So, I was rewatching HIMYM and being bitter about the finale, and then I came up with a fix-it AU, in which Tracy doesnāt die and Barney and Robin stay together forever:Ā
In the hotel room when Robin gives Barney the out, he doesnāt take it. He says that itās hard, but he loves her, and being together is worth a little pain. (something a la āWith you, the trouble doesnāt seem so troublingā)
Ā Anyways, so they agree to try couplesā therapy because they want to save their marriage. They go maybe twice and sit their awkwardly before deciding itās really not for them. But they donāt give up.
Robin talks to Lily who tells her that marriage sometimes requires sacrifice. Robin mulls over this for a few weeks. Things are weirdly tense between her and Barney, but they still love each other and thatās enough to get them both through.
Robin really doesnāt want to give up her job, and she knows Barney would never ask her to do that. This is her dream. But, she realizes, the travelingā¦Thatās not her dream, even though she loves it. Her dream is to be a journalist. At this point, she has enough esteem as a journalist to get a local job, writing for some big name news companyā¦Maybe the NY Times, I donāt know.
They stay in New York permanently, but when they can both get time off from work they go on vacations and travel.
And itās not like Robin gives up her dreams for Barney or anything like that. Her local job is just as amazing and rewarding as the international one. And he never asks her to do it. He never makes her choose between her dream and him. Heās ecstatic when she tells him, but he makes sure itās what she really wants.
Eventually Robin wins Pulitzer. Or maybe two? I donāt know, the point is, sheās wildly successful
They get some dogs. They have like four dogs at any one time for the rest of their lives.
At one point, Robin asks Barney if he wants to adopt a kid, because she canāt have children. Barney says that he knew going into it that she didnāt ever want kids, and that if he had really wanted kids that much, he wouldnāt have married her. Heās happy just being the worldās most awesome uncle to Marshal and Lilyās three kids, and Ted and Tracyās two kids. (itās important to me that Robin never has kids)
Tracy gets sick, but she gets better and she DOESNāT FUCKING DIE. She and Ted are extremely happy together.
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