I agree. I have no idea how Peter would comfort Neal. Yeah, he would hug his wife, but Neal? I think he would offer more of a silent support, just sit with Neal quietly, letting Neal lean into him if he needed, or lay an arm around his shoulders. I could see Peter going teary-eyed if he was confronted with someone else's pain that he wouldn't be able to fix, but he wouldn't actually cry, just tears in the eyes, you know?
I also think that Neal would have problem with accepting comfort. He's too independent, too used to fighting for himself. We've seen that he's more prone to tears than Peter (Vital Signs, Front Man, Out of the Box), but I could see him accept a hug or hug only as a reaction to something, I don't think that he would go out of his way to seek comfort like that.
With June, I think her comforting would be very motherly, she is basically Neal's mother figure on the show. With Mozzie... Hm, I guess he would offer help, but not real comfort, he would be just too awkward.
As nicknames go, I think that Neal would always call Elizabeth "Elizabeth", never El.
The gun thing is really annoying! It was the same with The Sentinel and Blair, when the authors kept forcing a gun on him.
I admit that I want to write a story, where Neal gets angry at Peter for always threatening him with prison, for telling everybody that he's a fellon even when it's not necessary (like in The Portrait), for every agent treating him like a second class citizen. I want Neal to tell Peter that it's not funny, that he has no idea what it's like in prison. Because the way Matt's playing it, you see how hurt Neal is every time Peter says something like - again, it's best shown in The Portrait, when the gallery owner tells Neal that Peter told her all about Neal and Neal just freezes.
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Date: 2010-03-20 11:39 am (UTC)I also think that Neal would have problem with accepting comfort. He's too independent, too used to fighting for himself. We've seen that he's more prone to tears than Peter (Vital Signs, Front Man, Out of the Box), but I could see him accept a hug or hug only as a reaction to something, I don't think that he would go out of his way to seek comfort like that.
With June, I think her comforting would be very motherly, she is basically Neal's mother figure on the show. With Mozzie... Hm, I guess he would offer help, but not real comfort, he would be just too awkward.
As nicknames go, I think that Neal would always call Elizabeth "Elizabeth", never El.
The gun thing is really annoying! It was the same with The Sentinel and Blair, when the authors kept forcing a gun on him.
I admit that I want to write a story, where Neal gets angry at Peter for always threatening him with prison, for telling everybody that he's a fellon even when it's not necessary (like in The Portrait), for every agent treating him like a second class citizen. I want Neal to tell Peter that it's not funny, that he has no idea what it's like in prison. Because the way Matt's playing it, you see how hurt Neal is every time Peter says something like - again, it's best shown in The Portrait, when the gallery owner tells Neal that Peter told her all about Neal and Neal just freezes.