Author's Note: Thank you for all your support! Even though this is just a collective of short stories, I hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: At this point we should know I don't own TBBT, if I did, Sheldon would've been with Penny a lot sooner. The song is property of Black Veil Brides and is called 'Savior'

"So here I write my lullaby, to all the lonely ones

Remember as you learn to try to be the one you love

So I can take this pen and teach you how to live

But what is left unsaid, the greatest gift I gave."

Black Veil Brides

Sheldon was always there for Penny when she needed someone. It was like he had this uncanny sixth sense and knew just when she was hurting, and though he was atrocious at comforting people, he did his best. He made sure she knew he was there, even if he couldn't find a way to comfort her.

So when he saw her rush into his apartment just before he went to bed, he decided that sleep could wait. "Penny, I do not think I need to remind you of my schedule. You have just put my REM cycles behind schedule" said Sheldon with a frown, but the frown was more towards her drunken depressed state. "I...know Sheldon" she said as she crashed onto the couch.

"Life just sucks right now...I got my hours cut at work, my boyfriend broke up with me, my acting career is nonexistant" she muttered as she took a swig of her vodka from the bottle. Before he could stop himself, Sheldon rushed over to her and yanked the bottle of her hands. She glared at him, not knowing what had gotten into him. "This isn't helping you Penny. Alcohol inhibits correct thinking and your are already depressed. Depression plus alcohol, well I do not need to tell you that it is a foolish decision" he said as he placed the bottle where he knew she wouldn't grab it due to her short stature. "Screw you Sheldon! Don't patronize me! All I ever wanted was to become an actress, to make it big and not have to live paycheck to paychek! But you are there every turn putting me down! You have no faith in me, you insult me at every given oppertunity" Penny snapped.

Sheldon crossed his thin arms across his chest as he watched her drunkly fight with him and stumble to get to him. "Penny, I do not think it prudent for you to be acting in such a fashion. You and I both know that I have been more than friendly to you, as per our Prank War truce" he said. Penny glared at him and he briefly feared for his life. "Shut up Cooper" she snarled. "You never once said anything nice about me, you found every excuse to make me feel unwelcome, to make me feel stupid" she said. Sheldon dropped his arms and sighed.

"Penny, did you not think that I merely acted in such a fashion to motivate you?" he asked as he began to flex his hands, a sign of his nervousness. "Motivate me? Ha you hate me" she snapped. "That couldn't be anymore false" he said. "Prove it to me" she said. Sheldon gulped, now cornered by the drunken blonde before him. "While that yes you do fail as an actress, I feel it is because you do not apply yourself enough. Your education is sorely lacking and, compared to myself, you do seem dumb" he said. Her angry flared up more before he put his hand up to stop her. "Let me finish Penny, before you decide to snap" he said.

"But you are smarter than I had once thought. You picked up quickly our ways, we never excluded you. You built your own place here in this group. But when you drink, you act in ways that are unsavory" Sheldon said. Penny's shoulders drooped. "But I'm not like you guys" she said softly. "Quite the contrary, you are more like us than you know. Who else can best me at Halo? Who else can keep up with my intellect in the form of pranks? Who else-" he stopped, swallowing the knot in his throat for what he was prepared to say.

"Who else...can understand me, even without words. You sing 'Soft Kitty' for me when I'm sick" he said, his face flushing red. Penny smiled and kissed his cheek gently. "Thank you Sheldon" she said softly before leaving his apartment to go to sleep. Putting a hand on the spot she had kissed, his blush grew and he found himself not perturbed by the kiss. He noticed a shift in their relationship paradigm when, instead of drinking, Penny showed up at his bedroom door at 2 in the morning with tears in her eyes.

Author's Note: Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed!