A damn good one.
There were few people he cared about in his past. He’d loved someone, but his brother fucked that over by having an affair with her, and then there had been the only other love of his life.
Axelle.
Only, in the CIA, you couldn’t make ties without making problems.
If you did, the bad guys tended to find the weakest part of your armor, and used them to their advantage. While he’d always wanted to stay, at one point, he walked away.
He’d left her behind, and it had broken him in ways he never thought possible.
Then, she got married.
Oh, and it was to a senator, right after they broke up. He told himself he was glad she moved on, but he’d been jealous. Seeing her around, and seeing her sporting some rich man’s ring pissed him off.
Especially as a soldier who fought rich men’s wars for them.
Until he heard what happened to her.
When Elizabeth called, saying she was in the hospital after being hurt, he flew back, and watched from a distance. She went back to Jack to be safe, and he followed her for a few weeks just to make sure.
But he stayed away.
Why?
He loved her.
Fast forward, and he found ways to occupy his time. Most of them were in the Middle East, or in shithole jungles where he could die.
Because he didn’t have anyone to come home to. He’d found purpose in NOLA, helping Elizabeth and the Hunters, and being part of the Spiders.
He liked his work, and dreaded when it would be time to retire.
But it would happen.
He was aging, and the idea of being picked off by the enemy of the state didn’t exactly sound like fun.
So when Elizabeth asked him to head here, it was an easy decision.
Friendship came first.
Now, he had more money than necessary, but friends…they tended to die.
So, he’d do what Elizabeth asked.
As he walked up to the door, Archangels appeared.
Yeah, it was just easier to announce himself.
“What are you doing?” the one asked.
Lewis went for his creds. When he flashed them, the men lightened up a bit.
“Tell the Director that Reaper is here. She’ll know who it is, and let me in.”
When the archangel texted the woman they were watching, the text came back immediately.
‘You’re dismissed for the night. I’ll be here all night, and he’s classified. We’re good.’
