Fic: Spinning Plates

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Title: Spinning Plates
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Peter/El/Neal established relationship
Spoilers: None
Content Notice: None
Word Count: 5,400
Summary: Neal tries to keep it together when Peter is shot, and he mostly succeeds.

A/N: This is a fill for Prompt 2 of my wcpairings challenge for the lovely emmademarais. Her prompt was “P or N shot, tense ambulance ride and hospital vigil with bonus flatlining.”

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“Neal, promise me something?”

“Anything.”

“You’ll take care of El? Make sure she doesn’t worry too much?”

“You’ll take care of her yourself,” Neal said, knowing what Peter was leaving unspoken and denying the truth of it.

“Promise me. Take care of our family, Neal, you do that!”

Fic: Laugh a Spineless Laugh

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Title: Laugh a Spineless Laugh
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Neal, Neal's mother, Ellen Parker, Peter; gen
Spoilers: None
Content Notice: Kidfic. Spousal abuse. Some homophobic language. Shameless melodrama.
Word Count: 3,900
Summary: To what lengths would Neal's mother go to keep him safe?

A/N: AU telling of Neal's childhood, set in S4, so Neal's back from wherever he went after “Judgment Day.” This fic was inspired by the lyrics to “Exit Music (For a Film)” by Radiohead. Yes, I am committing songfic.

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Neal hugged Momma’s neck, his backpack dangling from both his hands, and watched the door to their apartment retreat from view. It disappeared when the elevator doors closed, and Neal buried his face against Momma’s neck as they rode down to the lobby and away.

Away on their adventure.