Now is the time to pick your posting date for Round 4 of the White Collar Pairings fic exchange!

May 22 - kanarek13 - Posted
May 23 - kanarek13 - Posted
May 24
May 25
May 26 - citrinesunset - Posted
May 27 - treonb - Posted
May 28 - aragarna - Posted
May 29 - cookielaura - Posted
May 30 - nywcgirl - Posted
June 1 - sheenianni - Posted
June 2 - elrhiarhodan - Posted
June 3 - sandy79 - Posted
June 4 - sapphire2309 - Posted
June 5 - doctor_fangeek - Posted
June 6 - theatregirl7299 - Posted
June 7 - hurinhouse - Posted

Please pick two dates in your comments in case your first selection is already taken.

Just a reminder, you will be able to pick your posting date tomorrow starting at noon Eastern time.

Life, unfortunately got in the way of fandom. According to the Round 4 Schedule, yesterday was supposed to be posting selection day, but I completely forgot to set up the post and the day was nuts.

Therefore, everything is going to get pushed up by one week - posting selection will be on April 8th, the mandatory check in on April 22nd, and posting will start on May 22nd.

My apologies and my thanks to aragarna for giving me a gentle nudge.

After much pulling of the three hairs left on my head, all participants in Round 4 have been matched to a creator and a recipient. Emails will start going out tomorrow. If you haven't received your notice by Thursday, March 3, please contact a mod.

Also, as a reminder - this is a blind exchange. Please do not contact your recipient even if you know them personally. We want the gifts to be gifts!

ETA: All of the emails to the participants have been sent. Please remember to reply to the mods to acknowledge receipt.

This is your last day to sign up for Round 4 of White Collar Pairings! Signups close at Midnight Eastern (NY) time and the matchup/assignment process will be completed this week.

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Round Four Signups for the White Collar Pairings Fic exchange are opened and awaiting your entry.

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The more, the merrier!

Welcome to the White Collar Pairings Exchange Round 4
A fanworks swap for relationship-centered works.

Before signing up, please click here and read the rules carefully first.

To sign up, simply copy and paste the contents of the text box below into a comment. Fill them in as fully as you can, it makes matching easier and stops folks getting assignments that they can't fulfill. You must provide AT LEAST TWO PAIRINGS.

Note: Please don't reply to peeps' comments, so if they are a paid LJ member, they can come back and edit it.

Signups open: Now!
Signups close: February 29
Assignments out: By March 5
Posting Dates Sign-up: April 1
Mandatory check-in: April 15 (tax day!)
Posting starts: May 15

Check In Date:
The check-in date on April 15 is mandatory, to be sure folks are still able to participate. If anyone has to bow out at that point, you will not be penalized in the future. At that point, we’ll post a call for pinch hits to fill defaulters’ assignments

Copy/paste the code below into a comment to sign up :
<b>Username:</b> <b>E-mail address:</b> <b>Do you write, draw, both?</b> <b>Do you want to receive fic, art, either?</b> <b>What You Want</b> <b>Pairings (PLEASE PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO):</b> <b>Likes/Preferences/Kinks:</b> <b>Dislikes/Squicks/Icks:</b> <b>Characters You Don’t Want:</b> <b>Rating Comfort Level:</b> <b>Scenarios/Prompts You Might Enjoy (optional)</b> <b>What You’ll Create</b> <b>Pairings (PLEASE PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO):</b> <b>General Likes/Preferences/Kinks you’re comfortable accommodating:</b> <b>Dislikes/Squicks/Kinks you won’t write/draw:</b> <b>Characters You Won’t Write:</b> <b>Rating Comfort Level:</b> <b> Other Notes--have something extra? something we forgot to ask? some special thing you'd like to see? any characteristics that are canon to you that you want to make sure the writer/artist uses or that you won't use?</b>

Any questions? Please e-mail elrhiarhodan1 at gmail dot com, theatregirl7299 at gmail dot com or comment at the Round 4 Rules post.

The White Collar Pairings Exchange is a fic swap challenge for lovers of White Collar Fan Fiction, with a focus on the tremendous relationships that have played out in the show. What does that mean? It means we are unabashed fans of slash and OT3 stories, as well as canon relationship and friendship fics of all kinds.

Here’s how it works: People agree to write create a work for another person, who in turn will create a work for a different person. Sign up, provide us with a list of your likes/dislikes, and when you get your assignment, start creating.

( Here we go… )

Now, go forth and sign up here!

It's been a while, but we're coming back with Round Four of the White Collar Pairings Fanworks Exchange!

Since you the participants are the most important part of this challenge, we'd thought we'd test the waters, get a sense of what you want and when you want it.

So, a poll!

[Poll #2028850]

Normally, around this time, rabidchild and I would be ramping up for a new round of the White Collar Pairings fic exchange.

However, we've talked about Round 4 and we've come to the conclusion that starting another round, right on the heels of the White Collar Reverse Big Bang and on the cusp of the next round of the White Collar Big Bang, is not the best thing for the challenge, the participants and your overtaxed moderators.

This doesn't mean that we're not doing another round, it's just being delayed until the fall - either September or October, 2014.

So, watch this space, we'll be back and looking for signups before you know it.

The wonderfully talented slytheringurrl has made personalized participation banners for everyone who wrote, and even did a great job in matching the pairings in the author's stories with the pairings on the banners.

You can find them in this post.

Thank you, Slytheringurrl for your generosity!

Round Three of wcpairings is now complete! Many, MANY thanks to all of our contributors to this round.

This year, we had twenty-nine participants. That means twenty-nine new relationship-based stories were added to the White Collar fandom, all filled with friendship and love and respect. We’ve taken our characters on journeys unimaginable, and I hope that many of our writers find inspiration to continue their stories throughout the coming year.

( The following is a list of all of the fills, alphabetical by author. If you haven’t gotten a chance to read these terrific stories, I urge to you lock yourself in a quiet room (with your computer and the Internet, of course) for a day, and read. )

Total word count for this round: 222,300

Special thanks to our pinch hitters embroiderama, hoosierbitch and rabidchild.

Again, thank you to everyone who wrote and read! You are what makes this fandom so great.

Brava to everyone!

Title: Within a Blink (It Changes)
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Neal/El , past Neal/Sara
Spoilers: Most Wanted
Content Notice: Shameless h/c; sickfic
Word Count: 8,000
Summary: Being in a threesome has its ups and downs. Poor Neal is suffering from a case of the downs.

A/N: This is for sahiya, who I know will get off on all the feverish goodness! She prompted for sickfic, Sara stepping up, and Peter being jealous, though I’m not sure if this is at all what she expected, LOL.

Within a Blink (It Changes)

Title: Through the Darkness to the Dawn
Author’s Name: sheenianni
Written for: sholio
Characters/Pairings: Diana Berrigan, Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, FBI Team, Mozzie, Elizabeth Burke
Raiting: PG-13
Spoilers: This story is AU to episode 4x16 and takes place several months after Season 4. Minor spoilers through all four seasons.
Content Notice: A bit of torture (mostly off-screen), Language
Word Count: ~ 10,200
Summary: In order to take down one of New York’s mobsters, Diana takes on an interesting role when she and Peter go undercover. But when the case starts falling apart, she has to do everything in her power to save Peter’s life – and then make peace with her decisions afterwards.

Notes: This was written for sholio during the wcpairings exchange.

HUGE thanks go to wonderful theatregirl7299, who beta-read the fic for me so quickly on a short notice. I also need to thank all the amazing people at the wcwu chat for their support, advice and patience – namely sahiya, cheenu, angelita26… and all the others I might have inadvertently forgotten. You, folks, are amazing.

Summary: In order to take down one of New York’s mobsters, Diana takes on an interesting role when she and Peter go undercover. But when the case starts falling apart, she has to do everything in her power to save Peter’s life – and then make peace with her decisions afterwards.

PART I - PART II

Title: I Love This Wine, But It Needs to Breathe
Author: blackbird_song
For: hurinhouse
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Neal, Elizabeth Burke, Mozzie, Diana, Jones, Sara
Spoilers/Warnings: Sort of, for the end of the last season.
Word Count: ~3100
Summary: Sensory deprivation changes everything.

Author's Note: Apologies that posting this came down to the wire. hurinhouse, I hope this is something that can work for you.


Link to your story: http://blackbird-song.livejournal.com/174849.html

Title: Five Times Someone Noticed Peter Wasn't There (and One Time He Was)
Author: hoosierbitch
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Outsiders' POV of Elizabeth/Neal/Peter
Word Count: 2,800
Notes: This was written for the lovely blackbird_song! I hope this fits what you were looking for. :-)

Summary: Five times someone noticed Peter wasn't there. (And one time he was.)

Burke's visitors came like clockwork.

Title: Caffrey’s Seven
Author: Gaby
Fandom: White Collar
Pairing: Peter/El/Neal
Characters: Peter, Neal, El, Diana, Jones, Mozzie, June, OMC
Warning: none
Spoilers: This is set post-season 4, so major spoilers for anything up to and including the finale. I don’t actually know what might happen in season 5 so what I’m writing about is pure speculation.
Rating: R
Genre: angst, hurt/comfort, friendship, hints of kink and D/s dynamics (if that’s not your thing, just skip the last scene)
Author's Notes: Written for hoosierbitch in the wcpairings fic exchange. I sincerely hope I managed to incorporate some of her likes. At least I tried to fill one of her prompts! ;) My apologies for having to wait so long for your fic, hoosierbitch!
Beta by taylorgibbs--thanks so much for the super-duper-extra-quick betaing you did! I still tweaked the fic afterwards so any remaining mistakes are mine and mine alone.
Word Count: 8,262
Disclaimer: Not mine, never were, never will be, gosh darn it!
Summary: Neal is temporarily assigned to a new handler. Things go downhill from there.

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Title: Fortune's Just a One-Night Stand – Part One
Author: elrhiarhodan
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: NC-17
Characters: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Mozzie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Vincent Adler, Daniel Picah, mention of other canon characters in minor non-canon settings.
Pairings: Peter/Neal, Neal/Daniel, Peter/Adler, Adler/Neal
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Prostitution, rape, Domination/submission, dubious consent, fuck-or-die scenario, use of gender-specific insults
Word Count: ~56,000
Beta Credit: jrosemary, theatregirl7299, and hoosierbitch
Summary: In some alternate universe, Peter Burke is a wealthy and bored financial advisor and discovers that one of his clients, Elizabeth Mitchell, is using her event planning business to launder profits from an escort service catering to the wealthy gay elite in New York. Instead of turning her in, he asks her to hire him. Neal Caffrey has been recently released from a four-year sentence for bond forgery and learns that his girlfriend, Kate has married his old boyfriend, Matthew Keller and they’ve taken off for parts unknown. Determined not to return to prison, Neal turns to his friend, Mozzie, for help. Moz knows a guy – or in this case – a gal who’s willing to hire Neal. As an escort.

( Author's notes with explicit content below cut )

I have to say that it was hard writing this without my writing partner’s sage and candid advice, but my friends jrosemary and theatregirl7299 have given me stellar advice and very strong shoulders to lean on. And I also much credit all of the wonderful writers at the wcwu chat, for their loving support when I kept crashing and burning through different story ideas.

ETA: I can't believe I forgot to thank someone so dear to me - hoosierbitch - who stepped in as Porn Doctor Extraordinaire! Thank you, sweetness, for all your help.

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Part One: ON LJ | ON DW
Part Two: ON LJ | ON DW
Part Three: ON LJ | ON DW
Part Four: ON LJ | ON DW
Part Five: ON LJ | ON DW
Part Six: ON LJ | ON DW
Part Seven: ON LJ | ON DW
Part Eight: ON LJ | ON DW

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Title: The Fortress of his Fears
Author: semisweetsoul
Characters: Neal, Mozzie mentions of others
Genre: Angst (Introspection)
Rating: PG
Summary: Neal ran, but something went awry. He never thought it could come from inside.
Spoilers: Spoilers for Season 3 finale.
Word Count: 1,614
Disclaimer: I owe nothing you might recognize. Please, don't sue. ♥
A/N: Written for florastuart for wcpairings. Hope you like it! Unbetaed. If you spot a mistake let me know, and I'll fix it. Thanks!

>> The Fortress of his Fears <<