Warm Gulf Wind by ishie (PG)

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Fandom: THE BIG BANG THEORY
Pairing: Sheldon/Penny
Length: 5,700 words
Author on LJ: ishie
Author Website: ishieland
Why this must be read:

Trying to choose a favorite story of ishie's is nearly an impossible task. She's a brilliant writer who can write practically every genre and make it work beautifully. But this story is one of the best I've ever read in any fandom ever. It's a bittersweet story of Penny and Sheldon's separation and reunion, but what makes it really stand apart from the crowd is how beautifully the writer uses language to evoke a true sense of place - Galveston Island.

She turns off all the lights and opens the curtains, slides the doors open. The breeze off the water smells of salt and fish and something darker that makes her think of blood. She shivers, still feeling the chill from the plane clinging to her skin.

It's fully dark outside, the moon obscured by clouds and the wind sweeping in steadily across miles and miles of water. Music floats on the air from somewhere down the beach, bright horns and choppy drums.

She strips down to her underwear and wraps a sheet from the bed around her shoulders like a cape. A dusting of sand clings to her bare feet when she steps out onto the patio, scratchy and rough against skin that's forgotten how to stand for nine hours straight, in shoes that were too tight and a life that was too small.

The storm is just beginning as she falls asleep, in a bed that's nearly twice the size of the one she's used to. Lightning flashes out over the water, and the rumble of thunder melts into the sound of the waves crashing on the beach.

For the first time in months, she doesn't dream.

Warm Gulf Wind

Months later, ishie created a bonus to the story: & what never should be, a fanmix with related drabbles that fill in the backstory to the fic.

Comments

[ishie]

Damn, Dash, thank you so much ♥♥