whoops, badly read prompt. edited to fit

He didn't think, after everything, that it would be this town that he'd come back to and settle in for good.

There were so many painful memories, so much loss, so little to draw him back.

But here he is, looking at his husband standing in his father's kitchen -- his face lit up with joy and his hand flying around as he's talking -- and he knows that this, despite everything else that lingers here, is home.