all my stumbling phrases never amounted to anything worth this feeling...

A White Collar/Scandal fanmix accompanied by about 1100 words of fic. Neal Caffrey and Olivia Pope. I'd say it was rated PG, PG13. I don't know exactly how sucky the fic is - I wrote it last night with a deadline (challenge 3 at gameofcards), I didn't even look it over, so it's probably terrible. But if someone's jonesing for fic, here, have some island!Neal angst C:

Spoilers - for White Collar, S04E02 (Most Wanted), for Scandal, S03E18 (The Price Of Free And Fair Election).

Sorry I don't explain much of the context for Scandal within the fic. Fitz is the POTUS, Olivia's having an affair with him. Olivia left DC and her life at the end of Season 3. It is as yet unknown where she went or if she'll ever return to Olivia Pope and Associates, her not-law firm (she will). In short, she and Neal are going through very similar experiences, and the fanmix and the accompanying pieces of fic are for both of them. This is assuming that they both escaped at about the same time, and that Olivia fled to Cape Verde.

I think that's about all you need to know for this to make some kind of sense.

( lost at sea, a white collar/scandal fanmix (with fic) )

Title: Falling Apart
Characters (Pairings): Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke (Peter/Elizabeth)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 321
Spoilers: S05E01
Disclaimer: White Collar is Jeff Eastin's brainchild. Not mine.
Prompt: "My dad's old room is very much the way he left it, except more faded." (The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, page 88)
Summary: The night after Peter's cleared.
Author's Note: Another fill for the September Table of Doom at writerverse. I am very cranky today. I'm not entirely sure whether or not this is in character, but I wrote it, and I can't do anything more for it, so here goes.

( Peter tries. He really does try to keep it together, to not break down. )

Title: One More Lonely Night
Characters (Pairings): Sara Ellis (references to past Sara/Neal)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 747 (heh.)
Spoilers: For 4x16, sort of, indirectly.
Disclaimer: White Collar is Jeff Eastin’s brainchild. Not mine.
Summary: It's midnight. Sara's alone in her new apartment in London.
Author’s Note: I'm not crossposting because it feels OOC to me and I have committed every run on sentence crime possible in this, and I've repeated the same thing so often that I don't even. But whatever.
Title's an altered lyric from The Lonely by Christina Perri
For Challenge #21 - Weekly Quick Fic #8 - at writerverse.
Part of the Amis Amants 'verse. For more in this verse, click here.

( It's funny how often she ends up like this, lying on the floor of her apartment, takeout containers scattered next to her, pleasantly buzzed from the wine. )

Title: Moments
All Characters (All Pairings): Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Sara Ellis, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Rachel Turner, Alex Hunter (Peter/Elizabeth, Neal/Sara).
Rating: Depending on the drabble/ficlet, between G and PG.
Total Word Count: 1069
Disclaimer: White Collar is Jeff Eastin's brainchild. Not mine.
Summary: Six canon moments, plus reaction gifs.
Author’s Note: For Challenge #4 (Gif Reactions) at womenverse - they provide the reaction, we provide the trigger. See individual headers for spoilers and characters.

Characters (Pairings): Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke (Peter/Elizabeth)
Word Count: 112
Set In: S04E14 - Shoot The Moon. Promo spoilers.

( They were supposed to be on a nice, quiet vacation. )

Characters (Pairings): Neal Caffrey, Alex Hunter
Word Count: 131
Set In: S02E09 - Point Blank. Spoilers.

( The music box was Alex’s quarry, her white whale, her treasure, her final score. )

Characters (Pairings): Kate Moreau, Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke
Word Count: 137
Set In: S01E14 - Out Of The Box. Spoilers. Canon character death.

( Kate puts the phone down and turns to the tiny window. )

Characters (Pairings): Neal Caffrey, Sara Ellis (Neal/Sara)
Word Count: 358
Set In: S04E16 - In The Wind. Spoilers.

( The view from the 103rd floor of the Empire State was breathtaking. )

Characters (Pairings): Neal Caffrey, Rachel Turner.
Word Count: 337
Set In: S05E13 - Diamond Exchange. Spoilers.

( She should have been fighting harder. )

Characters (Pairings): Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones.
Word Count: 131
Set In: S05E12 - Taking Stock.

( The first thing Diana noticed when she walked into the office was stationery on her desk. Or rather, a lack thereof. )

Title: Float Down (Like Autumn Leaves)
Characters (Pairings): Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Neal Caffrey, Sara Ellis (Peter/Elizabeth/Neal/Sara)
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~900
Disclaimer: White Collar is Jeff Eastin’s brainchild. Not mine.
Summary: The quiet little ways in which four people manage the art of fitting together.
Author’s Note: This was written to stuff gala_apples's stocking (DW user).
Title's from Autumn Leaves by Ed Sheeran.
For the prompt 'heatstroke' on my hc_bingo card.
Sometime while writing fills for fandom_stocking, OT4 became my new crack.
There is much domesticity.

( Most times, it's easier to fit four people together than it is to fit three. )

Title: Shelter From The Storm
Characters (Pairings): Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Neal Caffrey (Peter/Elizabeth)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100 X 3
Spoilers: Minor for Pilot (S01E01)
Disclaimer: White Collar is Jeff Eastin’s brainchild. Not mine.
Summary: Elizabeth watches Peter watch her. Neal lies.
Author’s Note: So this took a while.
This was written for the prompt Leather over at whitecollar100
This may not make enough sense as a standalone.
Part 3 - Inside I'm Such A Mess

( Peter draws the velvet curtains aside, lies down next to his wife and waits for her to wake up. )

Title: Tiptoe, Tiptoe, Around You Constantly
Characters (Pairings): Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Neal Caffrey (Peter/Elizabeth)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100 X 3
Spoilers: Minor for Pilot (S01E01)
Disclaimer: White Collar is Jeff Eastin’s brainchild. Not mine.
Summary: Peter is afraid. Elizabeth is unsure. Neal is alone.
Author’s Note: Many thanks to treonb for her comment that somehow set the first of these three drabbles off.
For the prompt 'Satin' over at whitecollar100
Title and inspiration from I Feel Everything by Idina Menzel.
So I decided to continue it after all :)
Part 1 - All Today's Pain


( Peter’s mind is in tatters, the satiny thoughts fluttering gently in the passing breeze, tangling up the various shreds even further. )

Part 3 - Inside I'm Such A Mess

Title: Just A Longing, Gone Without A Trace
Characters(Pairings): June Ellington, Neal Caffrey
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~500
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: White Collar is Jeff Eastin’s brainchild. Not mine.
Summary: She had fallen in love with the darkness that killed her soul.
Author's Note: This is a sort of sequel to In Narrow Side Streets, but you don't need to have read that to read this.
Title from The One That Got Away by the Civil Wars (no, not the same as the Katy Perry song).
Written for Month of June over at Dreamwidth and the prompt "Stockholm Syndrome" on my hc_bingo card.

( June was almost as good as dead. )

Title: Escapism
Characters(Pairings): Neal Caffrey, Danny Brooks
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~700
Spoilers: Forging Bonds (S02E11), Diminishing Returns (S04E03)
Disclaimer: White Collar is Jeff Eastin’s brainchild. Not mine.
Summary: How Neal Caffrey became Danny Brooks (in a matter of days) and nearly lost himself.
Author's Note: Preseries. Written for the prompt "Lost Childhood" on my hc_bingo card.

( They were going to have to meet at some middle distance somehow. )