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Meanwhile, Peter realizes how bad things are for Neal and is desperately trying to get him back out. Several years in, he finally gets Neal released on parole and gets the old arrangement more or less back (how more or less is up to anon). Cue confused post-prison Neal who is still in the mind-set of needing a "protector" and looking to Peter to fill that role. Not just thinking he can use his body to gain Peter's favor (although that's cool too), but also actively seeking out Peter's companionship and touch when he feels panicked and needs reassurance he's safe.
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Neal could believe it. Neal had a very vivid imagination, though. He'd known from the moment he'd sprinted past his two-mile radius, heard his monitor beep, and kept on going that this outcome was a possibility. "Get up, Peter. You're going to hurt your knees."
Peter stood and held the anklet awkwardly in front of him like it was a present. "I'll get you out," he promised, and Neal wished he could smile and say thank you, or I believe you, or Peter please don't leave me here, Peter, Peter, Peter.
Instead he just nodded at the guard and stayed absolutely still while Peter brought in for a tight hug that stole the air from his lungs and the resolve from his mind (Peter, Peter, please), and left ( ... )
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If there was one thing that had remained constant through the eight years they'd known each other, it had been that Peter knew everything about Neal - Hell, he knew his shoe size (11) brand of toothpaste (apricot tartar control) what he liked (beautiful women, money, Kate, Peter), what he needed.
The Neal that the guards brought him after he showed them his paperwork? Wasn't seem like the same man. Sure, his hair was longer and he was thinner, he looked different, and Peter'd braced himself for that.
But the - the spark of Neal Caffrey, that had made him look as if he was always just a second away from either picking your pocket or kissing you, that let you know that either choice would be an adventure, simply wasn't there anymore. Maybe there's a mistake, he thought, even though he knew there hadn't been. This was Neal. This was Neal, now. They'd just have to - to start over. Neal flinched when he stepped closer so he stopped ( ... )
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