Neal stands frozen as six people all stare at him in varying states of confusion.
"Neal, care to explain?" Peter asks, trying to shake Neal from his stupor.
"Neal? Who's Neal?" Blaine asks. "Cooper what's going on?"
Neal doesn't answer either of them, choosing instead to take a shaky breath and run his hands through his hair. Internally, Neal's kind of panicking. It's one thing for Peter and the FBI to learn that he'd been one of the CIA's best agents, but it was another thing entirely for Blaine to find out about his lives. This was not good. At all. Neal is broken out of his flurry of thoughts by a hand on his shoulder. Peter.
"Maybe we should find somewhere to talk." Neal suggests, hesitantly.
"Come inside!" They all turn around to see Elizabeth watching them from the open doorway of the Burke household. Peter and Neal look at her in surprise, but she just smiles.
Once they're all sitting in the Burke's living room, Neal still can't find the right words.
"How about we start with introductions?" Peter suggests. "Neal, start us off." In response, Peter only receives a glare and a raised eyebrow.
"I can start." The blonde woman from the car volunteers, eyes still trained on Neal. "Sarah Walker. CIA."
The man next to her goes next and they go around the room. "Chuck Bartowski. CIA."
"John Casey. NSA."
"Blaine Anderson, uh, NYU?" Blaine is looking more and more confused as he realizes the room is filled with government agents. The man next to him smiles at him encouragingly.
"Sebastian Smythe." The man with Blaine introduces himself and it seems to wake Neal up.
"Who're you?" Neal asks Sebastian.
"I thought that's what we were all hoping to learn from you." Sebastian answers cheekily, but after a look from Blaine responds with: "I'm Blaine's boyfriend."
"What happened to Kurt?" Neal asks Blaine. Blaine looks uncomfortable for a moment before Sebastian answers for him.
"They broke up." His curt tone ending that line of conversation. The three of them stare at each other in an awkward silence until a grunt from Casey has Peter going next in introductions.
"I'm Special Agent Peter Burke. FBI White Collar unit." Then they all turn to Neal, the introduction they'd been waiting for. What was he going to say?
"Um, hey guys." Neal tries and fails to stall for time. They continue looking at him expectantly. "Uh, I'm, uh..." He's unable to finish, the words getting stuck in his throat. Everyone in the room is slightly more surprised, having never seen Neal/Cooper/Bryce at a loss for words. Neal looks helplessly at Peter who gestures for him to continue. Neal takes a deep breath before beginning.
"My name is Neal Caffrey. I'm a criminal informant for the FBI." The reactions vary around the room. Peter's unfazed. Chuck, Sarah and Casey are looking at each other in confusion while Blaine is completely pale. Sebastian seems unaffected, but is focused on Blaine. Knowing there's no other option now, Neal forges ahead.
"However, before Neal Caffrey, I was Bryce Larkin. An agent of the CIA. And many years before that..." He trails off again, eyes landing on Blaine. "Before that I was Cooper Anderson."
Author's Note: Yeah, yeah, I know that Klaine is canon, but I always found their relationship to be a little bit unhealthy so I changed Kurt to Sebastian. His part is pretty limited so if you really hate him you can just pretend it says Kurt.