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The staircase next to the main door of the Hub has 105 steps. There’s a sign up that says so. So one day Ianto decides to count them. Using things he loves.
1. Torchwood, even after all they’ve done
2. His job
3. The sense of family the job brings
4. His friends
5. Owen
6. Tosh
7. Gwen
8. Chasing Weevils
9. Cardiff
10. The view of the Bay
11. Knowing everything about his friends in order to cheer them up
12. The danger of Torchwood
13. Myfanwy
14. Janet
15. Aliens
16. New life-forms that no one has ever seen before
17. Archives
18. Looking through photos and files of past events
19. Spending days by himself going through said files
20. Compliments bordering on harassment
21. Proper cups of coffee
22. The smell of coffee
23. Feeling included
24. Laughing along with everyone else
25. How he had not cared about Jack being gay
26. Feeling trusted
27. Trust
28. Lisa
29. Hope
30. The fact he had been able to make a life support system out of a cyber-conversion unit
31. Not having to keep secrets any more
32. Not being weighed down
33. The freedom of moving on
34. Slowly rebuilding trust
35. Knowing that someone was going to save him
36. Knowing that someone could save him from himself
37. Surprising people
38. Genius
39. Finding solutions in helpless situations
40. Giving in
41. Letting Jack in
42. Feeling alive
43. Being looked after
44. Good secrets
45. Returning favours
46. Looking after Jack
47. Looking after the team
48. Being needed
49. Being wanted
50. Being able to have a say
51. Taking action
52. Standing up for people
53. Believing in miracles
54. Support
55. Jack’s Coat
56. Miracles coming true
57. Kissing Jack
58. The feeling that everything was going to be fine
59. Distractions
60. Getting help when you least expect it
61. Feeling important
62. Love
63. Being thought of
64. Getting asked out
65. Jack being awkward and tongue-tied
66. Being more important than mysterious strangers from Jack’s past
67. Knowing everything
68. History
69. When Jack talks about his past
70. Feeling safe
71. Feeling loved completely
72. Vows
73. Giving up forever’s for tea-boys
74. Kissing in Jack’s Office
75. Feeling like the most important person in someone’s life
76. Being the most important person in someone’s life
77. Sly glances
78. Knowing things that others don’t
79. Having someone
80. Compliments
81. Keeping his diary
82. Someone having absolute trust in him
83. Trusting someone so blindly
84. How easily Martha fits into Torchwood
85. Hearing more about The Doctor
86. Filling in the gaps of Jack’s life
87. Jack’s idea of a joke
88. Red UNIT caps
89. Getting something lost back
90. TinTin
91. Finding something new
92. Aliens
93. Getting something better than an office job
94. His coffee machine
95. Weddings
96. Gwen finding happiness
97. The Electro
98. Happier memories
99. Late nights
100. Naked hide and seek
101. How Jack always cheats
102. Being able to help
103. Saving lives
104. Playing a hero
105. Jack