Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs

[moneymatters]

Today was a day for getting stuff done. There'd been some repairs backed up, so here Scrooge was in the garage to take care of them. This day it was mostly the childrens' things; at the moment he was completing the gluing of one of their books back together. He slipped his finger down the binding and wiped up the excess, then carefully set it aside to dry.

The garage was open, letting in plenty of light (especially when you considered the sun reflecting off the shallow snow outside). Scrooge himself seemed unaffected by the winter cold that drifted in, to nobody's surprise. But he did make sure to put the book out of the way of any errant wind, just in case, and then reached for the next repair.

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[rippleonthewater]

She nodded. "That's true. Though a part of me also worries that me being the one to propose to him might make him feel bad. Like, he'd start thinking that if he couldn't propose, then he might worry about other little things that might stress him out even more."

She laughed softly. "I know it might be silly to think about, but..."

[moneymatters]

"No child, I don't think it's silly. But I do think you might be gettin' too caught up in the negatives and not enough in the positives. Aye, he could think of that, but he could also just be so o'er the moon it doesnae occur to him at all.

"It's even possible he's having similar thoughts from his end of things. I know I did when I first thought o' proposing to Jinji. Would it be perfect? Could it be perfect? What if she takes issue with the time it took?"

He chuckled softly with a light sigh at the end, and smiled at her. "What I found out is that those worries go away in the moment. It doesn't really matter who proposes, not when the two people love each other so much. It's about the proposal itself, and that it'll usher in the next stage of things, rather than who did it or where it happened."

[rippleonthewater]

Glancing at Scrooge, she nodded. "I guess that's true." Then she giggled softly. "With all the hang-ups I have, I guess I can see why it might be taking him so long to ask, though."

[moneymatters]

He laughed some through his nostrils, while he eased himself down from the stool to work on the plane.

"Honestly at this rate, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that you two proposed to each other at the same time."

[rippleonthewater]

She giggled softly. "That would be entirely possible."

[moneymatters]

He chuckled some, then set about starting on the plane's repair. Pull this here, nail that there, glue the other thing...

"And don't be afraid to ask me for further advice either, or Jinji o'course. We want nothing other than to see you both happy, and this'd just be a step 'long that way."

[rippleonthewater]

She nodded. "I know...thanks, Dad."

[moneymatters]

He nodded and gave her a smile, before turning back to his work.

"So, would you like tae give me a hand with this?"

[rippleonthewater]

"Oh, sure..." Sitting up a bit more, she looked from him to the toys. "What should I do?"

[moneymatters]

"Here, just help me align this top wing." He moved to the other side of the plane, holding onto it and instructing her to mirror him. "It's a bit difficult wi'h just one person, but two will handle it just fine."

[rippleonthewater]

With a nod, she did as Scrooge showed her, holding it steady for him. "Like this?"

[moneymatters]

"Good! Now hold it steady..." Keeping one of his own hands on it, he picked up a mallet and knocked it back down onto its support pegs. A few final smacks to make sure it was tight and properly straight, and he stepped back.

"There we are! That oughtae be ready to 'fly the skies' again once the glue dries."

[rippleonthewater]

Sitting back a bit, she looked it over. "You thinking about repainting it? Touching it up a bit might be nice."

[moneymatters]

"Painting it?" He glanced it over, then nodded and smiled. "I think that would look nice! And I'm sure I must have some paint 'round here somewhere."

[rippleonthewater]

"Yeah, just a fresh touch of paint, and it'll really look good as new."