sara ellis and neal caffrey ("i never promised you anything else" "i know")
the truth about the moon (cut) (newsies) // taking account // flipped (wendelin van draanen) // as you were // on the fence // shoot the moon // cardigan (taylor swift) // in the wind // as you were
I've posted my fill for the Operation More White Collar holiday grab bag! My prompt was: Movies
That stymied me at first, since last year I posted a WC holiday story titled Movie Night 馃槅 This time I went with the concept of home movies and wrote a story set during and after the final season. So I'm posting on the anniversary of the series finale.
Here it is! ~4000 words of angst, fluff, and romance that culiminates on Christmas
sara ellis really grew on me. like i saw her and i was like ugh not another Strong Female Character who's just there to look hot and be smarter than the boys and then fall in love with one of them in a relationship that does neither of them justice. but then like. her and neal's relationship is actually so interesting because he's so her manic pixie dream boy. she's an insurance recovery woman whose job is her entire life. they fake her death for an fbi operation and she sees firsthand how little meaningful human connection she has in her life. she realizes how truly dissatisfied she's been despite being rich and successful. and then here comes neal caffery, larger than life, adventure and excitement and danger all wrapped up in a pretty smile. and you can tell how much she loves the operations, the puzzles and mysteries they solve, she loves their world. and maybe some of that gets wrapped up with her feelings towards neal. they live in a whirlwind. they move in together, they can barely say they're dating. it's fast and fun and heated but they don't know each other. but then she crashes back to reality. it's great because you could always see the signs of how it would end. their entire relationship is people saying over and over again that they鈥檇 be good together. even they themselves say it. but when it comes down to it, they鈥檙e still just an idea. as she says, "you live in the clouds. i live on west 69th." sara鈥檚 pragmatic and real and he's flair and style under a stupid hat. im obsessed with them.