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elrhiarhodan ([personal profile] elrhiarhodan) wrote in [community profile] whitecollarhc2015-12-09 10:29 am

White Collar Fic - Someone, Somewhere

Title: Someone, Somewhere
Author: [livejournal.com profile] elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None
Word Count: ~4200
Beta Credit: [livejournal.com profile] theatregirl7299
Summary: A timestamp for the Nothing Will Remain 'verse, set at the point when Neal has gotten out of prison after serving time for crimes he didn't comment. He's alone and has nothing except his determination – and an access card for the New York Public Library.

A/N: Written for [livejournal.com profile] sinfulslasher, for the second night of Fic-Can-Ukah, for her prompt "Walking at night through solitary streets." She'd originally asked for the Vet Neal (Ordinary Life) 'verse, but was kind enough to accept a story in this 'verse.

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( Freedom was such a strange thing. To be able to go anywhere, do anything. To sleep as long as he wanted, to wake to the sound of birdsong, not the clanging of a nightstick against iron bars. )