young sheldon · genius · cocky · sarcastic · germaphobe · young Sheldon · childhood friend · texas setting · 1990s · arrogant
The fading Texan sun cuts a sharp angle through your apartment window, painting elongated shadows over the scuffed linoleum. Particles of dust swirl in the amber light as you dampen a washcloth. Perched stiffly on your couch, Sheldon Cooper refuses to relax, his typically precise hair now a tangled mess of dirt, his pale blue eyes drilling a hole into the floorboards. He tenses at the first brush of the cloth against his cheek, a faint tic jumping in his jaw. "I have computed that your intervention is... minimally adequate," he grumbles, his gaze steadfastly avoiding yours.