A/N: at the bottom… enjoy the fluff.
It had started when Stephanie suggested that since Amy moved on, that Sheldon should try to move on as well. The thought had terrified him, he didn't know anything about dating, and really, he didn't want to rely on his group of friends for advice. But he'd gone to the bar with the guys, they told him to go for it, he was shot down the second his nerdy pickup line was uttered.
The next day, Bernadette came crashing into 4A excited, her co-worker was single, was looking to start dating, and said she'd be willing to go on a blind date with him. Everyone got excited and ignored Sheldon's small 'no'.
So here he was, pacing outside of a small Italian restaurant, on a Saturday night, feeling uncomfortable in his new suit. (The girls had taken him to buy jeans and a black blazer for the date… he was distressed but had to cave under their glares.) He'd wanted to just leave, but he knew that would be rude.
But what if she didn't like him? What if he couldn't stand her, which was more than likely.
He stopped pacing, he was Dr. Sheldon Cooper… he may not be a leading scientist anymore, he might have had to switch research subjects… he might have been told that he was a terrible boyfriend and that Amy was the only one who could put up with him.
So why should he be worried?
He was thinking about leaving when he felt a hand on his back, "Sheldon Cooper?" a female voice asked.
Sheldon spun around and there she was. he nodded dumbly, suddenly at a loss of words.
She smiled brightly at him, "I'm Penny," she stuck her hand out to him, Sheldon glanced at it, and then at her, he thrust the small bouquet of flowers into her hand.
"These are for you." He said quickly and a little loud.
Penny took them, she smiled slightly, "thank you."
She kept smiling at him and Sheldon kept getting this feeling in his chest, it was the feeling he got when a new episode of Doctor Who was coming on, or when a rare comic he ordered online came in the mail. He never had this feeling towards a person before.
Sheldon realized he was just staring at her, he quickly rolled his shoulders back and motioned to the restaurant, "shall we?" he asked. She nodded and walked ahead of him.
Sheldon didn't normally care about ones looks, but there was just something so bright and light about Penny that he couldn't stop looking at her and that caused him to not be able to stop listening to her talk. She had blond hair that she said she'd cut a few months ago that was now growing out, green eyes; her laugh was sweet as well.
He was trying to be charming, or whatever that meant, it only caused him to trip over his words, she'd laugh sweetly, and he didn't feel embarrassed, not when her eyes were looking at him with absolute delight.
She was so different from his group of friends, he was astonished. She wasn't a doctor, or even an engineer, she didn't complete collage, but was taking online classes… she wasn't like any of his friends and yet he didn't really care.
She was from Nebraska, was in junior rodeo as a kid. She moved out here with her high school sweet heart trying make it as an actress, she worked at the now shut down Cheesecake Factory (he'd never been). She stayed afloat after breaking up with Kurt by doing commercials and working extra hard. And a few years ago after Bernie had left, she helped her get a job at the Pharma Company. She lived alone in her apartment, walked to work most days, didn't drive much, she cooked a lot at home and loved watching football when it was in season. She used to go out a lot, had a longtime boyfriend and then that had ended and so she stopped trying.
He listened and he was just so intrigued by her.
"So… what do you do, Doctor?" Penny asked with a smile in his direction.
Sheldon took a second to realize she was asking him a question, "oh, I'm a physicist, studying dark matter at Caltech." Sheldon replied, ready for the glazed over look, most got, to appear on her face.
Penny's eyes got wide, "oh, wow… so you're like one of those beautiful mind genius guys?" she had leaned in a little across the table.
Sheldon got that feeling in his chest, he was suddenly struck shy, he was never shy, "you could say that… I have an IQ of 187." Sheldon replied carefully.
Penny looked even more stunned, "like Sherlock Holmes?" she asked.
Sheldon nodded, "yes, and while I do have a short, not as smart roommate, I don't have the opium addiction." He said with a little nod.
Penny laughed and Sheldon smiled.
Their food had come and gone, they talked more then they wanted to eat. And Sheldon discovered she played Halo sometimes and that she thought all of the Marvel movies were fun. And that the new Star Trek movies had made her watch some of the original series on Netflix.
Sheldon had to keep from bouncing in his chair with excitement, the guys and girls had told him that normal girls don't like to chat about tv and movies… at least not the ones he enjoyed.
So he held it in, he almost exploded when Penny mentioned Spock. He was wondering if his friends were wrong about all of this. But they had the wives and the girlfriends… he was currently single.
It was while they were looking over the menu for dessert, that Sheldon glanced at his watch and made a small annoyed noise.
Penny furrowed her brow, "what's wrong, sweetie?" she asked as she sipped her glass of wine (she said she had reasons for only drinking one… and respected that he didn't want any at all.)
The corner of Sheldon's lip quirked up when she called him that endearment term, she'd been doing it all night and he got so used to it. And he felt he was about to ruin all of this. But old habits die hard. (Howard had told him to not do any of the weird things he usually did, just to relax and not care… woman didn't like a guy with weird issues.)
"I um… it's almost 7:45…" he fidgeted and his face twitched.
Penny furrowed her brow, "you gonna turn back into a pumpkin at 8?" she asked with a little a teasing tone.
Sheldon huffed, trying not to laugh, "while that is incredibly impossible to achieve… no… it's laundry night." He said. He saw her face go from intrigued to confused, his shoulders dropped.
"Oh… you do your laundry at 8?" she asked.
"8:15… every Saturday… I do apologize, Penny," he felt embarrassed, "I realize I probably just ruined our date."
"You're so cute, c'mon, you said you walked here?" Penny asked as she started to stand.
Sheldon looked up at her, "what are you…" he stopped when he saw her going for her purse, Sheldon quickly pulled out his Batman wallet and pulled cash out to pay their bill.
"Thank you." Penny said sweetly.
Sheldon shrugged it off, "a gentleman should always pay for his date's dinner." Sheldon replied before he followed her out of the restaurant.
Once on the sidewalk, they walked alongside each other, Sheldon found himself to not be in a hurry suddenly, as he realized that the date was coming to an end, he didn't want it to.
"My friends said that if I brought up any of my "quirks" that you'd want to run away." Sheldon glanced at her.
Penny looked over, "these sound like terrible friends." Penny pointed out.
"They have their usefulness at times, I'd be alone otherwise." Sheldon replied.
He was a little startled when she wrapped her hands around his arm and leaned into him as they walked.
"Bernie told me you were peculiar, but I mean, I've met Howard once… so I wasn't sure what she had meant by that." Penny said lightly. "but I mean, I saw how you looked a little panicked when our waiter touched the bread, or how you pulled a disinfectant wipe out of your pocket to clean the silverware… you're a little OCD, that's fine." Penny said.
Sheldon had thought he'd been doing well, clearly she was more observant then he first thought. He figured he should nip it in the bud early, it wasn't that he was OCD… she should know everything before he got too attached… his mind raced through some of what others had told him were things that were "weird" or "wrong" with him. He'd list them off and get it all out there. She had to know the real him.
"I have a spot, it's the perfect location in the apartment to sit; everyone I know signs contracts; my apartment is filled with science fiction, fantasy and science memorabilia; my bedroom is filled with comic books all in order of release date; I have bio-luminous fish as a night light." Sheldon paused and turned his body fully to hers, "I wear graphic t-shirts of the comic book variety every single day; I have scheduled food days… I've only had one girlfriend in my entire 35 years of life and it recently ended because I wasn't good enough." He had shut his eyes, feeling tired, a little sad and kind of stupid.
When he felt her warm lips press against his, he jumped slightly, but her lips were soft and warm and he didn't want to pull away.
It was over quickly, just a sweet little kiss, and Sheldon opened his eyes and looked at Penny slightly bewildered.
"I had a really good time, and if you want, I think we should see each other again." Penny whispered.
Sheldon stuttered a little bit, "y-yes… I'd like that very much."
Penny looked around, "I don't live that far from here." She gave his arm a little squeeze.
Sheldon realized he was near home as well, "yes I better get home…"
"To do laundry," Penny said in a teasing manner.
Sheldon blushed, "yes."
"I'll text you later." Penny whispered. Her hand that had been on his bicep slid down and touched his hand for a moment, he allowed his fingers to grasp hers as she pulled away and stepped back.
He realized how cliché it was to watch her walk away until she rounded a corner, but he couldn't help the smile on his face.
The collective groan from his friends when he opened the front door quickly got rid of his upbeat and happy mood. Everyone was looking at him, they seemed disappointed.
"Dude, what did you do?" Raj asked sadly.
"I thought for sure you'd hit it off with her." Bernadette added.
Leonard stood up and tried to calm everyone down. "I'm sure it wasn't his entire fault..." Leonard paused as he took in Sheldon. "Or maybe it was.
Sheldon sighed, "Are you all done?" He asked.
"I want that $10 from each of you." Howard said suddenly.
Stephanie and Emily looked at Sheldon with pity.
"Well, all of this nonsense is cutting into my laundry time." Sheldon said as he walked back to his room.
"Oh my god! You interrupted a date early for your laundry!?" Howard was beside himself.
Sheldon stopped and turned around. "I explained it to Penny, she understood." Sheldon said with a confused look. Fear started to well up inside of him.
"Of course she said that, probably wanted to end the date to get away from the crazy." Leonard murmured.
Sheldon furrowed his brow, "she said she wanted to see me again and that she would text me." Sheldon added.
"You will never see her again, man." Raj said with a sad look. "I'm sorry."
Sheldon felt sick, "she kissed me." Sheldon whispered it mostly to himself.
Leonard spit out his water, everyone else fell silent.
"On the mouth?" Emily asked.
Sheldon sighed, "Where else would she kiss me... Don't answer that Howard." Sheldon said.
No one had a retort for that one. They all exchanged looks.
And then Sheldon's phone pinged. He pulled it from his pocket and checked the screen; he smiled slightly and quickly typed a reply. He stuffed his phone back into his pocket and turned and went to his room, he came back out a second later, without his sports coat and with his laundry basket of clothes. "I'll see you all in a couple of hours."
And he was off.
Leaving a stunned and confused room of people in his wake.
"What the frak?"
Penny was waiting to be ambushed by Bernie when she walked into work Monday morning. She had after all set all of this up.
Penny had been reluctant to go on this blind date. She'd always heard of horror stories. But Bernie had talked him up a lot and she finally caved. She might as well get her feet wet. She'd been out of the dating game for the last 5 years, her long term boyfriend, the one who was on again and off again for a while, well he'd finally forced the switch to off, when she caught him cheating. That had been 6 months ago and Penny was starting to get a little tired of being alone.
So she had dressed up in her cutest, casual dress, she did up her make up just so and she walked there, hoping the cool air would calm her down. She wondered if he was actually cute. Bernie had said he wasn't her type, but that he was tall, leanly built and had a good job; he worked with Howard after all.
So Penny went with that, she was expecting a smart guy, some guy in a suit with a chiseled jaw who talked about his tech work all day. She didn't want to google him to find out, she wanted to be surprised ether way.
When saw him, he was tall, she was impressed, and then she'd seen his face, his big blue eyes, his pouty bottom lip… he had a really nice nose. Penny had been pleasantly surprised. He wasn't her usual type, but she had to admit that he was cute... even his hair was cute.
He was a nerd, my god was he a nerd, but he clearly wasn't one of those she'd heard horror stories about, he wasn't busting out his fedora, he didn't bust out the "oh how cute" look some guys gave her when she mentioned she played video games and saw all the super hero movies.
And damn he was smart, he had started talking about his work and she didn't understand more than half of it but he seemed so excited to share it with her.
She also noticed his little peculiar behaviors; like that he clearly had issues with stuff being clean, that he had been holding some stuff in when she brought certain things up. She wondered how crazy he truly was, not in the bad sense, but from what he had said, he'd been told to hold it all in and change who he was.
And when he told her most of his "quarks" Penny had felt this overwhelming amount of affection for him, he was being honest and it scared him because people had told these things were bad. So she had kissed him… she wanted to. It had been too long since she last kissed anyone and this one, while short, had been amazing. He had soft lips and his breath was minty, he was tall and warm.
She was thinking about this as she walked along the hall towards her office.
And when Penny stepped into her office, there stood Bernadette, wearing her lab coat, arms crossed over her chest.
Penny dropped her purse, "oh my god... Some drugs leaked into the water supply didn't they?" She asked, she was joking of course.
Bernadette rolled her eyes, "your date on Saturday. Spill." Bernadette demanded.
Penny sighed, "it was actually really amazing... He's really sweet-"
"Sheldon?" Bernadette asked, her brow narrowed.
"Yes... Sheldon, the guy you know, who you set up with me on a date... Sheldon."
Penny said with a slight laugh.
"Wow... Really? I've known him for over 6 years and I'll tell you... That doesn't sound like Sheldon." Bernadette said.
"Well unless I ran into another 6' tall, leanly built guy who carries sanitizer in his pocket and has big blue eyes..." Penny went around her desk to turn on her laptop.
"And you liked him? He liked you?" She asked.
"Yes! This week is busy for the both of us, but we're going out again this weekend... There's something about him." Penny gave a little shrug.
"There's something about him alright." Bernadette grumbled.
Penny sighed, "is he really that bad? I mean am I going to get an awful shock?" Penny had to ask... Was he just a really good liar?
Bernadette thought about it, "well usually the first impression you get of the man is kind of how things go downhill from there." Bernie sat on the edge of Penny's desk. "I mean he's not that bad, that man cannot lie, he gets all twitchy and freaked out. But it also means he's brutally honest, sometimes he's not trying to be malicious he just doesn't know any better." Bernie glanced at Penny. "He's generous though and loyal, and once you get past the crazy he can be very sweet..." Bernie seemed a little stunned by her own admission.
"Maybe I got past the crazy early on." Penny replied. Penny liked to give people fair shots, and had Sheldon been that bad she was sure she might have tried to understand. But when you've really only known men who cheat, look at you like a piece of meat, need to get drunk to really care about you and well, are just simply complete assholes to you... Strange and different can be nice.
"You met her once?" Leonard asked a little stunned.
Howard nodded. "Yeah, like three months ago, it was only brief and I didn't realize that that's who Bernie set Sheldon up with." Howard wriggled his eyebrows.
"Weird... Why would a seemingly normal girl like Sheldon like that?" Leonard asked.
"I think it's nice, he's been really happy the last two days... Haven't seen him like this since they announced the Star Wars reboots..." Raj said before he took a bite of his salad.
"Yeah, it's weird... He wasn't even this happy with Amy." And then Howard shushed them all when the man himself walked up to the table.
"Good afternoon, gentlemen." Sheldon said lightly before he sat down.
"Oh god he's been replicated..." Howard scooted back in his chair a little bit.
Sheldon sighed, "Howard-" Sheldon's phone vibrated.
All the men looked at the phone sitting on his tray. Howard was faster and grabbed it up and tossed it to Leonard.
Raj rolled his eyes, Sheldon had rose up in his seat, but then he froze.
"Hi, Sheldon, breakfast on Saturday morning sounds like fun! Can't wait... Kissy face emoji." Leonard read aloud. He looked up at Sheldon whose face was red with embarrassment.
Raj snatched the phone back and gave it to Sheldon.
"Wow... You really like her..." Howard was almost astonished.
Sheldon sighed and stuffed his phone back into his pants pocket. "My current relationship status isn't a topic of discussion." Was all Sheldon said before he got back to his food.
Raj glared at both men.
Leonard rolled his eyes. "I'm sorry, we should have just left it alone... We didn't mean to embarrass you... I'm glad you're happy." Leonard said with a little smile, hoping he could
Sheldon looked up and nodded slightly. "Thank you."
Howard fidgeted. "Bernie talked with Penny yesterday."
Sheldon looked up with wide eyes. "What did she say?" He asked eagerly.
"Bernie doesn't know why, but Penny really likes you." Howard said.
Sheldon smiled shyly. "I see..."
That ended that conversation. The trio started talking about other topics. Sheldon kept his little smile on his face.
Sheldon sat waiting in the booth, he felt nervous again, he knew he didn't have to be, but he was. He'd brought her more flowers, since that seemed to work before. He'd worn his usual attire this time. Only he wore his black dress pants and his red comic the flash shirt.
He checked his watch and yes he was here early but he'd walked and didn't feel like waiting outside.
He heard the door chime and he looked over, there she was.
He sat up and took in a deep breath, excitement filled his body, replacing the nerves.
"Good morning, sweetie." Penny slid into the seat opposite him.
"Good morning, Penny..." Sheldon wanted to say more, he paused and decided that he should try, "you look esthetically pleasing this early morning."
Penny's eyes brightened, she'd felt a little groggy, hadn't had any coffee yet, was wondering why she agreed to breakfast this early morning, but him saying that, made her blush and smile. "thank you, sweetie."
Sheldon smiled pleased with himself.
They go back to reading through the menu, Sheldon wonders how to edge into a conversation. "Have you ever watched Doctor Who?" There's some hopeful tone in his voice.
Penny glanced up from her menu, "I've never watched it, but I've heard of it... That's the show about the dude who flies around space in a blue box right?" Penny asks, she only vaguely knows of it.
Sheldon's face twitches slightly, but he doesn't see boredom in her face, she actually seems interested, that's never happened. "Oh um... I watch it every Sunday morning... I recommend it, it's very entertaining."
"Maybe we could have a little binge watching session sometime... I've seen it on Netflix..." she says it in way, wondering if he'll get the joke.
"Oh I have it on blue ray, all the original series and the new ones." Sheldon looks proud. "I think a marathon would be a wonderful idea, we'll start with the 9th Doctor." He nods his head excited. He's already making up plans for their next date.
Penny is slightly charmed that here is a man who is in his 30's and he's excited about spending time with her and actually watching tv. She finds that adorable.
The server comes by to take their orders and the conversation switches to breakfast foods. And the difference between pancakes and waffles.
And once the waiter leaves, a confused look on his face, Penny turns back to Sheldon, "So, Sheldon, what do you do when you just want to relax?"
He doesn't think he's ever been asked that. "I think of theories for dark matter and string theory..." He says it quickly.
Penny shakes her head slightly, "no, I mean when you want your brain to just take a moment and not think or at least... I don't know how to phrase it..." She really doesn't. he was looking at her as if she was crazy.
"I fly kites." Sheldon said suddenly.
Penny raises her eyebrows. She hopes he'll continue to explain.
"I um... When conditions are good... I fly kites." He settles in to talk, "I used to go with my group of friends, but recently, one has gotten married, making the married couples in our group double and the other has been preoccupied with attempting to attain coital levels in his relationship... My ex... She thought it was immature and silly so I haven't actually flown any kites in about..." He paused and thought about it, "9 months and 14 days..."
Penny had been watching and listening, she saw the loneliness in his eyes, she'd seen it in her own eyes all the time, all of her friends were getting married, having kids and moving forward in their lives...
"Is today a good day to fly kites?" Penny asked suddenly.
Sheldon blinked at her, he quickly pulled out his phone to check his weather app, "today would be an excellent day to fly kites."
"How about, after we eat, we go back to your place and get your kite?" Penny suggests.
Sheldon had to contain the urge to reach across the table and hug her.
Penny didn't think that she'd ever be on a date with a guy who wanted to fly kites. Thought never crossed her mind… and yet, here they were, walking to his place to get kites, kites of all things! She hadn't flown a kite sense she was a little girl. So she was excited and he hadn't stopped talking, about the origin of kites and how winds and the size of kites can affect things. And she only half listened because he talked so fast, but she did try to listen, he seemed so happy about that.
And then when they entered his lobby, he started to explain about the elevator and why it was broken as they walked up the steps, side by side. He was cute when he talked, she could see why some would want him to stop, but she honestly didn't care.
When they reached the fourth floor flight, Sheldon pulled his key from his pocket.
"That's an amazing story… so you're a hero then." Penny finally said.
Sheldon had paused when she said that, he looked at her with this odd look, he smiled slightly. "Never thought of it that way." He got shy again.
"Well you are, saved everyone's life." She found that making him blush was her new favorite thing.
Sheldon finally got the key in, he glanced at her, "thank you." He said as he started to push the door open.
Penny stepped closer and pressed a kiss to his cheek, and he moved his head down slightly to receive it. This was also her other favorite thing, he seemed slightly bewildered by kissing, but he also seemed to want to do it.
And when she looked into his apartment, she found three pairs of eyes looking at them, all with stunned looks on their faces.
"What the frak?!" one of them said, he was dressed terribly, had a Beatles haircut, he eyed her for a moment. She remembered him.
Sheldon had stepped into the apartment and she followed him in, she stopped trying to figure the trio out for a moment to look around his place. It was interesting; she'd need more time to explore later.
"Penny, these three gaping buffoons, are my roommate, Leonard, and friends, Howard and Raj… gentlemen… Penny." Sheldon introduced them all.
Penny waved at them; they sort of waved back, still gaping at her.
"Goodness, all three of you are acting like you've never seen an extraordinarily attractive woman before." Sheldon said it as he shut the door and glared at all three of them.
Penny looked at Sheldon a little stunned because of what he'd just said, he wasn't even looking at her, and he just said it. Penny had the urge to kiss him again.
Suddenly Leonard walked up to her, "nice to meet you, Penny." He shook her hand and Penny felt a little weird with him, maybe it was the slightly desperate smile he was plastering on.
"I'll retrieve my kites." Sheldon said before he walked towards the hall.
Howard's eyes got wide and he looked at Raj. He mouthed the words "kites?"
Penny was starting to feel very uncomfortable about all of this, she realized that these three were more what she thought nerdy men would be like, and she was wondering if it would be less awkward if she waited out in the hall. And then Sheldon swiftly walked back from his room, gently grasped her wrist and pulled her back towards his room.
Leaving the three men watching in shock and confusion.
Penny let out a little gasp when he pulled her into his room and shut the door. She looked around the room, seemed normal enough, she spotted those fish, that was impressive.
"I keep my kites in my closet." Sheldon said as he walked to his closet and opened the door.
Penny watched him and then she sat on the edge of his bed, bounced a little. She noticed his sheets under the comforter, she nearly giggled because he had train sheets.
"Thank you for rescuing me from the awkward... Are they always so... Obvious?" Penny asked.
"Oh they're always struck dumb in the presence of an aesthetically pleasing female... You seem to be above par though." Sheldon's voice was muffled.
Penny smiled slightly. "So do you always compliment girls and then bring them into your bedroom after?" She wondered about him. He said he only had one girlfriend... But you never knew.
Sheldon hit his head, he stumbled back and out of the closet, he looked at her startled. "I um... People are normally not allowed in my room..." Sheldon is shy again.
"you're adorable, Sheldon, I was just teasing you." Penny hopes he gets that, he smiles slightly. And she believes him.
Penny is sort of hoping he'd sit next to her on the bed, so she pats the bedspread. He hesitates for only a second before he sits next to her.
"Before we head off to fly kites, tell me a little more about you," Penny asks.
Sheldon thought about it, he glanced at Penny, she was an odd one... No, actually she was perfectly normal, but something about her just drew him to her, made him feel happy and relaxed.
"I was born in Texas, left for school in Germany when I was a child," Penny placed her hand on his leg. He stopped talking and looked at her hand before looking back up at her.
"So you're just a simple country boy with a big beautiful brain?" Penny asked. She looked into his big blue eye. She was curious about him; he was strange but also wonderful.
Sheldon leaned towards her, her heart sped up. His lips were soft; he was shy about it but she kissed him back. It was sweet and soft and then Sheldon's hand reached towards her. And then he pulled away abruptly.
Penny opened her eyes confused and he was standing up and he walked towards his dresser with a purpose.
"What's wrong?" Penny asked as she watched him pick up a box, one of those big headed character figures... And he ripped the box open, and then pulled the toy out, it looked like Batman.
"I don't have this one..." Sheldon said and then he popped its head off the body and revealed a tiny black box with a blinking red light.
Penny stood up and peaked around his shoulder. "Is that a camera?" Penny asked. She suddenly felt violated and angry.
Sheldon let out a small growl before he turned and marched out of his room. Penny followed and spun around quickly to grab up the two long and narrow boxes he'd gotten from the closet.
The sight that met Penny was two of the three of Sheldon's friends trying to squeeze out of the front door at the same time as the third, Leonard was trying to push them.
Sheldon was standing by the couch, camera in hand. "That's two strikes for all of you." Sheldon said in an oddly calm tone. He then dropped the camera on the floor and stomped on it with his heel.
Howard stopped struggling and attempted to lung towards the camera to save it. But failed.
"You didn't have to kill it!" Howard said as he crawled towards its remains.
"You shouldn't have violated not one, but two of my rules." Sheldon replied. He glanced back at Penny. "Let's go fly some kites."
Penny glared at the guys, she was still extremely confused at what just happened, but followed Sheldon out the front door regardless.
Sheldon had calmed down as they went back to Penny's place to get her car. They didn't have to drive too far, but they ended up at the beach. It was partly cloudy and a little chilly, no one else but a few families were there, beach combing.
Flying kites was enjoyable. Although, Sheldon found himself not paying as much attention to the kites, but more to Penny. She had been laughing and giggling as the wind picked up.
They ended up sitting on a blanket, watching the waves. Sheldon's brain was screaming at him about germs and how the beach was ridiculous. And Penny leaned into him and he forgot all about that.
He wondered if he could get it right this time around.
Fin.
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A/N: hey folks, how are all of you? Okay let me get some stuff out of the way:
I'm still here! I still love Shenny! It's just been kinda a crazy month, some personal stuff (nothing terrible, but very stressful all the same.) Work has been nuts (I take my slow time at work to write.) and you know… just plain fandom nonsense.
I'm still working on my multi-chapter 'Laws of Love' don't worry! We will see what awaits or intrepid duo in that fic, don't worry, it's just taking a little time.
Also I've got like a bazillion plot bunnies for Shenny hopping around in my head… and they keep multiplying!
Anyway, I'm tossing some one-shot at you lovelies, idk if this one was up to par? Was just a fluff piece I wanted to write because Sheldon and Penny need some fluff, no?
Anyway, I'm glad you all are hanging in here, thank you so much, I love you all.
P.S. sidenote: Jim and Kaley sitting next to each other at the SAG's last night was cute. Also the fact that they sit next to each other during table reads brings me joy!