NON Sam and max stories (mostly THSC)

Valiant heroes (Stickvin)

(art by lilchillinsoul on insta) 

(Alternate ending to "I've won... But at what cost...?")

That just left the one with a cracked window.

Henry tried to open it, but it didn't work until he smacked it.

They both sat down inside, Charles leaning on Henry's shoulder, relaxing.

"Well that was intense." Charles says.

Henry nods. "You did great though." he says, kissing his head.

Charles blushes. "Aw, stop it you."

He then nuzzles his shoulder. "I can't wait to go ho-"

Suddenly, they were ambushed by one of the toppats, who grabbed henry. Charles immediately leaped to action, tackling the guy.

In the scuffle, Henry and Charles managed to knock the guy out, tossing him aside.

Unfortunately, while they had done that, the last of the remaining toppats had taken the escape pod with the cracked window, and they were long gone.

And, looking around, there were no more escape pods left.

Henry's stomach falls as the realization hits.

They were stuck there.

And they were gonna die.

He slowly looks to Charles, seeing pure terror on his face.

Henry then sighs, slumping against the wall.

"Well... I guess that's it then..." He says slowly, sliding down the wall to sit on the floor. "We've done all we can do..."

After a minute or two, Charles sits next to him.

"Well hey, we got 'em, though..." he says with a little smile.

Henry smiles softly. "Yeah... I guess we did..."

He scoots a little closer.

Charles puts a hand on his. "Hey henry?"

Henry looks at him. "Yeah?"

Charles looks him in the eye.

"I love you."

Henry blushes, smiling.

"I love you too Charles... you were my bold action man."

Charles laughs, smiling brightly. "Thanks."

Henry takes his chin gently, leaning in to kiss him.

Charles moves his hand to hold Henry's waist as they share their last kiss together.

Suddenly, the robotic voice blared over the speakers.

"TEN SECONDS TO SELF DESTRUCT."

They pull back, Charles hugging Henry tightly.

"TEN."

Henry hugs back, tears starting to fall.

"NINE."

"I love you so much, Charlie... you made my life so much better just by being in it..." Henry said.

"EIGHT."

He could hear Charles sniffling.

"SEVEN."

"I love you too, hen... you might have been a thief... but you gave me all the happiness i could ask for."

"SIX."

Henry cries into his shoulder.

"FIVE."

Charles sniffles and smiles. "Heh, pretty good plan, right?"

"FOUR."

Henry smiled and nodded. "Yeah, it was one of your best."

"THREE."

Charles giggled. "Yeah,"

"TWO."

"I guess you could say it was the greatest-"

"ONE."

KABOOM.

The explosion of the space station could be heard galaxies away.

~a few days later~

On a cliffside not far from the military base, overlooking a lovely view of the sea, lay two gravestones, side by side.

One says:

"R.I.P"

Charles Robert Calvin

1996-2020

Brave soldier, loyal friend to many,
And loving soulmate of H. Stickmin.

Fly high, bold action man."

The other says:

"R.I.P

Henry James Stickmin

1994-2020

A thief with a heart of gold,
And loving soulmate of C. Calvin.

Never change, Master thief."

And just below the graves, there was a small metal plaque that read:

"Henry Stickmin and Charles Calvin: Valiant heroes"