Map Across Your Heart

by moonlight-shimmer

"You have not traveled enough," she said. "Or you'd know that every journey makes its own map across your heart." - Sharon Shinn. Life is not about reaching a destination; it's about getting there. This is a collection of missing moments illustrating Barney and Robin's journey, laughter, tears, heartbreak, happiness, friendship and lots of fluffiness included! :)

6. The way you loved me won my heart

Happy Sunday! Have fun reading :)

Context: post 8x06: "I love everything about her, and I'm not a guy who says that lightly." :)
Prompt: #002 Love
Word count: 100

In hindsight, she thinks, it was all pretty obvious. The 'fake' speech, Lily told her once, years after it happened, was so painfully obviously true that even just witnessing it over the phone was enough to know that Barney had been in love with her all along. Even after that icy November, even after considering spending his life with a girl he clearly wasn't in love with. Today, she's no idea why she ever doubted its substance.

"Because I made you believe it was fake," he says nonchalantly. "I'm an awesome actor."

She rolls her eyes, smiling.

He's really not.