Angsty, set after COE. Short and, well, not so sweet :/
When Estelle had died, Jack had shed so many tears for her, remembering how they had spent all those years together. He cried because of the terrible way she had been taken, killed by vicious creatures that she had believed to be magical beings. He'd cried out all of his feelings for her, which was how he could move on, knowing that she had lived a full and happy life.
When they lost Toshiko and Owen at the hands of his own brother, Jack had cried at the betrayal. As he watched Tosh fight right until the end, tears had fallen down his face with no visible end. He watched her goodbye video tearfully, knowing how much she had meant to the team, and to him. He carried on in her name, staying strong for the others, telling the world, 'the end is where we start from'.
But when Ianto was killed, lost to the hands of the 456, he was numb. He'd cried as he fought for Ianto's life, when Ianto was convinced that he would be forgotten. But when reality hit, when Jack saw that his Ianto was gone, and could not come back, he found that he could shed no more tears. It was as if he was numb with loss, with the realisation that he had never told Ianto himself how much he had meant to him. Jack saw no point in showing emotion now, as he'd shown none to Ianto, even though he was the one he should've shown more than anyone else. Ianto Jones was the one he'd loved, and now he'd never know. All that was left of Jack's love was unsaid words and unshed tears.
