Sam and max stories

The "Affair"

(art by me) 

(Don't let the title scare you, they are only dating each other, max just doesn't know what the word affair means lol)

It had been a few weeks since Sam and Max had started dating, and their lives had only improved because of it. They were happier together now that they could express their love for one another rather than keeping it secret. They hadn't told any of their friends yet, but they did hold hands and cuddle in public sometimes. (if any homophobes gave them weird looks or gossiped about them they immediately got their kneecaps eaten by max)

One night they were snuggling on the couch, Sam lying down and Max lying on his chest so Sam could gently rub his back. "Hey Sam?" Max looks up at him. "Hmm?" Sam replied, looking down at him. "Is this an affair?" Sam tilts his head. "What do you mean?" He holds his hands. "I've heard that when two people date in secret, it's called an affair." Sam laughed and shook his head. "No pal, I'm afraid that an affair is basically another word for cheating... it is when someone repeatedly... do things... with someone who they aren't married to behind their husband or wife's back. ." Max's face went blank. "O-oh..." Sam pats his head. "Yeah... so we aren't having an affair since we are only dating each other... right?" Max nods. "Right!" he sighs. "I just thought it sounded exciting." Sam kisses his head. "I see." Max lies back down on his chest.

Later, when they were both asleep in bed, Max suddenly shot up, awake. "OH MY GOD!" Sam sat up, panicked. "What, what's wrong?!" Max turned to him. "OUR FREAKIN GREAT-GRANDADS WERE DATING!" Sam's eyes went wide. "WHAT?!"
Max takes his hands. "Okay, so, the other day, I called my dad to ask him about that old picture of our great grandpas, Sameth and maximus, and why nobody in the family ever talks about them, and he said that they were a taboo subject because they had a secret affair in the very late 1800s!" Sam gasped. "Really?" Max nodded. "Apparently, after their wives either died or left them, they raised their two daughters together in the same house, and had secretly been in love and "doing things" together all along, according to many VERY detailed letters written by maximus to Sameth when they were both still married..." Sam holds the sides of his head. "Holy crap, it makes so much sense... no wonder they were so much like us!" Max nodded. "Yeah!" Sam giggles. "Guess it runs in the family huh?" Max nods. "Yeah, I guess so." Sam looks at him again. "Wait, weren't male-male relationships illegal back in those days?" Max nods. "It was a SECRET affair for a reason... nobody found out about it until my grandmother found her fathers letters nearly 20 years after our great grandads met with an unfortunate end." Sam nods. "I see..." he flops down against the bed. "Our families are complex and full of drama..." max does too. "Tell me about it. One of my grandads was a demon." Sam nods. "Yeah..."

"wait...what?"