NON Sam and max stories (mostly THSC)

Space-cation part 2: bro bonding

(art by MiloMorgan on reddit)

The stickmin space resort was very nice!

Charles had been staying there for about 3 days, and enjoying all the fun activities, delicious food, and relaxation time. And it was true, the view of earth really was as awesome as the brochure says.

He was definitely enjoying his stay, as the bellhop and receptionist told him to.

One day, he was hanging out in one of the many lounges, doodling on some paper. He was drawing the earth as he saw it out the window.

"Hey, there you are."

A familiar voice says.

Charles looks up at who said that.

His eyes widened at seeing the man who looked like him, wearing orange headphones that stuck out of his red bellhop hat, his hair still covering his right eye. His nametag read 'B. Curtis'.

"Burt?" Charles says.

Burt smiled a little. "Hey chuck."

Charles beams. "Burt! Hi!"

He gets up, hugging him. "I didn't know you worked here!"

Burt hugs back. "Well, I do. Surprise." he says, just as monotone as ever.

Charles giggles. Pulling back. "It's great to see you, bro!"

Burt nods. "Same here. when I heard you were staying here, I figured I'd try to find you, since I haven't seen you in a while."

He smiles a bit. "I didn't think this kinda place would be your kinda vacation."

Charles giggles. "Me either, but it's really awesome!"

Burt nods. "Yeah, it is pretty cool."

He looks at his watch. "I've got an hour or so left of my break, mind if i sit with ya?"

Charles shakes his head. "Not at all! In fact, I have some things I wanna ask you." he says.

Burt smirks. "Alrighty then."

The two sat down across from each other in the booth.

"So is it true that the rocket used to be a former toppat base?" Charles asks.

Burt nods. "Yeah. it was originally meant to be an 'orbital station' that we toppats would use to easily raid any place on earth, because we were evil, or some crap like that." he says, waving his hand around.

He then smiles a bit. "But I think this is better. Lots of people from around the world come here, us crew members get paid and get to hang out when we aren't working, and our boss is super nice. Way better than the old leaders."

He playfully knuckles Charles's cheek. "And hey, now I even get to see you."

Charles giggles, gently moving his hand away. "Sounds awesome!"

His smile falters a bit. "Um... your... boss, wasn't too mean when he was, um... 'reforming', you, was he?"

Burt snickers. "You know, being 'reformed' wasn't half as bad as you'd expect. Stickmin just said he'd pay us to help him out with his resort plan when he got it up and running, instead of getting us booked. And I was like 'sounds good to me'. So yeah." burt explains.

Charles sighs a little in relief. "Good."

Burt nods. "Yeah, things have been going pretty well for us crew members."

Charles smiles. "Cool!"

He adjusts his headphones. "So, are you still dating that blonde Swedish guy?" he asks.

Burt blushes a bit, nodding. "Yeah, Sven and I are still together."

Charles smiles. "That's good." he adjusts his seat. "How long have you two been dating?"

Burt smiles a bit. "About 3 and a half years now."

Charles smiles. "Aww, that's sweet. Are you thinking of getting married?"

Burt blushes more. "Not at the moment, but maybe soon."

"Cool!" Charles says.

"If you don't mind my asking, how did you get together?"

Burt snickers bit. "Funny story actually..."

Over the next hour or so, Burt tells Charles all about the love story between him and his paramour, to which Charles listened intently.

(it'll be in the next chapter, since it's kinda long)

"He recruited me into the toppat clan about a week later." Burt finishes. "Figured it'd be easier to spend time together if we worked together."

Charles giggles a bit. "Aww, that was such a sweet story." he says, putting a hand on his chest.

Burt smiles. "Yeah, he might be a little uptight, but I love him to pieces."

Charles giggles. "Man, I'm kinda jealous you got a boyfriend before me."

Burt snickers. "Well, maybe one day, chuck." he says, patting his shoulder.

He then looks at his watch, getting up. Then get up. "Well, my break is over."

Charles looks sad. "Aww, really?"

"Yeah, but I'm sure I'll bump into you again." Burt says. "You're kinda hard to miss."

He then smiles politely to charles. "And hey, If there's anything you need, just let me or one of the others know." He says.

Charles smiles back. "I will!"

As Burt starts to walk away, Charles remembers the real reason he came here.

"Hey wait, Burt?"

Burt turns back to him. "Yea?"

Charles looks at him. "I don't have any problems with this place.. But..."

He takes a deep breath.

"Can... Can I talk to the manager?"