( Robin smiles at him, kisses him on the cheek, because this is what she wants, of course it is. Sweet, romantic Ted, who knows exactly what to do, exactly how to react to every situation, who supports his wife, dotes on her, shows her off when she does good. She tells herself that Barney’s smile doesn’t seem forced. )

( She doesn’t know how long she’s been sitting at the bar. Doesn’t know how long it’s been since Ted called from San Francisco, since she hung up on him and all but ran to the bar. Hell, she doesn’t know how many drinks she’s had - just that she needs more, so many more. Right now she’s way too sane, too caught up in her thoughts )

Ok this story is my baby. I’ve been working on it (in bursts) for over a year now. It is essentially a oneshot that got very out of control (as in over 20,000 words out of control) it’s still not entirely finished but with the show ending in a matter of weeks I wanted to get at least some of it out so here’s the first of two (or maybe three) parts ( Read more... )

I haven't uploaded anything on LJ before so I hope this works ok ( Read more... )