[ficlet] tbbt - sheldon cooper, nerd stud

[damalurbackup]

For the Drabble Tree at sheldon_penny. Inspired by this awesome quote:

Jim Parsons: I [recently] got called nerd stud. I’ve never heard that before. I think it’s a fabricated idea. If there’s any true to it, I guess I’m happy! Maybe over my hiatus, I’ll get a personal trainer. Next year, Sheldon can be in a Speedo: an experiment to see if his skin can adjust to new weather conditions. I think people would be taken aback if Sheldon was ripped, like, “What the hell”?


SHELDON COOPER, NERD STUD

"Eat, Sheldon! Lunch! C'mon, please? I'm starving."

"Just a moment," Sheldon said, stopping in the middle of the crowd to study his packet of maps and schedules. "I believe Brian Michael Bendis is in the vicinity, and I have some salient points about Secret Invasion I'd like to discuss. We may eat after I've found him."

Penny groaned and let her forehead fall briefly against Sheldon's back. "Promise?"

"Well, I don't promise that we'll find him, but I can say with reasonable certainty - "

"No, Sheldon. Promise we'll eat after you find this Bendis guy?"

"Oh. Why didn't you say so? Yes, I promise."

"Good." He started off through the crowd again, and Penny caught his sleeve so she wouldn't lose track of him. "Where are the other guys, anyway? We haven't seen them for hours."

Sheldon dodged a trio of Batmen. "I have not the least idea."

"I didn't really want to see if that green-skinned chick dyed her whole body, anyway."

"Yes, I believe that's why you agreed to follow me in the first place," Sheldon said. "And if you insist on talking to me, I'm going to request that you lead. Between the noise of the crowd and our height gradient, I'm having trouble understanding you when you speak."

"Where are we headed?"

Sheldon shuffled around so he could point over her shoulder. "See that banner with Iron Man on it?"

"You mean the one all the freaking way across the hall?"

"Yes."

"Jeez. Can't you beam us over there, Spock?"

Sheldon propelled her forward with a light touch to her back. "I regret to say I possess no such technology," he said, and then his voice rose to that biting tone she knew only too well. "And as I've already explained, I am Lieutenant Commander Data."

"Yeah, well," Penny said, and cut through the middle of the Justice League. "You were Spock yesterday."

"I am attempting to portray a different incarnation of Star Trek each day of the convention." Sheldon's voice came from just above her right ear; she could feel her hair brush against his chest if she turned her head. "With the exception of Enterprise, which I refuse to consider canonical."

"I don't see why you couldn't go as Spock again. That would have been one less suitcase. We practically had to strap Raj to the roof just to fit everyone."

"Some of us care enough about our convention experience to do more than merely put on a yellow jumpsuit each morning."

"Hey!" Penny whirled around. "For one thing, I like Kill Bill! The Bride could kick Data's butt any day of the week! And what you're wearing essentially is a yellow jumpsuit, so don't throw stones!"

"Penny," Sheldon grated. "I should not have to - "

And then a group of Stormtroopers walked into them.

In a split second they were entirely engulfed by a squad of Empire's finest. Penny furrowed her brow, and then the one standing closest to them pulled off her helmet and shook out her glossy black hair.

"Oh my God," the woman said. "You're Sheldon Cooper."

"I am," Sheldon agreed. "Have we met?"

"Online, but I've wanted to meet you in person forever! Oh my God. I mean, I've read, like, all your meta about BSG - " The woman was wearing a dazzled, giddy expression that reminded Penny of Ramona.

"You know him?" she cut in.

"Oh, yeah," Star Wars chick said. "He's kind of a" - she shot a glance at one of the other Stormtroopers, lowed her voice, and giggled - "a nerd stud, if you know what I mean."

"Oh my God," Penny echoed. She was pretty sure she was actually slack-jawed. "You're serious."

"Oh yeah," the woman whispered, and then turned back to Sheldon. "So I'm BarissOffee8 from TheForce.net, okay? I've gotta go now – there's a panel on the Clone Wars – but maybe I'll run into you later?"

"If the law of large numbers is amenable," Sheldon said, and the woman tittered in response.

"Great!" she said, and jammed her helmet back on her head. In unison the Stormtroopers swiveled and marched away.

"Oh my God," Penny said.

"Well, she was nice," Sheldon said. "Although considering the number of people in attendance, the probability that we will 'run into each other' is quite low. Penny, your face is flushed. Do we need to seek medical attention?"

"Oh my God," said Penny.

Comments

[fenellaevangela.livejournal.com]

That was adorable!

[damalur]

Hee, thanks! I've been churning out a lot of fluff lately.

[htbthomas.livejournal.com]

I believe Brian Michael Bendis is in the vicinity, and I have some salient points about Secret Invasion I'd like to discuss. -- HA! Don't we all, don't we all...

"I am attempting to portray a different incarnation of Star Trek each day of the convention." Sheldon's voice came from just above her right ear; she could feel her hair brush against his chest if she turned her head. "With the exception of Enterprise, which I refuse to consider canonical." -- Oh, man, geeks can put in the best references in an S/P fic! *high fives*

"He's kind of a" - she shot a glance at one of the other Stormtroopers, lowed her voice, and giggled - "a nerd stud, if you know what I mean." -- OMG, Sheldon is a BNF!!

HILARIOUS, babe. :DDDDD BTW, I'm SO going to Comic-Con this year. With the BBT buzz, do you think there's a chance they'll be there? *hopes*

[damalur]

OMG SHELDON TOTALLY IS A BNF. THAT NEEDS TO BE A FIC.

"Um, guys?" Penny looked puzzled. "What's a BNF?"

Leonard opened his mouth to explain, but Sheldon cut him off before he could get a word.

"Penny," Sheldon said, and drew himself up proudly. "I am a BNF."

*ahem*

Thank you! It is so, so easy to put in geek references in TBBT fic. I love it - it's basically a platform for me to stick in all my own rants and opinions. I think you might be just about the only person that catches everything, though! *high fives back*

If I can work it around my schedule I'm definitely headed to Comic Con too (and wow, I am a geek, because I go to school every summer). I really, really want the BBT cast to be there; there's an awesome quote from this article that gives me hope:

> “We’re a sitcom that has a fan base that treats the show the way a sci-fi fan base treats their shows,” Bill Prady says. “There’s a kind of passion in our fans that you don’t usually see in 30-minute comedies. They’re like Battlestar Galactica or Star Trek fans.”

So if they talk about their fan base like that, they essentially have to be at CC, right? *crosses fingers*

[htbthomas.livejournal.com]

I think you might be just about the only person that catches everything, though! *high fives back* -- You gotta have those people on your f-list, though. I adore my comics buddies squeeing over random tidbits I sprinkle into Smallville and Spider-Man fic. :D

Re: Comic-Con - I saw that article. God, I hope they come. Regardless, we should totally meet up. I'm going with chickadilly for only one of the days (I'm poor!) while my daughter and her cousin go with Grandma to Disneyland! ♥

[damalur]

I would definitely be up for meeting up (possibly at the BBT panel? *g*). The only problem is that it's the week before summer session finals, so I'll have to see if I can finagle it. I think my friends and I are talking about four-day passes, but I'm not sure we can really afford that...

[htbthomas.livejournal.com]

As they time gets closer, we can talk more about it - the BBT panel would be amazing, as my friend doesn't watch... yet. :D

[damalur]

Sounds good to me! And it seems like you have some converting to do. ;)

[kitsuneneko.livejournal.com]

*giggles... hys.teri.cally.* And yes, they need to be said as distinct words. XD

[damalur]

;D

[christ-chexx-4u.livejournal.com]

i love this! i just got finished watching the episode where sheldon is completely clueless about the flock of grad school fangirls he has. penny should really take a hint!

[damalur]

Thank you! That is seriously one of my favorite episodes ever - they're all so clueless about why Sheldon keeps attracting fangirls, and I love the look on Penny's face when she walks in and Sheldon's getting a pedicure. I think the only episodes that might be better are the one where Penny gets addicted to Age of Conan and the one where Sheldon and Penny get in a feud.

[christ-chexx-4u.livejournal.com]

YES, omg i just saw the feud one. EPIC!! im almost done w/ all the aired episodes, which makes me sad. i guess ill just have to start re-watching!

i love those episodes ALOT. because although penny might not be a science geek, i love that its clear that shes very much his equal, and not adverse to sharing the boys' interests. in fact, i think maybe my favorite penny moment so far (i really really love her) was when the boys announced that she was 'one of them', and she barely batted an eye - she only got mad when she wasn't allowed to be in the apartment and hang out with them anymore.

.....this show is consuming my life. im blaming it on you.

[damalur]

I feel like I'm brainwashing a lot of people into liking TBBT, but I refuse to feel guilt because obsession loves company (?) and, y'know, the show is only AWESOME. *g*

P & S do have this really balanced dynamic that I think she lacks with Leonard - it's clear that Sheldon is, in his own way, able to match her, but it sort of feels like she's dragging Leonard along sometimes. I think Leonard maybe feels like too much of a pushover for Penny? She's such a strong character, and I love her to bits because it'd be so easy for her to just be the dumb blond neighbor but she isn't, she is one of them, and idk, now I'm rambling.

(And not that I dislike Leonard! I just kind of want to take him home and pat him on the head and feed him cookies, not shove him in a closet with Penny and tell him to get over his OCD and just kiss her already, we can't stand the UST! K, [/rambling].)

[christ-chexx-4u.livejournal.com]

theres no guilt to be felt when the show is THIS AWESOME!! i LOVE getting people into shows, especially if its a show that they might not have otherwise watched. i did it with all of my roommates in florida and 'how i met your mother'.

and i COMPLETELY get what you mean about leonard/penny. there was even an interview where kaley cuoco was talking about how penny is molding leonard into the man she wants him to be, and that just kinda sat wrong with me. like, why bother, if you have to change him just so that you can be with him? and i probably shouldnt be taking the actors' words for much, because she also said that she thought penny was very naive, which i disagree with, but its just kinda soured me on the idea of leonard and penny. as tired as it sounds (though maybe thats just because i always 'ship the bickering pairs), sheldon challenges her, and i think its something she needs. penny does definitely deserve a good guy, but i just cant, in my mind, reconcile 'shipping her with leonard, if only because i really see it as settling. right now, she doesnt really know what she wants out of life, and leonard would never be the one to give her a kick in the ass and tell her to figure it out. sheldon WOULD. sheldon would call her on her bullshit because he sees how illogical it is, and she would call him on his bullshit because she sees how unnecessary it is, and then theyd just live happily ever after.

now look whos rambling!