Sheldon stands with his hands clasped behind his back and his face angled down towards the tracks that run beneath his feet. It has taken him a lot of effort to get here – not just mentally, but physically. Before he and Penny could even set the date, they argued constantly over the venue. Penny wanted to be married back home in Omaha, where they technically shared their first kiss, and Sheldon wanted to be married at the train museum where he first told Penny he loved her. Also, he just liked trains. But like any relationship – well, any successful relationship – both partners were forced to compromise. The result? The wedding ceremony was to take place at a train station in Omaha. Neither were satisfied, so both were happy.

"I always thought it would be me," says Leonard, standing beside Sheldon.

Sheldon looks at him. "I suppose we all did, for a while."

"Really?"

Sheldon releases a genuine laugh. "Well, I didn't – I always knew Penny was out of your league." He pauses, as if contemplating his own words. "I hope you don't find that offensive."

"How can I not find that offensive?" Leonard demands. "So, what you're saying is that Penny's way out of my league, but not yours?"

"To the contrary," says Sheldon, "I'm way out of Penny's league. I'm doing her a favor."

Leonard stares at him.

"Bazinga," Sheldon adds, though only halfheartedly. He might have thought himself superior to Penny at one time, but now he is resigned into considering Penny as his equal. Perhaps not in terms of intelligence, but in terms of being. Granted, Sheldon has never found anyone else to meet these expectations, and he doesn't want to. Penny is both enough and more than enough.

"There she is," Leonard says suddenly, startling Sheldon.

Penny walks down between the two train rails, clutching a bouquet of sunflowers (artfully prearranged by Raj). She smiles, feeling the nervous flutter in her chest as she clutches her father's arm. Up ahead of her stands Sheldon, patiently waiting, accompanied by Leonard, his Best Man, and his groomsmen: Raj, Howard, and, oddly enough, Stuart. On the other side of Sheldon stands Penny's bridesmaids: Amy (the Maid of Honor), Howard's lovely wife Bernadette, Priya, and Christy (the whore of Omaha). Everything is perfect, with nothing out of place, aside from –

"What the hell are you wearing?" Penny hisses to Sheldon, still retaining her smile for the photographer. Sheldon wears his moth brown suit that he usually dons for lectures at the university. "What happened to your black tuxedo?"

"Every time I wear a black suit, something unfortunate occurs," whispers Sheldon. "Although I am not a superstitious man, previously collected data suggests the increased likelihood of something ill-fated happening if I am wearing that suit as opposed to wearing something I am more comfortable in, such as this particular ensemble." He looks at her. "Additionally, I didn't get to pick out your dress. If I had, I would have selected something that doesn't accentuate your man shoulders. Strapless appears to be working poorly for you."

"I don't have man shoulders!" Penny argues in a raised voice.

"Guys," says Leonard, smiling uncertainly. "Maybe we can wrap this up?" He nods at the crowd situated on either side of the tracks. "Your meemaw looks restless. We shouldn't keep her standing for too long."

"Don't you worry about Meemaw," says Sheldon. "She's quite sturdy."

"Ugh," says Beverly Hofstadter, who stands, wearing all black, between Sheldon and Penny. "As I recall, I agreed to join the two of you in matrimony on the condition that the ceremony was brief and there would be copious amounts of liquor at the reception afterwards." Sheldon and Penny thought it would be appropriate for Beverly to serve as Justice of the Peace due to the fact that it was her illness that originally brought the young couple together. Although free of cancer, Beverly is not free of her unpleasant attitude. "My patience is wearing thin, and I'm becoming increasingly concerned that we'll be struck by a train. So, the vows?"

"This is so romantic," says Penny sarcastically, though she finds herself to be grinning regardless. She twists the Green Lantern ring around her thumb in anticipation. Fortunately, for their actual wedding bands, Sheldon and Penny have picked out something much more durable. Leonard steps forward to relinquish the rings.

"Penny?" Beverly prompts.

"Sheldon," Penny begins, taking his hands in hers. "You are the most whackadoodle, bat-crap-crazy person I know, and if someone were to tell me a couple years ago that I would end up on some train tracks with a power ring on my thumb and you at my side, I would have told 'em they were out of their damn mind. It's true – at first, I didn't even like you. For the longest time, in fact, I found it hard to stand you. Yet here we are, and I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with anyone else." Penny slips the gold ring on Sheldon's finger. "So, with this ring, I thee wed, and I promise to forever maintain my newfound ability to stand you."

"Sheldon?" Beverly looks at him.

"Penny," says Sheldon, tilting his head at her, "your lack of understanding towards anything I find important has often irritated me to no end, such as your mispronunciation of common words, or your complete disregard of factual evidence regarding evolution, or your belief in psychic hokum." He takes a deep breath. "Even considering all of this, I find myself needing to make an adjustment in what it is that I find important – something that now encompasses loving you." He slips the ring onto Penny's finger. "With this ring, I thee wed, and I promise to forever maintain my newfound ability to love you."

"By the power vested in me by the state of Nebraska," says Beverly, sounding bored, "I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now –"

"Kiss the bride," Sheldon interrupts, pulling Penny into his arms to do so.

The End

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A/N: For never was a story so super than this of Penny and her Sheldon Cooper.

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