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Title: Same Old Story
Author: GypsyJr
Fandom: How I Met Your Mother
Pairing: Barney/Robin (established relationship)
Disclaimer: This is a work of fanfiction, and no copyright infringement or disrespect is intended.
Rating: PG
Summary: The gang discuss certain literary parallels.
A/N: This is short, even by my standards. It could also be seen as a follow up to Into The Dark, though it wasn't intended that way.
The movie wouldn’t have been Barney’s first choice. Or his last. Cutesy British romantic comedies starring Colin Firth and/or Hugh Grant (he could never remember which was which) were nowhere near his idea of a good night’s entertainment. Evidently they weren’t anyone else’s either, because the DVD had mysteriously arrived via Netflix and no one would admit to choosing it. Still, they were making the best of it.
He’d started to doze off against Robin’s shoulder when she nudged him awake. “Ooh, Floppy-Haired Guy’s stuttering again. Take a drink.” Everyone groaned.
“Seriously, we’re gonna have to stop playing this soon or someone’s gonna pass out,” Lily grumbled.
He must have drifted off again, because when he came to the movie was over and Ted and Robin were having a fairly spirited discussion. Marshall and Lily were adding their collective two cents, of course, because in this group debate was more than just a spectator sport.
“I mean, you guys are practically a Shakespearean comedy.”
Raising an eyebrow, he reached for his beer as Robin laughed off the comparison. “You’re kidding, right?”
Ted shook his head. “Come on, the eternal bachelor and the feisty, independent career woman? That’s basically Much Ado About Nothing.”
“That’s what they said about your love life. What up?” He raised his hand for a sleepy high-five, but no one obliged.
“Okay, I kinda walked into that one.”
Barney was just starting to wonder how much of this conversation he’d slept through when Lily made an observation.
“Don’t Shakespeare comedies always end with a wedding?”
Marshall had to pound him on the back for several minutes until he stopped choking.
Author: GypsyJr
Fandom: How I Met Your Mother
Pairing: Barney/Robin (established relationship)
Disclaimer: This is a work of fanfiction, and no copyright infringement or disrespect is intended.
Rating: PG
Summary: The gang discuss certain literary parallels.
A/N: This is short, even by my standards. It could also be seen as a follow up to Into The Dark, though it wasn't intended that way.
The movie wouldn’t have been Barney’s first choice. Or his last. Cutesy British romantic comedies starring Colin Firth and/or Hugh Grant (he could never remember which was which) were nowhere near his idea of a good night’s entertainment. Evidently they weren’t anyone else’s either, because the DVD had mysteriously arrived via Netflix and no one would admit to choosing it. Still, they were making the best of it.
He’d started to doze off against Robin’s shoulder when she nudged him awake. “Ooh, Floppy-Haired Guy’s stuttering again. Take a drink.” Everyone groaned.
“Seriously, we’re gonna have to stop playing this soon or someone’s gonna pass out,” Lily grumbled.
He must have drifted off again, because when he came to the movie was over and Ted and Robin were having a fairly spirited discussion. Marshall and Lily were adding their collective two cents, of course, because in this group debate was more than just a spectator sport.
“I mean, you guys are practically a Shakespearean comedy.”
Raising an eyebrow, he reached for his beer as Robin laughed off the comparison. “You’re kidding, right?”
Ted shook his head. “Come on, the eternal bachelor and the feisty, independent career woman? That’s basically Much Ado About Nothing.”
“That’s what they said about your love life. What up?” He raised his hand for a sleepy high-five, but no one obliged.
“Okay, I kinda walked into that one.”
Barney was just starting to wonder how much of this conversation he’d slept through when Lily made an observation.
“Don’t Shakespeare comedies always end with a wedding?”
Marshall had to pound him on the back for several minutes until he stopped choking.