[fic: white collar] Undertow

[frith_in_thorns]

Title: Undertow
Characters/Pairing: Neal, Mozzie, Peter; Gen
Genre/Rating: Hurt/comfort; PG-13
Word count: 10,700
Warnings: Violence, some torture (mostly implied).
Spoilers: Up to the end of S3
Notes: For the 10tropes challenge, for the trope I Can Still Fight.
Thank you very much to sholio for the excellent beta! Also helle_d for encouraging me to write this, and

Comments

[kriadydragon]

Yay! That was the best! I loved that you reunited Neal and Peter but in a way that isn't a solution but them still being their for each other. And I adored hero!Neal breaking and entering to help someone he hardly knew. To me that's so very Neal :D

[frith_in_thorns]

Thank you very much! :D I tend to have a fear of 'breaking' canon, so I was going for something which could theoretically slot inside whatever happens on the show. (I mean, I'm sure it wouldn't be able to actually, but I can pretend *gg*)
I had so much fun writing Neal being all heroic and helpful here :D I'm really happy you enjoyed this!

[coltdancer]

Oooh, hoo hoo! Cakes and pies, cakes and pies!!!

SO excited.

[frith_in_thorns]

*laughs* What sort of cakes? :P

[coltdancer]

Does it matter? Cake is CAKE. Almost nothing trumps cake...well, except maybe Neal WITH the cake. :D

[squeakyoflight]

Great story! Great H/c and a very believable head-space for Neal. Of *course* he'd go all hero after his time with Peter!

Very enjoyable, thanks :)

[frith_in_thorns]

Thank you very much! Really glad you liked Neal here, I had a lot of fun playing with that :D

[lindenharp]

This was utterly brilliant.

[frith_in_thorns]

Thank you very much! ♥

[ivorysilk]

Aside from the fact that in my head this is P/E/N (which makes it even more awesome) this is utterly awesome. Like, brilliantly, utterly awesome. I love Moz, I love Neal, I even love hallucination!Kate!!! I love that Peter and El will always come when Neal needs them, no matter the cost--and I love that somewhere, Neal fears that they won't but knows that they will. And of course, confused!woobie!Neal is my favourite. Thank you for this!!

[frith_in_thorns]

Hah, I'm fine with that interpretation :D (And I'm also amused, because several times when I was writing the end section I was thinking "...this sounds sort of shippy" XD) I'm really glad that you enjoyed this, confused!hurt!Neal is totally my favourite, and Peter and El will always come and find him, of course they will :D Thank you very much! ♥

[ivorysilk]

Well, Peter and El flying across the country is pretty much a declaration of their undying love for him--and of course, Neal crying out for Peter when he's dying? Be still my heart!!! I did adore this, so very very much. And I love what a steadfast and loyal friend Mozzie is, even when he's telling Neal to shut up and listen (which Mozzie rarely does--Neal's sniped at Moz, but Mozzie is way more indulgent of Neal in canon.). Thank you!!!