HIMYM fic: drabblethon response
I'm posting my Barney/Robin drabblethon response here because it got a little out of hand and is now too big for a comment.
logicisfailing wanted: The New Star Trek movie.
Barney & Robin go see it, the guys fanboy over it, the gang compare Star Wars & Star Trek, etc. Whatever you want - I'm not picky :-)
WARNING: spoilers for the new Star Trek film beyond the cut. No HIMYM spoilers, just assume Barney/Robin are together. Also, this is borderline crack, written in like five minutes.
The second the words, "So we saw the new Star Trek movie last night," left Robin's mouth, Lily groaned and downed her entire drink.
At her reaction, Barney let out a theatrical gasp of outrage and frowned at her as though she’d insulted his suit. He opened and closed his mouth several times, apparently too appalled to speak before gesturing to Robin to speak for him.
Robin laughed at his antics, but supplied the words his elaborate gestures were failing to convey. “I think what Barney means is, what’s wrong with seeing Star Trek? I admit I was pretty sceptical but -”
“Oh it’s not the movie,” Lily assured them, laughing at Barney’s visible relief.
“Then what?” he asked, immediately back to normal.
Lily rose from the booth and paused to answer him, “it’s what you’re about to unleash.”
“What?”
“You’ll see,” she promised. With a sigh, she headed over to the bar, calling to Ted and Marshall as they passed her on their way back, “Hey, Robin and Barney saw Star Trek last night.”
And just like that, it all made sense.
Before they’d even reached the booth, Ted and Marshall were deep in a heated conversation about the film. As they slid in beside Robin and Barney without even a greeting, Marshall was saying, “Oh come on, that fight in the bar? Those Starfleet guys may as well have tapped Kirk on the shoulder and said, ‘I don’t like you ... he doesn’t like you either!’”
“It’s not the same thing -”
“It absolutely is! And I’m sorry Ted, but you do not use the words ‘punch it’ unless your name is Han Solo and you add the name Chewie to the end of the sentence!”
“It’s a legitimate sci-fi phrase Marshall, it's even a classic Star Trek line!”
“I don’t think that’s what Han Solo would say .”
Robin turned her head to Barney and muttered, “Right now I think Han Solo would say ‘punch them Chewie.”
Lily re-joined the group just as Barney gave Robin a high five.
Ted and Marshall continued in this vein for a while, until one of their comments made Barney but in. “Wait a second, original-Spock was in this movie?”
“Uh yeah,” Ted answered, frowning.
“So they got two Spocks for this but didn’t bother to get Scotty?”
“Scotty was in it eventually,” Marshall told him, now looking sceptical. “Did you even see this movie?”
Barney shrugged, “What? Yeah, of course I did - I just - it was-”
Lily glanced at Robin, comprehension dawning on her face. “You’re blushing!”
Robin shifted in her seat, embarrassed. “We may have been a little ... pre-occupied ... during the later part of the movie,” she admitted sheepishly.
“Yeah we were,” Barney agreed, throwing up a high five that Lily, still giddy over her friends actually getting together, happily reciprocated.
Ted rolled his eyes, “Guys, c’mon, at the movies? How did you not get thrown out?”
“No - how did you not get arrested?” Marshall amended.
“We weren’t at the movies,” Barney answered, turning to Robin with a raised eyebrow. “Although...”
“No,” she shot back, then after a moment’s stare down, “ok, maybe.”
Barney grinned, turning his attention back to the group. “We were at my place, I’ve had a copy on DVD for like ... months.” He straightened his tie with a smirk, “I know some people.”
“How -”
Barney merely shrugged, “please.” With that enigmatic response, Barney pulled out his phone and a moment later, he grinned, grabbed Robin hand and pulled her up out of the booth. “Now if you’ll excuse us, there’s a showing of Angels and Demons in ten minutes that we really don’t need to see.”
Robin rolled her eyes, but grabbed her coat and left with him, grinning.
logicisfailing wanted: The New Star Trek movie.
Barney & Robin go see it, the guys fanboy over it, the gang compare Star Wars & Star Trek, etc. Whatever you want - I'm not picky :-)
WARNING: spoilers for the new Star Trek film beyond the cut. No HIMYM spoilers, just assume Barney/Robin are together. Also, this is borderline crack, written in like five minutes.
The second the words, "So we saw the new Star Trek movie last night," left Robin's mouth, Lily groaned and downed her entire drink.
At her reaction, Barney let out a theatrical gasp of outrage and frowned at her as though she’d insulted his suit. He opened and closed his mouth several times, apparently too appalled to speak before gesturing to Robin to speak for him.
Robin laughed at his antics, but supplied the words his elaborate gestures were failing to convey. “I think what Barney means is, what’s wrong with seeing Star Trek? I admit I was pretty sceptical but -”
“Oh it’s not the movie,” Lily assured them, laughing at Barney’s visible relief.
“Then what?” he asked, immediately back to normal.
Lily rose from the booth and paused to answer him, “it’s what you’re about to unleash.”
“What?”
“You’ll see,” she promised. With a sigh, she headed over to the bar, calling to Ted and Marshall as they passed her on their way back, “Hey, Robin and Barney saw Star Trek last night.”
And just like that, it all made sense.
Before they’d even reached the booth, Ted and Marshall were deep in a heated conversation about the film. As they slid in beside Robin and Barney without even a greeting, Marshall was saying, “Oh come on, that fight in the bar? Those Starfleet guys may as well have tapped Kirk on the shoulder and said, ‘I don’t like you ... he doesn’t like you either!’”
“It’s not the same thing -”
“It absolutely is! And I’m sorry Ted, but you do not use the words ‘punch it’ unless your name is Han Solo and you add the name Chewie to the end of the sentence!”
“It’s a legitimate sci-fi phrase Marshall, it's even a classic Star Trek line!”
“I don’t think that’s what Han Solo would say .”
Robin turned her head to Barney and muttered, “Right now I think Han Solo would say ‘punch them Chewie.”
Lily re-joined the group just as Barney gave Robin a high five.
Ted and Marshall continued in this vein for a while, until one of their comments made Barney but in. “Wait a second, original-Spock was in this movie?”
“Uh yeah,” Ted answered, frowning.
“So they got two Spocks for this but didn’t bother to get Scotty?”
“Scotty was in it eventually,” Marshall told him, now looking sceptical. “Did you even see this movie?”
Barney shrugged, “What? Yeah, of course I did - I just - it was-”
Lily glanced at Robin, comprehension dawning on her face. “You’re blushing!”
Robin shifted in her seat, embarrassed. “We may have been a little ... pre-occupied ... during the later part of the movie,” she admitted sheepishly.
“Yeah we were,” Barney agreed, throwing up a high five that Lily, still giddy over her friends actually getting together, happily reciprocated.
Ted rolled his eyes, “Guys, c’mon, at the movies? How did you not get thrown out?”
“No - how did you not get arrested?” Marshall amended.
“We weren’t at the movies,” Barney answered, turning to Robin with a raised eyebrow. “Although...”
“No,” she shot back, then after a moment’s stare down, “ok, maybe.”
Barney grinned, turning his attention back to the group. “We were at my place, I’ve had a copy on DVD for like ... months.” He straightened his tie with a smirk, “I know some people.”
“How -”
Barney merely shrugged, “please.” With that enigmatic response, Barney pulled out his phone and a moment later, he grinned, grabbed Robin hand and pulled her up out of the booth. “Now if you’ll excuse us, there’s a showing of Angels and Demons in ten minutes that we really don’t need to see.”
Robin rolled her eyes, but grabbed her coat and left with him, grinning.