Context: future-set
Prompt: #052 Park
Word count: 200
Comment: Thanks again for commenting and following, y'all! :) Who else loved the cast and crew at Comic Con?! I certainly did... This is another future-set drabble (for some reason, I always imagine the Mother choosing their girl's Name, while Ted names his son; also, I hope that Marvin gets a little sister somewhere down the line). Hope you enjoy (:
I want to exorcise the demons from your past
One sunny afternoon, Robin sits on a blanket in Central Park, watching Barney and Ted's kids play baseball. She smiles at the miniature gloves the two Mosbys are sporting proudly while Barney's throwing the ball to each of them in turns (even now, he's wearing suit pants and a dress shirt. She shakes her head fondly).
"Hit it out of the park, Uncle Barney!" Luke shouts, jumping up and down in excitement.
Robin loves that, whenever they'd take care of Luke and Vanessa or Marvin and Louisa, Barney would act as if Ted and Marshall owed him big time. In reality, however, he seems just as enthusiastic as the kids, no matter whether they go to Seaworld, the zoo or the beach.
And then, in the evening, when they bring them back home, he always wraps his arm around her waist, saying into her hair, "Thank God we can drop them off again... I mean I love them to death, but they're exhausting!"
Robin's heart would swell a little at his words, and, when she'd cuddle up to him on their couch later at night, she'd know that they weren't missing out on anything.
They have each other, after all.