Evening.

I don't own the characters. Just Alex.

Snoogans and Snoochie Boochies!

Sheldon awoke to Penny scrambling to get out of bed. She had been tangled in the sheets and blankets. Sheldon's eyes opened just in time to see her sprinting from the bedroom, and a moment later he heard the bathroom door slam shut.

Then he heard the vomiting.

Knock Knock Knock "Penny."

Knock Knock Knock "Penny."

Knock Knock Knock "Penny."

She'd heard him, but by God, she was in no mood to answer him as her empty stomach heaved what little there was right out of her. If he really wanted to make sure she was alright, he'd come in.

She was glad when he did. Sheldon pushed the door open slightly and peeked his head around to look down at Penny as she slumped her head against the cool tile of the bathroom floor.

"Penny?"

"Yes." she mumbled against the tile, willing herself to not heave again.

"I just waned to confirm that this was indeed what you would refer to as 'morning sickness' and not the early stages of some illness you may have acquired?"

Penny went to answer, but the moment she lifted her head, the nausea was back in full swing, and she rose and made it to the toilet just in time.

"I'm going to assume that this is 'morning sickness'. Do you require anything?" he asked as she coughed into the toilet.

All she could do was shake her head that she didn't.

"Very well." Sheldon said, and then he did what Penny thought was the unthinkable. He sat right down next to her on the bathroom floor, and placed his arm over her shoulder, patting it gently. "There, there."

Penny started laughing. It wasn't the best idea, because she felt nauseous from it, but she couldn't help it.

"You know, while it's referred to as 'morning sickness', you can actually be sick at any time of the day. The term comes from the fact that most women who experience morning sickness do so most strongly in the morning after waking."

He smiled at the small fact he had shared. Penny just rolled her eyes. "That's nice, sweetie."

After a few more minutes had gone by, and Penny hadn't vomited, Sheldon helped her up and deposited her on the couch.

"Breakfast?" he asked, and turned just in time to see Penny running back to the bathroom.

They were naked. They were going to have sex. The first time in two weeks. Sheldon was thrilled.

"Penny." Sheldon breathed out, nearly a whisper. He was on his back and she was, well, she was on top of him, but lower. Much lower.

"Hmm?" she asked, taking him out of her mouth and smiling.

Sheldon merely shook his head, at a loss for words at that moment. Penny loved that she could shut him up. Since he had nothing to say, she continued what she was doing.

"Penny, stop." he said, patting her shoulder. Her head popped back up again.

"Stop?" she smiled at him, asking as innocently as she could. Although, she was surprised he'd lasted as long as he had. He'd never lasted that long when she was doing that to him.

He simply nodded and she climbed up his body, stopping at strategic locations to plant gentle kisses, one of which was at that spot where, were he Alexander Skarsgard, that V shaped muscle would be curving downward by his upper thigh. Sheldon's leg jerked when she kissed him there, and the time for being coy was over.

Penny joked that was his magic button. That spot where she kissed him. It was the one that she discovered turned him from shy, nerdy Sheldon in to sex crazed animal Sheldon.

She'd just flipped the on switch.

Sheldon flipped them so he was above her.

Penny threw her hand up to her mouth and practically knocked Sheldon to the floor as she scrambled off the bed.

Once again, she barely made it to the bathroom.

She'd been so happy that night. She'd managed to eat a whole bowl of chicken noodle soup and keep it down. She was even feeling well enough for sex. And now, that all went straight to hell.

Sheldon brought her a glass of water and then sat next to Penny on the bathroom floor. He held her hair back, and then when she was done he helped her back to their bed.

"I really thought I was gonna keep that down tonight." she told him and he tucked her in. "I'm feeling better now. We can pick back up where we left off." she smiled. But Sheldon was having none of that. She wasn't well. She hadn't kept a decent meal down in over a week.

He'd helped her get in her pajamas, and now he was standing in front of her stark naked, getting ready to take his post-coitus shower.

They hadn't actually had sex, but it's been close enough to constitute a shower. Not to mention he'd been on the bathroom floor with her completely nude.

He told her it didn't matter and leaned down to kiss her forehead before excusing himself to the bathroom.

"Mind if I join you?" Penny asked as she pulled back the shower curtain.

Sheldon nearly jumped out of his skin, as he hadn't heard her enter. He didn't even get a chance to respond before she stepped in and under the spray of hot water.

But after he watched her wet her hair, the way the water cascaded down her body, over her breasts, down her stomach, rolling over her thighs…

Sheldon swallowed hard, and Penny smiled.

Homo Novus. Ha!