I don't think I've posted this one up here before...but if I have, tell me.

title: Know How
rating: PG
summary: Ben Linus contemplates the lessons his father taught him.
pairing: Gen
word count: 1,144

Benjamin Linus knows how to take a beating.

( He considers this, leaning against a tree with the bark rough against his back, the cotton shirt no longer comfortable but sticky with sweat and his own blood, twisted around his torso like a straitjacket. )