Title: Legenfamily 1/5
Pairing: Barney/Robin
Word Count: 1062
Rating: PG-13 (mature themes)
Summary: Older and wiser, a divorced Barney and Robin face an unexpected development that could bind them together forever.
Author's Note: This was meant to be the Robin-is-#31 story, but soon took a turn of its own.
PART ONE
New York, 2019
Barney made his way to the podium at the front of the brick-walled basement chapel, hands in pockets to conceal a bad case of the shakes. Three steps shy of his target, his phone vibrated in his suit pocket. He took it out to watch the image of himself and Robin in their wedding finery filled the screen. He should have changed her caller ID. “Sorry, guys. Emergency.” He put the phone to his ear and turned his back to the group. “Are you okay?” His pulse pounded as he waited to hear her voice.
For the second-longest three seconds of his life, the line was silent. He heard a catch in her breath, then, “We need to talk. Now. Not on the phone.”
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