Fic: A Handful of Lightning
Title: A Handful of Lightning
Characters: Peter & Neal mostly (with Elizabeth, Jones, Diana, Bancroft, various OCs)
Pairings: gen with very background canon pairings (Peter/El, Neal/Kate)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 14,500
Spoilers: AU; various spoilers for "Forging Bonds" and season one, plus a small spoiler for something revealed about Peter's past in season three
Warnings: some graphic violence; mention of harm to children (note: one of the sequels contains a trigger warning for discussion of child abuse; this will be clearly noted when I post it)
Summary: "He's some kind of secret government experiment?" Peter and his team have been trying to catch the elusive con artist Neal Caffrey for years. But Peter's search for Neal leads him to something else: a startling revelation about Neal's true nature. Written for the "experiments by evil scientists" prompt on my h/c bingo card. AU.
Disclaimer: I do not own White Collar or its characters.
Author's Note: I owe a HUGE thanks to soteriophobe, who helped me immensely with the story and basically has been the best beta/cheerleader a fangirl could ask for, as well as keeping me from EXPLODING by providing me regular doses of feedback and squee while I was working on the stories in this 'verse and couldn't post them yet. Not to mention being full of useful ideas when I got stuck, and helping me with research on the sciencey parts. Thank you so much; I couldn't have done it without you. :)
Sequels: Somewhat by accident, I ended up writing five (!!) sequels to this story, covering most of the AU season one (and each written for a different square on my h/c bingo card), comprising about 60,000 words of fic. I will be posting them over the next few days on AO3 and at my journal; I'll edit the links into this post as I put them up.
Art: TBP
A Handful of Lightning
On AO3 | On DW (one post) | On LJ in 2 posts: Part 1, Part 2
Sequels:
Familiar Sting (for my "headaches/migraines" h/c bingo square)
Leap of Faith (for my "trust issues" h/c bingo square)
Heart to Heart (for my "insecurity" h/c bingo square)
Original Sin (for my "Stockholm syndrome" h/c bingo square) *trigger warnings for child abuse & torture apply to this installment; please read notes on story!*
Fragments (for my "imprisonment" h/c bingo square)
Characters: Peter & Neal mostly (with Elizabeth, Jones, Diana, Bancroft, various OCs)
Pairings: gen with very background canon pairings (Peter/El, Neal/Kate)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 14,500
Spoilers: AU; various spoilers for "Forging Bonds" and season one, plus a small spoiler for something revealed about Peter's past in season three
Warnings: some graphic violence; mention of harm to children (note: one of the sequels contains a trigger warning for discussion of child abuse; this will be clearly noted when I post it)
Summary: "He's some kind of secret government experiment?" Peter and his team have been trying to catch the elusive con artist Neal Caffrey for years. But Peter's search for Neal leads him to something else: a startling revelation about Neal's true nature. Written for the "experiments by evil scientists" prompt on my h/c bingo card. AU.
Disclaimer: I do not own White Collar or its characters.
Author's Note: I owe a HUGE thanks to soteriophobe, who helped me immensely with the story and basically has been the best beta/cheerleader a fangirl could ask for, as well as keeping me from EXPLODING by providing me regular doses of feedback and squee while I was working on the stories in this 'verse and couldn't post them yet. Not to mention being full of useful ideas when I got stuck, and helping me with research on the sciencey parts. Thank you so much; I couldn't have done it without you. :)
Sequels: Somewhat by accident, I ended up writing five (!!) sequels to this story, covering most of the AU season one (and each written for a different square on my h/c bingo card), comprising about 60,000 words of fic. I will be posting them over the next few days on AO3 and at my journal; I'll edit the links into this post as I put them up.
Art: TBP
A Handful of Lightning
On AO3 | On DW (one post) | On LJ in 2 posts: Part 1, Part 2
Sequels:
Familiar Sting (for my "headaches/migraines" h/c bingo square)
Leap of Faith (for my "trust issues" h/c bingo square)
Heart to Heart (for my "insecurity" h/c bingo square)
Original Sin (for my "Stockholm syndrome" h/c bingo square) *trigger warnings for child abuse & torture apply to this installment; please read notes on story!*
Fragments (for my "imprisonment" h/c bingo square)