey is a professional figure skater struggling to land a quad. Peter Burke is a professional hockey player struggling to come back from an injury in time for the Olympics. Neither of them is looking to fall in love. Fortunately for them, their rink manager can't read a schedule.
I just loved this so very much! Peter and Neal are so great in this and so are all the other characters: El, Sara and Mozz. ♥
And the last one (for now) is a bit of a strange one. A/U too, and something I wasn't sure I was going to like or even be able to read, but I took a chance--seriously, the summary both terrified and intrigued me--and I'm glad I did. I can't say I loved it, all I can say is that a year later, it stays with me, bits and pieces. I hope others will take the risk I did and check it out. It's not nearly as dark and depressing as I would have thought.
Arbeit Macht Frei (10913 words) by Wayward Dust
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Curtis Hagen, Diana Berrigan, June Ellington, Mozzie (White Collar)
Additional Tags: some racist language, Nazis, mentions of past violence, Alternate Universe - Slavery, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Fusion
Summary:
"I am property of the state, and as such I am valuable only so long as I work. All the laws and regulations pertaining to Untermensch pertain to me. As long as I obey each and every command put to me I will be permitted to live. If I cease to work or refuse a command or in any way threaten any citizen or structure of the state, my sentence will be carried out immediately."
And holy crap that took longer than I had planned. In fact, this has taken so long, it might have to be my contribution to Caffrey/Burke Day. :( I had planned for so much more, which is sadly these days, the story of my life. *sob*