author's note: Honestly, this is pure fluff. Beware of cavities.
Billy carefully slid into the apartment and quietly shut the door, taking great care to avoid the creakiest floorboards. It was late, he didn't want to wake Penny and explain exactly why it was his work hours were so strange and sporadic.
However, Penny finding out that he helped pay the rent based on a life of crime became the least of his problems when he heard something rattling from the kitchen. His heart leapt into his throat, the ELE had finally found them, Fury Lieka and Dead Bowie probably had–
"PENNY!" Billy burst into the room to find the startled red head holding a bag of flour, alone and unharmed. "Ah! Penny? Hi… um… I didn't think you'd still… be awake…"
"Couldn't sleep," she explained, giving him a confused look and turned back to the counter, "It was the middle of the night and you still weren't home…"
"Sorry," Billy apologized sheepishly. He hopped onto the counter and curiously examined the bowl sitting beside him, "What are you making?"
"Cookies." Penny batted his hand away from the dough before bending down to grab another bowl for the flour.
While she was otherwise preoccupied, he snuck a finger full of the liquid-y dough.
"This is delicious!" Billy exclaimed, going back for seconds. He stopped when he saw her baffled expression. "What?"
"Billy buddy, that's just butter," she said between bursts of giggles.
Billy flushed, "Oh… well, I knew that…" Penny was still laughing, "It was still good!" he insisted to deaf ears.