@signofourtimes
It's been great, returning home, and seeing some familiar faces, eating actual food, and just generally being anywhere outside of space. He's missed ketchup more than he'd be willing to admit- he accredits his reunion with it as to how he'd managed to gain a good portion of his weight back on the return trip to Earth- and grass has never felt nicer between his toes.
But if there's one thing he's missed more than anything in the galaxy, it's his mother.
When he finally spots her from across the room as she enters the area his vitals are being monitored, he says a metaphorical fuck it as he rushes towards her.
His arms wrap firmly around her as he buries his face into her neck.
As if tears aren't welling up in his eyes and his knees threaten to give out beneath him, he offers a gentle, "Hey, Mom."