Fic: Brittle

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Title:  Brittle
Rating:  PG13
Pairing:  Pre-OT3 P/E/N
Word Count:  ~ 6,950
Warnings:  Depression
Spoilers:  A couple for the Season 3 finale
Time frame:  Post Season 3
Summary:  Written for this prompt from embroiderama in the Comfort Fest 2012 at whitecollarhc:  Neal loves the city, but the winter can be miserable, with the ice-cold winds whipping between buildings, and then it snows and there's disgusting gray slush everywhere. He's been sick (a nasty case of bronchitis or something) and stuck at home for a few days, now he's catching car rides from home to work and back and he's feeling the cold too much to do much walking outside. So, he's feeling a bit claustrophobic, oppressed by the city, and he's getting depressed.

Peter works something out, and he and El take Neal out of town somewhere at least a little bit warmer where he can get out of the gray chill of the city and walk around in the sunshine. Maybe Peter finds a professional conference somewhere in the south and El tags along. Gen, slash or OT3.

Brittle