The team closed in together as the basketball game ended and the gated door started to slide open. Ianto stepped to the side and kept a stiff posture watching one by one each member of the team walked passed him. Ianto could have been the most ghastly alien in their holding cells and they still wouldn't have noticed him.
Then there was Jack. Without looking, Jack threw the basketball at Ianto, and Ianto caught it without blinking. Jack followed the team out.
A single tear slid down Ianto's face.
The team was the basketball, and Ianto was the hoop.