A/N: I had a little change in how I wanted this story to proceed, I may even change the ending, I already wrote. So I'm having to rewrite parts of it and will probably not be able to give every other day updates, but I will try my best to update often.

Chapter 30 - Comfort

Sheldon arrived upstairs to find Amy done with dinner and putting it in bowls, as soon as he saw what she had prepared, a smile formed on his face. It was what his mother called his comfort food and she was right because every time he ate spaghetti and cut up hotdogs he felt good inside and better overall. He tried to quickly put their clothes away, however, he didn't know for sure where Amy's went so he had to search the bedroom to figure where everything went. He found when he finally got back to the living room, Amy had everything on the coffee table already, ready for them to eat.

"Amy this is nice, thank you." Sheldon couldn't help but smile.

"There is a National Geographic special on Australia, I thought we could watch." Amy responded.

They sat on the couch and started to watch the show quietly as they ate, it was very pleasant for Sheldon and relaxing, extremely relaxing, making him feel a calm that had alluded him since he arrived in this timeline. He also found he was starved, and quickly gobbled up his favorite food while he watched the documentary that happened to be full of Koala Bears. The food and drink, the cute Koalas of the documentary and sitting in his spot soon had their effect and Sheldon just sat there content and happy. It actually surprised him when Amy got up to collect the dishes and take them to the kitchen, making him jump up to help her.

They didn't say much while cleaning up and after Sheldon got back down in his spot, content again, Amy came over to sit in the middle cushion to join him. It was then when Sheldon noticed the space between them, at first not concerned about it when they ate, but now noticing how Amy was avoiding contact with him. Suddenly Sheldon's contentment seemed not to feel as good as before as he remembered her warm soft body against him this morning and how he missed it. Cuddling was something he could do and he actually wanted to cuddle Amy now, so he slowly moved his hand to hers.

Amy's eyes shot to his for a second, but then she seemed to calm and scooted close to him while he put his arm around her. She got herself comfortable under his arm and took that arms hand, weaving her fingers in his while pulling his hand, with hers, to lay on her baby bump. She let out a content sigh and relaxed into him, as she pulled her legs onto the couch and pulled the blanket over her feet. Barring her bladder betraying her, she was set for the night, comfortable and content, well as content as she could be after what Sheldon told her earlier.

Sheldon, once over the first few seconds of physical contact, liked Amy tucked into him, the warmth of her body, her intoxicating smell and the softness of her, feeling extremely comforting to him. Her softness was something he particularly noticed now, as she had his hand in hers on top of her baby bump, underneath her pregnancy enhanced breasts, which Sheldon's hand was now tucked underneath. Sheldon looked down at her and got a view that both surprised him and sent a rush of warmth through him, as Amy's robe was open and her nightgown, unbuttoned to her breasts, giving Sheldon a view, he was now memorizing. Amy was beautiful and now the more time they spend together, acting like Mommy's and Daddy's did, Sheldon started to feel desire for her, that he never felt before.

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Awkward was the only way to describe it, they were both tired, but they still talked, neither of them wanting to suggest going to bed. They both didn't want to leave each other's company, the need to be with each other stronger every hour they were together. It had been a tiring day for both of them full of confusion, fear and emotion, that had sent both their systems into overdrive, draining all their energy. Penny sat on one end of the couch, her feet under her and a throw from the couch over her as she continued to talk to him, her head resting on the back of the couch. She couldn't take her eyes off of him, the thought of going to bed alone, something she was trying to avoid at all costs.

But someone had to say it, because they were both too tired to go on. "Penny, maybe we should go to bed now." Leonard yawned as confirmation of that thought, and Penny found she couldn't stop yawning herself.

Will a pang of regret Penny responded, "Okay." Then got up when he did, heading to each of their bedrooms to get ready to go to sleep.

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Sheldon saw Amy's eyes fluttering when the documentary ended and he looked back down at her. She looked like this morning, just before she fell asleep on him, and he knew they both were probably conditioned to go to sleep now, because he felt tired too. "Amy, we should go to bed."

Amy looked up at him a little concern in her eyes, "Okay….Sheldon are we…."

Sheldon shook his head, "I think that since everything is in the open now, I will feel more comfortable doing everything else we normally do Amy." Amy gave him a small smile and a nod.

Thirty minutes later, Sheldon was in bed on his side and on his back waiting for Amy. He had taken a shower and Amy was just getting out of the shower, he knew she was taking to be clean for him, which he appreciated. Amy entered the bedroom and took off her robe, again making Sheldon silently gasp at her, the soft think cotton of her night shirt hugging her curves, the top unbuttoned to allow him to see her cleavage. However that only lasted a couple seconds as Amy turned out the light and crawled into bed with Sheldon, as he laid there.

The next few moments were awkward, Sheldon didn't know what to do and Amy seemed nervous on what not to do, she was used to sleeping her body being in contact with his all night. Sheldon finally decided he had to make the first move, so with determined arm movement, he put his arm out to above Amy's head, which she lifted to allow him to put his arm around her and pull her in. Once Amy understood what he was doing she moved in close putting her head on his chest and her arm over the top of him, getting herself comfortable sleeping half on top of him. This was completely new to Sheldon and he couldn't help the natural reaction to tense up, which Amy felt in him and made her lift her head off him.

"I'm sorry Sheldon, does this bother you too?" Obvious sadness in her voice as the thought of not being able to sleep touching him, slight upsetting her.

Sheldon, started to relax, forcing himself to remember she just came out of the shower, he never got sick from her and he liked how warm and soft she was. With those thoughts put on the fore front of his mind, he pulled her tighter to him, relishing the feel of her soft warm body against his. "No Amy, you're fine." Sheldon then started to instinctively rub her back in comfort.

Amy sighed and put her head down, again getting comfortable, the warmth of Sheldon's body and his soothing hand rubbing her back putting her to sleep instantly. Sheldon stopped rubbing when he felt Amy relax and could tell she was asleep, it actually made him happy that she was relaxed and asleep. He also found, as he laid there, her being pressed close on him, made him feel good, her there was soothing to him and as he thought about her, sleep took his mind over too.

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Penny crawled into bed after quickly getting ready, trying to find a spot, on the way too big bed, that she felt comfortable, but not succeeding. She was really tired, but couldn't sleep, it was a feeling she knew well over the last year and it was a condition that could only be solved one way. She knew if she just had a couple drinks she would be able to sleep, but the guilt of what Leonard said to her last night still sat in her mind, even though she knew if she didn't drink she would lay awake all night. But Penny needed to sleep, so she slipped out of bed and left her room.

Leonard lay awake, unable to sleep too, he too was having a hard time finding a comfortable spot on the bed, plus he couldn't get the video out of his mind. Leonard felt displaced, but the man in the video, him, told him if he fixed the problem he should stay and be with Penny. Leonard started to wonder, if he stayed longer would that displaced feeling go away, his older self seemed to imply that wasn't a problem. Leonard was mulling that over in his mind when he heard his bedroom door open and in the darkness he barely saw her outline, "Penny?"

"Leonard, I need to sleep with you." Penny stated, it was not a question.

Leonard felt the bed move, the covers pulled over her then felt her body scoot close to his. "Penny are you sure?"

"Please, just hold me and let me sleep with you. I can't sleep alone. I started to head to the home bar, but decided to come here instead. If you want me to not to drink at night, then you need to let me sleep with you."

Leonard sighed and pulled her close to him to spoon her, holding her suddenly made him feel relaxed and the exhaustion of the day take over his body. He didn't know who fell asleep first, because they both seemed to relax into each other after he pulled her close to him. All he did know was when he closed his eyes, sleep was welcomed and it soon took him away.

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Sheldon woke of first that morning, noticing that some time during the night him and Amy moved and he now was on his side with Amy wrapped in his arms, spooning her. His face was touching the top of her head and he could smell her shampoo along with the warmth and softness of her body. She felt so soft, he thought, then his eyes got wide, as he realized his one hand was on inside her night shirt cupping her bare breast. His first reaction was to pull away, but then he realized Amy's hand was over his holding his hand there, he didn't know what to do. So he just forced himself to lay there not moving and as time went on, he found it easier and easier to lay in that position until a point came he found it comforting to hold her like that.

Amy started to wake up shortly afterwards, naturally pulling his arms tighter around her for his warmth and comfort as she woke up. She finally noticed where his hand was as she fully came awake and smiled to herself, that he actually did feel some kind of attraction to her, otherwise why would he cop a feel of his sleeping wife in the night. However like every morning now, her first thoughts were getting to the bathroom, to relieve the pressure on her bladder. "Honey, I have to get up and pee." She said softly

Sheldon let her go immediately, "Of course…..sorry."

Amy got up and just smiled at him, unbuttoning a couple more buttons on her gown, to the top of her baby bump, exposing most of her breasts to him. "Honey, you know you can have me anytime you want."

Sheldon swallowed, unable to take his eyes off her chest, who would have thought he was a breast man. "Amy, I thought we talked about that last night."

Amy's smile diminished, "I know Sheldon, but you can still touch me….if you want. I like you touching me."

Sheldon looked up to her eyes, the thought of touching her did seem like something he would like, like how he like hand holding with her. "Okay."

Amy's smile got a little bigger again, "Okay, well I have to use the bathroom now." She then turned and left the room. It was funny how once she left his sight, Sheldon felt lonely with her gone and he found he actually missed her warmth next to him. He found he wondered if she would come back to the bed and let him hold her again, because right now that was the only thing he wanted to do.