#~dad

[sonatanotwo]

I used to play the piano by ear, but now I use my hands.

“You know, Dad... maybe it’s time to admit piano isn’t your forte.”

[sonatanotwo]

"Son, I have a new ground-breaking invention. It's a shovel."

As one who has become the family heavy lifter, he’s commonly asked to do heavy work, but digging up something with a plain, old shovel sounds like a punishment and Virgil’s first instinct is to assume he’s in trouble... or about to be taught some sort of lesson. Either isn’t very appealing. He turns to his dad, with a raised eyebrow. “And... what exactly do you want me to di--Oh.”

It dawns on him in the middle of his words. There was a pun in there.

He should have known.

With a long, ever-used-to-his-dad’s-jokes sigh, Virgil rolls his eyes and shakes his head. There’s a smile in there too though. “Hilarious, Dad.”