This story was kind of started on a whim as some finals procrastination, but I hope you all enjoy it none the less. I warmly welcome reviews (good, bad, or indifferent). I really want to try to keep the characters in this story very consistent with the real ones in the show, so let me know if you think parts are out of character for someone. Thank you so much for reading!
I own none of these characters.
Dr. Sheldon Cooper and Dr. Leonard Hofstadter were both standing by the island in their kitchen. Sheldon was ready to go to work and was waiting for Leonard to finish his morning cup of coffee. He knew that it would be at least another 5 minutes before Leonard would finish, however he was not worried as they did not have to leave for another 7 and a half minutes. He looked off into the distance for a moment as he thought to himself.
"Oh man!" Leonard's yell snapped Sheldon back into his kitchen where he looked over the island and saw that Lenard had a large wet spot on the front of his shirt where, Sheldon assumed, he had spilled coffee on himself. He thought about saying something to Leonard but instead decided a condescending look would suffice.
"Don't give me that look. I was reading this article in the paper and wasn't paying attention." Leonard said in an annoyed voice as he walked to his room to change into a new shirt. Sheldon sighed and put on his jacket. He determined that, as Leonard would not be back in the next 30 seconds, they in fact would not be leaving on time. He put his bag calmly over his shoulder and Leonard came running back into the living room, pulling his jacket on and grabbing his bag from the couch. Sheldon noticed that he seemed very flustered.
"Sheldon I don't need to hear about how we are now late. It's a minute. Our drive to the university has that level of variability to begin with."
As Leonard grabbed his car keys Sheldon simply walked past him, closing and locking the door on the way out. "Don't worry about it Lenard. I know that it can be hard for some individuals to multi-task. It takes a significant about of brain power." The sigh that Leonard gave as they began walking down the stairs gave Sheldon the impression that he was not happy with the statement. Sheldon decided to let it go as they got into the car.
For the first few minutes of the drive there was silence and Sheldon went back to thinking to himself. He had a thought nagging at him and when a thought was stuck at the front of Sheldon's mind, he simply could not ignore it. It turned out that this particular morning there had been an accident in town and thus their drive took longer than expected, giving Sheldon lots of time to think to himself. It wasn't until the car pulled into the parking space at the university a bit later that Sheldon had formulated a conclusion.
"Leonard." Sheldon said. "I've been thinking..." Leonard knew that this phrase was only ever ended with Sheldon spewing out some random and complex idea about animals or comic books or the known universe. Whatever it was, he never really wanted to hear about it.
"Sheldon you are always thinking." Leonard said as he grabbed the parking ticket the machine spit out at him.
Sheldon had the feeling that Leonard's comment, while factually accurate, was meant to be spiteful or sarcastic.
"Fine then, I wont tell you what I was thinking." Sheldon said, crossing his arms and sitting back. Leonard couldn't help but notice that his pose resembled that of a five-year old.
"Oh fine tell me what it is. What's your new idea?" Leonard said in an exacerbated voice as went to go park. He knew from experience that if Sheldon didn't tell him, it would put him into a funk, and that was never what Leonard wanted.
"Well if you insist." Sheldon said. "I've decided that Amy and I should procreate."
"WHAT!" Leonard yelled. Happy that he had in fact just parked the car and therefore could not crash it into anything. "I think I must have not been paying attention because I thought that I just heard you say that-"
"I've decided that Amy and I should procreate." Sheldon said turning towards Lenard. "You really should pay more attention Leonard. First the coffee and now you aren't sure of what I am saying. Come on, get your head in the game." Sheldon said as he got out of the car and started to walk inside.
Leonard sat motionless for a moment in the car before snapping out of it and racing inside the building after Sheldon trying to catch up.
-Thanks for reading-
