Round 4 Master List
Round Four of the White Collar Big Bang is now closed.
Thank you to all the authors and artists that made this possible - we wouldn't be the same community without you. These are listed by posting date.
Round 5 will start April 1st, 2014.
Many, many thanks to crescent_gaia and sirwynai for all their hard work and dedication to this community over the past four years.
1
Title: I Can’t Go Back to Yesterday (I Was a Different Person Then)
Author: rabidchild
Artist: aragarna, Art Post
Rating: R for language
Characters/Pairings: Tim DeKay, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, OFC; Gen
Spoilers: Mentions canon events up to and including Season 4
Warnings: OT RPF, I swear; crack; h/c; casefic; friendship; humor. Also, this probably qualifies as parody. Also-also, this does nothing to dispel certain national stereotypes. Sorry, Canada.
Word Count: 20,500
Beta: miri_thompson and my Canadian Connection, ivorysilk
Summary: What happens when TDK gets whomped over the head and wakes up in White Collar Land? A self-love story.
A/N: Follow-up to Stranger in a Strange Land, but it is not at all necessary to have read that. This is set in some amorphous early-Season 4 timeframe.
2
Title: False Pretenses
Author: elledeegee
Artist: Nioelle
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke / Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Jones, Barrigan
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 29 K
Spoilers: Spoilers for Season 1-4 and the S4 finale
Warnings: Minor violence, very little cussing
Summary: A man wakes up and doesn't know who he is, Neal Caffrey has cut his anklet and Peter Burke is missing.
3
Title: Open and Shut
Author: treonb
Artist: pikasafire
Characters/Pairings: Gen (with a little bit of Het). Neal/OFC, Peter, Mozzie, El, Diana, Jones, Callaway
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~35K
Spoilers: Through S4 finale
Warnings: None
Summary: When Neal falls in love he's sure he's in Heaven. But soon he finds himself on a collision course with both Peter and Mozzie. Set post S4.
4
Title: Somewhere Under The Trees
Author: marissaangell
Artist: marissaangell, Art Post
Characters/Pairings: Neal C./Peter B./other team members
Rating: T
Word Count: 10,910
Spoilers: From all past seasons
Warnings: Mentions of blood and injury, might be slightly graphic. nothing too much
Summary: He's all alone now. Nothing but trees surrounding. Neal happens to get into trouble. This time there's no Peter to come and save him. But eventually he will. And that's not all... there's upcoming storm. What they don't know for sure is whether Neal's ran.
5
Title: Hold With All You Have
Author: frith_in_thorns
Artist: sholio
Characters/Pairings: Neal, Peter, Diana, others. Gen with mild Peter/Elizabeth, Diana/Christie, and Diana/OFC.
Rating: FRT
Word Count: 32,500
Spoilers: Plot points from early season 4.
Warnings: This is an apocafic, dealing with a pandemic. Quite a few warnings are included in that, including disturbing descriptions, violence, a lot of general background death, and death/implied death of canon characters. (Specifically: Christie's death is described; Satchmo dies off-screen; other characters including June, Jones and Hughes have unresolved fates.)
Summary: A lethal epidemic rips through New York. In the aftermath, Neal, Peter and Diana must work together to survive, and to search for those who left the city before lock-down. And then they have to keep on surviving.
6
Title: The Lost Boys
Author: Angelita26
Artist: aragarna, Art Post
Characters/Pairings: Gen - Neal, Peter, Mozzie, Sara, Diana, June, Byron, Hughes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 10,298
Warnings: Off-screen assault and discussion thereof. Teenage AU.
Summary: Neal sneaks out one night and is assaulted by bullies from school. While he recuperates in the hospital, Peter and Mozzie take matters into their own hands. This story takes place in the same universe as Stand By Me but it is not necessary to read that ficlet first. All you need to know is that Neal, Peter, Mozzie, Diana and Sara are all foster children living with June and Byron in upstate NY.
7
Title: Best Laid Plans
Author: citrinesunset
Artist: slytheringurrl, Art Post
Characters/Pairings: Neal/Sara, Sara/OMC
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~23k
Spoilers: Through season 4
Warnings: None
Summary: When Sara found out she was pregnant with Neal's child, their conflicting desires for the future closed the door on their relationship. Now, almost five years later, Neal is trying to establish himself as a legitimate businessman and a dedicated but long-distance father. When Sara moves back to New York, he sees an opportunity for a closer relationship with his son. But in order to do that, he needs to confront long-buried resentments between him and Sara.
8
Title: The Manhattan Story
Author: rabidchild
Artist: kanarek13, Art Post
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Ensemble. Pairings: Peter/Neal and Peter/Sara, with some Hughes/June and Elizabeth/Jones around the edges.
Spoilers: None
Warnings: Movie AU/fusion, romantic comedy
Word Count: ~22,000
Beta: miri_thompson
Summary: The White Collar/Philadelphia Story fusion nobody wanted. Peter Burke is the scion of American “royalty,” about to marry Hollywood starlet Sara Ellis. Unfortunately, his ex, Neal has brought a pair of tabloid journalists, Elizabeth Mitchell and Clinton Jones, along to the wedding to do an inside story. Nothing could possibly go wrong, right?
9
Title: Everything to Lose
Author: kaylashay
Artist: sirbojangles
Rating: FR21
Spoilers: None
Characters/Pairings: Peter/El/Neal; Neal/OMCs; Vincent Adler; James Bennett; Other Minor Characters
Warnings: Slavery; Rape/Non-Con; Torture
Word Count: 16,000
Beta: azraelz_angel
Summary: As Peter and El start their new life together, the last thing they expect to get is a slave. But Neal works his way into their hearts and, ten years later, Peter is working on a way to show the two loves of his life just how much he cares. However, events set in motion years before threaten to tear their family apart. Genre: Threesome; AU
10
Title: The Exception to the Rule
Author: sinfulslasher
Artist: kaylashay
Pairing: mostly gen with hints of Peter/El/Neal
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter, El, Neal, Diana, Jones, June, Mozzie
Word Count: 40,000 exactly
Warnings: This is a slave AU fic, which brings the usual warnings for, well, slave fics just to be on the safe side, even though Neal is treated lovingly throughout the fic.
Spoilers: The Dutchman case is mentioned, so spoilers for the pilot. There are a couple of other teensy tidbits mentioned that aren’t spoilery but are hopefully a respectful nod at the wonderful details Jeff Eastin et al add to the characters.
Beta: kaylashay
Summary: In a world where the latest fad is owning a show slave, Peter is trying to decide if this would be the perfect birthday present for his wife. Unfortunately, show slaves are bred to look pretty, not to have brains, which is something neither he nor El would be able to enjoy. But then he comes across Neal, a show slave with the raw talent of a real artist, and Peter realizes that there’s obviously an exception to every rule.
11
Title: Red Velvet
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: kanarek13, Art Post
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Diana Berrigan, Elizabeth Mitchell, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Mozzie, June Ellington, OFC, OMC, Peter/Neal, Neal/Elizabeth, past Neal/Sara, past Neal/Keller, past Neal/Kate, past Neal/Gordon, Mozzie/Elizabeth, Reese/Elizabeth, Mozzie/Gina (off camera), Mozzie/Sallie (off camera), implied Mozzie/Gina/Sallie (off camera)
Rating: R
Word Count: ~70,000
Spoilers: None
Beta: miri_thompson
Warnings: Situational depression, grief, mention of HIV/AIDS, other STDs
Summary: Elizabeth Mitchell’s company, "Desserts After Dark," delivers fine cupcakes and pastries to the eclectic elite of Kings County (Brooklyn). Peter Burke, former FBI agent and one of the senior partners in the accounting firm of Hughes, Burke, is the bakery’s most loyal customer. But it’s not all fluff and cream cheese icing when he falls for Neal Caffrey, the Chief Baking Officer of Desserts After Dark. Peter has some serious issues from his past to deal with, and their road to happiness isn’t guaranteed.
12
Title: The Dream Becomes the Man
Author: theatregirl7299
Artist: elrhiarhodan, Art Post
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Mozzie, June Ellington, Philip Kramer, Garrett Fowler, Curtis Hagen, Blake, Peter/Neal/Elizabeth
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 45,182
Spoilers: None
Beta: miri_thompson, elrhiarhodan,
Warnings: Violence, slight torture
Summary: In the year 2033, the Militia, under the command of Imperator Peter Burke, keeps the peace and order in the city of New York. He believes his life is complete with his beautiful wife, Elizabeth, despite the marriage laws that require them to take a third spouse. When a con man with a special Talent and a dark secret appears, will more than Peter's heart be at risk?
13
Title: Canvas of My Soul
Author: backrose_17
Artist: TBP
Crossover Fandom: Queer as Folk
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Neal/Elizabeth, Brian/Justin, Diana, June, Mozzie, Clinton, Emmett and Gus
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 21,318
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Summary: Peter’s suspicions when Neal invites him, along with everyone else, to the opening night at an Art Gallery quickly change when it becomes clear that Neal and the artist, one Justin Taylor-Kinney, know each other just a little too well for Peter and Justin's husband's Brian's taste. Justin isn’t blind to the obvious feelings between Peter, Neal and Elizabeth and how perfect the three of them fit together and he makes it his mission to get them together before he and Brian have to go home. What could possible go wrong?
14
Title: And the ghosts in the attic they never quite leave
Author: florastuart
Artist: love_82
Characters/Pairings: Diana/Christie, Neal, Peter
Rating: PG
Word Count: 14,300
Spoilers: Spoilers through 2.10 Burke’s Seven
Beta: LC
Warnings: None
Summary: On the limitations of geometry as a guide to moral decision-making, or, the one where Neal and Diana cook dinner together and light things on fire.
15
Title: Conspiracies
Author: sheenianni
Artist: treonb
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: Minor from all seasons
Characters/Pairings: Mozzie, Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, FBI Team, Sally, Hale, June Ellington; mostly gen
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Word Count: ~ 23,900 in total
Beta: theatregirl7299
Summary: His childhood nickname is Mozzie, but his colleagues and neighbors know him under a different name. He is a respectable member of society, until one day his whole world is turned upside down. After Mozzie contacts him with a plea for help, Neal knows that he will have to use all his skills as a con man to protect his friend. However, what he doesn’t realize is that the man on their trail is Peter Burke, the agent who had already captured him once. AU.
Thank you to all the authors and artists that made this possible - we wouldn't be the same community without you. These are listed by posting date.
Round 5 will start April 1st, 2014.
Many, many thanks to crescent_gaia and sirwynai for all their hard work and dedication to this community over the past four years.
1
Title: I Can’t Go Back to Yesterday (I Was a Different Person Then)
Author: rabidchild
Artist: aragarna, Art Post
Rating: R for language
Characters/Pairings: Tim DeKay, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, OFC; Gen
Spoilers: Mentions canon events up to and including Season 4
Warnings: OT RPF, I swear; crack; h/c; casefic; friendship; humor. Also, this probably qualifies as parody. Also-also, this does nothing to dispel certain national stereotypes. Sorry, Canada.
Word Count: 20,500
Beta: miri_thompson and my Canadian Connection, ivorysilk
Summary: What happens when TDK gets whomped over the head and wakes up in White Collar Land? A self-love story.
A/N: Follow-up to Stranger in a Strange Land, but it is not at all necessary to have read that. This is set in some amorphous early-Season 4 timeframe.
2
Title: False Pretenses
Author: elledeegee
Artist: Nioelle
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke / Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Jones, Barrigan
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 29 K
Spoilers: Spoilers for Season 1-4 and the S4 finale
Warnings: Minor violence, very little cussing
Summary: A man wakes up and doesn't know who he is, Neal Caffrey has cut his anklet and Peter Burke is missing.
3
Title: Open and Shut
Author: treonb
Artist: pikasafire
Characters/Pairings: Gen (with a little bit of Het). Neal/OFC, Peter, Mozzie, El, Diana, Jones, Callaway
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~35K
Spoilers: Through S4 finale
Warnings: None
Summary: When Neal falls in love he's sure he's in Heaven. But soon he finds himself on a collision course with both Peter and Mozzie. Set post S4.
4
Title: Somewhere Under The Trees
Author: marissaangell
Artist: marissaangell, Art Post
Characters/Pairings: Neal C./Peter B./other team members
Rating: T
Word Count: 10,910
Spoilers: From all past seasons
Warnings: Mentions of blood and injury, might be slightly graphic. nothing too much
Summary: He's all alone now. Nothing but trees surrounding. Neal happens to get into trouble. This time there's no Peter to come and save him. But eventually he will. And that's not all... there's upcoming storm. What they don't know for sure is whether Neal's ran.
5
Title: Hold With All You Have
Author: frith_in_thorns
Artist: sholio
Characters/Pairings: Neal, Peter, Diana, others. Gen with mild Peter/Elizabeth, Diana/Christie, and Diana/OFC.
Rating: FRT
Word Count: 32,500
Spoilers: Plot points from early season 4.
Warnings: This is an apocafic, dealing with a pandemic. Quite a few warnings are included in that, including disturbing descriptions, violence, a lot of general background death, and death/implied death of canon characters. (Specifically: Christie's death is described; Satchmo dies off-screen; other characters including June, Jones and Hughes have unresolved fates.)
Summary: A lethal epidemic rips through New York. In the aftermath, Neal, Peter and Diana must work together to survive, and to search for those who left the city before lock-down. And then they have to keep on surviving.
6
Title: The Lost Boys
Author: Angelita26
Artist: aragarna, Art Post
Characters/Pairings: Gen - Neal, Peter, Mozzie, Sara, Diana, June, Byron, Hughes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 10,298
Warnings: Off-screen assault and discussion thereof. Teenage AU.
Summary: Neal sneaks out one night and is assaulted by bullies from school. While he recuperates in the hospital, Peter and Mozzie take matters into their own hands. This story takes place in the same universe as Stand By Me but it is not necessary to read that ficlet first. All you need to know is that Neal, Peter, Mozzie, Diana and Sara are all foster children living with June and Byron in upstate NY.
7
Title: Best Laid Plans
Author: citrinesunset
Artist: slytheringurrl, Art Post
Characters/Pairings: Neal/Sara, Sara/OMC
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~23k
Spoilers: Through season 4
Warnings: None
Summary: When Sara found out she was pregnant with Neal's child, their conflicting desires for the future closed the door on their relationship. Now, almost five years later, Neal is trying to establish himself as a legitimate businessman and a dedicated but long-distance father. When Sara moves back to New York, he sees an opportunity for a closer relationship with his son. But in order to do that, he needs to confront long-buried resentments between him and Sara.
8
Title: The Manhattan Story
Author: rabidchild
Artist: kanarek13, Art Post
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Ensemble. Pairings: Peter/Neal and Peter/Sara, with some Hughes/June and Elizabeth/Jones around the edges.
Spoilers: None
Warnings: Movie AU/fusion, romantic comedy
Word Count: ~22,000
Beta: miri_thompson
Summary: The White Collar/Philadelphia Story fusion nobody wanted. Peter Burke is the scion of American “royalty,” about to marry Hollywood starlet Sara Ellis. Unfortunately, his ex, Neal has brought a pair of tabloid journalists, Elizabeth Mitchell and Clinton Jones, along to the wedding to do an inside story. Nothing could possibly go wrong, right?
9
Title: Everything to Lose
Author: kaylashay
Artist: sirbojangles
Rating: FR21
Spoilers: None
Characters/Pairings: Peter/El/Neal; Neal/OMCs; Vincent Adler; James Bennett; Other Minor Characters
Warnings: Slavery; Rape/Non-Con; Torture
Word Count: 16,000
Beta: azraelz_angel
Summary: As Peter and El start their new life together, the last thing they expect to get is a slave. But Neal works his way into their hearts and, ten years later, Peter is working on a way to show the two loves of his life just how much he cares. However, events set in motion years before threaten to tear their family apart. Genre: Threesome; AU
10
Title: The Exception to the Rule
Author: sinfulslasher
Artist: kaylashay
Pairing: mostly gen with hints of Peter/El/Neal
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter, El, Neal, Diana, Jones, June, Mozzie
Word Count: 40,000 exactly
Warnings: This is a slave AU fic, which brings the usual warnings for, well, slave fics just to be on the safe side, even though Neal is treated lovingly throughout the fic.
Spoilers: The Dutchman case is mentioned, so spoilers for the pilot. There are a couple of other teensy tidbits mentioned that aren’t spoilery but are hopefully a respectful nod at the wonderful details Jeff Eastin et al add to the characters.
Beta: kaylashay
Summary: In a world where the latest fad is owning a show slave, Peter is trying to decide if this would be the perfect birthday present for his wife. Unfortunately, show slaves are bred to look pretty, not to have brains, which is something neither he nor El would be able to enjoy. But then he comes across Neal, a show slave with the raw talent of a real artist, and Peter realizes that there’s obviously an exception to every rule.
11
Title: Red Velvet
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: kanarek13, Art Post
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Diana Berrigan, Elizabeth Mitchell, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Mozzie, June Ellington, OFC, OMC, Peter/Neal, Neal/Elizabeth, past Neal/Sara, past Neal/Keller, past Neal/Kate, past Neal/Gordon, Mozzie/Elizabeth, Reese/Elizabeth, Mozzie/Gina (off camera), Mozzie/Sallie (off camera), implied Mozzie/Gina/Sallie (off camera)
Rating: R
Word Count: ~70,000
Spoilers: None
Beta: miri_thompson
Warnings: Situational depression, grief, mention of HIV/AIDS, other STDs
Summary: Elizabeth Mitchell’s company, "Desserts After Dark," delivers fine cupcakes and pastries to the eclectic elite of Kings County (Brooklyn). Peter Burke, former FBI agent and one of the senior partners in the accounting firm of Hughes, Burke, is the bakery’s most loyal customer. But it’s not all fluff and cream cheese icing when he falls for Neal Caffrey, the Chief Baking Officer of Desserts After Dark. Peter has some serious issues from his past to deal with, and their road to happiness isn’t guaranteed.
12
Title: The Dream Becomes the Man
Author: theatregirl7299
Artist: elrhiarhodan, Art Post
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Mozzie, June Ellington, Philip Kramer, Garrett Fowler, Curtis Hagen, Blake, Peter/Neal/Elizabeth
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 45,182
Spoilers: None
Beta: miri_thompson, elrhiarhodan,
Warnings: Violence, slight torture
Summary: In the year 2033, the Militia, under the command of Imperator Peter Burke, keeps the peace and order in the city of New York. He believes his life is complete with his beautiful wife, Elizabeth, despite the marriage laws that require them to take a third spouse. When a con man with a special Talent and a dark secret appears, will more than Peter's heart be at risk?
13
Title: Canvas of My Soul
Author: backrose_17
Artist: TBP
Crossover Fandom: Queer as Folk
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Neal/Elizabeth, Brian/Justin, Diana, June, Mozzie, Clinton, Emmett and Gus
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 21,318
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Summary: Peter’s suspicions when Neal invites him, along with everyone else, to the opening night at an Art Gallery quickly change when it becomes clear that Neal and the artist, one Justin Taylor-Kinney, know each other just a little too well for Peter and Justin's husband's Brian's taste. Justin isn’t blind to the obvious feelings between Peter, Neal and Elizabeth and how perfect the three of them fit together and he makes it his mission to get them together before he and Brian have to go home. What could possible go wrong?
14
Title: And the ghosts in the attic they never quite leave
Author: florastuart
Artist: love_82
Characters/Pairings: Diana/Christie, Neal, Peter
Rating: PG
Word Count: 14,300
Spoilers: Spoilers through 2.10 Burke’s Seven
Beta: LC
Warnings: None
Summary: On the limitations of geometry as a guide to moral decision-making, or, the one where Neal and Diana cook dinner together and light things on fire.
15
Title: Conspiracies
Author: sheenianni
Artist: treonb
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: Minor from all seasons
Characters/Pairings: Mozzie, Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, FBI Team, Sally, Hale, June Ellington; mostly gen
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Word Count: ~ 23,900 in total
Beta: theatregirl7299
Summary: His childhood nickname is Mozzie, but his colleagues and neighbors know him under a different name. He is a respectable member of society, until one day his whole world is turned upside down. After Mozzie contacts him with a plea for help, Neal knows that he will have to use all his skills as a con man to protect his friend. However, what he doesn’t realize is that the man on their trail is Peter Burke, the agent who had already captured him once. AU.