This is my first foray into the Leverage fandom, which I've only recently discovered (we don't have it in the UK. I watched both seasons in a week). Originally written for the Comment-fic comm on . Prompt was: "I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another." -Thomas Jefferson

I own nothing from the show. Your comments = my love.

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He's an anomaly. A Hitter who doesn't want to Hit.

No, that's not right. He's fine with the hitting, but he doesn't want to kill anymore. He's spent half his lifetime bloodying his fists on other people's bodies. He's stolen artwork and jewels, people and fucking monkeys. He's played real Russian Roulette, and walked away from a thousand fights in a hundred different countries, leaving a trail of blood and bodies behind him.

He liberated Croatia.

He is a violent man, living worlds apart from hackers and grifters and thieves. Sometimes he's amazed he made it this far, lived this long. He never expected to make it to retirement (still doesn't, when he's being honest with himself, although he can't figure out if being honest is easier or harder these days). He's good at what he does, but he's tired of it now. Been there, done that, got the scars to prove it. Seen one war, seen them all. Doesn't need to see another (prays to any deity that might still be listening, not to see another).

The rush comes slower now, the adrenaline of a fight drains away more quickly.

The nightmares come more often. A parade of faces, those he couldn't save, those he needed saving from.

Those who needed saving from him.

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