A/N: This just was a little experiment of what might happen should our dear Sheldon and Leonard be forced to live with a smart-arse, Dr. Who loving, math geek of a 14 year old for a month.
I apologize for any OOC-ness, this is my first fan-fic so I'm just trying to get used to the characters.
Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever, own TBBT or any of their wonderful characters. I do own the character of Jerome, although he is based off of a real person.
"Leonard." Knockknockknock. "Leonard." Knockknockknock. "Leon—"
"What, Sheldon?" The curly haired man poked his head out from behind his bedroom door, pushing his glasses up his nose peevishly.
"There's—there's a little person outside our door." The lanky man twitched nervously, apparently not sure what to do.
"As in a hobbit?"
"Yes."
"Awesome!" Leonard's eyes lit up.
"Bazinga. I meant as in a teenage boy. And I tried offering him my lunch money, but he still didn't go away." Sheldon said nervously, causing the other to gulp.
"Is he really that scary?"
"He's wearing a t-shirt that proclaims him to be a Mac."
"Oh, my God." Leonard flung open his door, running into the living area of their apartment, only to find a young boy of about fourteen sitting on the left side of the couch and doing math problems with a black pen. "Who are you?"
The boy looked up, his raised eyebrow disappearing into his mop of dark hair.
"I'm Jerome, Jerome Chen." The boy set down his notebook on the coffee table, and stood up, offering his hand to Sheldon. "It's nice to meet you, Dr. Hofstadter." Sheldon stared at his outstretched hand blankly. "Dr. Hofstadter? Are you okay?"
"One, I am not Leonard Hofstadter and two, how do you know Leonard's name?"
The Asian boy looked taken aback and pulled a slip of paper from the pocket of his khakis. He looked down at it, then at the two men. His cheeks reddened, and he gulped, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down on his skinny neck.
"I-is this the Dr. Leonard Hofstadter I talked to back in February? I enrolled in the summer program at your college and the dean told me that I could stay with you for the duration of the classes in the summer. I e-mailed you and you said that was okay." Jerome stuttered, brushing a hank of hair back from his forehead.
Leonard's eyes lit up with recognition.
"So you're the one who started telling me that physics was trivial. I remember you, now. I thought you were coming next week…?" he trailed off.
"Ah, trivialities." Jerome scoffed. Sheldon gave him an annoyed look, and Jerome shifted uncomfortably. He had opened his mouth to offer an explanation when there was a knock on their door. Leonard hissed to Jerome that they would discuss that later, to which Jerome's only reply was to shrug his shoulders.
"I am not answering the door again." Sheldon called as Leonard loped over. The latter rolled his eyes and ran a hand through his hair before opening the front door.
A/N: Sorry for how short it is! I just wanted to get things established and such. :D Anyway, I'll be posting chapter two soon, maybe it'll be better?