Torchwood/Captain Jack Harkness fan fiction. Ianto's birthday will never be an easy day for Jack. Even years later, it still makes that gaping hole in him ache. He tries to hide it, but Gwen knows better. Even the new team which hardly knows him can tell something's wrong. But things are about to change. Along comes a very peculiar young man who seems to hear the howling of that great emptiness in him. Add to that a "creepy book" full of sketches showing scenes from Jack's life and it shakes him up beyond belief. Who and what is this Evan? And why does Jack find himself compelled to keep him near?