The emotions within this story, were breath taking, I cannot believe how much work went into this, it was fantastic and beautifully written, there really is no words to describe how amazing this story was, u have left me a lil speechless :)

you nailed it! It's AU from the beginning to the end, I'm not sure if that's intended or not, but I loved how different it was from everything else I've read in white collar fanfics. This story makes me really sad, but it was awesomelly original.

Wow. I'm nearly speech/word-less here...
At first it seemed teensy bit chaotic. Then pretty dark and depressive (and tears nearly burst out). And slowly it got hopeful.
I'm amazed at the variety of emotions in this story that Neal went through.
Loved!

Peter is an asshole.
He said h like neal, like, enjoyed after neal. But when neal in prison and need him to protect him, to do peter's job, peter denied him. What a huge asshole. Hypocrite.

I love the Neal's nickname... Casper... it totally fits! ;)

very interesting and well written :)

Wow! You do White Collar writing too! I love this show and when I saw a fic by you I knew I just had to check it out! And I was not disappointed. I loved this story! Giving Neal a dark background like this was great, and you managed to tie it in with the series very well too. Great job!

-FlamingIce94

Whew. Only you would write one-shot 17,000 words long _

I have to say that I think the FBI nicknaming Neal Casper is brilliant. Love it. Seriously, I'm going to be disappointed now when it doesn't come up on the show. Really interesting how you managed to interweave all of the different characters from the show into Neal's history.

This is a review of a different kind because I haven't yet read your story. The thing is, 17000 words all in one chapter? I know I won't be able to read it all at once so I would have to stop somewhere in the middle and then probably forget where I was. It would be much easier to read if you split it.

AMAZING story. I loved Alex's place in the story.

This was such a beautiful story and I read it at one sitting.

I did find it just a bit melodramatic but since it was stream of consciousness that could be forgiven.

It's a very interesting take on Neal's background however I think you have the years off by three. He's supposed to be around 31 when we first meet him so minus almost four for prison, three for Peter chasing him that would make him about 24 when Peter starts chasing him.

I very much liked how he helped Peter with a few cases and how he saved the people in the Subway shop.

One nit pick, hypochondriac is misused. I think you meant paranoid.

Good catch on Neal biting his thumb when he's agitated. I caught that on "Home Invasion," when he was in Daniel Picha's house. I think he also bites his fingernails or gets terrible manicures from time to time.

All and all an enjoyable read.