Disclaimer: Many worlds interpretation + Schrödinger's cat paradox= In an infinite number of universes, I am a television mogul. Though, unfortunately, that is not true in this one.
A/N: What there is of this story has been rotting on my hard drive for over a year because I could never come up with a plot that held my interest long enough to tie all the assorted bits I wrote together into a proper Shenny story. I will be editing and posting what I've already written mainly because it seems a shame to have invested time in something and not share it. After I run out of prewritten material, I've been toying with the idea of writing a short one-shot to give this some semblance of completion. I humbly present to you the story that never was.
The Propinquity Postulate of Love: The assumption that given: time + proximity = inevitability.
November 1981, East Texas
"Thanks for taking him for the weekend, Mama. Between Missy's tantrums and Junior's new bug collection infesting the house, it's a nightmare. And this little feller's got me at my wit's end taking everything apart."
"Now, don't go telling me my little Moon Pie's been being a troublemaker," said Meemaw, looking down at the toddler with the mildest of admonition. The boy giggled shyly and burrowed his little head into her shoulder. After a moment, she continued to Mary, "It's a common phase, especially for boys. Don't worry about it, and he'll find something all new to get into soon."
"Well," admitted Mary, "It ain't so much that he's taking stuff apart that's worrying me- Lord knows that when Junior was his age, we couldn't keep an intact lamp in the house. It's just- and I wounldn't've believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes- everything Shelly's been taking apart, he's been puttin' back together."
A/N: There is something of a method to my madness here. You can typically expect the order to be Little Sheldon, Little Penny, adult Sheldon and/or Penny, and repeat until I run out. Also note that these were written a long time ago and may not necessarily be canon compliant after season three.