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elrhiarhodan ([personal profile] elrhiarhodan) wrote in [community profile] whitecollarhc2013-12-24 11:37 am

White Collar Fic - The Quality of Light

Title: The Quality of Light
Author: [livejournal.com profile] elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey
Word Count: ~2000
Spoilers: Nothing specific, Season 5 storylines implied
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Themes of grief and loss. Author declines to provide other warnings, please see entry tags for additional information.
Beta Credit: [livejournal.com profile] miri_thompson, [livejournal.com profile] coffeethyme4me and [livejournal.com profile] rabidchild
Summary: For fifty years, Neal has kept something just above his heart, something he stole because it reminded him of the one person who once believed that he could be more than just a thief.

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It may be a cliché, but Paris is lovely in the springtime. April is wonderful, but May is better, and June is the best month of all. The sunlight and the warmth feel good on his old bones, on the skin thinned by age.