NON Sam and max stories (mostly THSC)

Two sides of a mirror 2/2: We meet at last

(art by thegreatrouge)

~A few years later~

Things were going ok for sven.

Since the toppat clan disbanded, he and all his toppat friends that were on the rocket when it launched had been building up and working at the stickmin space resort, which was exactly what it sounded like, a luxurious resort in the stars built out of what was supposed to be the toppat orbital station, who's plans went awry when the notorious thief henry stickmin somehow managed to steal the entire dang rocket with no consequences.

The toppats that were on board ended up becoming the resort's staff and crew, because Henry told them that they had two choices. They could either go back to earth and get arrested with the rest of the toppats, or stay here and work for him. Unsurprisingly, most of them would rather get money than jail, so they converted. One of the first to convert was a polite gentleman known as B. Hampton, and he helped Henry get everything and everyone set up.

It was actually not too bad. Sven was scared and confused at first, but he'd rather work for Henry and get paid for it then be tossed in the slammer, and hey, he didn't have to do any paperwork, and he even got to stay by Burt's side as they worked and spent time together.

And let's be honest, he looks smokin 'hot in a bellhop outfit.

But the best thing about all of this was that Burt seemed a lot happier than he was when they were criminals. He smiled more, joked around more, and was even more comfortable with showing affection. So all in all, Sven thinks that the resort was a nice path to go down.

He smiles, thinking of burt.

Wait...where WAS Burt...? He realized.

He gets up off the chair he'd been sitting on and decides to look for him.

After a bit, he finds Burt in one of the lounges, sitting across from and talking to a guy that looked... kinda familiar.

Wait a minute... he'd recognize those red headphones anywhere!

Sven's eyes widened. That guy was... his brother.

He walks up behind Burt, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Peekaboo."

Burt flinches a bit, then looks up to him, smiling. "Oh hey sugarcakes."

Sven smiles back. "Hi sweet bean."

He looks to charles. "I see you've found some company."

Burt looks to Charles, then back to sven.

"Oh right, you guys haven't actually met yet."

He says, getting up.

He looks at Sven, gesturing to charles. "Sven, this is my brother."

Charles smiles and waves. "Hi there!" he says. "You must be Sven Svensson!"

Sven nods. "That's what they call me." he says with a smile. "Um, how do you know my name..?"

Charles giggles. "Burt here has told me a lot about you."

Sven looks at Burt. "Has he now...?" he asks nervously.

Burt snickers. "Nothing too embarrassing, don't worry."

Sven sighs in relief. "Good."

Charles giggles, getting up. "It's nice to finally meet you in person!" he says, offering a hand.

Sven nods. "Same to you." he says, shaking his hand lightly. "I've heard a bit about you as well."

Charles tilts his head. "Really?"

Sven nods. "Is it true that you like recklessly crashing your helicopter?"

Charles laughs. "Well, it's all part of my greatest plan. It gives me such a rush!"

Sven's eyes widened. "A-and you... survive...?"

Charles nods. "Oh yeah." he giggles. "I'll never tell how though."

He adjusts his headphones. "When you're a special-ops pilot like me, you gotta live life on the edge!"

Sven smiles a bit. "I guess that makes sense."

Then Charles's phone buzzes.

He looks at it, smiling. "Oh, i've gotta go, sorry!" he says, getting up.

"Nice meeting you!" he says while waving and walking out the door.

Burt and Sven waves back. "Likewise!" Sven calls.

When the two were alone, Sven smiles. "Your brother is so nice..." he says. "He's like a marshmallow suddenly grew legs and decided to wear headphones."

Burt laughs a bit and nods. "Yeah, he's a sweetheart all right."

He snickers a little. "Maybe you were right when you called him my 'good twin.'" he says with air quotes.

They both laugh.

"So, do you think we'll be seeing more of him around here?" Sven asks.

Burt nods. "Yeah, he says that he loves this place, and that he's gonna take more vacations here when he gets time off."

Sven smiles. "Lovely." he adjusts his hat. "Well, I look forward to seeing him more."

Burt smiles. "Me too."

He then snickers a bit. "And besides,"

He leaned into Sven's ear.

"I'm not 100% sure, but I think he's shackin' up with the boss."

He whispers.

Sven turns red. "Oh my."