It was hard on all of us when my uncle passed away, even though it was not unexpected. He was the one who had always been there for everyone; he took care of our grandmother when her health started to fail, he helped out a lot when my cousin bought a house and he was always the first one to step up if something needed to be done. He'd slowed down as he'd gotten older then he got sick and we were all trying to pay back everything he'd ever done for us by doing what we could for him. Unfortunately, he succumbed to his illness and we were all heartbroken; of course, no one more so than my aunt and my cousins.
His oldest daughter, my cousin Corinne, often shared on social media the things he was helping her with at her house but, a few weeks after his funeral, she posted what was basically a cry for help, in more ways than one. Instead of sharing photos of the work he'd done, she was now sharing photos of the work that needed to be done. It was a "can someone help me out?" subtly disguising an "I miss my dad!" in one post. When I saw it, I reached out privately to make sure she was alright. She wasn't, of course, so we wound up talking for a while and it seemed like she had been holding a lot in that she finally let out. As the oldest daughter and sibling, she had been trying so hard to be strong for everyone else but she'd been struggling herself.
Before ending our call, I let her know that I'd be happy to take a look at any home projects or maintenance that her dad would have typically taken care of for her. I didn't say it to her but my uncle had really done her a disservice by just taking care of everything but never showing her what he was doing or telling her what she needed to check regularly or even suggesting that some things would be easy enough for her to take care of herself. I get it that he was just being her dad and that he was from a generation where daughters didn't need to be taught this stuff but he had to have realized that he wouldn't always be there. I had a different mindset when we finally decided that I would come over and check things out while she started noting what she was aware of that he'd always check on.
The big issue that inspired my visit when it did was that her clothes dryer, while still drying her clothes, was making a kind of thumping noise. I had a pretty good idea what was happening but, rather than share my suspicions, I was planning to walk her through figuring it out and taking care of it. I brought a bag of tools because I didn't know if she had any and, after a few minutes of pleasantries, we got right to work. I showed her where to look for the model number on her dryer, how to then use that online to find a multitude of repair videos then how to whittle those down to one that would actually be helpful. I tried not to lead her because I knew that she was not only smart but, given our family, the probably had "the knack" like the rest of us and would be able to figure things out given the chance.
She found something indicating what the issue probably was, which I agreed with, then found instructions for verifying it and fixing it. It wasn't much longer before we had the dryer opened up and, sure enough, one of the guide wheels for the drum had a flat spot. Since it was a Kenmore and there was a Sears Parts Outlet not too far away, we planned to not only replace all of the guide wheels but the belt as well. The parts weren't very expensive and, once again following an online video, she soon had the guide wheels and belt replaced with very little assistance from me. When she turned it on after we'd reassembled it, and there was no noise, she was so psyched. With everything back where it belonged, we adjourned to the kitchen to wash up and have a cold drink.
"I can't believe how easy that was," she was saying, "Now I want to try doing everything myself."
"That's the goal," I replied, "but we can take a look around and assess what needs to be done and I can give you my opinion on how easy or difficult each task should be."
"I would really appreciate that," she said, then set down her drink, "and I want to show you just how much I appreciate all of this."
She dropped to her knees in front of me and, to my great surprise, started to open my shorts. My cock was stiffening as she got them open and they dropped to my ankles then she massaged it through my briefs. Because she was blond with blue eyes, big boobs and nice curves, the fact that she was my cousin meant nothing at that exact moment. I can honestly say that I'd never found myself attracted to her before then though I was well aware that she was attractive and, probably to many guys, pretty desirable. As she was sliding my briefs down and my nearly rigid cock popped out, she was looking extremely desirable to me. She gently pumped my cock then held the base as she engulfed it in her mouth and I let out a moan.