Over My Head
Athena13
Summary: What if Robin said yes to Patrick's offer of casual sex and no commitment?

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Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind
"Over My Head" by The Fray
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"Fine." Robin stood with her hands on her hips looking at Patrick who was sitting on the arm of the couch in the hospital waiting area. "Tonight."

Patrick, who had been prepared to argue his point, snapped his mouth closed. "Tonight?" he repeated in a strangled voice.

Robin tilted her head and smirked at him. The word "coward" echoed in the silence between them. She had once accused him of being afraid of emotional intimacy and he had gone and proven her right only minutes later. The dare was silent this time, but no less effective in getting Patrick Drake's dander up.

"You sure you're not going to turn away in a huff and stomp away?" Patrick put his hands on Robin's hips and slid his thumbs underneath the salmon colored sweater she was wearing to touch the skin on her waist.

"You sure there's not going to be any convenient knock on the door? Actually, I do have one condition," Robin said.

"I knew it!" Patrick shook his head and looked at her smugly.

"While we're sleeping with each other we don't have sex with anyone else."

"What's the point of 'casual' then, Robin?" He rolled his eyes and tilted his head back and looked at her through hooded eyes.

"Take it or leave it."

"I can agree to that." Patrick shrugged and licked his bottom lip.

"But do you agree?" Robin asked pointedly. This was one of her non-negotiables, both because of the risk of transmitting HIV and because she wouldn't be another number on his bedpost. At least not while she was lying underneath it.

Patrick chuckled at how precise she was being. "Yes, I agree. No sex with anyone else while we're still flinging, but either one of us gets to decide when this is over."

"And they tell the other person first." Robin pointed a finger in his face, knowing he was thinking that it would be him who would end it. "No sleeping with someone else and then conveniently letting the other person know. And we remain professional at work both during and after."

"Are we done negotiating?" Patrick grinned and bit his bottom lip. "Because, I have to say this is the most formal casual rel….fling I've ever had already."

"I'm done. Do you have any conditions?"

"Yeah. Practice smiling, I intend for both of us to have a good time." Patrick grinned and stood up. "What time should I pick you up?"

"This is not a date, Patrick. I'll come to your room tonight, eight o'clock?" She looked at her watch and then back up at him.

"Sure." Patrick frowned.

"See you then." Robin turned and walked away.