White Collar: Burke's Seven

For the fangirl in me, the last couple of weeks have really been leading up to that moment last night when I got home from work and could switch on the TV to watch the White Collar season 2.5 premiere. Rarely has a new episode of a TV show been met with such anticipation from my side. I'm about 20 years too old to indulge in such enamored silliness, but I'm old enough to know not to care and just revel in it for as long as it lasts.

( Thoughts on the episode -- duh, contains spoilers )

White Collar - "Just Can't Breathe"

Title: Just Can't Breathe
Author: TeeJay
Written for: saphirablue as a response to the collarcorner Prompt Fest #2
Prompt/Request: Handcuffs
Would Like: Neal being cuffed to a bed/radiator/chair/whatever in a burning room/building. Peter (or whoever you want to write from the team) gets him out there in the nick of time and has to deal with/treat a Neal that has inhaled (a lot of) smoke, is shocky and maybe has some light burns until the firefighters/EMTs arrive.
Don't Want: Death!fic; Neal being rescued and immediately handed over into the care of the EMT/firefighters; the H without the C
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Gen
Characters/Pairings: Neal, Peter
Summary: A freak explosion hits the museum Neal happens to be visiting, and it's up to Peter find him.
Author's Note: This prompt really got my mind spinning, and I wanted to write my own story for it. Since the prompt has already been filled (and I've read and loved it), I have a feeling my story is not going to be able to live up to what silver_falcon24 posted. (Because, seriously, I am not that eloquent in English.) Still, I couldn't resist to do my own thing. In order to make this different, I've made an attempt to write in first person Peter point-of-view. Not sure if that'll work. And if it doesn't, I won't try it again, promise. So consider this kind of an experiment.
Statua di Vulcano-sized kudos goes out to rabidchild67 for the beta-read.
PS: Anyone remembering Third Watch will hopefully recognize this one guy that happened to be there...
Disclaimer: White Collar, its characters and its settings belong to Jeff Eastin and USA Network. And, guys? Your characters are not only welcome, they're wonderful. I'm just borrowing, I promise.

 

 

( Just Can't Breathe )