A/N - It's Lenny Week! :) Here is the first prompt. These will probably be fairly short as I've had less time than I thought coming home (aka. I keep going shopping / it is literally taking 3 days to unpack all my shoes send help) and also I am writing 3 other things at the same time! But hopefully you will still enjoy them either way :)
Day 1: Nerdy Times
"Leonard!"
"Yeah?"
"The light went out in the closet."
Getting up from his desk chair, Leonard made his way next door into their bedroom. With a bigger apartment, they had taken to shouting through the walls to communicate - though it was still small enough that thankfully they hadn't quite reached the volumes of Mrs. Wolowitz. Running a hand through his hair, Leonard tried to remember where the spare light bulbs were. The closet light had been flickering annoyingly for a few days now, but neither of them had bothered to change it. As he walked into the closet, he stopped in his tracks before he burst out laughing. Standing in the middle of the closet was Penny, holding a purple lightsaber in one hand, the other hand on her hip, clad in her bra and a pair of unbuttoned pants.
"What?" She asked impatiently. "I can't see to find the top I wanted to wear!"
"That's not what I'm laughing at. I'm laughing at the lightsaber."
"Oh. Well it was really dark."
"Yes... yes, I can see that." Leonard chuckled. "But, umm, why do you have a purple lightsaber?"
"I saw it at the store when I was getting Sheldon's birthday present and the color was pretty, so I bought it!" Penny grinned, her smile illuminated by the glow coming from the lightsaber in her hands.
"You continue to surprise me, Penny Hofstadter."
"And I shall continue to do so," Penny held the lightsaber into both hands, raising a quizzical brow as she adopted a warrior stance, "Leonard Hofstadter."
"Oh this is how we're playing it?" Leonard asked, reaching a hand up to the top shelf, knowing she wouldn't see it as it was out of the glow emitting from the lightsaber. He knew exactly where it was; that part of the top shelf had been allocated as his and he used it to store bits and bobs of memorabilia. Taking it down, he switched it on. "Fine."
Penny nodded approvingly at the familiar green-glowing object. "Well played. But this doesn't fix the light situation."
"It doesn't." Leonard agreed. "But I'm sure that considering you were last in the closet when the light went out, you can get out of the closet to find a light bulb yourself and change it with the light of your new purple lightsaber."
"I called you in here to change it for me. There's only one way to work this out."
"How?"
"This."
Extending her arms, Penny tapped Leonard's lightsaber with her own, grinning when it made a 'zzz' sound at the contact.
"Really?" Leonard raised a brow, half amused, half smug.
"What, you afraid you'll lose against me in a lightsaber duel?"
Copying her stance, Leonard shook his head. "Oh, it is so on."
And so began their lightsaber battle. With the limited space in the closet, they ended up moving backwards out into the bedroom, where they were able to move more freely and get into the battle properly. Leonard was surprised at how intensely Penny was involved in this, though he had very little time to ponder on this as she almost hit his stomach with her lightsaber and he had to make a swift move in defence. It lasted a while, and Leonard found himself glad that he'd been spending more time at the gym as he was certain he would have needed his inhaler by now or felt his arm muscles begin to ache. But he continued on, too concentrated to laugh at the expressions Penny made throughout.
Finally, though, he managed to beat her, which lead to a triumphant "Ha!" and a large grin from him.
Scoffing, Penny threw her lightsaber onto the bed. "Whatever. I've never had a lightsaber duel before anyway. You had a clear advantage."
"Whatever," Leonard mocked jokingly, "you have to change the light bulb."
Frowning, Penny folded her arms. "Hold on. I just had a lightsaber duel in a bra and pants that aren't even done up. How did you win?"
"One does not let anything distract him when duelling."
"God, you're such a nerd, you know that right?"
"I am aware of this, yes." Leonard nodded. "But you still have to change the light."
"Fine. But I still beat you at the lightsaber duel game on the Wii before so, don't get too cocky." Penny threw over her shoulder as she left the bedroom to locate the light bulbs, vaguely remembering that they'd stored them in the utility cupboard beneath the kitchen sink some time ago.
Grinning, Leonard sat down on the bed, picking up her purple lightsaber to inspect it. "And you call me a nerd!"
