Sam and max stories

Tainted watercolor memories of the way we were

(art by me) 

It was a rainy day in NYC and Sam had just woken up, stretching. He looks out the window, seeing the water droplets run down it, leaving trails. He smiled, it was gonna be a relaxing day.

The commissioner had given them the day off, So Sam was looking forward to doing nothing but eating and watching tv. Oh! That reminded him. His mom had recently sent him and Max a bunch of old video tapes of their home movies mostly starring them two.

Sam heard a yawn from the top bunk, and soon enough, a sleepy Max slid down his rope, crawling into Sam's lap. "Hehe, good morning sugar bun." Sam said, kissing his head. Max blushed, nuzzling his cheek. "Don't call me that." Sam giggled and cradled him. "Say, do you remember that box of tapes my mom sent me?" Max looks up. "Yeah?" Sam smiled. "Maybe today's the day we can watch them all and relive our embarrassing youth!" Max giggled. "Really? Home videos? That's how you wanna spend our day off?" Sam giggled and nodded. Max sighed. "Alright but if we find anything embarrassing I'm burning them." Sam kisses his head again. "deal!"

After a nutritious breakfast of whatever was left in the fridge, the two sat down on the couch, Sam putting a random tape into the vcr and hitting play. The screen flickers, then shows a backyard full of grass. Sure enough, a little pup runs across the screen, soon followed by a little bunny, shooting him with a water pistol. Both of them were giggling and running around the yard. "Aww, I remember that!" Sam said. "Man, we used to be so innocent..." Max giggled. "You might have been," he replied. The screen flickers again and it shows them playing hopscotch. "Look at you max, hopping around like the rabbit you are." Sam giggled. Max rolled his eyes. "Ugh, I hated playing hopscotch, it was way too easy." another cut and it showed them playing hide and seek. "Oh, now here's a good game." Sam looked down at him. "You liked hide and seek?" Max nods. "Yeah, but only when I was the seeker." The screen showed little Sam hiding, then little Max sneaking up on him and pouncing, Sam screaming then bursting into a fit of laughter as Max started to tickle him. "Haha, we used to be so cute..." Sam said. Max nodded. "Yeah, we should really play hide and seek more often." Sam snorted. "Good thing I'm not ticklish anymore." Max gave him a devious look. "Is that so~?" Sam looked at him, squinting. "Max, don't you dare-"

He dared.

Max jumped on Sam and started tickling him mercilessly, causing Sam to laugh very hard and fall back onto the sofa. Sam attacked back, tickling Max who also started laughing uncontrollably. They continued to tickle attack each other until Sam got the upper hand, pinning Max down and tickling him till he couldn't breathe.

"Okay I surrender! I *cough* surrender!" Max wheezed out. Sam finally relented, sitting up. "That's why you shouldn't mess with the legendary ticklemaster." Max sat up, catching his breath. "Really Sam? Tickle master?" Sam giggled. "Well I mean I beat you didn't I?" Max looked down. "Only for now..."

Max leaned against Sam's side and Sam put an arm back around him.

The two spent the rest of the day watching tapes and reliving the halcyon days of their youth.