"It'll be good. I swear!" Leonard smiled awkwardly and hopefully at her.
Penny wasn't sure what kind of face she was making but going by Leonard's sudden frantic explanations and justifications, it probably wasn't a good one.
"Look, I know it's unconventional but we can kill two birds with one stone if we go through with this." Leonard tried smiling at her again and before today she might have found it cute but now it made her stomach turn.
"Stop with this 'we' bullshit! There's no 'we'." She went to stand up.
Leonard stood up quickly and pushed her to sit back down. "No, no, no, look. You mentioned fantasizing about a threesome right? Why would this be different than that?"
Penny gaped at Leonard, she couldn't believe he was trying to twist her fantasy this way. "Let me get this straight. You want to…pimp me out, because that's what this is, make no mistake Leonard. This is exactly that. You want to pimp me out to your best friend so that he might forgive you, for real this time. Oh and as if that wasn't enough, you also want to watch as he fucks me because I guess that's your own fucked up fantasy? Did I miss anything?" Penny crossed her arms and glared at Leonard.
Leonard at least had the decency to look ashamed. She still couldn't believe he dared to even suggest this shit.
She should have known that something was up. He was acting fishy when he told her that he was going to cook for her and that they could have a 'special' date night. To think that she had been actually excited about this shit.
She was such a fool. Leonard was just like the rest.
"Penny, you told me that you felt that lately our sex life was feeling dull right? And that you wanted to spice it up a bit."
"Not like this!"
"Please! Penny, please. Sheldon still only talks to me in a very clipped tone of voice, I can tell he hasn't really forgiven us."
"Again, you think that him having sex with me is going to change that?"
"How is this any different from a threesome?!" He ignored her question.
"How is this even remotely close to a threesome?!" Penny felt that she was going insane.
"It is! It is! You only have to do it once and this way we can go back to normal."
"What normal?! Leonard I don't…I don't understand you." A bad headache was forming in the back of her head.
"Penny, please. I love you so much and this will be good for us." He insisted.
"I…" She trailed off. She should break up with him, this was so messed up.
"Penny. I swear this will fix everything." She thought he looked too desperate but for some stupid reason she was still listening to his BS and not kicking him out.
Leonard let out a breath as he closed Penny's door behind him. He had managed to convince her, somehow. It surprised him, he thought he was going to have to try harder.
But now, that left the most troublesome one. Sheldon had never been the same since the Arctic and their little prank.
Sure, he had returned to Pasadena but there was something wrong with him, he wasn't as…Sheldon as before. Leonard refused to admit to himself that they had hurt him. No, he was fine, he was just being a sore loser.
The image of Sheldon lying in bed completely heartbroken appeared in his mind and Leonard sneered and shook his head. No.
It was just a prank.
Leonard stopped right outside the door to 4A and took his inhaler out to take a hit. He felt ready to hyperventilate and he didn't want to pass out while he explained his idea to Sheldon.
He didn't tell Penny, but there was another reason why he had chosen Sheldon over some random man online, or Raj or Howard.
Sheldon was safe. There was no way in hell that Sheldon would steal Penny away from him, no chance that Penny would fall in love with him and Leonard wouldn't feel threatened by watching him have sex with Penny.
Not to mention that if he had mentioned Howard's name, she would most likely have punched him in the throat.
Leonard didn't know why he felt these urges, to watch the woman he loved have sex with another man, but this was the safest way to explore this fantasy of his, and if he didn't enjoy it, well no great loss. Sure, Penny and Sheldon might be awkward around each other but that would honestly be a plus in his book. He didn't like how close those two were sometimes.
He was already expecting Sheldon to be a pain in the ass to try and get on board with his idea, but he was prepared. He had already drafted one of those stupid contracts that his roommate loved so much, he was giving up six months worth of lab time-slots, his Xbox, a freaking GTX 980 and his couch.
Leonard hoped it was enough to convince Pinocchio to go ahead with this and so they could finally move on from the Arctic fiasco and continue with their lives. Sheldon was always bringing the vibe down.
Sheldon stared intently at the paper in front of him, not because he didn't understand the words, but because he knew that if he looked up and saw Leonard's smug smile, he would act in an irrational and violent manner. Much like his father would have.
Ever since the Arctic 'incident', Sheldon had found himself questioning his entire life.
He was forced by his mother to turn the other cheek and his…friends easily moved on, acting as if Sheldon's pain and suffering were nothing more than the whims of a child. His entire academic life was destroyed.
No big deal.
Sheldon himself was guilty of trying to return to form, to return to those same days where his biggest concern was Leonard eating French toast on what was supposed to be oatmeal day. Alas, those days were long gone.
Now his days were spent trying to recover some of his crumbling reputation.
And in the middle of him trying to keep his life from toppling over, here Leonard came with an asinine and revolting idea, an idea that in his mind would make the status quo return as if by magic.
He had always thought that Leonard was a simpleton but this proved that Sheldon had been too generous in his assessment.
"And how will you convince Penny to participate in this…endeavor of yours?" Sheldon asked, his eyes still glued to the contract. Lab time, a console, a GPU…trinkets.
"Don't you worry about that buddy, I have it all under control." Leonard could do nothing to hide the smugness in his voice. Had Sheldon overlooked how often he used this tone of voice?
"You of course know that this is not only idiotic but will also cause your already crumbling relationship with Penny to come to its fully expected end in a much faster fashion?" Sheldon asked as he flicked a page.
"...I'm not breaking up with Penny…" Leonard's tone indicated he was trying to be threatening but Sheldon found him amusing instead.
Sheldon put the contract down and sat back fully on his seat. He should say no to this stupid idea, he should pretend that he never heard Leonard utter such hogwash.
But despite all, Sheldon was a Cooper. And Coopers were vindictive and let their anger get the best of them. He was angry at Leonard, he was angry at his mother, he was angry at Howard, he was angry at Raj but most of all he was angry at himself. For trusting in these individuals.
"I'll agree under one condition, non-negotiable." Sheldon tapped his chin with one finger, pretending to think it over.
Sheldon Lee Cooper would get his revenge. He knew that Leonard was obsessed with Penny, this situation would hurt him. If Sheldon was a good person, he would say no.
"Anything buddy." The relief in Leonard's voice only made Sheldon angrier.
Sheldon wasn't a good person.
Leonard made sure that his bedroom door was locked, he turned off all the lights and then settled in his bed, under the covers and he pulled his iPad out while leaning against his headboard. The glare of the screen illuminated his little blanket fort.
He quickly navigated to the right website, put in the long password that Sheldon gave him and waited for the site to check his IP address and MAC address.
His roommate was a paranoid bastard but Leonard appreciated it this time. He didn't want anyone but himself to watch what was about to happen.
The one request that Sheldon had made was that he didn't want Leonard in the same room and he offered to set up a video feed which Leonard had no other choice but to accept.
For now the video only showed an empty bedroom. Penny's.
Excitement filled his stomach and his hands trembled as he held the iPad in front of him. He wanted to text Penny to tell her to hurry up but he would be patient. He had already asked several things from her and had even left a little present for her.
Penny eyed the bottle of Tequila sitting innocently on her kitchen counter. It was brand new and Leonard had bought it for her. 'So that you can relax and get in the mood.' the card next to it read.
It was no secret that she was a clingy and horny drunk, but she hated that Leonard thought all he needed to do was to get her drunk and then she would be able to fuck his best friend without issues.
Her eyes flicked to the tall man sitting anxiously on her couch before she focused back on the bottle. 'Well…maybe one drink wouldn't hurt.'
"Penny, I apologize, I have to go." Sheldon startled her, he stood up quickly and he nervously clenched and unclenched his hands.
The amount of relief she felt at him backing down almost toppled her to the floor. "Sheldon, honey, it's okay-"
"No it's not! This is not me! I don't know what I was thinking. Dear lord." Sheldon had moved towards the door but he turned and ran towards her sink, almost tackling her. He bent over the sink and gagged a couple of times but nothing came out.
Feeling lost, she approached him and rubbed small circles on his back. "There, there. Penny is here." Her voice was soft as she tried to make light of the situation.
Sheldon stopped gagging and he hanged his head. She had never seen him be so…defeated.
"I…I apologize. I can't go through with this." She couldn't see his face but his tone of voice broke her heart.
"Hey, hey, look at me. It's fine. We don't have to go through with this. Is it your first time? It has to be with someone that you love and care for and-" Penny rambled but Sheldon raised a hand to stop her.
"Nothing of the sort. This would not be my first sexual encounter."
"Oh." Somehow, knowing that made her feel weird. Unsettled in a way. She had not expected this.
"No, I have to apologize to you. I initially agreed to do this because…" Sheldon hesitated and he turned his face away from her. "I wanted to hurt Leonard. I thought that despite whatever belief he had that this is what he wanted, that it would bring him pain and…I was a fool. I'm really sorry Penny. I should know better than this. I almost used you for this foolish idea of revenge."
He really looked ashamed. This little confession of his finally made the situation click in her mind. She hadn't understood how Leonard managed to get him to say yes.
"Sweetie. I probably should have asked this a long time ago, but, talk to me." She needed to know why his eyes held so much pain. Maybe she had been too focused on Leonard being back to focus on her other neighbor.
Leonard bit his lip and looked at the time in the corner of the screen. He knew that Sheldon would probably have some second thoughts but he expected that even 'Homo Novus' would fall to the charms of a drunk and flirty Penny.
He swallowed the lump in his throat. The anticipation was getting to him, what kind of faces would Penny make? Would she come?
He couldn't wait but he was forcing himself to be patient.
Excitement made him salivate in anticipation.
Penny frowned in thought as she digested what Sheldon had just told her. How much credibility he lost in his work, how humiliated he was, how lost he was and most of all, how angry he was. He was angry at Leonard, Raj and Howard, but he was also angry at his mom, he was angry at…well, basically everyone. She wasn't spared either, he said that she was more interested in sleeping with Leonard than being his friend.
Ouch. She couldn't really refute that. Double ouch.
Sheldon wanted revenge. He wanted to make Leonard suffer and he believed that Leonard would regret asking this 'favor'. But as the time came close, he got second thoughts. He hadn't considered her, it wasn't until he got to her apartment that he realized she would be part of this plan as well.
"I apologize Penny. I truly don't know what got into me." Sheldon's face revealed how ashamed he was.
Penny felt for him and she understood his reaction better now. If someone had 'pranked' her in the same way, making her think she had filmed a movie only to reveal it was all fake, she would have ran away as well. No, she would have killed someone.
Silence filled the room. At least until her phone chirped, it was on the coffee table so she leaned over Sheldon to grab it.
'Can you guys hurry?' That's all that Leonard's message said.
Penny sucked on her teeth, instantly annoyed, no, not annoyed. Pissed off as hell.
She looked up at Sheldon. Maybe this was a bad idea…
"Hey Sheldon."
But she wasn't known for having great ideas anyway.
Leonard huffed in annoyance. It had been almost five minutes since he sent a text to Penny and the video still showed an empty bedroom.
He tapped his fingers on the back of the iPad and wondered if maybe it was time to go to Penny's apartment. Sheldon was most likely being a pain in the ass and having second thoughts.
"I should have known." Leonard muttered to himself, not even angry. Of course, Sheldon always had to ruin his fun.
He sighed and was about to go out under the covers when he finally saw movement in the live feed.
Penny was leading a tame Sheldon by the hand. She wasn't wearing anything sexy which annoyed him. There was nothing sexy about her Care Bear pajamas. Sheldon was…Sheldon, he was in his usual slacks and shirts.
Leonard watched as Penny said something to Sheldon but he frowned at being unable to make out the words. Damn cheap mic. The sound was awful, he could see his girlfriend and roommate talk, but he was only able to hear a distant buzzing.
The camera was Sheldon's, the one he used to record his trains. And while it was a top of the line camera, it didn't include a boom mic. At least the image was clear and not grainy. It had been set up on the shelf on top of Penny's headboard and it was slightly off center.
He watched as Sheldon took a seat at the foot of the bed, his posture was tense and he looked ready to jump out of his skin.
Leonard snickered and a knot of something unraveled in his spine. He felt relieved.
Penny grabbed Sheldon's shoulders and whispered something to him, her mouth close to his ear and in the video it looked far too intimate.
That knot appeared again.
Sheldon relaxed somewhat and Penny glanced at the camera quickly and a flutter in his stomach made him smile. "Yeah, I'm watching baby." Leonard muttered under the covers. His breath was warm in the little improvised fort and he was getting excited.
Sheldon should have said no to Penny. He did say no in fact, but he should have tried harder. She also wanted to get even at Leonard and it was her suggestion that they should pretend to go through with it. Make Leonard squirm and suffer and then they could stop.
He agreed with her assessment that Leonard would be unable to go through with this without intervening and interrupting them first. Leonard was too self centered for anything else.
Still, he should have said no more firmly.
But he wanted revenge still, so now he sat on Penny's bed. His shoulders were tense and he wanted to bolt out of there.
"Relax Sweetie, remember, we're just playing pretend." Penny whispered in his ear. She was so close that he could easily smell the vanilla of her body cream. Her warm breath tickled his ear and he turned his head away but that brought his mouth closer to hers.
Sheldon held his breath but Penny smiled at him, glanced at the camera behind him and then stepped back. Right, they were just pretending.
His shoulders relaxed and he breathed normally again. This was just pretending.
Penny was an active participant and not being used. He could live with that.
Sheldon wouldn't have been able to live with himself if he had gone through with Leonard's idea. Penny was not an object to be used by them.
Penny let out a breath as she stepped back from Sheldon. For a moment she thought he was going to kiss her and it freaked her out, not because of the kiss itself but because she wouldn't have minded that much.
This was fucked.
So fucked.
Penny hated cheaters and that's why she didn't want to do this. But Leonard had been so insistent, had begged her, he had given her that kicked puppy dog look that for some reason got to her and even then she had said no. But then Leonard had pulled the big guns, how unloved he felt, how much his mom hurt him and that this would be a way for him to heal.
He insisted this wasn't cheating, because he was aware and happy to see her with someone else.
This was so fucked up.
She had to face the fact that Leonard wasn't the man she thought he was. This was just another thing on a growing list of concerns she had about her relationship and where it was headed. It didn't help that she now understood how big of a betrayal the Arctic was.
Leonard had downplayed it. 'It's not a big deal.'
But Sheldon explained it to her, the loss of reputation, credibility, funding. That last part was what would most likely stump his career for a long time. No one would want to trust him with any funding. And no funding meant that he couldn't get his projects off the ground and he couldn't even ask other people to do his experiments, because who could trust him now?
Fuck Leonard. Or not, she would have never slept with him if she had known the reality of the situation. Sheldon might have not connected the dots but she did, oh she did, Leonard sabotaged the experiment so he could come home sooner and get into her pants. She didn't buy that excuse about Sheldon being too much. Sheldon always was too much, how long had they been roommates? That excuse didn't pass the sniff test.
Honestly, it made her feel used and cheap. And she was starting to notice that it was a very common feeling when it came to Leonard, he loved to call her a slut in bed, loved to comment on how 'experienced' she was and at the same time he got upset that she wasn't a virgin schoolgirl and that she had previous boyfriends and one-night stands.
And it all came to a head tonight.
To be perfectly honest, she was already planning on backing out of this whole ordeal. She didn't care that Sheldon had accepted against all odds. That was the reason why she was wearing her regular pajamas and not a little black dress like Leonard asked.
She was not going to sleep with another man just because her boyfriend wanted her to.
But then she got pissed off and asked Sheldon to pretend to go through with this. Damn her bad temper.
Standing in front of Sheldon she was already regretting this idea.
"Er, let me put on some music." Penny scratched her temple before moving to put her iPod in the little docket thingy. She scrolled through her playlists and stopped at one she hadn't opened in a while. Leonard wasn't a fan of having music while they had sex and honestly, she didn't want to play this list to him (he might get the wrong idea), so it sat unused.
Might as well use it now.
♫ I got all the time in the world. ♫
♫ Don't you want some of that? ♫
The slow music filled the room and almost against her will she started getting excited. This playlist had more good memories than bad and it always brought a smile to her face.
Heat filled her belly and she decided to give her asshole boyfriend a show.
Moving back to stand in front of Sheldon she turned her back on him and started moving her hips slowly side to side.
"What are you doing?" Sheldon sounded confused.
"Uh, dancing?" She didn't stop moving but she did turn her face.
"Why?" Sheldon tilted his head to watch her.
"Because it's sexy, or at least it's supposed to be." She was trying really hard not to get distracted.
"Ah, I see." Sheldon blinked and then turned to look directly at her ass, not even trying to pretend he wasn't watching.
Laughter bubbled out of her. This whole situation was ridiculous but Penny couldn't deny that she was having fun with this so far.
She glanced at the camera again and her laughter died immediately. Right, she was doing this because of that asshole.
Turning her face back to her bedroom wall she slowly took her shirt off. The bra she was wearing wasn't particularly sexy but at least it was clean and had no holes in it. She cringed internally, it wasn't that she was expecting to show it off, it was just the only clean one left.
When her shirt was off, she didn't throw it to the side, choosing instead to bunch it up in front of her as a makeshift barrier. She turned to see if Sheldon was still paying attention but the question died in her throat.
Sheldon was biting his lip and his hands were tightly grabbing onto her bed on either side of him. The look on his face was not one she ever expected to see on him. Lust.
Penny shuddered, her body suddenly feeling hot. She quickly turned back to face the wall. 'Maybe we should stop.' She quickly dismissed the thought. No, this was just pretend.
They were just playing around.
She continued dancing, she might have been playing around but she was still trying to be sexy. Carefully she unhooked her bra, still keeping the shirt in her hands. First, one arm and then the next in a move she had done a hundred times and suddenly the bra was free. Penny could easily feel how warm the bra was and before she could consider the wicked idea more than once, she threw it behind her at Sheldon.
She watched as he easily caught it and it looked like he was crushing it in his fist with how tightly he was holding it. "Dear Lord…" He muttered to himself as he stared at the bra in his hand. After a moment he looked up and the look in his eyes made her shudder again.
Pretending, yeah, they were just pretending.
Penny held his eyes for a long moment before turning back to face the wall. She still had the shirt covering her front as she kept dancing.
Maybe she could do a little more.
Just a little more.
♫ You wanted none of that. ♫
♫ You wanted none of that. ♫
Carefully, swaying her hips, she undid the cord of her sweatpants. Without the knot, it only took a moment for the movement of her hips to do the rest of the work. Her sweatpants fell slowly and she exaggerated the movement of her hips to help it along the way.
Sheldon's sharp breath as her ass was exposed filled her belly with pride and heat. She knew that she had a fantastic ass.
Penny kicked off her pants to the side, towards her hamper and even with the music playing she was able to hear Sheldon grumble about just putting clothes in the hamper and it made her smile again.
She had worn a pair of everyday panties, they were the seamless kind, purple, cheeky and they hugged her ass nicely. Penny had always hated panty lines so even her regular underwear was form fitting and smooth.
Leaning forward she wasn't surprised by the hiss of pleasure and surprise coming from Sheldon. He seemed to have a thing for her ass, she noticed.
The song ended just as she stood up. The sudden silence of the room made it easier for her to catch Sheldon's rapid breathing.
Maybe it was time to stop.
She was half naked here and Sheldon seemed to be getting too into this…she was also maybe getting a little too into this as well.
Penny turned to face Sheldon, making sure that the shirt still covered her chest. As soon as she turned, she saw as Sheldon focused on her crotch.
She shuddered again. A gust of cold air made her aware of the growing wet spot in her panties.
The next song in the playlist started.
♫ I remember when I first noticed that you liked me back. ♫
Penny licked her lips. 'Maybe just a little more. The song is already playing anyway.'
Before she could think twice, she dropped the shirt and tossed it to the side, into the hamper. Sheldon didn't comment this time.
Penny kept dancing, moving slowly to the rhythm of the music, but she kept her attention on Sheldon, she needed to see his reaction.
Sheldon stopped breathing, he literally stopped moving as he stared at her. Her arms went around herself, in a way that did nothing to cover her breasts, instead she pushed her chest to make her girls preen. Sheldon grunted and the heat inside her burned brightly.
She approached him, she wanted to ask him if this was enough. She wanted to see if Sheldon wanted to stop.
'Yes, stop. We should stop.' She kept repeating to herself.
But it didn't matter, because as soon as she was close to Sheldon, her mind went blank. The reason for that was that for some damn reason, as soon as she was close, Sheldon had put a hand on her hip.
His hand was cold, but to her body, it was as if he had shocked her, in more ways than one.
"Sheldon?" She asked in a breathless whisper.
He looked up at her, his eyes were pools of dark blue, dark enough to be almost black. He didn't answer.
♫ I've been waiting for you to slip back into bed. ♫
"Sheldon?" Her hand moved, she wanted to touch his neck but instead it went to his shoulder.
Sheldon never took his eyes off her but his hand started moving. Up and down her leg, slowly, sensually. It made her shudder in pleasure and she could feel herself growing wetter by the moment.
'I should stop this.' But the thought was distant and faint with his large hand roaming her leg.
She had no idea how long they stayed like that.
♫ Think I like you best when you're just with me. ♫
Sheldon kept rubbing her leg and in an upwards stroke, his finger met the fabric of her panties. He took a sudden and surprised breath and turned frightened eyes on her.
'Yeah, this seems like a good moment to stop.' She thought.
♫ I've been waiting for you. ♫
Looking at him straight in the eye, she took a hold of his finger, hooked it on her panties and guided him to pull them down.
He looked shocked for a moment before he muttered. "Pretending, we're just pretending."
Penny nodded, knowing full well that they were way past the point of pretending.
Sheldon carefully pulled down her panties, she shuddered again when the cool air hit her shaved pussy and she watched as Sheldon opened his mouth in awe at seeing the small wet spot give way to a glistening strand of her juices that broke mid thigh and stuck to her skin.
"Fascinating." He gulped and muttered. He was so close to her pussy that it made her squeeze her legs in frustration at feeling his breath hit her aching pussy.
She jumped as Sheldon's hand returned, but this time he was holding more ass than hip.
Penny took a step closer to Sheldon. "You like what you see?" She tried to tease him.
Sheldon stopped admiring her pussy to look up at her. "Penny. Some of the greatest mathematical minds through time. From Euclid to Roger Penrose, have spent uncountable hours studying something called 'The Golden Ratio'. And not only them, biologists, painters, musicians and even mystics have dedicated their lives to understand what makes this shape so appealing and attractive. Until now, I had scoffed at them and their efforts. But seeing you, like this in front of me, I finally understand why they dedicated so much time to it. You're the personification of this ratio in its utmost beauty."
Penny stared at him slack jawed. Tears filled her eyes and emotion almost overwhelmed her.
Her body reacted before her mind could. She threw herself at Sheldon and kissed him, trying to show him how much those words meant to her.
Sheldon froze but some primal part of his brain took over because he returned the kiss just as frantically.
It was messy, desperate and perfect.
Before she knew it, she was in Sheldon's lap, straddling him and rubbing herself on him. Sheldon was pushing against her and it made her moan into the kiss.
Sheldon broke the kiss. "Pretend. Pretend." He gasped out.
She nodded and stole his lips again and was happy when Sheldon didn't break away.
They continued kissing and Penny lost the grasp on time. Next thing she knew, her playlist was on another of her favorite songs.
♫ Remembering you standing quiet in the rain. ♫
"Penny." Sheldon groaned her name between kisses and she knew exactly what he wanted, no, what he needed.
She knew because she needed it as well.
His pants should have been easy to open, but between their frantic pawing at the belt and their need to keep kissing each other, it took far longer than she liked.
♫ Remembering you, fallen into my arms. ♫
After what felt like an eternity she finally managed to get him loose out of his pants and she took a moment to look over his dick.
"You were holding out on me Sheldon." She exclaimed, half joke and half awe.
"Penny…" He groaned and she smirked at him before guiding him into her entrance. "Wait!"
Penny wanted to whine like a cat, the head of his dick was just barely opening her nether lips and she wanted to slam down on his dick.
"What?" She didn't want to wait.
Sheldon pulled her closer to him and whispered to her ear. "This is not pretending."
Penny stopped moving and thought about it before allowing her weight to impale her on Sheldon's dick.
Sheldon hissed before groaning and he held her tight against him, her own arms surrounded him.
Penny moaned and closed her eyes, enjoying the feeling of being slowly filled. She kept going until there was no more room between them. She enjoyed the position for a short moment before pushing herself on with her legs and then slamming back down.
Sheldon kept muttering something about math and formulas but she didn't care, she only wanted to keep moving.
It was frantic, hurried and so much fun. Penny had almost forgotten that sex was supposed to be fun.
The sounds of flesh slapping flesh filled the room and the sound made her toes curl. She was fucking Sheldon Cooper, or he was fucking her. She didn't care. She just wanted to keep going.
"Penny!" He growled her name and she hurried her pace.
"Keep going, I'm almost there!" She could barely get the words out before her orgasm hit her like a train.
Feeling so much, she could only do one thing. She bit down on Sheldon's shoulder. Hard. The fabric of his shirts kept her from doing any actual harm but it didn't stop her from groaning her pleasure away as she rode her orgasm.
Leonard couldn't believe his eyes. It had actually happened.
At first he felt excited. The music coming through clearly through the shitty mic, at least it worked for that.
He had pulled his penis out and started stroking himself but then he looked at Penny's face and all the excitement turned into dread. Sheldon wasn't wearing a condom. Leonard had never made love to Penny without one and Sheldon was doing it raw with her.
He had never seen her make that face before.
Penny looked lost to the pleasure, she kept muttering Sheldon's name and the way she was riding him could only be described as desperate…she had never done that with him…
Leonard had kept stroking himself but the excitement was almost gone and it wasn't long before he went soft.
He wanted to march across the hall and stop Penny and Sheldon. But he couldn't move.
When Penny came, he did as well. It was almost against his will.
He watched as Penny came and grinded herself on Sheldon while making noises he hadn't even known she was capable of. His soft penis ejaculated and the smell of his semen made him nauseous.
Tears came to his eyes and a sob escaped him. In no time at all he was full-on crying. Humiliation, sadness, anger, impotency, excitement, dread, pleasure, shame and disgust all fought for control of his being and the only way he could deal with it was by crying.
At least it was all over now. He would never do this again.
Penny grinded and rode her orgasm, she let her weight fall fully on Sheldon but he didn't seem bothered.
She paused and clenched her pussy. Sheldon was still hard.
Penny pushed herself against his chest to look at him. Sheldon was breathing hard but he didn't look close as he had a few minutes ago.
"You're still hard?" She was very surprised.
Sheldon cleared his throat. "Your orgasm was very…intense and it pulled my attention so I am still erect."
"Oh…so you can keep going?" That damn heat again. She hoped Sheldon couldn't pick up on the eager tone of her voice.
A girl had to have pride.
But maybe the way she ripped his shirts and pants off him gave it away.
"Nonononononononononononono…" Leonard muttered as he watched Penny lie on her bed and Sheldon go on top of her. Her legs were around Sheldon and he watched in horror as she locked her legs behind him and Sheldon slammed into his girlfriend. The sounds of their fucking somehow being captured perfectly by the camera.
Leonard couldn't move, he felt weak and he wanted to throw up but he was holding it in.
The music from Penny's iPod kept playing.
♫ And I pray that y'all ain't serious, 'cause seriously she's on my dick. ♫
Leonard threw up.
Penny couldn't believe what she was doing and with whom. This had gone from pretending to her actually fucking Sheldon. And holy shit, was that a surprise.
She didn't know that Sheldon had it in him to go wild like this.
Penny was having fun and she couldn't deny it. Didn't want to.
Her arms went around his neck and she pulled him down towards her. Sheldon stopped pushing into her and allowed himself to be pulled down for another kiss.
This wasn't the Sheldon she knew, although to be perfectly honest, he had always managed to surprise her at every turn so maybe it was the Sheldon she knew after all.
"Wait." She broke the kiss and pushed him away from her and onto the bed on his side. He left her feeling empty but she knew it was only for a moment.
It took her a moment to adjust himself and her but soon they were both on their side, Sheldon was almost on his back and she pulled herself on top of him. One of her hands went to his neck and using her other hand she guided his dick back into her and they both groaned at the sensation of being together again. Their legs tangled into each other.
In this position it was easier for Sheldon to pump into her while also giving her the freedom to grind and move her hips. Her breasts squished on his chest and their movement made her nipples rub against him in a way that electrified her senses.
"Penny, I'm close." Sheldon panted and she nodded.
Using her free hand she sneaked it between them to touch herself. It didn't take long for her to be on the edge again. It was everything, the previous orgasm, the emotions of seeing a new side to Sheldon. She just needed a small push and she'd be on the other side.
"Penny. Penny. Penny. Penny." Sheldon panted her name like a mantra and it did something in her belly, it made her feel powerful. "Penny. Penny."
Sheldon grunted and surprisingly he also bit down on her, but he couldn't aim correctly and his mouth landed closer to her neck than shoulder, but that was the push she needed.
Penny came undone again as Sheldon bit down on her neck.
Sheldon also couldn't hold it for long, he grabbed her hips and pulled her down hard against himself, as if he wanted to fuse their bodies together. His fingers sank into her flesh so hard that she was worried he might bruise her. But all of this was an afterthought.
She rode her orgasm as Sheldon painted her insides into a gooey mess.
Penny lost all strength as she laid on top of Sheldon and the rise and fall of his chest almost lulled her sleep.
The music and their labored breathing filled the room.
♫ Nothing's gonna hurt you, baby. ♫
Penny closed her eyes and hid her face in the crook of Sheldon's neck.
♫ As long as you're with me, you'll be just fine. ♫
Reality set back in but Penny didn't want to move. Sheldon probably hated her now. Stupidstupidstupidstupid.
Not really wanting to do it, but knowing she had to, she tried pushing herself off Sheldon only to find herself being pulled down.
"Please…" His voice was raw and needy and she found herself almost crying in relief.
Penny nodded against his neck and moved her free arm under his arm and around him, pulling him tight against herself.
Leonard threw the covers off him and he launched the iPad against the wall. He watched as the screen shattered.
The only sound in the room was his own labored breathing.
He cried again. Here he was, sitting a puddle of his semen and puke while his roommate fucked his girlfriend across the hall.
Leonard tried to keep it in but he couldn't and he hurled again.
Penny almost fell asleep on top of Sheldon but even after fucking like they were going to die she wasn't feeling too tired.
Honestly, she wanted to enjoy this moment as much as possible.
Sheldon was holding onto her like she was a huge teddy bear and at first she found it cute but that was until she noticed he was crying silently.
Regret hit her like a fucking truck but she didn't move away. Instead she adjusted herself so she was holding onto him a little more comfortably.
Fuck.
She had probably just traumatized him or something…although he was very much an active part of-
"I'm not a failure. I'm not a failure. I'm not a failure."
Penny stopped. She looked at Sheldon but he looked lost in his head. She did the only thing that she could.
She held him close and whispered in his ear. "You're not a failure. You're Sheldon Lee Cooper and no one can take that away from you. You're amazing Sheldon."
Sheldon didn't stop but she knew he heard her because his arms tightened around her.
They stayed like that, naked and holding each other. Sheldon finally let go of his feelings and she did her best to keep him together.
After a couple of minutes Sheldon told her about his fear of not being enough. About how his entire life was science and if he didn't have it then what would that mean for him? He told her about the whispers at work, how everyone looked at him now. He told her about how much it hurt him having every single paper he had ever published to be put under the microscope. He knew that they were foolproof but it was the action of doubting him that killed him the most.
Sheldon had based so much of who he was directly on his work that this situation was slowly killing him.
Penny felt that she wasn't exaggerating. No, she honestly thought that if Sheldon had kept going like he was, bottling everything up and pretending it didn't exist that he would have killed himself.
She whispered how important he was, kissed him softly on the jaw and then on the lips.
It was slow and loving.
Sheldon responded in kind, he kissed her and held her even closer.
One of his hands moved from her back to her ass. His large hand covered one of her ass cheeks easily and he squeezed. As if he had flipped a switch, she was instantly horny.
This time they took their time.
If their first time had been frantic and desperate. Their second time was slow and deliberate.
This time around it was Sheldon that guided himself into her eager pussy. She pushed him onto his back and rode him, gently. She wasn't feeling that same desperation as early.
No, she wanted to enjoy it to the fullest now.
♫ Oh and then the spell was cast. ♫
♫ And here we are in heaven. ♫
Sheldon didn't return to the apartment that night and Leonard was too much of a coward to go across the hall.
The iPad was broken so even if he wanted, he couldn't check the video feed anymore. He tried with his laptop but the MAC address wasn't whitelisted so he could only stare at the loading screen.
Leonard quietly cleaned himself, his sheets and his room while trying to not think about his girlfriend and roommate and what they could be doing at that moment.
This idea had fascinated him, he had grown almost obsessed with wanting to see Penny sleep with another man, but now that it happened he felt empty and lost.
Leonard waited all night for someone, anyone to come through the apartment's door but no one did. He sat in his chair and watched the door like a hawk.
The door stayed closed.
At certain points during the night, he heard what he thought sounded like Penny's moans, but he wasn't sure if that was just his overactive imagination.
He didn't want to know.
The next morning things weren't much better.
"Leonard, we need to talk." Penny looked sad but not conflicted, if anything she looked determined. 'And satisfied.' A treacherous part of his mind whispered to him.
She broke up with him. He said nothing, what could he say to her? Leonard had just nodded and gone back into his room.
*Knock, knock, knock.* "Leonard."
*Knock, knock, knock.* "Leonard."
*Knock, knock, knock.* "Leonard."
"I'm making use of clause 45a in the roommate agreement, you have two weeks to find a new residence. Good day Leonard." Sheldon's face was hard and merciless.
Leonard felt like a zombie, not only for the lack of sleep, but because it didn't feel real. Nothing felt real anymore.
What happened? How? Why?
Penny dried her hands on a paper towel and threw it into the thrash before moving to unpack the Thai food containers.
Sheldon smiled at her as he accepted his and she smiled back. Tonight it was just them, Leonard had moved out last week and Howard and Raj didn't come around as often anymore but Sheldon didn't seem to mind.
She thought that he actually preferred it this way. Sheldon had started making changes into his life and from what he told her, he was taking back his academic life by force but on the flipside that shone an unfavorable light on Leonard and the rest. Apparently the university was trying to keep things quiet but internally those three were beyond fucked.
Good riddance.
"Penny. How much is your current rent?"
Penny smiled into her noodles. She honestly had been expecting this.
Sheldon had changed a lot, for the better she thought, and one of those changes was that he wasn't timid when it came to her anymore.
"Why Sweetie?" She played dumb.
"So that you can move in with me, obviously."
Penny laughed. "Obviously huh?"
"It's the only logical option."
She was going to say yes, because of course she was. Just like she was going to say yes to him when he asked her to dance for him later tonight. Maybe they were moving too fast, but fuck it, they did things at their own pace.
They weren't pretending anymore.
Leonard scratched at his beard while he waited for the pedestrian sign to turn green. Ever since that awful night at 4A he had let it grow. He needed to shave but if he was honest with himself, he just didn't care.
He lost Penny. His girl. His love. His everything.
He also might have as well lost his job. Sheldon stopped protecting them and Caltech now knew what really happened in the Arctic and Leonard wasn't being trusted with anything, not even with cleaning the lasers.
Howard and Raj stopped hanging out with him after work once their own positions suffered. Howard then had completely cut him off after Raj was deported back to India when the university cut off Raj's grant money.
Life wasn't very good at the moment.
Leonard sneered and scratched at his beard harder and he almost spilled the cup of coffee he was carrying. It wasn't even good coffee. This damn light was taking so long and this goddamn beard wouldn't leave him alone.
Of course he had tried going back to Los Robles, to try and talk with Penny and Sheldon, but the sight of the 4th landing had made him hyperventilate and he had stumbled down the stairs to take his inhaler out. He then tried again but the same thing happened.
"That's called a trauma response dear." His mother's voice had taunted him because of course, not even his mind was safe.
It had been ten or eleven months since that fateful night. Leonard didn't even dare to date again, no, the only one for him was Penny. One day he would be able to approach her and talk things out with her.
He was about to scratch his beard again when a flash of blonde hair from across the street caught his eye.
Penny.
Leonard started to smile as he looked at Penny from across the street, she looked fantastic, there was a certain glow around her that no other girl could match. He looked up at the pedestrian light and it finally turned green.
Excitedly he looked towards Penny and the smile froze on his face.
Oh.
Penny was pushing a stroller.
Oh no.
The flow of people moved and Leonard could see the other person walking next to Penny. Sheldon.
Nonononononononono.
They were walking towards him, crossing the street but he was frozen in place.
Sheldon was carrying a baby in his arms and Leonard could see that he was lecturing Penny about something but Penny simply smiled at the tall man. The stroller had another baby and it was then that Leonard noticed it was one of those double seat strollers.
Tears welled up in his eyes. She looked so happy.
As Sheldon and Penny walked by him, she dropped a couple of coins in his cup of coffee, never actually looking his way.
fin.