Sheldon Cooper Imagines (The Big Bang Theory)

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (x Reader Fluff)

Warnings: Sexual references 

Summary: Y/N doesn't have a present for Sheldon and panics. 

Word count: 1,533

Estimated Read Time: 8 minutes, 30 seconds

"Are you done with all your Christmas shopping?" Howard asked me.

"No! I've barely even started and it's Christmas Eve."

"Surely you at least have something for Sheldon?"

I shook my head, looking out the coffee shop window at the people scrambling through the streets to get into taxis or steel buildings. "Nope. I tried to find something but there was nothing I looked at and thought, 'Hey, that's perfect!' when I saw it. Now I've ruined it all. The holidays are going to suck because I'm the worst partner ever!"

My head dropped down onto the table, nearly toppling my hot tea, but Howard snatched it out of the way in the nick of time. "Oh, Y/N, it's not ruined. You know, I have an idea for the perfect Christmas gift."

"What?" I asked, sitting up and leaning against the window.

"Well, you know what his favorite thing in the whole world is, don't you?"

"Science."

"No."

"D.C. superheroes."

"He does love those a lot, but no."

"Trains."

Howard snorted. "Not quite. Come on, be serious. What does Sheldon love?"

"Learning. He devotes his life to it. Do you want me to get him, like, a textbook? Help with his research, maybe? I mean, he is in deep with his projects. Or I guess I could talk to Leonard about finding him some kind of trip to go on for research. A safari or something. But that's pretty expensive and he doesn't like biology much. He says it's gross."

"You're such an idiot, Y/N. No! You!"

I furrowed my brow. "Me?"

"Duh, you!"

"That doesn't make any sense. How am I supposed to be a Christmas gift?"

Howard raised a brow, sipping his hot chocolate and licking it off his lips suggestively. "I'm sure you'll think of something."

My face flushed red. "No! No, I'm going to get him a legitimate present, something better."

He shrugged. "Suit yourself. But if were dating you, I'd take every chance I could to-"

"Stop, stop! Ugh, you're disgusting!"

"You know I'm right."

"No. I'll just get him a... a gift card."

Howard rolled his eyes, sitting back in his chair. "Boring! Whatever, Y/N. It's your relationship and he's your boyfriend, so if you disappoint him, that's on you."

"You are not helpful."

"On the contrary, I think my ideas were very good. You're just a prude."

"Am not!"

He just stared at me.

I tried to sputter out a response, but I had none. Instead, I left some change on the table to tip our waitress and headed out.

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Penny could barely contain herself. Christmas was finally here and she had the best ideas.