Summary: Penny Hofstadter was just using Leonard Hofstadter for money. Fluff!
Word Count: 724
Disclaimer: I don't own The Big Bang Theory or the characters.

Penny Hofstadter was just using Leonard Hofstadter for money. At least at the beginning. For the first few weeks, she was completely using those four nerds for her own benefit, because why not? But as she spent time with them, she realized they weren't that bad. Especially the little, asthmatic, nerd, Leonard. She actually pitied him, if she was being completely honest. He was constantly abused, verbally at least, by the other three. He was being used, not only by her but by his roommate.

And as soon as he started to grow on her, she started to be just like them. Because he would let them, because it was easy to do that, it was something she always did.

But as soon as they started to date, she soon saw the even sweeter part of that homunculus. And even after she broke his tiny heart, he was still, somehow, sweet to her, no matter how angry he was. Maybe he wasn't angry at her, maybe he was angry at himself, for thinking that someone like him could be with someone like her.

But what he didn't know was that she thought the same way.

How was he ever with me?

And now, as she lays in bed, she feels him breathing against her neck, tickling her. She giggles, softly as to not wake him up. And she thinks again.

How is he with me?

That was always the question that was constantly burning in the back of her mind, the lingering thought of self-doubt. Her commitment issues would always get the best of her, no matter how many times Leonard would try to take them away.

She feels his arm moving and resting on her belly. She looks at him, smiling. His face was rested, his face was soft and line-free. His soft, brown curls were running free in his head, some resting on the pillow, others resting on his forehead. His eyebrows, something she always made fun off, they weren't pensative or furrowed like they usually are. They were just there, waiting for him to wake up. His lips weren't curled in a frown or a smile, they were just a fine line in his face. His nose no longer had his dark-framed glasses to hold, so it was clear the mark the glasses made, that little dent evident after so many years of holding those stupid glasses.

She smiled, softly. His chest was slowly going up and down, clearly seen under the fabric of his shirt. That chest were she now laid her hand at, it wasn't muscular or toned, like all the other chests she had put her hand on. But still, for some reason, it was that chest she always loved to get her hand on, to feel his heart beat, to feel the movement of his breathing, to feel the warmth emanated by him.

His arm, still rested in her chest, the one that would hold her in her worst moments, sometimes in her best. That strong arm that held the hand that would hold her own as they walked on the streets, no matter how warm the weather was. The same hand that would gently pass the soap in her naked body on the shower, the one that would also make her breakfast that same morning.

She could see his wedding ring, sitting perfectly in his finger, the grey surface one that would reflect like a mirror. She remembers the way he played with it that same day, or any other day when he got nervous or bored.

Moving a little bit on their bed, the one they have been sharing for so long now, she feels his warm feet. Quietly, she chuckled, as she remembered the convincing it took for him to actually take his socks off in bed, only for her to make him put them back the very same night since he was way too cold for her own feet to warm up.

Penny Hofstadter was just using Leonard Hofstadter for money, at least in the beginning. Now, as she watches him sleep, she realizes she used him to make her life better, to warm her feet at night, to have french toast in the morning, and... to be happy.

Yeah, she is totally using him. And she will love every single moment of it.

The End

Ow!, another sweet story. Weird. I know I said I would post this yesterday, but I completely forgot. But here it is now. Hope you enjoyed it!