Together

From Saj_te_Gyuhyall at AO3:

Hah! Cool one! Hope you do a bit more of this one, hopefully a scene where the twins have a face to face with their father?

Bryce stood outside the FBI interrogation room. His arms were crossed and he was leaning on the wall, his eyes fixed on the scene taking place inside. Jones was in there, questioning James Bennett about Pratt's death and the evidence box.

"So, which one are you?" Diana asked, walking over to him with a coffee.

"Bryce," he responded, "can't you tell?"

She snorted and shook her head.

"Not when Neal's walking around, doing anything he can to keep busy, with the same frown on his face."

Bryce wondered if Neal was as upset with their father as he was. He had held the suspicion that their father was using Neal, even if Neal wasn't completely convinced. He had been proven right but, somehow, that didn't mean a thing.

He had been hoping he was wrong and he hadn't even realised it until he had placed the cuffs on James Bennett and walked him down the stairs at June's. Even though he told the man he was CIA, he didn't think that he knew exactly which twin he had been talking to.

Why didn't his father ask about him, just once? The question stung.

"You should talk to him," Diana insisted, "as yourself, not pretending to be Neal."

"That's not my job," Bryce responded, turning his back to the sight of his father. Diana looked surprised by his response, before letting out a sigh.

"Here," she said, passing him the coffee. "For you. Hopefully you like your coffee the same as Neal."

Bryce shrugged and took a sip. It was okay. Not as good as the coffee Neal got at June's but not as bad as the coffee provided by the FBI machine.

"Are we just going to stand here or are we going to go in and question him?" Mozzie questioned, bouncing down the hallway like he owned the place with Neal walking slowly behind him. "I'm going to have to burn a safe house because of that man, so you might as well get the full experience."

"Full experience?" Diana questioned.

"Not for you, Lady Suit," Mozzie said, "for Bryce and Neal."

"Neal?" Bryce questioned, directing his confusion towards the one person who he had a chance of understanding here.

"We're going to talk to James," Neal said in a subdued manner. He had been quiet after the events of that day and their father's arrest.

Bryce snorted.

"No we're not."

"Yes, you are," Mozzie said with an air of certainty.

Bryce just stared at him in response.

Jones looked up as the door opened.

"Neal, son-" James started to say, in order to defend himself. But, Bryce walked in right behind Neal and stood next to him.

"Hi, dad," they said together as James' jaw went slack and he started to go pale.

Jones cleared his throat and excused himself from the room.

"So, I'm Neal," Neal said with a twitch of a smile. Mozzie has suggested that they reintroduce themselves. "Neal Caffrey. Conman. Forger. Thief. I'm the one who you first met and I'm with the FBI as Peter Burke's CI."

Bryce stood silent until Neal gave him a slight nudge.

"Bryce Larkin," he said with an impassive expression. "I'm the one who works for the CIA. Neal called me in as soon as he knew that you were our father." He paused and then decided to just say everything that was bothering him. "You know that we've been looking for you for years? Neal used his criminal connections to try and find you. I used CIA resources. And you think it's okay to just turn up when you want something?" He saw James' eye twitch and realised something. "You didn't intend to reveal yourself to us. You were only using Neal because he knew where the evidence was. That's why you never asked about me. And the only reason you tried to act like a father towards Neal is because he found out and it made it easier to manipulate him."

"Son," James started before stopping. He had no way to talk himself out of this. He was prepared to reason with one son, not two. Plus, he couldn't afford to speak to a CIA agent and possibly incriminate himself further.

Bryce and Neal stood there, waiting. Neal's eyes were light with suppressed hurt while Bryce's were hard with disappointment.

"Forget it," Neal said after a few moments. He turned to Bryce and said, "June would like it if you came to dinner and Peter's wife has invited us to brunch tomorrow. I extended June's invitation to Diana and she agreed, apparently she has some news to share, and Jones is going to come too."

"What about Mozzie?" Bryce questioned. The little guy had been surprising him all day, first by working with Feds and then by entering a Fed building. Mozzie also knew how to lay on the guilt, talking about his parents who abandoned him and what he would do if he could meet them until Bryce agreed to see James with Neal.

"He's coming too," Neal said to Bryce's surprise, flashing his bright conman grin. "He really wants the try the recipe June's cook is doing for dinner."

"And June owes me a game of Parcheesi," Mozzie said, sticking his head in the door. "So, I would really like to leave."

"Had enough of the Man, Mozzie?" Bryce asked.

"Always," Mozzie responded, "let's go."

Neal gave a laugh and walked out while hovering a hand behind Bryce's shoulder to spur him out as well. Once they were outside and the door closed, they shared a glance back at James Bennett, sitting alone and cuffed.

"Neal!" Peter called, walking quickly down the hall. "I need a tie for tonight, something El might like, can I borrow one of yours?"

"What?" Bryce questioned as Neal nodded.

"Thank goodness," Peter sighed in relief. He then turned to Bryce. "You'll want to see this, Neal has a drawer filled with ties."

Bryce gave a curious glance to his brother before following them down the hall.

Author's note:

This chapter is the last of 'Spies vs Cons' (please, don't freak out! I'll explain).

I don't want 'Spies vs Cons' to be one of those one-shot collections with a huge amount of chapters which may intimidate new readers. So, I'm going to end it and start posting the next set of one-shots in a new collection called 'CIs vs Agents'.
Basically, you'll have to start following a different story for updates.
Sorry about that.

I'll still be writing responses to the prompts I've already received, they'll just go into the new collection.
Consider this one complete.