Context: early season 4
Prompt: #071 Dancing
Word count: 200
Comment: This was inspired by the flashback in "Not a Father's Day", in which Ted acts like a dad when he discovers Robin and Barney broke his ship in a bottle. Enjoy :)
Robin's looking amazing in skin-tight jeans and red heels she recently bought. "Awesome, huh?" she boosts, spinning around. "Lily and I are going out Friday night. I'm totally gonna rock in these."
Barney gives her a little once-over, getting up from the couch. "Nice," he breathes, his eyes fixed on her shoes. He lights up, then, and smirks at her. "But you'll need to break those in."
He grabs her hand and pulls her flush against him. He begins to lead her into a quick dance.
Robin laughs lightly as he spins her around to the jazzy tunes coming from the TV. He's a natural, she thinks, and tells him so.
"You're quite good yourself," he says somewhere near her ear. "You're amazing, Scherbatsky."
Their eyes lock, and suddenly, Robin feels as light as a feather, as swift as the wind.
Until they hear a loud crash and bursting glass.
"Crap," she says, craning her neck. "Ted's ship. It's broken."
Barney pulls a face like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar. "Oops."
"Ahhh, damn," she moans and disentangles herself from his hold, which leaves him feeling cold. "Now he's gonna give us one of his dad-lectures!"