The Silent Astrophysicist Conundrum
A/N: I haven't seen much in the way of this pairing, and it's my second favorite (after Shenny)! Takes place just after the season 4 finale.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, I just like playing with them.
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Chapter 1
The Webcam Observation
After Penny walks out, Raj retreats back to Leonard's old room and tries to figure out what happened last night. The last thing he remembers is sharing a glass of wine with Penny just after Sheldon went to bed. He looks at the bed, noticing the state of the sheets he determines that something did happen with Penny. 'Is this such a bad thing?' he thinks to himself as he starts to get his thoughts collected.
A few hours later, Raj walks through the apartment ignoring the looks he gets from the others. He heads straight for Penny's door and knocks. When Penny opens the door and sees who it is she begins to close it again, but Raj blocks the door and gestures that he wants to come in. Penny gives in after a few seconds and says, "What good is coming over here going to do you? You can't even talk to me." Raj pulls out his phone and begins typing. When he's done he shows her and points over his shoulder, it reads, 'It's better than trying to deal with them.' At that, seeing that the guys are at their door looking on, she steps aside and allows him in before closing and locking the door.
Raj sits down and starts looking around the room nervously. Penny just stares at him trying to come up with what she can say. After several moments, Penny walks over to the kitchen, picks up a bottle of vodka and a shot glass, and pours about half a shot into it. She puts the bottle away before she walks over to Raj and hands it to him. "This is all your getting, and it's only because we need to figure this out." she says sternly. Raj nods emphatically as he takes the vodka from penny and downs it with one gulp.
"Dude, this is so awkward right now." Raj blurts out. "You're telling me." Penny replies. "So what are we going to do about it?" Raj asks. "I don't know." Penny replies in an exhausted tone. After several more moments of uncomfortable silence, Raj says, "In rom-coms things are never this weird." "You're seriously comparing this to romantic comedies? You're unbelievable!" Penny exclaims incredulously.
Meanwhile, in the hall, Leonard and Howard are both pressed up against the door of 4B trying to listen in on the conversation. "Man, I wish I were a fly on Penny's wall right now." Howard says in an exited yet hushed voice. "For once I agree with you, Howard." Leonard said. Then they hear Sheldon call out, "I'm in!" Rushing back to 4A they find Sheldon at his desk and on his screen is a picture of Raj's knees. Sheldon states with a smug look, "I've hacked Penny's webcam, all we can see is Raj's legs, but we can hear everything." Howard says, "I don't hear much talking."
Back in 4B, Raj keeps opening his mouth like he is going to say something then closes it again and looks away. Penny just stares at him as she gathers her own thoughts. "How much do you remember from last night?" she finally asks. "All I remember is having a few glasses of wine with you and Sheldon last night, then you woke me up when you sat up in bed." Raj replies. "Damn, that's about all I remember too." Penny says.
"I do know that we did do the nasty last night though, the sheets were very stained this morning." Raj says after another short pause. Penny drops her head into her hands. "Penny, this doesn't have to be a bad thing." Raj tries to comfort her. "How is this not a bad thing?" she sobs through her hands. "Well, I like you a lot. We could try to make the best of this." Raj responded. Penny lifts her head a couple inches and looks at him through blurry eyes, "How would we do that?"
Standing behind Sheldon, Leonard and Howard are still looking at the computer. "We shouldn't be doing this." Leonard says without moving away.
"We could go out for dinner and see what happens." Raj responds to Penny. Penny chuckles at that and says, "You can't even talk to me without alcohol, do you really think that will work?" Raj says, "It can't hurt anymore to try." Penny thought about it for a long moment before speaking again, "I guess if you want to we can give it a shot." Penny leans over and hugs him. Then Raj notices the laptop in front of him is lit up. Quickly figuring out what was going on he whispers in Penny's ear, "I think Sheldon hacked your webcam."
Over at 4A the screen suddenly changes. Penny's face fills the screen with a look that says 'you're dead' before it goes black as she shut the screen. As this happens, Sheldon jumps back in his chair nearly knocking over Howard and Leonard.
A half hour later the three men in 4A are tied together with duct tape. They are still tied up several hours later when Sheldon cranes his head around toward Leonard and states, "Leonard, it's Thai food night."
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A/N: Let me know what you think! I have no idea where this will go, if anywhere, but I thought this might be a fun avenue to explore.