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L- Loyalty

Peter-"You didn't know it was a scam." Neal-"No. My goal at the time was to prove my loyalty to Adler."

Peter knows that Neal is loyal to a fault. Loyal to the point where if someone were to try and persuade him to run, Neal would refuse.

Sometimes though… Peter can forget that. He forgets about Neal's loyalty, and lets the facts about Neal's less than stellar record run wild in his head. Those facts are what makes everything feel worse. They make Peter's stomach clench with remorse…and guilt.

If Peter had gone over the facts like he should have, he would have known that Neal didn't run. That Neal wasn't the back stabbing thief Peter thought he was.

But because of Peter's mistake, Neal is lying in some hospital bed, with wounds that no one should have to suffer through. All because Peter thought Neal had betrayed him.

It was a silly mistake. Peter knows this, but he can't help but feel guilty seeing as how it's a mistake that happens often. It shouldn't happen at all really, but then again Peter can't really stop it from happening.

Peter can't stop it from happening because he knows that there is a small part of Neal that would take the bait and run. Run farther than he has ever before.