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The Top of the Building
He paced. He paced for his life. He watched the door anxiously as he strode back in forth under the mistletoe he had adjusted a good 7 times. Were the candles all lit? Was it too bright? Was the mistletoe too far to the left? Oh crap… is it too far to the right? Maybe he should just scrap the whole thing. He struggled not to walk out the door and walk home.
I mean, Barney Stinson didn't want this! Marriage? Isn't that the last thing he thought he would do… propose? He felt so uneasy on that roof. He didn't belong there. This was a spot for a romantic, a commitment junkie, a good man. But Barney felt anything but good. Not only had he failed miserably as a friend, boyfriend, ex, and fiancé, he just wasn't good. He had done the most unspeakable things to almost everybody he loved. And he did love them. Although he would never say it to his friends, Barney loved them. But not like this. Never like this. Never enough to crumble his mask, to break his walls, to confuse and frustrate and hurt or even save him. So as much as the prospect of kneeling down, of exposing himself, of proposing, of committing to something, someone, for the rest of his life petrified him… he would do it. Because Robin wasn't a fling, she was someone Barney couldn't bear to live without. She was someone Barney couldn't stop loving for an instant. She was someone he could feel even remotely comfortable revealing himself to. She was the greatest and most awesome person he has ever known. Being away from her meant sadness, being with her as friends meant madness, and the only thing that would make him happy, was to be there for her, and her for him, until he died.
And that is why Barney Stinson continued to pace, shake, and wait, despite his fears, despite how uncomfortable and scared he was. He was scared, something he rarely admitted to his friends, or even himself. But he waited, and waited, and waited, torturing himself with his thoughts. Until finally, he had to suppress the shock and utter happiness he felt seeing Robin Scherbatsky walked through that door, and everything would be okay… if she said yes.
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