That Burns a Building Down (NC-17) P/E/N - (1/4)

[embroiderama]

Title: That Burns a Building Down (1/4)
Author: embroiderama
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Peter/Neal/El
Word count: 31,500 total - 6,700 this part
Spoilers: through Judgement Day
Warnings: physical and mental health issues, no major warnings
Summary: Instead of fleeing the country and potentially never seeing Peter and El again, Neal stayed to face Kramer and ended up in DC under Kramer's thumb. He lost his friends, his lovers, his city, and most of his remaining freedom, but that was only the start.

Notes: This was inspired by a prompt from sinfulslasher several months ago. Many thanks go to everybody in the WCWU chats who has encouraged me and helped me work out plot points and especially to theatregirl7299 who cheered me along big time and to angelita26 for the beta. Also, I'm very grateful that kanarek13 was kind enough to make gorgeous art for this story. The title is from Queen's "Under Pressure," of course. I will be posting one part each day, Saturday - Tuesday.

( The driver nodded, and Neal sat back in his seat, heart pounding all the heavier now that he'd made his decision. Neal wasn't going to run. He wasn't going to give Phil Kramer that much control over his life. )