FIC: Asparagus (HIMYM)
Title: Asparagus
Summary: Ted and Marshall make a discovery.
Rating/Warnings: PG-13.
Word Count: 366
Challenge: barneyrobin comm Fanworks round 1
Fandom/Pairing: HIMYM, Gen
Spoilers: For Season 6 - Legendaddy
“Hey, you ready dude?”
Barney jumped and slammed down the lid of Ted’s laptop with guilt written all over his face. “Oh, hey!” He tried his best to act nonchalantly. “You’re ready in less than an hour. That’s gotta be a record.” He paused, then elaborated, “Because you’re a girl.”
Ted laughed. “What were you just doing to my computer?”
“Nothing. I wasn’t doing anything.”
“Yes you were. Were you setting my wallpaper to busty Betty again?”
Barney shook his head. “Seriously, I wasn’t-”
“Marshall! Help me out here!”
Marshall got up from the couch to see what all the fuss was about, only to find Ted practically wrestling Barney away from the laptop, both arms wrapped around his friend’s chest. “Just look and see what Barney’s been doing on my laptop?” Ted asked as Barney tried to kick him in the shins.
“That’s my private personal business!” Barney shrieked.
Marshall laughed and flipped open the lid. “Wow, this is pretty exciting. What could embarrass the great Barney Stinson? I mean, you blatantly watch porn at work…” The big guy narrowed his eyes. “Okay, this is weird, it’s just the order screen in Amazon. I don’t get it. What’s so bad about…? Hmm, clicking back to see what you ordered… Oh.”
Marshall paused and looked over at Barney, who’d gone limp in Ted’s arms. “That’s my personal business,” he said, defeated, and as soon as Ted let him go he made a dash for the door. “I need a beer,” he yelled at them, and disappeared.
“What is it?” Ted asked, as Marshall tilted the screen toward him. It was a book. Just a book, that was all. A book entitled “Asparagus: A Novel” by a certain Jerome Whitaker.
“All he was doing was buying that book his Dad wrote?” Ted asked wonderingly. “But I thought he said he was never gonna talk to his Dad again? I thought he said his Dad was totally lame.”
But now Marshall was smiling. “I guess he changed his mind.”
They shared a momentary look of understanding and Ted said, “And I guess we owe Barney a drink?”
Marshall nodded emphatically. “We really do. He’s going to need it.”
Summary: Ted and Marshall make a discovery.
Rating/Warnings: PG-13.
Word Count: 366
Challenge: barneyrobin comm Fanworks round 1
Fandom/Pairing: HIMYM, Gen
Spoilers: For Season 6 - Legendaddy
“Hey, you ready dude?”
Barney jumped and slammed down the lid of Ted’s laptop with guilt written all over his face. “Oh, hey!” He tried his best to act nonchalantly. “You’re ready in less than an hour. That’s gotta be a record.” He paused, then elaborated, “Because you’re a girl.”
Ted laughed. “What were you just doing to my computer?”
“Nothing. I wasn’t doing anything.”
“Yes you were. Were you setting my wallpaper to busty Betty again?”
Barney shook his head. “Seriously, I wasn’t-”
“Marshall! Help me out here!”
Marshall got up from the couch to see what all the fuss was about, only to find Ted practically wrestling Barney away from the laptop, both arms wrapped around his friend’s chest. “Just look and see what Barney’s been doing on my laptop?” Ted asked as Barney tried to kick him in the shins.
“That’s my private personal business!” Barney shrieked.
Marshall laughed and flipped open the lid. “Wow, this is pretty exciting. What could embarrass the great Barney Stinson? I mean, you blatantly watch porn at work…” The big guy narrowed his eyes. “Okay, this is weird, it’s just the order screen in Amazon. I don’t get it. What’s so bad about…? Hmm, clicking back to see what you ordered… Oh.”
Marshall paused and looked over at Barney, who’d gone limp in Ted’s arms. “That’s my personal business,” he said, defeated, and as soon as Ted let him go he made a dash for the door. “I need a beer,” he yelled at them, and disappeared.
“What is it?” Ted asked, as Marshall tilted the screen toward him. It was a book. Just a book, that was all. A book entitled “Asparagus: A Novel” by a certain Jerome Whitaker.
“All he was doing was buying that book his Dad wrote?” Ted asked wonderingly. “But I thought he said he was never gonna talk to his Dad again? I thought he said his Dad was totally lame.”
But now Marshall was smiling. “I guess he changed his mind.”
They shared a momentary look of understanding and Ted said, “And I guess we owe Barney a drink?”
Marshall nodded emphatically. “We really do. He’s going to need it.”