Title: Coalescence
Author:
modernxxmythRating: Hard R/light NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Barney/Robin, ensemble
Warnings: Sexxxxxxxx.
Spoilers: None officially, but based on speculation for season eight.
Summary: In the aftermath of Barney's engagement, Robin does what she can to convince herself she's moved on.
Chapter 1.
Chapter 2.
Chapter 3.
Chapter 4.
Chapter 5
Half their clothes were already off by the time they made it to Lily and Marshall's bedroom.
Robin paused mid-kiss and pushed him away for a moment.
"Hey," she said. "We're finally gonna do it in their bed!"
It took Barney a moment to adjust to the change in tone.
"We always did want to manage that one back when we were dating," he agreed, with a laugh.
"It's their fault, really. I don't know what they were expecting, leaving us alone in their apartment over night."
"Not their wisest move," he agreed, leaning in and pressing a kiss to Robin's pulse point.
She grinned, pushed his shirt off of his shoulders, and threw it onto the floor. She trailed her hands across his bare chest and breathed a sigh into his lips.
They melted into each other.
"I missed this," he whispered against her lips.
She flushed.
"Don't get sappy, Stinson," Robin said with a roll of her eyes. She breathed, "But so did I."
He chuckled and unbuttoned her pants, pushing them down her legs and around her ankles. Robin kicked them off, and they landed somewhere on the floor.
They undressed between kisses, and she gasped into Barney's mouth as he reached a finger into her underwear and stroked.
She's never forgotten the feeling of his hands.
It was startling, really, the way he was still mapped across her mind. The fine details she'd memorized when she dated him years before - even when she'd slept with him for the first time - remained in her memory. She could feel the same brush of his thumbs against her hips. The hint of a cigarette on his lips. She could feel herself actively sinking into the memories. It was somehow a breath of fresh air and a return to home all at once. She found herself tracing every expanse of Barney's body to recollect the details. The way his breathing hitched every single time she found that one spot in the small of his back.
She sighed when Barney sliped a finger inside of her while using the other hand to push down her panties. She bit her lip and let her head lull forward, landing against his shoulder. He circled her clit with his thumb, and she bit his shoulder.
Barney winced and laughed, pulling his hand out and away from her. Robin grinned and shoved Barney down onto the bed. She straddled him and pressed her lips against his, once again. He smiled into the kiss and reached his hands into her hair, kissing her urgently. Robin rolled her hips on top of him, feeling his erection straining in his boxers.
She stroked him through the material and smirked at his groan. She pressed a kiss to his chest and scooted down to yank Barney's boxers off of him.
Robin threw them to the floor and slid back up his body, leaving a trail of kisses in her wake, lingering on the spots that got a strong reaction out of him.
She was sucking on one of his nipples when he groaned and pulled her off of him. She frowned.
"Just a sec," he told her, moving to find his pants on the floor and grabbing a foil package from his pants pocket.
"Ah," she nodded, propping herself up on her elbows.
She may not be able to get pregnant, but, well…he was still Barney Stinson. Condoms were still a good call.
He was slipping inside her moments later with a hiss.
Robin bit her lip and dug her fingernails into his back.
They rocked in unison, the air around them heady and thick. Barney swallowed her moans in kisses, and she flipped them over half-way through and settled on top of him with a grin. Robin placed her hands on his chest and circled her hips, delighting in the groan Barney let out.
He grabbed her hips, and they moved together, all gasping breaths and frantic thrusts and pointed caresses.
She could feel heat coiling within her when Barney flipped them over again, planting kisses on her neck and thrusting into her with abandon. Robin wrapped her legs around him and and cried out when his thumb found her clit.
She clenched around him and grabbed at the sheets for purchase, letting out a loud 'fuck' when she came hard.
Barney bent and lifted one of her legs, thrusting into her a few final times with a long, shuddering breath and slowly coming to a halt above her. He rolled off of her and onto his side beside her with a long exhale.
They spent several moments in silence, catching their breath.
Robin wiped a bead of sweat from her brow and turned onto her side to face Barney.
"So…"
"So…" he repeated.
"What are we going to do about this?" Robin asked.
"What do you want to do about this, Scherbatsky?"
"Well…we have a few options. We could just have this be a one-time thing…we could hook-up occasionally…or…we could do this thing for real."
"And I repeat, what do you want to do about this?"
She bit her lip. "I was thinking…option three sounds pretty good."
Barney grinned. "Yeah?"
"Yeah," she smiled.
"You know, we probably won't survive another break-up," he said seriously.
She swallowed hard. "I know."
"I guess we just can't fuck it up this time."
Robin let out a breathless laugh. "Think we're ready for it?"
"I really think we are, this time."
"Good. Me too."
"The real question," Barney began, "is what the hell are we going to tell the gang?"
Robin groaned and buried her head in his chest.
"Ugh, that is not something I want to think about."
"I think I have an idea of how to take your mind off of things…."
And he kissed her.