Survival Of The Fittest, a White Collar fanfiction

[s2309]

Title: Survival Of The Fittest
Characters (Pairings): Neal Caffrey
Rating: G
Word Count: 100 exactly
Spoilers: Vague for Diminishing Returns (S04E03) and Forging Bonds (S02E11)
Disclaimer: White Collar is Jeff Eastin’s brainchild. Not mine.
Summary: Some people said it was a city like any other. Neal knew better.
Author’s Note: For the prompt 'City' at whitecollar100
This is the first part of a four part series. It can also be read as a stand-alone


New York.

Some people said it was a city like any other. Neal knew better.

It was a city in which dreams came true; it was a city in which dreams were destroyed. It was a city designed on Darwin’s ‘Survival of the Fittest’ concept, and Neal was a survivor.

He’d made it through years of living a lie and pretending he was someone he wasn’t. He wasn’t a good boy. He was the son of a cop killer.

St. Louis was no place for the son of a cop-killer.

But in New York, people would make room for one.


Part 2: It's A Free Country

Comments

[ladygray99]

That last line really set a different tone for this. Nicely done. And welcome to WhiteCollar100.

[sapphire2309]

Thank you!
WhiteCollar100 is a nice place, I think :)

[ladygray99]

We're fond of it.

[vexed_wench]

Nice job with the prompt.

[sapphire2309]

Thank you!

[leesa_perrie]

Nice work, love Neal's POV here.

[sapphire2309]

Thank you!

[embroiderama]

Oh, nice! I like the mood here.

[sapphire2309]

Thank you!

[reve-silencieux.livejournal.com]

I am impressed. I usually feel 100 words don't get a lot across, but this gave me a little shudder. It really made you go, 'oh, wow' and reread just to make sure you caught all the little nuisances. And personally, I hope Neal finally learns he is not his father and moves past that guilt and stigma. I just want to hug him!

[sapphire2309]

You have no idea how happy your comment made me :D
I hope so too.
Thank you for reading!

[treonb.livejournal.com]

Oh, poor Neal.. this gives a whole new twist to his coming to New York.

[sapphire2309]

It wasn't an easy decision for him.
Thank you so much for reading!

[hurinhouse.livejournal.com]

I love how this is vague enough that this could be neal present day or just leaving st Louis or having been in nyc for a short time. I love the almost stoic sadness in the last line.

[sapphire2309]

I didn't notice that! I intended it to be just after he'd arrived, but it's 100 words, so I guess it didn't come across ^.^
Thank you for reading!