White Collar Big Bang

Challenge
Name:	White Collar Big Bang
Date(s):	2010 – 2016
Moderator(s):
Founder:	crescent_gaia & elrhiarhodan
Type:	Big Bang
Fandom:	White Collar
Associated Community:	whitecollar_bb (LiveJournal), whitecollar_bb (Dreamwidth)
URL:	Round 1 Master List Round 2 Master List Round 3 Master List Round 4 Master List
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White Collar Big Bang was a White Collar Big Bang challenge with a minimum word count of 10,000 words. The stories were accompanied by graphics created by fan artists. The sign-ups started in April and ended with posting in September.

The challenge ran for seven rounds from 2010 to 2016. An eighth round was planned in 2018 but did not progress past sign-ups.

Round 1 Master List

Fork in the Road by krazykipper [PG-13 - 10,647]

Pairings/Characters: Elizabeth Burke/Peter Burke, Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Reese Hughes

Summary: An out of state case doesn't go according to plan and the trip home is filled with uncertainty and tough decisions.

Picture Perfect by astra_sequi [PG-13 - 13,146]

Pairings/Characters: Referenced Kate/Neal. Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey.

Summary: Neal gets over Kate, only for her to show up again. Peter wants him to stay, Kate wants him to leave, and Neal is stuck somewhere in the middle.

The Many and Varied Reasons Why Neal Caffrey Should Listen to His Friend Moz by dhrelva [PG - 26,266]

Pairings/Characters: Neal, Peter, Mozzie, Jones, Cruz, Hughes, June

Summary: None of this would have happened if he'd played the alias how Mozzie told him to instead of how he did. Seriously, with all the other stuff he'd done, an honest identity shouldn't be able to get him into this much trouble six years later.

Occam's Razor by hllangel [NC-17 - 12,263]

Pairings/Characters: Peter/Elizabeth, Peter/Neal

Summary: Peter has never been able to say no to Neal; but saying yes is much more difficult.

Fragile Things by hopenight [Crossover with BBC's Merlin, PG-13 - 12,567 / 10,469]

Pairings/Characters: Neal/Emrys(Merlin), mentioned Peter/El, past Neal/Kate, past Arthur/Merlin with Mozzie, Cruz, and Jones

Summary: Sometimes the difference between what you should want and what you really want is distance and time. Neal knows what he wants. Problem is...how does he go about getting it?

Natural by katikat [18+ - ~10,500]

Pairings/Characters: Peter/El, Neal/Kate implied. Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, OMC, Elizabeth Burke

Summary: "Tell me, Mr. Caffrey, have you ever thought about the nature of dominance and submission?"

Caught in the Act by 2_libras [NC-17 - 10,581]

Pairings/Characters: Peter/Elizabeth/Neal

Summary: Peter and Neal and Elizabeth are okay with their separate relationships, but it's even better when they find a way to all be together.

The Blue Court Diamond by sirwynai [Crosssover with Leverage, Magnificent Seven, and Magic Kaitou, PG-13 - 10,500]

Pairings/Characters: Peter/Elizabeth

Summary: The Blue Court Diamond is in New York, the thieves are converging and poor Peter is stuck in the middle.

Between the Lines by dapatty [Crossover with Castle, NC-17 - 11K]

Pairings/Characters: past Neal/Kate, implied Beckett/Castle, current Peter/El with eventual Neal/Peter/El

Summary: Neal thought that if he pretended hard enough to hold it together after Kate died, everyone including him would believe it. Too bad, he didn’t take into account that everyone including a novelist could see that he’s anything but okay.

Just for Kicks by afiawri [PG-13 - 10,200]

Pairings/Characters: Neal/Kate, Kate/Fowler

Summary: Kate had always broken things, usually when she was angry. Things, not people. But she’d, beyond a shadow of a doubt, broken Neal. He'd been perfect and in love with her and she'd loved that, but she hadn't loved him, not nearly enough.

Therapy by crescent_gaia [PG-13 - 10,715]

Pairings/Characters: El/Peter, otherwise gen

Summary: The sequel to The True Story, Neal goes for therapy at the suggestion of Peter and El.

Family Matters by medjai_trowa [Crossover with Leverage, PG-13 - 14,878]

Pairings/Characters: Peter Burke. Neal Caffrey. Elizabeth Burke.

Summary: Peter didn’t realise that Neal had a brother. Or that his oldest sister was living so close. Or that this would cause him to need so many antacids. And just why is Nate Ford in town?

Round 2 Master List

Composition in Black and White, Part 1 / Composition in Black and White, Part 2 by silver_falcon24 [Part 1: R, 19,000 / Part 2: R, ~46K - Total is 65K as a whole]

Pairings/Characters:

Summary: A painting is stolen from a private gallery down town, but that’s not all going on in New York White Collar. Peter is being toyed with, Neal is leverage, Jones is caught in the crossfire; and that’s just the beginning. Some things are connected, some are not; but before Diana can figure it all out, it all takes a turn for the worse and Mozzie might wind up being the only one who can save the day.

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October 1834 by sirwynai [PG-13, 13,557]

Pairings/Characters: Peter and Neal

Summary: When Neal moves to town, he discovers that Peter’s art professor is an art thief. Since the police don’t seem to know whodunit, Neal and Peter concoct a plan to lead them straight towards the professor.

If You're Gone by sahiya [PG-13, 31,381]

Pairings/Characters: Peter Burke/Elizabeth Burke/Neal Caffrey

Summary: What do you do when the people who've become your Pole Star move three thousand miles away? Neal Caffrey is about to find out.

Dreams and Arrows by crescent_gaia [Crossover with Inception and Robin Hood; PG-13, 19,849]

Pairings/Characters: Peter/Neal, Peter/El, Neal/Peter/El

Summary: Peter and Neal get pulled into a dream world...that becomes of Peter's own making.

Girl on the Side by lionessvalenti [PG-13, ~14,000]

Pairings/Characters: Neal/Sara, Neal/Peter/Elizabeth

Summary: Girl meets boy. Boy is in relationship with two other people. Girl and boy try to make it work.

Here I Love You by ceares [Crossover with The Sentinel; PG-13, 10,482]

Pairings/Characters: Peter/Elizabeth/Neal, Neal/Sara, Jim Ellison, Blair Sandburg, Jim/Blair implied, Mozzie, June, Reese

Summary: Mozzie scanned another page of the book, glancing up at Neal with sparkling eyes. “This is amazing! Do you realize the things we can do with this kind of power? We can be super criminals !” Moz was practically floating on bubbles of excitement.

The Scorpion's Ghost by mrwubbles [R, 38+]

Pairings/Characters: Gen, Neal and Peter

Summary: Neal wakes up next to a dead man but he has no recollection who the man is or how Neal got there. Slowly, Neal begins to regain his memory. But what he's remembering is not what he's being told. Who's conning whom?

The Shaggy C.I. by elledeegee [Crossover/based loosely off of The Shaggy D.A.; 16+, 24K]

Pairings/Characters: Peter/Elizabeth, Neal, Satchmo

Summary: Neal is dog sitting for the Burkes when an accident changes him. Lots of Whump for all. Mild cursing. Insinuation of possible assault, Supernatural themes.

The Starry Night by germanjj [NC-17, ~14K]

Pairings/Characters: Peter/Neal

Summary: The famous Van Gogh painting got stolen from the Museum Of Modern Art. But Neal's interest in the heist seems to be more than just curiosity, might even change all their lives in the end.