AN: I realised I had forgotten to write an author's note on my last one-shot even though I'd been planning to. I have however, remembered this time so here we go!

The reason I haven't posted anything lately is because I recently watched Paranormal Activity and I've been sitting in a locked room, rocking for 3 days. Not really. It was only one day. *shudder*

Anyway! My muse only seems to come up with ideas at around midnight which is a bit of a bummer because I seem to be slowly turning nocturnal.

I'm sorry for this, it's a bit depressing and it's not what I think of Ianto it's what Ianto thinks of Ianto and it's his observations. I know what I mean. This is dedicated to all you lovely authors on here who keep me happy. I'll stop talking now because this note will become longer than the actual drabble. :3

Oh and, Torchwood time-line-wise this is somewhere after Cyberwoman?

Nothing

Nothing.

That's all he was, Ianto Jones. Just nothing. He looked at his team, his colleagues, his work mates. But not his friends. Not really. Because Ianto Jones was just the tea boy and the archivist and the boss's part time shag. Nobody thought of him as a real friend.

And that's why he could never even compare himself to them, not even imagine what it would be like to talk to them about life. Normal life. Not aliens and rifts. Real life.

All he could do was watch and observed them. There was Tosh – So bright, so much intelligence. So much potential.

Gwen – Such a big heart. So human. With those innocent, puppy eyes. Everyone loved Gwen – didn't they?

Owen – He had a heart, really. It was just hidden behind the sarcasm and the cynicism. But at least he was useful; he saved lives for goodness sake.

And then there was Jack – Unique? Rare? Different? So many words to describe him, none of them strong enough. Because Jack was just Jack. Agreed?

But Ianto, he supposed you could argue he was many things, but none of them actually meant anything. Did they? Ianto was nothing.

Nothing but a broken, empty shell, of something he once was.

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