March Recommendations – Hurt/Comfort

[elrhiarhodan]

Since the very beginning of the White Collar Fandom, the theme of Hurt/Comfort has been preeminent. The White Collar Hurt/Comfort Community is one of the most vibrant on LJ and your mods know how much fanworks creators love this theme. That's why we're opening up the throttle and letting everyone's inner hurt-comforteers run free.

Instead of one fanwork this month, creators can make multiple recs of their own creations here on wcredux. But (and isn't there always a "but") each recommendation has to feature a different whumpee. For example, one self-rec can have Neal as the whumpee, another rec, Peter, and a third might be Elizabeth, and so on.

The age rules for the fanwork are still in effect – the work must be at least six months old (i.e., published before September 2014), and of course, the older the fanwork, the better.

You can always recommend as many fanworks from other creators as you want to (but do check to see that they haven't yet been rec'd here on wcredux), and they must also be at least six month old.

Please use this posting template:

<B>Author:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="YOUR USER NAME"> <B>Characters/Pairings:</b> <B>Rating:</b> <B>Word Count:</b> <B>Theme:</b> <B>Original Publication Date:</b> <B>Content Notes:</b> (i.e., warnings or triggers) <B>Summary:</b> <B>Why should people re-read this story?:</b> <B>Fanwork Links:</b> <a href: >FANWORK NAME</a>

Posts for this theme will be open until March 31. Early next month your mods will collect the recommendations and add them to the master list.

Please don't hesitate to contact a mod if you have any questions.

Fics: Peter/Neal, Mozzie/Neal, Diana/Christie

[daria234.livejournal.com]

Author: daria234
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Neal
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 3968
Theme: Hurt/Comfort
Original Publication Date: 2010
Content Notes: See warnings at link
Summary: Peter/Neal slash, set a few months post-S2-finale. They've argued and made up, but Neal's behavior in bed makes Peter think that Neal hasn't really forgiven him. Naturally, Peter tries to use his problem-solving analytical style to figure it all out.
Why should people re-read this story?: Neal and Peter's relationship needs a lot of work. Also there's sex.
Fanwork Links: Reply: http://archiveofourown.org/works/482399

Author: daria234
Characters/Pairings: Mozzie/Neal
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 1320
Theme: Hurt/Comfort
Original Publication Date: 2011
Content Notes: See warnings at link
Summary: Asexual!Moz/Neal established relationship. Mozzie's thoughts on pleasure, desire, sex, and what people are willing to do to stay in their relationships.
Why should people re-read this story?: Mozzie talks about Jean Genet?
Fanwork Links: Ecstatic: http://archiveofourown.org/works/254615

Author: daria234
Characters/Pairings: Diana/Christie
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 1744
Theme: Hurt/Comfort
Original Publication Date: 2012
Content Notes: See warnings at link
Summary: Why Christie liked DC better, and what she won't ever say about it to Diana.
Why should people re-read this story?: Because Diana/Christie was an awesome relationship and it would have been nice to have more of them in canon. Also because the fic deals with Peter and Diana's great work relationship. Plus there's angst.
Fanwork Links: Do No Harm: http://archiveofourown.org/works/471292

March Rec - The Con Who Came in from the Cold

[leesa_perrie]

Author: leesa_perrie
Characters/Pairings: Mainly Gen, with 'blink and you miss it' Peter/El
Rating: PG13
Word Count: 8,498
Theme: Hurt/Comfort
Original Publication Date: July 23, 2012
Content Notes: For Kate fans, I feel the need to warn you that she is portrayed in a bad light in this fic. This is not because I dislike the character, it's just the way the plot took me (and provides for more Neal angst).
Summary: AU. Peter's day is about to become more complicated, thanks to the human popsicle standing on his doorstep...
Why should people re-read this story?: This is an AU of how Neal ends up working with Peter. Neal gets frozen, suffers much angst and gets whumped. Peter tries to help, gets annoyed and gets a CI. El is awesome and wise. Mozzie makes an appearance. It's not perfect, but people seemed to like it, and as it was my first ever WC fic, it owns a soft spot in my heart.
Fanwork Links: The Con Who Came in from the Cold
(Also on ff.net here, or comments can be left on my LJ here if you prefer.)