FIC: I've Got This (Really), Part 1

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Title: I've Got This (Really)
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Neal, Peter, and eventually Elizabeth (with cameos from Jones and Diana)
Spoilers: Maybe from Season 1
Content Notice: Some language, possibly a racial or ignorant "dialectal" comment if you squint
Word Count: ~3,000 for Part 1 (WIP) - 2/23/2013 Update: Part 2 on the way soon at ~7,000
Summary: Gen/Friendship piece set in the earlier stages of Peter and Neal's working relationship. Neal hasn't quite gotten used to the fact that he's working with more genuine people than his "norm", nor can he let go of his innate need to be "110% Neal Caffrey" all the time.  He just wants to help Peter reconcile with his foul mood and call it a day.

A/N: Okay, before anybody comes hunting me down with tar and feathers and never lets me participate again, it is still June 11th in my neck of the woods.  This story has been scrapped, re-worked, derailed, and completely roadblocked at one point or another.  My plot has been as slippery as Neal and my skills have faltered in trying to iron it all out.  It's still giving me fits, as I type.  Many, many thanks to my cheerleader and beta, frozenlaughter, who is probably ready to string me up for harassing her whilst she recovers from wrist surgery.  Please accept my meager offering with all its cliches - more is on the way!


( Part 1 )