I know! It worries me that all this internalization is either going to kill him young or drive him crazy. I remember the first reactions to Cyberwoman were a lot of people thought he was over acting the drama of it (GDL I guess more than Ianto) but its like you said, we only see him crack in these few moments and its like the flood gates have blasted open a little window to peek into all this hurt that suits and coffee have been covering up. Personally, I thought it wasn't fair to call it too much as its the first we've seen beyond him being the humanoid coffeemaker and filing system.

By far? My favorite character on TW (Jack not counting because everyone loves Jack :D) because there's just SO much to work with even within the lines of canon. And I have to agree with the drawn straws, he gets an awful lot of that short stick, doesn't he?