Word Count: 555
Summary: He really hates spiders.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Big Bang Theory or the characters.

Penny climbs the three flights of stairs – yes, it is three flights of stairs, she counted them – and arrives at the fourth floor where she finds both her husband and his best friend, the wackadoodle, standing in the middle of the corridor.

"What are you guys doing there? Waiting for some kind of portal to open?" She asks that as if it was a joke, but then looks seriously at them. "You aren't waiting for a portal to open, are you?"

"There's a spider inside," Sheldon says and hides behind Leonard that stays exactly where he is and says nothing.

Penny rolls her eyes and opens the door, immediately hearing a scared shriek from the guys behind her. Looking to them, she once again rolls her eyes and laughs a bit once she knows they can no longer see her face.

She comes inside and looks around, not finding the spider, so Penny goes back to them.

"Where's the spider?"

Leonard looks at her and even though he was clearly still scared of the spider, he enters the apartment.

"It was right there." He points to the wall next to the fridge. As he points, the spider appears again, and Leonard runs out of there faster than he had ever run, and Penny laughs at him. Sheldon hides behind Leonard once again, using him as a human shield.

"Seriously guys? Atoms are bigger than this spider!" Penny laughs at them again but bites her lip trying to stop.

"Penny, atoms are particles that are not seen by the naked eye. I can see the spider without any help from an STM." Sheldon explains and doesn't need to hear Penny ask what an STM was for him to continue. "Scanning Tunneling Microscope is a microscope that..." He is interrupted by Leonard, that knows that his explanation is going to take to long, and immediately explains.

"It's a microscope that is used to see atoms. That's pretty much it." Penny nods at his explanation, and silently thanks him – she didn't want to hear Sheldon's explanation. "However, I agree with Sheldon. Even I, someone that is going blind, could see the spider."

Penny stares at them disbelievingly. She takes the spider in her hands, opens the window in the living room and carefully places the spider in the berm, closing the window almost immediately.

"Sheldon, Leonard, the spider is smaller than... honestly I can't think of anything this small."

"Is it gone?" Leonard asks. She nods, and Sheldon leaves. "Where are you going?"

"I'm not coming back. The spider might come back."

Leonard enters his apartment and closes the door. He looks around the apartment, and Penny watches him as she's sitting on the couch.

"Leonard, it's gone. Sit here." She pats the spot on the couch next to her and sits there. "Were you seriously scared of that little creature?"

"I hate spiders." He confesses, even though Penny already knew that. She has been killing spiders in that apartment ever since she moved into the building.

"I know." She hugs him and struck his back. He immediately relaxes in her, and she smiles. "I know." That last one comes as a whisper, a way to soothe him.

Eventually, Leonard's head is against her shoulder and she's watching TV, as he lays there. He really hates spiders!

The End

I know this story wasn't 100% Lenny, but Sheldon was there to make me laugh a bit because I believe (just a headcanon of mine) that Sheldon has the habit of hiding behind people. He did that with Amy once, don't know if he did it again.

Anyway, it was partly Lenny, and it contained a sweet moment with them, so here it is. Hope you all enjoy it!