peter_burke (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} peter_burke) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} omega_reality,@ 2010-11-08 13:56:00 |
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Who: Peter Burke and Neal Caffrey
Where: New York
When: 8 November 2010
Summary: Neal is definitely up to something
Things had been tenuous at best since everything had come to a head with Fowler and then things had gone so wrong with Mozzie, it had left things even more tense than usual. It had taken some finagling to keep Caffrey out of jail for a second time - if he'd gone back this time Peter was pretty sure he wouldn't have been able to get him out again, tracker or not. So he'd gotten creative, and with the help of Jones and Diana, they managed it.
Of course that just meant Peter got to dole out punishment as he saw fit since Neal escaped any other sort of retribution for that little stunt. Peter had shortened his leash, giving Peter a one mile radius, and kept Neal on paperwork duty for the most part, only bringing him in on cases when there was no other choice.
Today was one of those days when there was no other choice, they needed Neal's connections and Peter wanted to end this case sooner than later - so it meant bringing Neal on board.
"Look this is important, don't go screwing around, and don't make any stupid mistakes." He was going over last minute details with Neal as they headed out, the elevator taking them down, things had been getting good before - they were working on becoming partners, real partners and not just an FBI agent and his consultant, and then Fowler had shown up again and it was like starting over again - though with a lot more added baggage. Elizabeth had heard him vent about it often enough, and she'd made suggestions too as she always did, but things were still tense. And Peter was having a hard time finding that line between special agent and friend.
The carriage finally stopped and the doors slid open, and Peter continued his briefing on the case, reminding Neal again of things he knew well enough all ready, it was only when they were outside that Peter started catching on to the fact that something was wrong here, something was different but he couldn't put a finger on it. "Caffrey, whatever you're doing, whatever you're planning, stop it now." Peter warned him, that had to be it - he really was too intuned to Caffrey these days, he spent too much time with the man.