But a better way to look at this is that I'm getting s*x and you're not, and that's delightful. He's not a full-time dry cleaner. Hey, baby...
Penny: His right hand is calling him? Howard moves his cushion across to Sheldon's spot) There. Howard: In the paintball shed! Just give it a try. Leonard: Just to shoot the couch with a paintball gun? Leonard: What is it, Sheldon? Leslie pulled some strings and got me on the research trip to Geneva to check out the CERN Supercollider. Leslie: How so? Leslie: Surrender, then Denny's. Raj, Howard and Leslie flank to the right behind the rocks. She's dead. Sheldon: That was for my cushion. Then we'll all have a great view as Penny runs out and kills everyone else in sight. Twice! You're also arm candy.
Plan: A: a paintball match; Q: What event occurs at the beginning of the episode? A: Penny; Q: Who accidentally shoots several green paintballs at Sheldon's couch cushion? A: team-kills Penny; Q: What does Sheldon do to Penny in the next paintball game? A: a relationship; Q: What do Leslie and Howard have? A: sex; Q: What do Leslie and Howard do twice? A: his work; Q: What does Leslie secure funds for? A: Geneva; Q: Where is the CERN Large Hadron Collider project located? A: the invitation; Q: What does Leslie threaten to withdraw? A: a "sex toy/arm candy; Q: What does Howard accept his role as? Summary: After a paintball match, Penny accidentally shoots several green paintballs at Sheldon's couch cushion, and she and Leonard try hard to fix it. Sheldon, still upset and dissatisfied with his eventually dry-cleaned cushion, team-kills Penny in the next paintball game, causing the others to surrender. Meanwhile, Leslie and Howard begin a relationship after having sex (twice) during the match. Leslie secures funds for his work and even invites him to a trip to the CERN Large Hadron Collider project in Geneva, but threatens to withdraw the invitation unless he accompanies her to a wedding. So sex is just Leslie's way of controlling Howard. Although initially reluctant, Howard later happily accepts his role as a "sex toy/arm candy" after Leslie comforts him.