Written for a Drabble Tree Challenge at LiveJournal's writerverse. Source line is in bold.
It's different for everyone, when they come home. For him, it takes simple things, domestic things, to pull him out of the fog. That used to mean spending time with Sara and Charlie, fixing up the house, the truck. Then they were gone and he was alone.
That year after the first Abydos mission saw several additions to his new house: the back deck for grilling, the observation deck on the roof. Every nightmare would propel him to draw up and revise plans.
Now, cleaning up after Daniel's wake, he thinks maybe it's time to buy a new house.