crack_van | Pandora's Mask by montycrowley (R)

Fandom: THE BIG BANG THEORY
Pairing: Sheldon/Penny
Length: 3.9k
Author on LJ:

montycrowley
Author Website: Fic Post
Why this must be read:

It's almost impossible to rec The Big Bang Theory without wanting to highlight everything

montycrowley puts words to with big neon lights flashing READ THIS NOW. This fic takes an AU premise that Penny isn't the Penny we all know and love, and rolls on from there in a firecracker ride of angst, disbelief, double crosses and sex with a heartache killer ending. Read it and take a breath, because you'll need to.

At first she has to be with Leonard, and she studies his sweet smile, and thinks that in another lifetime she could love him truly.

But Sheldon is her goal.

Sheldon's a challenge, and she meets it the way she always does: not head-on, but from the side.

She finds a way in, learns his language, finds the chinks in his armor.

Pandora's Mask