Context: 6x14
Prompt: #026 Uncertainty
Word count: 200
Comment: B/R season 6 friendship rocks :) What do you think?
The funeral's over and they're sitting in the living room, slowly leaving the day behind them. Lily's snoozing on Marshall's shoulder. Ted's texting. Barney follows Robin into the kitchen.
She's doing the dishes because she needs something to do, smiling at him as he comes closer.
"Hey vice girl," he says, teasing. She dries her hands on a towel.
"Do you need anything?" she wants to know, reaching out to touch his lapels.
His eyes are so sad, so uncertain.
He sniffs, says, "I called my mum. To… you know. Ask for my dad's address."
Robin takes his hands in hers. She looks into his eyes. "Good for you. I'm proud of you."
Both know that it happens out of confusion, out of uncertainty, out of the frightening prospect that life is short and precious. Barney leans down and captures her lips in a slow kiss. It lasts for four and a half seconds, and when they pull apart, there's a moment of uneasiness. But it quickly resolves into playfulness as he asks her if she's still got some scotch in that flask from her magic handbag.
They go back into the living room, his hand lightly on her back.