chapter 1

When I came into the office this morning I went looking for peter, hopefully today we have an interesting case. When I finally found peter he was in his office as usual 'workaholic' I thought. Always working, reminded me of someone, someone I was trying to forget about.

Someone I was trying to forget because they didn't need me anymore. Probably never needed me in the first place. I left because they didn't need me anymore, 'and none of them cared enough to get you to stay' the pessimistic voice in the back of my head reminded me, always reminded me.

you left because you thought you wanted some space from the overwhelming feelings you were experiencing, 'nobody wants you anyway'

why do you think B replaced you?

the only reason they even keep you around is because your another body to work

they don't actually care about you.

All of these negative thoughts kept invading my mind every time I was around them. So I decided that I would just try and get some space, I would leave for a while, but surely they would want me to come back? right? wrong. I left and they did nothing, said nothing. I even kept my phone, the one that had all their numbers in it, thinking, surely they'll call, I mean they are my family, and they have my number. I kept that phone for 4 months. I only got one phone call, it was damian, wondering if i took something from his room. In four months of me traveling europe I received one phone call and it was only to ask if I knew where something was.

After that I ditched the phone and I decided that I didn't really need them, after all they obviously didn't need me. I was a mess after that, almost always drunk and out to find something that would fill this hole inside my chest. After a couple months of that pathetic pity party,

I was finally sober long enough to realise that this shouldn't be my life, this isn't the life my parents wanted for me, this isn't the life that I wanted for myself. So the first thing I did was sober up and get a new id. After that I went to the nearest airport and took the first plane to somewhere that wasnt Gotham.

New york, I was reborn as Neal Caffrey in New York City, which is also where I met my best friend Mozzie. Mozzie taught me everything, well, Mozzie taught me how to take everything B taught me and turn it into something new, turns out most everything B taught me could be turned around into something useful for Neal Caffrey, world renowned art thief. And you know how it goes from there, me stealing with mozzie at my side, the feds taking notice, the feds chasing me, me finding it fun, the feds catching me, me finding that not so much fun, prison for 4 years, break-out for the girl.

Oh, I forgot to mention the girl. Kate, kate was the love of my life, we worked together, but the work was exhilarating, and I don't think that it can really be classified as work, because work isn't usually that much fun. It was a lifestyle. A way of life, and it was amazing, while it lasted. You know the saying, the couple that plays together stays together? Well not so much. Long story short kate is now dead.

And the light that she brought to my world is gone, but its ok, I still have peter and mozzie. And they are enough. Right? Enough to keep the dark thoughts at bay? Enough to keep me sane? I felt someone grab my arm and snapped out of my dark thoughts.

As peter towed me into the conference room grumbling about me and my daydreaming, I wondered how long I was off in my own little world, reliving my past. Peter answered my question by mumbling about how now he had to recap the case all over again because I wasn't listening. Wow, I spaced out on an entire briefing.

As we got to the conference room I saw Jones and Diana laughing with another man, and although I couldn't see his face, he seemed familiar. As we walked up to the table the man stood up and turned around, the easygoing smile slipped off my face, being replaced with something akin to dread. The mans face froze when he looked at me " this is Damian Wayne, he is here concerning a painting that was stolen from Wayne Enterprises last night."

AN Hey guys, this is my first story. So please don't be too hard in your critisisms, but also please give me critisism id love to know what you guys think about this and I would really like to know what I can do to make this better. So if anybody does end up reading this, id really love comments and critisisms. I just thought that the world needed one more batman white collar crossover sooo enjoy. ALSO disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot