I was skimming comments, and saw "Connor is an architect" and thought, okay, sure, makes as much sense as anything else. But then:

Connor is all about building things, not destroying anymore. It's like his penance.

Wow, that really works for me.

It's bad it makes me want to write Connor-the-architect/Xander-the-foreman slash, right? I mean, I know you're not so into the Xander part of it, but I'm all, ARCHITECT/FOREMAN, OTP!