Summary: Couldn't bring myself to continue tonight's episode. So, I just wrote this. Continuation-without-being-a-continuation from S12E03.
Word Count: 808
Disclaimer: I don't own The Big Bang Theory or the characters.

It was always a weird thing, their relationship. They were happy, of course. But sometimes they were tired of all the comments from their friends. It's not like Howard and Bernadette have that much in common, and how can Raj talk about their relationship? He doesn't even have one, at least not one that he conquered by himself.

Sheldon and Amy have more in common, sure, but still... it's Sheldon and Amy. Both weirdos, but they are cute together. No matter how much sometimes people want to strangle them.

They don't enjoy the comments, and it doesn't get better when Raj starts talking about how they don't know that much about each other. They know things about each other, like what shampoo the other prefers, or how they like their coffee in the morning.

Now, vacation destination? Why would he want to know that? They never spoke about it, it's nothing that seems to appear in a conversation out of nowhere. Besides, their first honeymoon was in San Francisco with Sheldon where they had no privacy whatsoever and everything was planned by the minute. They didn't get a second honeymoon, and their vacation moments appeared to always be cut short or have Sheldon tag along.

But they knew each other well enough.

They were Leonard and Penny. That couple that fought a lot but loved each other to a fault. That couple that was weird, but around their friends it would be weird not to be weird. They all were.

But their friends had no idea of what happened behind closed doors. They don't know how fun it was to dress up in their Harry Potter costumes, Leonard as Hufflepuff and Penny as Slytherin. They used the capes as they watched the movies, cuddling at the couch smiling. What it was like to laugh so hard at something they saw at their phones that water comes out of one of their noses, causing even more laughter.

They don't know about the nerf guns, carefully put away after it hit one of them in the eye – well, almost did, if Leonard didn't wear glasses. They had so much fun using that nerf gun around the apartment, no matter the moment. Sometimes they come back, and they both use eye protector.

Or that game of tag, one they are still playing, that broke a lamp once because the game ended in the couch. That was a beloved game, one that always began with them locking the door to make sure no one entered it.

Sure, they could maybe not know the others favorite vacation destination. But that didn't mean they didn't know the other. They knew what the other loved to eat when they were upset – Penny always loved to eat cookies made by her husband, Leonard loved hot chocolate.

Were their friends there on those days have they just entered their car and went wherever they wanted, sometimes just driving around while listening and singing – very off key – to the song on the radio? Or when their song comes on the radio as they are cleaning the apartment and they just start dancing and end up laughing so hard that Leonard needs his inhaler? Or that one time where Leonard was so tired he fell asleep in the middle of the afternoon and Penny's arm became numb because Leonard was on top of it? Are they there when neither of them feels their arm but don't want to move since the other sounded tired and seemed comfortable? They weren't.

They're there to tell them they shouldn't be together, that they don't belong together. That they're making a mistake.

They are not there on the happy moments, their alone times when they are happy and alone enjoying each others company.

They hear their arguments, not their jokes. They see the things they don't know, don't realize how much they actually do know. They don't see their friendship, the one they built over the years.

They forget that if it wasn't for their relationship, Howard and Bernadette would probably not be together. And no one really knows if Howard and Raj would put Sheldon in that dating website if Howard didn't actually know Bernadette.

Because the old Howard, no matter how much he cared for his friends, wouldn't probably do that. Bernadette changed him.

But they don't remember that. But they ask how they are still together, why they got married.

They probably say those things behind their back too, but somehow, Leonard and Penny don't care. Because as long as they are together, they can go through anything. And Leonard as enough experience of people talking behind his back to know what to do. Ignore. Better than Penny's idea of throwing them in the elevator shaft. Psychopathic ideas aside, they are okay with being together. Even if their friends aren't.

The End

I didn't enjoy this episode that much, although I liked the ending. The Batmobile thing was sweet, and their interactions were too. Amy and Penny's scene brought me back memories of creepy and clingy Amy, which I missed. There weren't many Shamy moments, I appreciated that. I mean, I like them, but not that much.

Raj and Anu... I have mixed feelings about it, need more scenes to talk about it. Overall, nice episode, even though I didn't enjoy it that much.

So... hopefully, the next episodes have better Lenny scenes, because I really miss them... it's like the writers don't know how to write married couples!