attackfish ([identity profile] attackfish.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] wc_women_fest2011-07-01 10:37 am

Prompt round one

Round one of the Awesome Ladies of White Collar prompt fest is now open!

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This round is now closed to new prompts.  (But not to new fills!)

MASTER LIST:

Fic:

15 Minutes out of Her Day by ([livejournal.com profile] leonie_alastair)
Prompt: Elizabeth, not messing around ([livejournal.com profile] yeomanrand)

Back Home by [livejournal.com profile] attackfish
Prompt: Diana - Diana and Jones spend a boring night in the van on surveillance, and end up swapping work-related stories and memories.([livejournal.com profile] ozqueen)

Champagne on a Saturday Morning
by [livejournal.com profile] sahiya
Prompt: Sara - a rainstorm, a bottle of wine, and Neal. ([livejournal.com profile] ozqueen)

Halls of Justice by [livejournal.com profile] attackfish
Prompt: Neal/Sara AU - he's the insurance investigator and she's the clever art thief who slipped through his fingers.([livejournal.com profile] lionessvalenti)

Knife's Edge by [livejournal.com profile] yamx
Prompt: Elizabeth & Kate AU - Confrontation (and Kate has a pretty damn good excuse) ([livejournal.com profile] lionessvalenti)

Like Silk by [livejournal.com profile] aleanorblack
Prompt: Sara - silk. ([livejournal.com profile] ozqueen)

Remembering by [livejournal.com profile] destinyjadams
Prompt: Sara - What we know about Sara's backstory is pretty sad; her parents are dead and her sister disappeared years ago. I'd like to know more about where she came from and how she became who she is. Sara/Neal for preference, but it doesn't have to be shippy. ([livejournal.com profile] sahiya)

Spaces by [livejournal.com profile] attackfish
Prompt: Sara - Sara and Neal do domestic in their own way. ([livejournal.com profile] sahiya)

Stakes of the Game by [livejournal.com profile] daria234
Prompt: Elizabeth, Sarah, June, and Cindy, Girls' poker night gets cutthroat. ([livejournal.com profile] yeomanrand)

Tempered by [livejournal.com profile] attackfish
Prompt: Sara - silk. ([livejournal.com profile] ozqueen)

Untitled (Explicit) by [livejournal.com profile] daria234
Prompt: Sara, Alex: "Did you really think I'd prefer him over you?" ([livejournal.com profile] elrhiarhodan)

Untitled by [livejournal.com profile] destinyjadams
Prompt: June - the first pocket she ever picked ([livejournal.com profile] lionessvalenti)

Untitled by [livejournal.com profile] vesperwhisper
Prompt: Kate, June: Take care of him for me, please. ([livejournal.com profile] elrhiarhodan)

Untitled by [livejournal.com profile] vesperwhisper
Prompt: Kate - my makeup may be flaking ([livejournal.com profile] lionessvalenti)

The Way it Starts by [livejournal.com profile] attackfish
Prompt: Alex - Fast cars, money and sunshine. ([livejournal.com profile] ozqueen)

[identity profile] lionessvalenti.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Sara - finally getting the Raphael

[identity profile] lionessvalenti.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Sara/anyone - It's too good to last

[identity profile] lionessvalenti.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate - can't see the forest through the trees

[identity profile] lionessvalenti.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Elizabeth & Kate AU - Confrontation (and Kate has a pretty damn good excuse)
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Fill: Knife's Edge

[personal profile] yamx 2011-07-13 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I wrote a fill, but it's too long to post in comments, sorry.

It's available here on my LJ or here on AO3.

Hope you enjoy. :)

[identity profile] lionessvalenti.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Lauren/Diana - One night stand

[identity profile] lionessvalenti.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate - my makeup may be flaking

Filled

[identity profile] vesperwhisper.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the awesome prompt! I hope I did it justice.


He had no idea how alike they were.
No matter how many cons they pulled together, no matter how many times she saved his skin, no matter what detail she picked up on, Neal still saw her as an innocent bystander, a sweet girl who would always have more to learn. He was the con artist. He was the one with dozens of aliases and that perfect mask always in place. He thought that with her, what he saw was what he got.
He didn't realize that she wore a mask as well. Not every "I'm fine" could be taken at face value, and not every smile was real. Neal, of course, didn't see that. He accepted her for who she was, or who he thought she was.
She knew that was what hurt him most when she left. It was when it must have hit him for the first time just how much she had learned. How thick the mask she had painted on her face really was. When two cons are in a relationship, there is never complete honesty.
Even when she led Fowler to San Francisco (although she had never really believed the loot was really there) the mask stayed in place. She never panicked or fell apart. She just did what she had to to stay alive.
She talked to Neal on the pay phone. His mask slipped, revealing love and desperation. But she held true to herself. It's the only way, she said. And that was that.
When Peter Burke visited her, it was harder. All the lies and deception that she had thrown over herself like a blanket frayed. Did you ever love him? She considered it one of the greatest triumphs of her criminal career when she did not reply.
Waiting on the plane for Neal, she should have felt safe. She wouldn't have to lie anymore. She could be honest for once.
But deep down, she knew that nothing would ever be the same. No matter how much she wanted to be with Neal, the instinct to lie was ingrained too deeply in her. Settling down into a normal lifestyle with a conman would be like shutting her in a cage built on nothing but lies. Neal would no doubt expect honesty. But would that even be possible anymore?
Even though these past few months had weakened her, she was still the same person. No matter how they had tried to break her, she was a fighter. To give up on the very thing that she had been working towards that entire time would be painful.
She touched her cheek to the window, and could feel a tear running down her face, dragging some mascara and foundation along with it. She wiped it off with defiance, smearing the color across her face. She stared at the pink smudge on her finger and felt a surge of determination.
My makeup may be flaking. But I'm still Kate Moreau.
And I'm not giving up.

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[identity profile] lionessvalenti.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Alex - wants in on the score

[identity profile] lionessvalenti.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Sara/Alex - letting my guard down

[identity profile] lionessvalenti.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
June - the first pocket she ever picked

[identity profile] destinyjadams.livejournal.com 2011-07-10 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It's short, but I hope you like it!

-000-

It was morning, and she was on a busy street with Byron watching nearby. She stood slightly off to the side, watching the swarms of people go right by her.

There were hundreds of people. There those who were obviously wealthy, those who were try to be obviously wealthy and those who just didn't care. There were people who were trying to impress others, to draw attention to themselves, and some who were trying to stay in the background. The amount of people would have been overwhelming if Byron had not taught her which ones to look for and which ones to ignore.

"Don't go for the rich ones; they know better than to carry cash around, you have to go for those who are trying to impress. They are the arrogant ones; the same ones who are the easiest to deceive and the ones who will give you the most reward."

June took the advice to heart. She zeroed in on her target, a boy in his older teens, with the obvious bulge in his back pocket.

She slipped from her place, melting in the crowd right behind the kid. He had headphones over his ears and she could hear the music pulsing even above the busy traffic sounds around her. She quickened her pace and bumped forcefully in the kid. As her mouth exclaimed rushed apologies, her two middle fingers pulled the wallet from the pocket without him even knowing.

She worked her way back to the edge of the crowd and met Byron's eye from his perch. His smile of pride and tilt of his head made her face glow.

She had done it, she had learned his lessons; she had brought to heart everything he had ever told her. She knew that she would pass all his tests and when she did, she would become his bride.

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[personal profile] ozqueen 2011-07-01 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Sara - Sara/Neal, first time. [First meeting, first meal, first kiss, first night together - you decide what "first" to focus on. Nervous energy and sexual tension will be welcomed with open arms.] :)

[identity profile] lionessvalenti.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Neal/Sara AU - he's the insurance investigator and she's the clever art thief who slipped through his fingers.

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[identity profile] yeomanrand.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Elizabeth, not messing around

15 minutes out of her day

[identity profile] leonie-alastair.livejournal.com 2011-07-10 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"No Dominic, I'm not going to accept your bid." Elizabeth was approaching the end of her patience. "I know Mrs. Elway, loves your cooking, and I know you pulled together just the right menu, but you're 30% more expensive than the next bid, and there isn't anything in this menu that would justify that big a price differential."

As the caterer on the phone madly tried to explain his pricing system to her, Elizabeth jotted down notes for her next two phone calls. "No Dominic - you want to gouge your clients - do it when they're not also my clients."

Yvonne was standing in the doorway with color swatches for the Embre wedding, and she still had to get home to change before the Cooper Hewitt dinner tonight. Time to wrap this up. "Dom, I love you - but seriously? You want the job, stop whining and find a way to reduce the cost by at least 25%. If you want to be considered have the revised bid to me by 10am tomorrow. We'll talk again then."

Looking up at Yvonne, she waved her into the office. "Okay, we've got 15 minutes to find just the right shade of 'not-kelly' green for Kate Embre's St. Patrick's Day wedding. Tell me you have some suggestions." Yvonne grinned and laid down a ring of swatches. Elizabeth made one more note for tomorrow's conversation with Dominic and turned her attention to the next item on her agenda.

People might consider party planning frivolous, but Elizabeth Burke knew that she was not just messing around.

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[personal profile] ozqueen 2011-07-01 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Sara - silk.

FILLED- Like Silk

[identity profile] aleanorblack.livejournal.com 2011-07-20 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi Ozqueen,

I liked the prompt and I hope you enjoy it.

Title: Like Silk
Character: Sara
Summary: "Every woman needs a silk dress in their closet."

http://aleanorblack.livejournal.com/4079.html#cutid1
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[personal profile] ozqueen 2011-07-01 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Alex - Fast cars, money and sunshine.

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[identity profile] yeomanrand.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Elizabeth, Sarah, June, and Samantha (? I think. June's elder granddaughter), Girls' poker night gets cutthroat.

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[personal profile] elrhiarhodan 2011-07-01 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Sara, Alex: "Did you really think I'd prefer him over you?"

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[identity profile] daria234.livejournal.com 2011-07-17 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
(I read this prompt as femslash, is that okay? Explicit sex with some bdsm-ish elements.)

She pressed Sara against the wall, pulling at Sara's blouse so hard it ripped.

"Sorry, accident," Alex mumbled as she went in for a kiss.

Sara pushed back, a hand on Alex's breastbone. She smirked, "It might have been an accident, but I don't believe you're sorry."

"You're right, I hated that shirt," Alex said and stepped backward toward the bed, pulling Sara along with her until they toppled onto the mattress, Sara almost falling atop her.

They slowed, Sara leaning down to lay kisses across her collarbone.

She tensed suddenly. It reminded her of something.

"You're not thinking of him right now, are you?" she asked.

"Neal?" Sara said, "Please, did you really think I'd prefer him over you?" She lifted Alex's leg, sending her skirt around her waist, and kissed the inner-thigh side of Alex's knee.

"You were smitten for a while," Alex teased, only half joking.

"We had fun for a while," Sara corrected before sucking a bruise into Alex's thigh. Alex bit her lip but couldn't stop the moan. Soon, Sara mouth moved closer, and closer, until her tongue and finges were inside of her, moving deftly as Alex grabbed the sheets for purchase.

Alex's nerves started sparking, and she grew closer and closer, but at the last minute, Sara stopped and said, breathlessly, "Do you know why I wanted to go out with Neal?"

"What? Wh-why?" Alex wondered why she was stopping, what kind of awful game this was.

Sara smirked, "I was impressed. Even when I was furious, and obsessed with taking him down, I was impressed. He was the only one who ever outsmarted me on an item as precious as the Raphael." She smiled as her fingers continued to press in exquisite rhythms on Alex's clit.

"Oh," Alex said, building up, only marginally aware of what Sara was saying.

"Of course, then I figured out that Neal was just covering for the friend who actually stole the Raphael," Sara said, and brought her mouth back down to Alex, bringing her off quickly.

Shit, Alex thought, right before she rode a wave of trembling ecstasy that left her spent.

She wanted nothing more than to lie there, motionless and happy and resting then, but Sara lay next to her, smug looking, and whispered in her ear, "I like you, Alex. I like you so much that next time we do this, I'm going to get you close, again and again and again, until you beg me to let you come, until you want my mouth so desperately that you're desperate to give me my painting for it."

Alex looked over at her. It was appealing, this side of Sara, she had to admit. But Alex was no Neal Caffrey. Being turned on by it didn't mean that she would let Sara get away with thinking it.

"No," Alex said, willing her breath and voice to sound steady, "You couldn't wait to do that, and we both know it. So here's how it's going to go. You are going to do that every time I tell you I want it. You are going to do other things for me, too, things you never thought you'd do for anyone. And maybe we'll fall in love and maybe we'll just have fun, but either way, when I'm done with you, you'll think of me every time you come for the rest of your life. I'm going to corrupt you in ever possible sense of the word, and you're going to love it, but even when I've made you something else entirely, even when you've given me everything and then some, I'm STILL not going to give you the Raphael."

Sara stared at her, outrage just barely outdone by lust, and her eyes darkened as Alex grabbed her hair and pushed her head once more between Alex's legs.

"Now be a good girl and maybe you'll get to come tonight too," Alex said, smiling like she knew something Sara didn't.

Sara gripped Alex's legs hard enough to bruise and looked at Alex defiantly. But she did as she was told.

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[personal profile] elrhiarhodan 2011-07-01 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate, June: Take care of him for me, please.

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[identity profile] vesperwhisper.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"You shouldn't be here." June's voice cut across the room like a whip.
Kate jumped and spun around, guilt and fear on her face.
"I just wanted to make sure he was okay," she said weakly.
"There are other ways to do that," June replied. "And you and I both know that Neal isn't home right now."
"I wanted to see where he was living. To make sure it was better than prison."
"I can assure you, it is."
June was no fool. Being married to a felon had taught her to always have tight security, and when the cameras had picked up a figure scaling the trellis underneath Neal's balcony, there was little doubt in her mind who the young lady could be. She had been up the stairs in record time, and was already waiting in the doorway by the time Kate had slid off the ledge and regained her footing. The dark-haired girl was still standing outside on light feet, ready to run at a moment's notice. At the same time, she was stealing cursory glances around the studio apartment, quietly assessing its luxury.
"I suppose I have you to thank for bringing Neal into my life in the first place," June said coolly. "If it weren't for you, he would never have broken out of prison. He would be free right now, instead of running himself ragged trying to find you."
"It's not what you think," Kate said, her voice trembling.
June didn't say anything. She loved Neal to death, but from the moment he told her about Kate she hadn't been able to understand what he saw in her. It was a strange fascination, to be sure. As far as she could tell, Kate hadn't done anything for him except provide cryptic clues that had him pacing up until all hours of the night. And now here she was, clearly not the damsel in distress he had made her out to be. She thought of the bags under Neal's eyes as he left for work that morning and felt a surge of anger.
"Do you have any idea if the damage you're doing?" she demanded, and was pleased to see Kate cringe at the outburst. "Neal is a wonderful young man, and he deserves much better than you."
"I know," Kate said, surprising her. "I'm trying to make it right."
"Really? Then would you like me to call Neal and tell him that there's someone here who would like to speak with him, or would you rather?"
Kate's eyes flashed.
"I can't do that," she said in a guarded voice.
"Why not?"
"I just can't!" Kate looked terrified. "Please don't tell Neal I was here."
"Give me one reason."
"Because it would break his heart," she said simply. "I can't come back, not yet. When this is all over, he'll understand. But right now, it wouldn't help. Trust me."
"I absolutely will not," June said firmly.
"Do it for Neal," Kate pleaded. "I promise, it's all for the best."
"Do you even care?" June asked pitifully.
"I do!"
"No you don't. Because you don't know anything. You don't know that he tosses and turns at night because he imagines all the horrible things that could be happening to you. You don't know that he could hardly eat for an entire day when we served your favorite food for breakfast. You don't know that he goes to that park with the cupid statue for hours sometimes because it reminds him of you. His entire life revolves around you and you don't give a damn. And deep down, he knows it. And so do I. Because if you really cared about him, you wouldn't be sneaking in through his window when you know he's not home."
Kate had taken a step back so that her back was pressed flat against the balcony ledge. When June finished, she didn't seem to know what to say, and June didn't give her the time to think of something.
"Get out," she ordered, standing aside and pointing to the door. "Now."
Slowly, Kate crossed the room. When she passed June, she said again, "Please don't tell Neal."
June made a decision.
"You have one month to make things right," she said. "And until then, I don't want to see you here again."
Kate nodded slowly. She took one last look at the apartment and seemed satisfied with it. Then she looked back at June.
"Take care of him for me, please," she said.
"I will." She shut the door in Kate's face, knowing that she would not loiter. Sure enough, the footsteps down the stairs started a moment later, followed by the loud shutting of the door.
She would take care of Neal. Better than Kate ever could.

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[personal profile] elrhiarhodan 2011-07-01 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Lauren, Elizabeth: You really don't know Peter all that well, do you?
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[personal profile] elrhiarhodan 2011-07-01 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Sara, June, Cindy: Damage Control

[identity profile] swanpride.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Diana, Christie, Elizabeth (perhaps Neal): Bonding over their interest in pottery/sculpting.

[identity profile] swanpride.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Alex: The hunter always gets his prey in the end.

[identity profile] deathjunke.livejournal.com 2011-07-01 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
June;
June likes her men with sophisticated, charming with a bit of moral ambiguity. Yes they were criminals, but you're only a criminal if you get caught. and June never was.

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