#peter and neal

[fictionalcraze]

There is just something about two straight men who are single and alone and have had multiple failed relationships being friends with eachother and sticking together despite every ups and downs life throws at them and willing to do anything for eachother and act like a couple, bicker and fight like a couple and do everything couples would do and cannot live without the other, but love one another in the most platonic way possible just hits so different.

I love the bromance between these men with all my heart. They are just too pure for words and there is just a special kind of magic between them and this trope in general.

[penna-nomen]

This episode is why I love writing loopy Neal so much! Peter dealing with loopy Neal is SO MUCH FUN

[gonnadosomethingwmylife]

peter burke is so funny bc he’s a completely normal guy except he’s been obsessed with two people to a point of stalking (his wife and the conman he chased for years) but it’s fine bc they’re just as obsessed with him 😭???

[myfairkatiecat]

I believe there are two morals to white collar. 1) if you’re too good of a liar no one will trust you, and 2) if you never trust someone they’ll have no reason to be truthful.

[jackharkness]

| WHITE COLLAR | 2.13 “Countermeasures”

[penna-nomen]

How many times have I written Neal Caffrey saying "I'm fine" when it's a complete lie? I can't even begin to count them all

Some responses to "I'm fine":

"Bullshit."

"Then how do you explain that?"

"Uh huh. Sure you are buddy."

"You know, it's ok if you're not ok."

"There is no way you're 'fine' after that."

[skeptical silence]

[worried silence]

"[name], it's ok..."

"We talked about this."

"Please don't lie to me."

"You call that 'fine'?"

"Then why are you [action that reveals distress]?"

"You don't look/sound fine."

"Something's bothering you; I can tell."

"You can talk to me... "

"You're not fooling anyone."

"I just want to help. Will you let me?"

"No you're not."

"You're shaking..."

[matt-murdockk]

absolutely diabolical that a fic will have the most beautiful summary ever and have you think that you're going to read some really good fluff or angst and the first content warning is anal fisting

[writeitinsharpie]

Neal: I know a guy who can help us

Peter: you can just say Mozzie. We all know it's Mozzie.

[thefriendlypigeon]

Hot men in suits and different positions of power, intimately dominating each other in public spaces—where the risk of being caught is always dangerously high? Who would draw such thing! 👀😇 Oh boy, I have so many kinky things planned with these two :3

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[dusty-cobweb]

my favorite dynamic is a wife and husband who love each other very much and their boy toy

[stompmesqueezeme]

I know all the FBI people keep telling Peter he needs to be careful with Neal being a bad influence on him but the truth is Peter is constantly CHOMPING AT THE BIT to commit a fun little crime that was already present before Neal lol

[callsignmagnolia]

The era of White Collar, Leverage, and Psych was the highlight of my entertainment life.

I am happy to report that to deal with the stress of current events, I am pretending it is 2010.

[megalokiodinsonlove]

🤭

[gonnadosomethingwmylife]

I’m obsessed with the fact that Neal goes over to Peter and Elizabeth’s house so often the marshals gave up and just made it a part of his ankle radius 😭?? he gets 2 miles + their house???

[whitecollarcrimekids]

Crying because Neal Caffrey isn’t a runner. He doesn’t actually want to run. He wants to be chased. He wants to be seen, preferably by one Peter Burke.

The cons alone are not enough for Neal. Sure he enjoys them, gets a rush off a particularly complex one, but mostly he wants to be noticed. He wants to impress, leave a mark like the artists he admires so much.

Neal was raised in witsec for the great majority of his childhood. He was raised to vanish in a crowd, pass as unremarkable and unmemorable. Never leave an impression. So naturally, when he left he started doing everything he could to prove that he was alive. He existed. He was here. He mattered. Any attention is good attention to him (similar to a toddler).

Then Peter shows up and notices him. And then Peter stays. He chases Neal for years and no one has ever made Neal feel more alive or more known. That feeling is addicting. Neal doesn’t want to run. He wants Peter to chase him. He wants Peter to keep pushing him and teasing him and seeing him and wanting him. Peter loves that Neal Caffrey (specifically) is in the world and no one has ever wanted that before.

[violetren]

The great thing about the White Collar OT3 is that at no point does the introduction of Neal into El and Peter's everyday lives never feels like a threat to Peter and El's marriage.

Like from the moment Neal shows up at their house in episode one he and El hit it off.

Within the first 5 episodes Neal and El have figured out they have similar knowledge and interest in the finer things, they're sharing looks over how Peter talks about and will react to things, El is telling Peter to trust in Neal a little, Neal is helping make sure they have a lovely anniversary, and El is calling Neal in to mediate/help prove her point in mini arguments to make Peter do stuff.

They also work really well because while Peter, El, and Neal might all be slightly different flavours and intensities of hyper competent adrenaline junkie weirdos, all three of them are intensely loyal to "their people" so the second El and Neal recognised that they both trust Peter as someone who will always try to do the right thing and respect them they were like "oh green flag."