The Love Car Displacement

*takes place immediately after Raj enters Leonard's room.

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"No, we don't want to watch Bridget Jones' Diary!"

Raj pulled the covers over his head and fell silent.

Penny and Leonard both sat propped on their elbows in the bed, frozen, a little embarrassed. Their silhouettes in the dark were both grinning.

Leonard spoke in a whisper. "That put an end to that,"

Penny smiled. "Yeah," Her voice, too, was soft. "Goodnight?" A question, not a statement.

Both of their stomachs dropped in disappointment.

"Yeah, goodnight,"

Collapsing into bed, they pulled the covers up around their bodies, allowing for a generous neutral zone. Without a moment of thought, Leonard reached his free hand across the width of the space between them, rolled Penny over to face him, and reached into her tangle of blonde waves to pull her lips to his. Strongly, definitely, he kissed her. For one, two,.. longer than he had possibly intended.

Savouring for just a couple moments.

He let her go, gently pulling his hand out from behind her head. With big green eyes, she stared at him, her lips parted.

"Goodnight Penny," He dropped his head to his own pillow with a faint smile. He closed his eyes, far from sleep, but in an airy, dreamy satisfaction.

She watched him for a moment, his eyes firmly closed, his body a respectful, appropriate distance from hers. Her speech was cluttered, shaky. "Goodnight,"

-fin.

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