Fic: Duck and Cover

[otempora42]

OK, so this is possibly definitely the darkest thing I've ever written. Prompt from smthwallflower.

Title: Duck and Cover
Fandom: HIMYM
Pairing: Barney/Robin
Rating: R
Wordcount: 2820
Warnings: language, violence, dark themes, sexual references, character death
Summary: She's not Canadian, she's not a former pop star, and her name isn't Robin Scherbatsky. She's

Comments

[smthwallflower]

DUDE!!! DUDE!!! NO FREAKIN WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW /PERFECT/ THIS IS!!!

SOOOOO so awesome. Seriously. I want to quote the entire thing. It just makes SENSE, yo! So much better than I could've ever ever EVER imagined it being!

I loved,
>> Robin’s fiercely independent, and she wouldn’t be controlled, even by the woman who invented her. <<

Gah! This is suuuuuch a delicious mindf**k, I love it!

And,

>> He blinked and laughed. He slumped slightly, a little relaxed. “Flugelhorn.” <<

Bless Barney, I died a little inside on that one. :( Flugelhorn <3

AND,

>>“Robin…” She spoke carefully, slowly. “She would have loved you. But I never did.”... )

[smthwallflower]

OHH!!! And,

>> So she packed up and moved on. She never saw Ted or Lily or Marshall ever again, although she occasionally sent them postcards.<<

Because how frak'd up is it that she sends them POSTCARD!?

<3 Seriously one of my most favorite fics EVER!

[otempora42]

Um... I kind of stole the line about how Robin loves Barney, but the spy doesn't *cough*. The rest was all me, though!

Anyway, thank you so much! Your comment(s) rock so hard. :D

[magpieinthesky]

This was so ridiculously awesome!!!! Just mindblowingly good.

[otempora42]

Thank you! :D

[snogged]

This was intensely fascinating :) As well as being dark (holy frak to the bus and the shooting!), sad!funny (flugelhorn), and awesome :)

[otempora42]

Thank you! I did want some sad!funny, and this definitely the darkest thing I've ever written. I kind of surprise myself. :P

Anyway, glad you liked it! :)

[otempora42]

Thank you very much! I'm really glad you liked it. :D

[anonymous]

Wow.

That's really all I can say.

Wow.

This is one of the best AUs of HIMYM that I've ever ever read. The whole time I was reading, I was thinking that she was going to have some change of heart, and she wouldn't actually kill him (because who could kill Barney? He's adorable!). But the whole thing where she didn't love him but Robin did . . . so perfectly done.

One small note (sorry I'm nit-picky): "She knew the route that would be the fastest way to get to the hospital from the GNB building." Barney didn't work for GNB when he got hit by the bus.

Great job on the great fic!

[otempora42]

Friggin' hell. This is what I get for writing at 3 AM. :P Thanks for the spot!

Anyway, thank you so much, Anon! I'm really flattered. :D