Advent 2012 Fic: Holding On (By a Thin, Thin Thread)

[angelita26]

Title: Holding On (By a Thin, Thin Thread)
Author: angelita26
Rating: PG-13
Characters and/or Pairing: Gen - Neal, Peter, El, Diana, Jones
Spoilers: If you don't know who Matthew Keller is, I suppose.
Beta: theatregirl7299, who is speedy and has the best suggestions.  Thank you!
Word Count: ~3500
Summary: On Christmas Eve, a familiar enemy holds Neal's life in his hand, literally.

Notes: Written for whitecollarhc's Advent 2012. Premise inspired by the Hawaii Five-0 (2010) episode "Hana ʻaʻa Makehewa", which is oddly enough, also a Christmas episode. Title from the Maroon 5 song "Sad".

( Neal Caffrey took as deep a breath as he dared and tried to tune out the cacophony of police sirens, crowd murmur, and whumpwhumpwhump of the helicopter that had just arrived overhead. )

Cross-posted at my LJ and AO3