Let me start by saying that I am a HUGE Big Bang Theory Fan and since I feel the need to write about something to clear my head I figured I'd try out a little TBBT fanfic. Now the nice thing about writing fan fiction is that you can make it as extreme or as realistic as you want. I plan on doing one of each at some point but since I'm a huge L/P shipper and kind of a sucker for heroics I decided I would try out the absolute extreme end first. Now I know nothing like could or would ever happen on the show but that's the fun of it. I'll be trying to keep the characters as close to canon as possible in terms of how they act. Thanks in advance to all who decide to check it out. Oh and this is supposed to take place during season 6 shortly after episode 8.
The Hero
Chapter 1: Unsure
It had been nearly a month since Penny had admitted her love to Leonard. Love? What did that mean? The more she thought about it, the more she felt unsure about everything that had been going on. Sure, her emotions had been racing when it had happened, she was angry, she was frustrated, and she was tired but does that make these feelings any less true? She just didn't know.
She had been in love before... at least, she thought she had, with a man very different from Leonard. Bigger, stronger, more aggressive, and dumber, Penny thought. She remembered dating Kurt, how hard it was to get him to do anything that wasn't about him. Everything seemed like a battle, but she was continuously drawn to him like a fly to honey. Was that it then? She wondered. Was being with Leonard too... easy? He did everything she could want and more... she would say "jump" and he didn't just ask "how high?" He asked, "how far?" "how many times?" "one foot or two?" It could get exhausting but also boring knowing that anything she wanted she could have if she just batted her eyelashes.
That wasn't a bad thing though, Penny knew, it was just the way Leonard was. The only women in his life before her had never shown him any kind of appreciation and so he was drawn to it, doing anything and everything he could just to gain some kind of acknowledgment. Penny sighed as she poured her self a glass of wine. "Why is it always so hard," she asked the room aloud. Leonard was a great guy and she was lucky to be with someone as smart as he was. He had a great job, good friends, and didn't care that she was merely a waitress or had a low IQ. Why then did she feel so lost. Mere months ago she didn't know if she would stay with him and now she loved him? Did that make sense? Did she always love and just not under stand?
Penny thought about how many guys shes been with would have stayed if that had, had jobs as well paying as Leonard's and she brought home nothing. Any of them? She wasn't sure. She sighed again and poured more wine into the glass.
Her phone pinged and she looked down to see it was none other than Leonard. She smiled as she read, Hey, there's a fair in town tomorrow, do you want to go? Maybe that's what she needed,a day they could just go out and have some fun together. She quickly responded and sat down on the couch thinking about the day to come.