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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.