Merry Christmas Agent Burke by last1standing

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Title: Merry Christmas Agent Burke
Author: last1standing
Spoilers: none (that I recall)
Characters: entire ensemble
Pairings: Peter/Elizabeth (but mostly gen)
Warning: temporary character death
Summary: It is Christmas Eve and Peter and Neal are wrapping up a case when an unthinkable tragedy occurs. What happens next is truly strange and sad but also shows the priceless value having people around who really care. (Not a death story even though it looks like it.)

Why rec'd? "It's a Wonderful Life", Peter style! This is a sweet and heartwrenching Christmas fic.

Lies That Set You Free by frith-in-thorns

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Title: Lies That Set You Free
Author: frith_in_thorns
Spoilers: small spoiler for Countdown/Checkmate
Characters: Elizabeth, Diana, Mozzie, Peter, Neal
Pairings: Peter/Elizabeth (but mostly gen)
Warning: none
Summary: Elizabeth gets a ransom demand for Peter and Neal. She also gets severely underestimated.

Why rec'd? In the interests of full disclosure, this fic was based on a prompt by me (I wanted to see Elizabeth pretending to be a mobster). frith_in_thorns took my prompt and ran with it! :D This fic has it all: BAMF Elizabeth; sneaky-clever Diana and Mozzie; hurt and comfort and friendship. It's wonderful!

A Favor for a Friend by embroiderama

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Title: A Favor for a Friend
Author: embroiderama
Spoilers: small spoilers for S2
Characters: Neal, June, Diana, Peter
Note: Gen
Summary: When June thinks she's lost something forever, Neal works his magic to give it back to her.

Why rec'd? A wonderful, fluffy, feel-good fic with a wonderful Neal who manages to make three people happy with a seemingly little things.