The one who never left still a hero at home by sir Wallace T. Knight

Previously

…“Perhaps. But next time, they’ll know this is not a place to be taken lightly.” He looked at the townsfolk, at the familiar streets, at the clock tower standing sentinel against the darkening sky. A deep sense of belonging, of purpose, settled over him. The weight of his past battles felt a little lighter, replaced by the quiet strength of a community united. “And we’ll be ready,” he declared, his voice ringing with a newfound conviction. “We will always be ready.” The hero who had journeyed across galaxies had finally found his most important battleground, not in the stars, but right here, in the place he had always called home.