Comments | allthingsholy: [fic] let nothing you dismay, bbtfic, s/p, 2500 words

allthingsholy

[fic] let nothing you dismay, bbtfic, s/p, 2500 words

Dec 29, 2011 20:21

Title: Let Nothing You Dismay
Author: allthingsholy
For: ishie at the sheldon_penny Saturnalia 2011.
Prompt: Penny and Sheldon and the things they're afraid of. (Let’s just SAY that this fits the original prompt.)
Notes: Thanks to juniperlane for the beta.
Summary: Sheldon, Penny, New Year's Eve, and conquering a few fears.

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( New Year’s Eve is and has always been Penny’s least favorite holiday. Ever since she was a kid, dragged to her parent’s friends’ houses and shunted down to the basement until the wee hours of the morning. Not this year. There's got to be a Law & Order marathon on somewhere. )

sheldon/penny, fic, bbt

Comments 9

notalwaysweak December 30 2011, 01:45:35 UTC

Plus, I never make it past January anyway.

OH SHELDON. You are human.

What’s something you’re afraid of? Like, something besides academic failure and basic human intimacy?

*sneeeerk* Oh snap, Penny.

he’s breathing too evenly not to be silently panicking a little bit

Do I ever know this feeling.

All in all, it’s a pretty chaste kiss, no tongue or anything (she wants to push Sheldon’s buttons a little bit, not send him into an all-out tailspin), but when she pulls away her heart’s beating a little bit faster and she’s got that stupid brave feeling in her fingertips again.

Ahhhh this line is flawless.

allthingsholy December 30 2011, 02:49:15 UTC

♥♥♥

I AM SO GLAD YOU LIKE IT! (It's not ~perfection like your Saturnalia fic, but -- HOLIDAY FIC! That's automatic extra points, right?)

Anyway, thanks so much for reading and commenting and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!

fujiidom December 30 2011, 02:22:19 UTC

THIS IS SO DELIGHTFUL. They're just. You're just. Delightful.

allthingsholy December 30 2011, 02:46:29 UTC

OMG I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THESE NEW COMMENT FORMS. I HATE THEM.

But I don't hate you. Thanks, dear, I'm so glad you liked it!

jazzfic December 30 2011, 07:27:32 UTC

Ahhh...that was made of adorable. Bonus kudos for using the rooftop, my favourite set-piece-that-never-gets-used-enough :)

lovelylytton December 30 2011, 09:29:36 UTC

Oh, I want to hug this fic, and its Sheldon, and its Penny, and its Dune and its couch. Wonderfully, wonderfully written.

trippy41 December 30 2011, 12:30:00 UTC

Ack! I need to unfriend Yuletide, because with the zillion rec posts, I nearly missed this gem!

You did very well, Sheldon. But this was supposed to be my turn.” She takes a step toward him. “What’re you afraid of?”

“Nothing. Nothing at all.” He doesn’t look back toward the ledge but keeps his eyes locked on hers. “I am a leaf on the wind.”

Love this bit. Never a good idea quoting Wash, Sheldon! You know what happened to him.

Lovely!