For BreathlessFaith who said you gotta love superheroes. Hey, villains need love too. ;)

:Comic-Con:

She watched them arrive and make their way to a table. She adjusted her tights and wondered if she was really going to do this. She watched as he leaned his tall frame back in the chair and smirked at his friends. His long fingers curled around his glass and she felt that quivering in her stomach again. They had invited her to Comic-Con and she had told them it wasn't really her thing. Besides, she had to work. Lies on top of lies. Instead, she had waited for them to leave and then hustled down to Stuart's shop. There, Stuart and Captain Sweatpants had helped her get into costume. Then Wil Wheaton had shown up to drive her. Now, here she was, ready to make her move.

She took a deep breath and grinned widely. This was going to be fun.

Sheldon sighed. He wished Penny had come. He had hoped that this might be the perfect time to express his intentions to her. His friends were caught up in the excitement of the event, and he thought that maybe, even Penny would have enjoyed herself. Ever since the night she had gotten them both drunk and they had ended up in his bed, they had carried out a casual, yet secretive, friends with benefits arrangement. Lately, however, he had wanted to make a change to a more open relationship. One where their friends knew they were a couple.

Howard was adjusting his Penguin monocle, Raj was twirling his Riddler cane and Leonard was checking his Two-face make up when the villainess appeared.

"Hey, Mr. J! Didja miss me?" All four men looked up and froze.

Sheldon blushed bright red as the woman in the perfectly accurate Harley Quinn costume bounced over and threw her arm around his shoulders. Even her voice was pitch perfect for the animated villainess. Sheldon pushed her arm off of him and twitched. "Excuse me?"

"Awww, come on, Puddin'! Aren't ya glad to see me?" she asked as she plopped herself down on his lap.

Sheldon almost jumped up from his chair but he paused. Something wasn't right here. Or rather, something was very right here. He looked suspiciously down at the white and black face peering up at him. No. It couldn't be!

Her fingers walked up his purple jacket and fingered his bowtie. "Hey, I got an idea," she cooed. "Wanna rev up your Harley and take 'er for a spin?" His three friends gaped at him and the voluptuous woman in his lap.

Sheldon gulped and felt his temperature rise a few degrees. Then he caught a whiff of her shampoo and he knew. Sheldon grinned as befitting his costume. He slid his right hand down onto her thigh, and his left went around her waist to rest on her hip.

"You know, sweets, I like what I've heard about you, especially the name. It's a name that puts a smile on my face," he said as he gave her hip a squeeze. He watched as Penny's eye sparkled mischievously.

"In that case, puddin', what do ya say you and I blow this joint and have a few laughs?" Penny was giddy inside. She knew Sheldon had figured her out, but she didn't mind. He was flirting with her openly!

Sheldon stood with her in his arms and allowed her legs to slide to the floor. "Wanna see a card trick, Harley?" he asked. Penny clapped her hand together enthusiastically. Sheldon pulled a deck of cards from his inner coat pocket and spread them out. "Pick one."

Penny picked one and looked at it. "Now, put it back," he said.

Penny slid it back into the deck. Sheldon shuffled the deck, ignoring the way his friends were staring at Penny's figure. He opened his coat and stuck the deck back in his pocket. Then he reached into his pants pocket and pulled out the card key for his hotel room. "Is this your card?"

Penny grinned widely, knees weak with anticipation. "Why yes it is, Mr. J," she purred.

Sheldon tucked her hand in his elbow and looked at their friends. "Good night, gentlemen. Seems I have a prior engagement." Then he walked away, Penny bouncing by his side.

"Admit it, I had you fooled for a few minutes," Penny said as she curled up against him.

Sheldon stroked her back gently. "Penny, you could disguise yourself as a dalek, and I would know it was you."

She grinned and kissed his jaw. "Yes, but would you still want to have coitus with me if I was a dalek?"

Sheldon pulled her on top of him. He cupped her breasts and smirked. "We can find out next year."