WHITE COLLAR BIG BANG - ROUND FIVE MASTERPOST
Thank you to all the participants of the fifth round of the White Collar Big Bang. It was a great success.
Your mods apologize for the lengthy delay in getting this master post published. If you haven't had the opportunity to read all of the terrific stories written and see all the artwork for this round, you now have the chance.
The White Collar Big Bang, Round 6, will be back in April, 2015.
Title: A Life More Ordinary
Author:Pokeyshadow
Artist:slytheringurrl
Summary: Ten years after being kidnapped, Neal shows up on Peter's doorstep a bitter and broken man. It's a story of moving on, starting over and finding a place in this world.
Content notes: Mention of Death
Story | Art
Title: Frozen
Author:elledeegee
Artist: Embroiderama
Summary: The day their big case is finished, Neal disappears and Peter won't give up on finding him.
Content notes: Minor cussing/profanity, references to starvation of a character, Whump
Story
Title: A Matter of Trust
Author:treonb
Artist:leesa_perrie
Summary: AU where Neal never escaped and never made a deal with Peter. Peter had thought that jail would turn the young man around. But following his release, Neal returns to his old ways, always keeping one step ahead of the Feds. Now, a year later, Neal is planning a daring heist under the FBI's nose, and this time Peter intends to catch him.
Content notes: None
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Title: Lockstep
Author:nywcgirl
Artist:citrinesunset
Summary: This story is a historic AU for the WC pilot. Neal is convicted to a chain gang and escapes; Peter is the agent on the case.
Content notes: None
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Title: Choices
Author:slytheringurrl
Artist:kanarek13
Summary: Sara didn't want to choose - her job or Neal. London or New York. She wanted it all but that was impossible.
Content notes: None
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Title: Miles to Go Before I Sleep
Author:aragarna
Artist:eldorah
Summary: Post-season 5. Neal goes missing, El goes to DC, Peter gets restless and Mozzie steps over the line.
Content notes: None
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Title: Smile Like You Mean It
Author:tjs_whatnot
Artist:kaylashay
Summary: Neal has loved, and been loved a lot in his life. Through it all, he has learned there are a lot of things he will do to get the affection he craves. When he falls in love with Peter and Elizabeth and they reciprocate, he discovers that he doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to get what he wants. If only he can convince Peter that he isn't, in fact, broken.
Content notes: None
Story | Art
Title: What is Left But Ashes And Dust
Author:pooh_collector
Artist:angelita26
Summary: Alternative ending to Under the Radar. Alder gets everything he wants, the treasure and Neal. In return Neal loses everything he loves, New York, Mozzie, June, working with White Collar and worst of all, Peter.
Content notes: A bit of bad language, mild non-con
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Title: Let Your Honesty Shine
Author:elrhiarhodan
Artist:kanarek13
Summary: On a hot June day, one summer in the near future, Ned Weeks finds himself in a West Village coffee shop. When he overhears a fascinating conversation about blackmail, kidnapping and getting shot at, he has to take a look. One of the speakers is definitely a Fed - Ned can tell just by the haircut and the ugly suit. The other man is his lover, Felix. Except that Felix has been dead for thirty years.
Then he remembers…
Content notes: Canon death of canon character (Felix Turner), death of a non-canon White Collar character. Mild public expression of homophobia, self-deprecating use of homophobic slurs.
Story | Art
Title: Beyond the Sea
Author:citrinesunset
Artist:slytheringurrl
Summary: Pre-series. Neal Caffrey is happily eluding the Feds when a sailing accident robs him of his memories and, consequently, his identity. As he recovers, he takes refuge in his new girlfriend, who helps him rediscover his identity as Steve Tabernackle, jet-setting millionaire. But when Steve returns to New York, it doesn't take long for his past to catch up with him.
Content notes: Medical Trauma
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Title: Moments to Build On
Author:turtlebaby_02
Artist:kaylashay
Summary: Pete and Elizabeth meet Neal on their first date. AU in which Peter is an accountant, Elizabeth is a girl who likes him back, and Neal's the server turned friend. But when tragedy strikes, Peter realizes what their friendship really means to him.
Content notes: Off screen Non canon death of a canon character (brief non graphic description), mentions of miscarriage, alcohol usage, mentions of homophobic reactions
Story | Art
Title: Our Safety Is In Our Speed
Author:sahiya
Artist:kanarek13
Summary: For hockey player Peter Burke and figure skater Neal Caffrey, starting a relationship in the pressure cooker of the Olympics would be hard enough. And then Phil Kramer gets involved.
Content notes: None
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Title: The Shortcut Home
Author:confessorlove
Artist:treonb
Summary: After an undercover operation with the Counterterrorism unit goes south, FBI Agent Rachel Turner is reassigned to the White Collar Division. It's there where she's forced to question her morals, desires, and if she really knows where she truly belongs.
Content notes: Violence
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Title: Getting Good At Starting Over
Author:anodyneer
Artist:treonb
Summary: What if almost everything Peter has known about Neal for the past decade is wrong? When Neal's deal - which wasn't with Peter after all - comes to an end, Neal has to help Peter come to terms with the truth, and with a new reality where they were on the same side of the law all along.
Content notes: Mentions of past character death and terminal illness
Story | Art
Title: My Master’s Footsteps
Author:epeeblade
Artist:aragarna
Summary: Jedi Padawan Neal C'affrey returns to the Jedi Temple after the death of his Master.
Jedi Knight Peter Burc is tasked with continuing his training. But he is given a second mission by the Jedi Council - to see if Neal has fallen to the dark, like his former master, Vincent Adler. Peter has no choice but to agree, even though he is hiding secrets of his own.
Content notes: Star Wars typical violence, canonical character death, power imbalance in relationships (Neal is a padawan)
Story | Art
Title: Arbeit Macht Frei
Author:wayward_dust
Artist: Embroiderama
Summary: What "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."
Content notes: Some racist language, general Nazi behavior, references to torture, references to past violence, slavery (not sexual)
Story
Title: Of Rhythm and Blues
Author:eldorah
Artist: Embroiderama
Summary: When Peter Burke, well-to-do talent agent of both his billboard topping wife, Elizabeth Mitchell, and the legendary soul singer, June Ellington, finds raw talent unlike any other in the form of a young man recently relocated from the Midwest, he must find a way to gain the young man’s trust while helping him share his talent with the world.
Content notes: None
Story
Title: Here Be Dragons
Author:theatregirl7299
Artist:kanarek13
Summary: What Peter Burke is a high-end jeweler. When he meets Neal Caffrey, a talented young jewelry designer, it seems like a match made in heaven. But when Neal discovers that Peter is an ancient dragon, it sets in motion a firestorm that neither one may survive.
Content notes: Violence, knife use, non-canon death of canon characters (pre story)
Story | Art
Title: Conspiracies: Revelations
Author:sheeniani
Artist:aragarna
Summary: When Mozzie, a brilliant scientist and law-abiding citizen, got caught in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy, he asked Neal for help. For a month, they successfully evaded their hunters… until it all went south. Suddenly Neal’s life is in peril and Mozzie is desperately searching for allies. Who is the mysterious Suit and what is Peter Burke’s role in the events? Will they expose the nefarious plot, and what will happen to the three of them before this all is over? AU, sequel to Conspiracies
Content notes: Torture, violence, trauma; mild swearing, casual homophobia (minor occurrence)
Story | Art
Many thank yous to my co-mod, theatregirl7299 for compiling this list.
Your mods apologize for the lengthy delay in getting this master post published. If you haven't had the opportunity to read all of the terrific stories written and see all the artwork for this round, you now have the chance.
The White Collar Big Bang, Round 6, will be back in April, 2015.
Title: A Life More Ordinary
Author:Pokeyshadow
Artist:slytheringurrl
Summary: Ten years after being kidnapped, Neal shows up on Peter's doorstep a bitter and broken man. It's a story of moving on, starting over and finding a place in this world.
Content notes: Mention of Death
Story | Art
Title: Frozen
Author:elledeegee
Artist: Embroiderama
Summary: The day their big case is finished, Neal disappears and Peter won't give up on finding him.
Content notes: Minor cussing/profanity, references to starvation of a character, Whump
Story
Title: A Matter of Trust
Author:treonb
Artist:leesa_perrie
Summary: AU where Neal never escaped and never made a deal with Peter. Peter had thought that jail would turn the young man around. But following his release, Neal returns to his old ways, always keeping one step ahead of the Feds. Now, a year later, Neal is planning a daring heist under the FBI's nose, and this time Peter intends to catch him.
Content notes: None
Story | Art
Title: Lockstep
Author:nywcgirl
Artist:citrinesunset
Summary: This story is a historic AU for the WC pilot. Neal is convicted to a chain gang and escapes; Peter is the agent on the case.
Content notes: None
Story | Art
Title: Choices
Author:slytheringurrl
Artist:kanarek13
Summary: Sara didn't want to choose - her job or Neal. London or New York. She wanted it all but that was impossible.
Content notes: None
Story | Art
Title: Miles to Go Before I Sleep
Author:aragarna
Artist:eldorah
Summary: Post-season 5. Neal goes missing, El goes to DC, Peter gets restless and Mozzie steps over the line.
Content notes: None
Story | Art
Title: Smile Like You Mean It
Author:tjs_whatnot
Artist:kaylashay
Summary: Neal has loved, and been loved a lot in his life. Through it all, he has learned there are a lot of things he will do to get the affection he craves. When he falls in love with Peter and Elizabeth and they reciprocate, he discovers that he doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to get what he wants. If only he can convince Peter that he isn't, in fact, broken.
Content notes: None
Story | Art
Title: What is Left But Ashes And Dust
Author:pooh_collector
Artist:angelita26
Summary: Alternative ending to Under the Radar. Alder gets everything he wants, the treasure and Neal. In return Neal loses everything he loves, New York, Mozzie, June, working with White Collar and worst of all, Peter.
Content notes: A bit of bad language, mild non-con
Story | Art
Title: Let Your Honesty Shine
Author:elrhiarhodan
Artist:kanarek13
Summary: On a hot June day, one summer in the near future, Ned Weeks finds himself in a West Village coffee shop. When he overhears a fascinating conversation about blackmail, kidnapping and getting shot at, he has to take a look. One of the speakers is definitely a Fed - Ned can tell just by the haircut and the ugly suit. The other man is his lover, Felix. Except that Felix has been dead for thirty years.
Then he remembers…
Content notes: Canon death of canon character (Felix Turner), death of a non-canon White Collar character. Mild public expression of homophobia, self-deprecating use of homophobic slurs.
Story | Art
Title: Beyond the Sea
Author:citrinesunset
Artist:slytheringurrl
Summary: Pre-series. Neal Caffrey is happily eluding the Feds when a sailing accident robs him of his memories and, consequently, his identity. As he recovers, he takes refuge in his new girlfriend, who helps him rediscover his identity as Steve Tabernackle, jet-setting millionaire. But when Steve returns to New York, it doesn't take long for his past to catch up with him.
Content notes: Medical Trauma
Story | Art
Title: Moments to Build On
Author:turtlebaby_02
Artist:kaylashay
Summary: Pete and Elizabeth meet Neal on their first date. AU in which Peter is an accountant, Elizabeth is a girl who likes him back, and Neal's the server turned friend. But when tragedy strikes, Peter realizes what their friendship really means to him.
Content notes: Off screen Non canon death of a canon character (brief non graphic description), mentions of miscarriage, alcohol usage, mentions of homophobic reactions
Story | Art
Title: Our Safety Is In Our Speed
Author:sahiya
Artist:kanarek13
Summary: For hockey player Peter Burke and figure skater Neal Caffrey, starting a relationship in the pressure cooker of the Olympics would be hard enough. And then Phil Kramer gets involved.
Content notes: None
Story | Art
Title: The Shortcut Home
Author:confessorlove
Artist:treonb
Summary: After an undercover operation with the Counterterrorism unit goes south, FBI Agent Rachel Turner is reassigned to the White Collar Division. It's there where she's forced to question her morals, desires, and if she really knows where she truly belongs.
Content notes: Violence
Story | Art
Title: Getting Good At Starting Over
Author:anodyneer
Artist:treonb
Summary: What if almost everything Peter has known about Neal for the past decade is wrong? When Neal's deal - which wasn't with Peter after all - comes to an end, Neal has to help Peter come to terms with the truth, and with a new reality where they were on the same side of the law all along.
Content notes: Mentions of past character death and terminal illness
Story | Art
Title: My Master’s Footsteps
Author:epeeblade
Artist:aragarna
Summary: Jedi Padawan Neal C'affrey returns to the Jedi Temple after the death of his Master.
Jedi Knight Peter Burc is tasked with continuing his training. But he is given a second mission by the Jedi Council - to see if Neal has fallen to the dark, like his former master, Vincent Adler. Peter has no choice but to agree, even though he is hiding secrets of his own.
Content notes: Star Wars typical violence, canonical character death, power imbalance in relationships (Neal is a padawan)
Story | Art
Title: Arbeit Macht Frei
Author:wayward_dust
Artist: Embroiderama
Summary: What "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."
Content notes: Some racist language, general Nazi behavior, references to torture, references to past violence, slavery (not sexual)
Story
Title: Of Rhythm and Blues
Author:eldorah
Artist: Embroiderama
Summary: When Peter Burke, well-to-do talent agent of both his billboard topping wife, Elizabeth Mitchell, and the legendary soul singer, June Ellington, finds raw talent unlike any other in the form of a young man recently relocated from the Midwest, he must find a way to gain the young man’s trust while helping him share his talent with the world.
Content notes: None
Story
Title: Here Be Dragons
Author:theatregirl7299
Artist:kanarek13
Summary: What Peter Burke is a high-end jeweler. When he meets Neal Caffrey, a talented young jewelry designer, it seems like a match made in heaven. But when Neal discovers that Peter is an ancient dragon, it sets in motion a firestorm that neither one may survive.
Content notes: Violence, knife use, non-canon death of canon characters (pre story)
Story | Art
Title: Conspiracies: Revelations
Author:sheeniani
Artist:aragarna
Summary: When Mozzie, a brilliant scientist and law-abiding citizen, got caught in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy, he asked Neal for help. For a month, they successfully evaded their hunters… until it all went south. Suddenly Neal’s life is in peril and Mozzie is desperately searching for allies. Who is the mysterious Suit and what is Peter Burke’s role in the events? Will they expose the nefarious plot, and what will happen to the three of them before this all is over? AU, sequel to Conspiracies
Content notes: Torture, violence, trauma; mild swearing, casual homophobia (minor occurrence)
Story | Art
Many thank yous to my co-mod, theatregirl7299 for compiling this list.