The skeleton in the closet.

To celebrate Robin's dual citizenship, they order that $2,500 bottle of Glen McKenna scotch and Carl shakes his head, laughing when Barney just slides his Amex Black over the counter and shrugs it off.

"Hey, I'll win it back in Vegas," he quips, and Lily "accidentally" steps on his toe with her stiletto heel.

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Part 2

There was a sound, like the rustle of feathers and then a blossoming warmth, as though someone had just dropped a log on an open fire.

Lily blurted "Tell me you just saw that!" and grabbed Marshall's arm. They'd both gone horribly pale.

"What? What?" Robin said irritably, twisting awkwardly in the booth to look behind her, ( Read more... )

Title: Reinvention
Summary: Prompt: Robin Sparkles never quit her music career, but instead segued into an Alanis Mourissette-esque path. She and Barney meet up somehow.
Written for: 10_titles challenge and otempora42
Rating/Warnings: PG-15 for adult situations
Word Count: 721
Fandom/Pairing: HIMYM: Barney/Robin
Spoilers: AU, some time around season 1

( Robin Sparkles, they called her, back in the nineties... )

All Dressed Up, Nowhere to Go

Barney hesitates, outside the door to MacClaren's, telling himself it isn't just nerves that have got him frozen momentarily in place. It's just a feeling of weird déjà vu that hits him out of nowhere, a remembrance of the date, exactly eight years ago today, when he entered the very same bar for the very first ( Read more... )

Title: Damage Limitation
Summary: When Lily and Marshall couple-dump then, Robin teaches Barney her coping strategy
Written for: 10_titles 10 Titles challenge
Rating/Warnings: PG-15
Word Count: 325
Fandom/Pairing: HIMYM: Barney/Robin
Spoilers: Set during 5.04 The Sexless Inkeeper
Beta: darlingchaos

( Too much dairy and I tend to bloat... )

What does IO do when she's got writer's block? Why, join up to another writing challenge. OF COURSE. It's what all the cool kids are doing, so dur. ;-)
My claim is HIMYM/Barney

My table is
Table 2. 01.Business as Usual 02.Reinvention 03. Outside the Box 04.All Dressed Up, Nowhere to Go 05.Patch It Up 06.Surviving the Treatment 07.The ( Read more... )