The Letter
Summary: What if Neal left a note for Peter after Judgment Day?
Author's Note: Spoilers for every White Collar Episode ever.
3 weeks after Neal George Caffery had left. Peter refused to use the term 'ran away.' Neal had left. He would return. A pigeon landed on Peter Burke's patio. The place had been surrounded with people from the Bureau. Suits as Mozzie would say. Peter smiled but quickly began to grow annoyed with the bird, as it wouldn't stop cooing. Peter waked over and noticed a flash-drive around the bird's leg. He felt like her could finally breathe. He had been worried sick about Neal. Neal had knack for getting into trouble. He remembered something that El had said once to Neal. Neal did the wrong things for the right reasons.
Peter walked into his house and caught his wife's eye and mouthed distraction. He did feeling reporting his late night delivery just yet. He knew that some things are better left off the record. Neal had taught him that. Peter crept upstairs and turned out his light to feign sleep. He grabbed a laptop and threw in the drive without even thinking. He didn't care or realize that the F.B.I. could be watching. Peter Burke just needed to know whether or not his partner was okay.
Peter was faced with a series of questions about the man once known as James Bonds. Then it dawned on him. These questions were so specific about Neal only two people in the entire world would be able to answer all of them correctly. One of them was somewhere on an island and the other was suffering from sleep deprivation. After nearly two hours Peter was done answering all the questions. Peter was then faced with instructions.
1. Unplug your computer and find a laptop.
2. Close all your blinds and turn the lights out.
3. Leave your computer in your bathroom.
4. Lock your bedroom doors.
5. Go into the bathroom.
6. After reading this message take out the flash-drive and dump it in rubbing alcohol. Dispose of the flash-drive with Satchmo's dog food.
7. Shake the laptop for a while and drop it. Hard. A lot. Kill the hard-drive.
8. Replace the hard-drive.
Peter was shocked at the fact that he was actually following Caffery's directions. When he got to step five he realized that he was pushing the rules once gain. Hell, that was all he had been doing since the day Caffery walked out of the prison in that Pea-coat. Still, Peter waltzed into his bathroom and opened the file with the picture of Daniel Craig* on it. A letter with Neal's beautiful calligraphy on it opened up….
Author's Note: I was thinking that this will only be three chapters max. should it be longer?
*Daniel Craig is the actor who played the latest James Bond