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[dr_juliet_burke]

There's nothing that distracts Juliet from a bad mood quite like physical labor. She'd always been one to work with her hands, and when she had lived in Dharma, working in the motor pool was amazing stress relief.

So she'd grabbed various tools and fresh lumber and was now repairing the wood of the front porch of her old house. She was tired of

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[what_about_meee]

On his way home from another long stroll in the hot jungle, Ben hears hammering. He follows the sound and sees Juliet busy at work on her old house. Still hurt from her earlier words, Ben turns to leave her to her work. However, as he turns he notices the wooden porch roof wobbling dangerously above her.

He dashes forward, grabbing a beam laying on the ground nearby.

STOP!

He quickly props the beam up under the roof, stabilizing it.

[dr_juliet_burke]

Juliet is swinging the hammer upwards when Ben suddenly appears out of nowhere, knocking her out of her reverie. The hammer is suspended in midair as he shouts at her to stop and props a beam under the roof.

It doesn't quite register with her as to WHY he's doing that, however.

Stop? Why? What are you doing?

[what_about_meee]

The damned roof is liable to fall down with you hammering away like that! It's been weakened in the fire and now you are making it worse.

No more hammering until the roof is taken care of.

[dr_juliet_burke]

Perplexed, Juliet looks up at the roof. He's right. It's entirely unstable, and she didn't even THINK to check beforehand. She swears and brushes off her hands, stepping off the porch and tugging Ben's arm as well, so he follows her off.

She peers at it, huffing with frustration at herself.

Dammit. I should have checked that first.