Sam and max stories

Max's worst fear

(WARNING: this fic might contain some triggering topics)

Black.

All he could see was black.

Max growled. "Where are you, demon? I know you're here..." he calls out into the black void.

He and Sam had been chasing some sort of shadow demon that had been going into people's brains and making them fall asleep, then tormenting them in their dreams by forcing them to face their worst fear, causing them to feel very bad (like s*ic*dally bad) when they woke up. Unfortunately, he had his sight set on max and had afflicted him with the sleeping beauty nightmare curse.

Suddenly he hears a sinister echoey sounding giggle. He looked all around, but there was nothing there. "I'm right here max, I've always been right here..." max keeps looking around. "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"Oh... you know me, little 'buddy'..." the thing responds. It then manifests in the form of sam. Max's eyes go wide. "S-sam..?" the creature nods. "I found you max... and to be honest..." he clasps his hands together. "I think it's time I told you the truth." Max tilts his head. "Truth...?" 'Sam' laughs. "yes..." he looks Max in the eyes. "I hate you max."

Max expected to be shocked and betrayed... but instead felt a warm apathy.. As if he'd known the so-called 'truth' all along...

"I've never loved you, quite the opposite in fact." 'Sam' says. "You're so pathetic. You really think I'd love someone like you? ha." Max looks down. "I've always been straight, max. The mere thought of getting intimate with another man makes me want to vomit." it chuckles slowly. "And you...? Heh... you're just the perfect storm of things I hate. Your love of violence and craziness always kept me from finding the girl who I want to marry and have kids with. You always scare the women away." he says with a scoff.

Max keeps looking down. 'Sam' growl-laughs. "I really should have left you a long time ago, 'pal'. In fact, I can't even think of a single reason I stuck with you for so long... just to torture you for fun maybe...." he turns away from max. "I'd say 'see you around' but i don't ever wanna see you again." he starts to walk off.

Max didn't cry, or scream. Or beg for him to stay. He just smiled.

Max laughed slowly. "Do you really think I'm that stupid...?" 'Sam' stops in his tracks, turning around. Max looks up, looking in his eyes. "I've known all that for years now." 'Sam' looks confused. "What..?" Max walks towards him. "I've always known you secretly hate me Sam... I just never brought it up..." he says, his eyes blank and hollow. "I've known everything like that for years now..." he smiles. "Long enough to accept it anyway..." he walks closer. "But hey... even if you only stayed with me to torment me..." he giggles. "That gave me a reason to go on." The creature looks even more confused. Max laughs walking right up to the thing and whispering "And now it's time for me to return the favor."

Before the thing could get another word out, Max let out a blood curdling screech and jumped in the thing, grabbing it by the throat and squeezing as hard as he could. He watched in malicious joy as the thing struggled to breathe and writhed in agony as Max continued choking it out.
He continued until the thing's throat completely shattered, spraying blood all over Max's hands, arms and face. Max let go, breathing heavily.
(yes I know this is all a nightmare shut up)

Now that the demon was dead, the world around Max began to literally lighten up. Max was starting to wake up.

As soon as Max wakes up, he feels himself being crushed by Sam hugging him. "Max... oh god, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..." Max's face heats up. "S-sam..?" Sam pulls back. "Max..." his eyes were big and watery. "Max, I'm so sorry..." Max holds his face. "What for?" Sam wipes his eyes. "I saw and heard everything the demon said to you..." Max goes cold. "Oh..." Sam puts his forehead on Max's. "Max.. none of what that demon said is true..." he looks deeply into max's eyes. "I love you max, i truly and deeply love you, and only you..." he cries more. "And I'm so, so sorry if I ever made you feel like I didn't.." Max tears up as well. "Sam...." he bursts into tears and embraces him. "I love you too!" he cries. "It's not your fault Sam... you never made me feel like that..." he cried. "I- i just have so much pain.. And doubt... and fear.... That it spirals down into me convincing myself that..." he buries himself in Sam's shirt.

"T-the demon... i-it took what i knew my worst fear was and... used it against me..." max finishes. Sam holds him tightly again. "I see..." he takes Max's chin and looks in his eyes again. "Well, you won't ever have to worry about those fears coming true..." Max smiles a little. "Really?" Sam nods "yeah... since you killed the demon in your dream, it will have to stop tormenting people!" Max smiles. "Wow, how about that.." Sam kissed his forehead. "And max..."
He looks into his eyes. "I'd never even have a fleeting thought about leaving you." Max smiles. "Thank you Sam... I love you so much..." Sam smiles. "I love you too, from the bottom to the top of my heart."