Title: It Must Be Now - Seven Chapters
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: treonb / Art Post
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, David Siegel, Diana Berrigan, Theodore "Mozzie" Winters, Theo Berrigan, Sara Ellis, Clinton Jones, Matthew Keller; Peter/Elizabeth (Past), Peter/Neal (Past), Neal/Keller (Past), Peter/Neal
Word Count: ~60,000
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Major Character Illness
Beta Credit: pooh_collector, sinfulslasher
Summary: In this alternate universe, the story opens as Peter and Elizabeth's marriage ends. Peter tries to move into a new life, but finds himself haunted by his past - a relationship with Neal Caffrey when they were both students at Harvard - and a future that might come to an end far too soon.

Author’s Note: Many, many thanks to my alpha readers theatregirl7299 and miri_thompson, who provided an endless bounty of encouragement.

Even more thanks to my wonderful and talented artist, treonb, who created the beautiful and evocative promo video.

Title from the Annie Lennox Song "Oh God (Prayer)", which TreonB used in the vid.

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( It Must Be Now - Part One )
( It Must Be Now - Part Two )
( It Must Be Now - Part Three )
( It Must Be Now - Part Four )
( It Must Be Now - Part Five )
( It Must Be Now - Part Six )
( It Must Be Now - Part Seven )

Title: Let Your Honesty Shine
Author: elrhiarhodan
Artist: kanarek13
Fandom: White Collar / The Normal Heart
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Satchmo, Ned Weeks; Peter/Neal, Peter/Elizabeth, Peter/Elizabeth/Neal, Ned/Felix (past)
Spoilers: Minor spoilers for the end of WC S5,
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: 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.
Word Count: ~40,000
Beta Credit: sinfulslasher
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…

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( Author's Notes )



Art Post
STORY POSTS
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five

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Title: Red Velvet - Master Post
Author: elrhiarhodan
Art: kanarek13 - Art Post
Fandom: White Collar
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 Credit: 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.

Author's Note: My deepest thanks to angelita26, who made an innocuous comment in the wcwu chat one evening about the custom painted dessert delivery van she had just seen in her neighborhood. One thing lead to another and the next thing I knew, I had the start of my White Collar Big Bang story.

theatregirl7299 and miri_thompson also deserve extra-special recognition. Not only were they heroic alpha and beta readers, they gave me flawless story advice, held my hand, wipe my brow and listened to me whine about this for half the summer. I can’t thank them enough.

A special shout out to rabidchild for her help with cake. Many more thanks to all of the ladies of the nightly chats who’ve cheered me on and helped me over the bumps. You’re the best!

And very special thanks to my wonderful artist, kanarek13 for the cover and all of the incredible banners and icons. Her creative talent is without peer. Please remember to go here and tell her how awesome she is.

Of course, I don’t own White Collar or the characters portrayed therein. White Collar is the property of Fox Television Studios and USA Networks

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Part One - On LJ | On DW
Part Two - On LJ | On DW
Part Three - On LJ | On DW
Part Four - On LJ | On DW
Part Five - On LJ | On DW
Part Six - On LJ | On DW
Part Seven - On LJ | On DW
Part Eight - On LJ | On DW
Part Nine - On LJ | On DW


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Title: Close Your Eyes and Think of Me (call out my name)
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Reese Hughes, Mozzie, Sally, Peter/Elizabeth, Peter/Neal
Written For: White Collar Big Bang, Round 4
Disclaimer: I do not own White Collar or its characters.
Spoilers: Minor references to events in Judgment Day, Wanted
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Physical Hurt/Comfort, Serious Injury, Separation, Loneliness, Angst, UST
Word Count: ~28,600
Art Credit: kanarek13, and you can find all of the fantastic art for this on her journal.
Beta Credit: coffeethyme4me
Summary: After the anklet comes off, Neal decides he needs to leave New York. He’s too much in love with Peter to stay, and Peter is too conflicted about his own feelings to try and convince him not to leave. Neal ends up in Montreux, Switzerland, and discovers that freedom his meaningless without anyone to share it with. Before he can go home, his life is changed in an instant, and the changes are terrible and permanent.

Author's Notes: This story began as an idea I had well over a year ago. I had even posed the question to my flist on where it should be set. Many thanks to elainasaunt for her suggestion to set it in Montreux, which worked perfectly.

Writing physical H/C doesn't come naturally to me, so I've had a lot of cheerleading along the way. First and always, when it comes to laying on the hurt, is rabidchild, she helped me sort out some of my issues early on, and even though this story sat for a long time, her words of wisdom stuck with me. Also very special thanks to both winterstar95 and arsenicjade. These ladies are also H/C queens who helped me get the wheels of this story going after it stalled in a great fit of uncertainty.

Of course, it goes without saying that nothing would have been written without my cheerleaders and dearest friends, jrosemary and coffeethyme4me. Their encouragement made everything possible.

A very special thank you to kanarek13, who created all of the lovely art you see here – the cover, the banners and the icons.

Title from the Carol King classic, You’ve Got a Friend.

Part One On DW | On LJ
Part Two On DW | On LJ
Part Three On DW | On LJ
Part Four On DW | On LJ
Part Five On DW | On LJ
Epilogue On DW | On LJ