#tfg: taylour james

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Okay, but imagine Taylour doing this🥹

#too far gone #tfg: am #tfg: taylour james

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Taylor🥺

Auston doing this with Taylour😍🥹

#too far gone #tfg: am #tfg: taylour james

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The way Taylour does this to all his uncles and they all fall for it every time

#too far gone #no strings fic #tfg: taylour james #unnamed mb fic

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How involved is Taylour at the ASG? How much do we see him on leafs or NHL media?

So involved.

He was on the red carpet for a bit with Auston. He was at the draft but in the stands. He went and joined on the bench for a part of the skills competition, and when Auston did that home tour video he was like “do they want to see my toys” “do they want to see me room” and when Auston pulled out his jacket for the event Taylour came running in wearing the same one, telling everyone Justin made him one too.

He was in the locker room and met a bunch of the players but he wasn’t overly interested in players like Kuch, pasta, Sid, or Nate, more so the young guys he recognized but his main interest was Auston and his uncles.

#too far gone asks #tfg: am #tfg: taylour james

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This, but it’s Taylour

He loves the ASG and even more because it’s in Toronto!

#too far gone #tfg: am #tfg: taylour james

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Quinine-Bear🥹

Where does the nickname come from and do all the kids have some?

Quinn has quite a few nicknames, the most of any child. She loves the princess, pumpkin, sweetheart, peanut, all those sorts of names that don’t originate from her actual name, and is called all of them.

Quinnie Bear is one Auston gave her when she was only a few months old, they had been watching Winnie-the-Pooh earlier in the day, so the theme song/ melody was in his head. He took her for a diaper change and she was fussing because she hates the cold, so Auston started singing the song to calm her down, but after getting halfway through it and forgetting the lyrics, he’d start over. Eventually instead of Winnie -the-Pooh, he sang Quinnie-the-Pooh and is sort of stuck little miss was a bit of a stinker so it made sense

From there, Quinnie-the-Pooh evolved to Quinnie Bear, which went to Bear, and when she was having temper tantrums, Auston would call her a grizzly bear which she hated, so he doesn’t say that anymore. She also has Quinn-a-lynne because it rhymes, but Quinn always responds with “my name is Quinn Leigh” because she doesn’t get it. She earned the slightly ironic nickname of Lightning McQuinn after she wanted to show Auston how fast she was in a race and came in last, but not even a close last, like a horribly off-pace last. Whenever she plays a sport and messes up a simple play, Auston will playfully mutter to Tia with a proud smile, Lightning McQuinn, which always earns him a scolding.

Tia almost exclusively calls Benjamin by his first name. As a baby, Auston called him Benny a lot as a cute name, and Benito as a playful one. There is Benji or Ben, and Benji evolved to Banjo and Banjo sticks for a while. As he becomes a toddler he attaches himself to Tia and basically refuses he see Auston, even if Tia is at grocery shopping or at work, he will refuse Auston. Because of his sometimes prickly attitude toward him, Auston named that version “Ebenezer” (as in Scrooge). That name does fade as he opens up to Auston and stops blatantly favouring Tia but around 13 he starts talking back and getting an attitude, so that nickname makes a re-appearance.

Maddison used to get called princess, but by about three she would quickly retort “I’m not a princess” so all those cutesy nicknames stopped until Quinn was born (and she loves them all). Maddie is an obvious nickname, or Mads, Mitch started Mad-Dog which she loved and it stuck for a while. Auston used to call her Sunny, but by six she told him she didn’t like when he called her that. For a while there was Maddie-moo, and every time Auston would do his best cow impression to make her laugh, which eventually was shortened to Moo. The only time she is really called Maddison is when she is in trouble.

Taylour is the one without a lot of nicknames. He has Tay, but even then his parents generally go by Taylour, as he grows up he becomes worried when his parents don’t call him Taylour and instead use some shortened version.

When Jumbo nicknamed Fred, Fredzilla, Taylour loved it, so Freddie started calling him Taylosaurus Rex, which quickly was shortened to T-Rex. Some of his friends have called him T, which he doesn’t care about but it bothers Auston because he assumes they are talking about his mom, then he has to remind himself they aren’t and it’s a whole fight in his brain for about six seconds whenever he hears it. He actually ends up getting more of the hockey style nickname of Matty or Matts and those stick more than anything else.

#too far gone asks #too far gone #tfg: taylour james #tfg: Maddison grace #tfg: Benjamin Levi #tfg: Quinn Leigh #tfg: am #tfg: tia adams #Auston and tia

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Did Auston and Tia take the kids to see Santa? How was Maddie - was she a screamer? Was Auston all soft reassuring her and keeping her close?

Auston and Tia planned on taking the kids to see Santa at the Leafs Christmas party. There are no crowds/ fans so they can enjoy the experience as a family, and because Taylour is bouncing off the walls with excitement it lets Auston actually be present with him and not taking pictures or something.

This year Auston was sick so he wasn't able to go. He still told Tia to go because she and the kids were fine, and Taylour had been looking forward to it for a while. She tried to leave Maddie, but then felt bad because he was basically dying and she was suggesting he watch a baby, so she said maybe Mitch could take Taylour and they'd all stay home. She really didn't want him to miss her first visit with Santa. She offered for them to take her in a couple days when he was better, but Auston said no, and for her to take her.

Tia did FaceTime with Auston when she actually went to see Santa. She did not cry but her eyes bulged from her face and she basically had a "wtf" look during the entire time. She pulled at his beard, and his hair, did not smile once, and did not take her eyes off him. She wouldn't look to get a picture, wouldn't look when Tia & Auston called her name, didn't look at Taylour when he tried. She didn't trust him and refused to look away. When Tia pulled her from Santa it took her a while to smile and be bubbly again, she kept looking for him and glaring the entire time, everyone found it pretty funny.

Taylour of course had an amazing time. He made Tia FaceTime Auston seven times (even though he was supposed to be resting) and Uncle Fred once too. Overall it was a great night!

#auston and tia #too far gone asks #tfg: am #tfg: tia afams #tfg: taylour james #tfg: Maddison Grace

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What is Taylours birthday party this year?

The leafs are off on his actual birthday which Auston is thrilled about because he hates missing his kids birthdays.

Taylour wanted to have his party the night before and bring a bunch of his friends to the Leafs/Bruins game and have a sleepover after. Tia and Auston talked about it and had no issue with the sleepover, but thought the game was too much for a seven year olds birthday. They don’t want their kids growing up not understanding or appreciating money and 12 kids at a leaf game would be expensive and incredibly chaotic.

Auston does get him a box for the Bruins game the night before but Taylour doesn’t bring his friends. Instead it’s Taylour, Maddie, Tia, Auston’s family, Becks, Max, Sarah, Charlie and his uncle Fred (who is on the IR but was cleared to fly) surprises him.

On his actual birthday, Auston does rent out a rink at their practice facility. They invite his friends and all the kids in his class, Auston coordinates to have a bunch of skates, helmets, knee pads, sticks and other gear for any kids that don’t have them. Some of their parents stay and help because not all kids can skate. Some of Austons teammates with kids of similar ages attend and others without kids also attend (ie. Mitch, Kneis, Willy and Woll). Afterwards they have McDonald’s catered in (because that’s what Taylour wanted) and cake.

#leafs-lover birthday celebration #too far gone asks #tfg: taylour james

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How is Taylor with Maddie now?

So much better! He isn’t overly eager to “help with her” but if Auston asks him to go get something he will. He tries to play with her, will use a mini-stick and roll the ball to her but Felix thinks it’s a game for him so he will take the ball and jump around, which makes Maddie laugh.

He reads to her and will tickle her. He also will give her kisses sometimes. He doesn’t want to hold her often and doesn’t want to push her stroller or anything, but Auston had her out on the ice and he kept skating over to her and checking on her inside the carrier every 30 seconds to make sure she was okay.

#too far gone asks #tfg: taylour james #tfg: Maddison grace

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What kids do/don’t wear leafs jersey once they are older?

Taylour wears a “daddy” jersey and then switches to a Matthews one, or will wear a tshirt, sweater or some sort of leafs apparel to every game.

Around 4 or so Maddie starts saying “no” when Tia asks if she wants to wear it, not every time but sometimes. And as she gets older she wears jerseys less and less, eventually Tia makes her some clothes that fit her style that still represent Auston or the leafs. Maddie also doesn’t understand the hype around Auston and constantly says things like “you’re just a hockey player” “it’s just a sport” or will call him out for not scoring in a couple games, doesn’t quite get or care for the importance in wearing leafs gear.

Benji just goes with the flow, he wears it for a while and as he gets older he just wears it so he doesn’t have to pick out clothes.

Quinn wears something of Auston’s to almost every game. She loves the pink jerseys/ clothes, so they get her a bunch of those and has a bunch of custom jackets, and even some dresses the girl loves dresses that have his name/ number or something on it. Before every game she will tell Tia she has to “wear daddy.”

#too far gone asks #tfg: tia adams #tfg fashion #tfg: auston and tia #tfg: taylour james #tfg: Benjamin Levi #tfg: Maddison grace #tfg: Quinn Leigh

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Just a little glimpse into Auston and Taylour in the next part

#kind of a spoiler but not really since he is three #he doesn’t actually carry him by his jacket but i bet he wish he thought of it #tfg: am #tfg: taylour james #too far gone #part forty nine

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How does Auston handle his kids dating? Is he strict with them like Paul or lets them have sleepovers and stuff?

I might have mentioned this before, but both Auston and Tia want their kids to be open with them about where they are, who their with, and that applies to dating. Tia is very strong in her belief that strict parenting only leads to them lying and potentially not being safe. If their kids do lie and go to a party when they say they are at a friends (let’s be real, every kid does that) if they call for a ride or anything, they won’t punish them because they are thankful they called them to get home safely (they also believe the hangover is punishment enough😂).

They do let Taylours gf stay over, but in a separate room. One night when he is almost 17 they walk by and see them passed out in his bed with a movie playing. Tia says they should wake him and have Taylor move, but Auston is like “he’s almost 17, it’s fine T” and Tia quickly reminds him that what they let him do they have to let all their kids do, but because Maddie isn’t even a teenager Auston doesn’t give it a second thought.

Fast forward to Maddies teen years, and Auston is losing his mind. Maddie has a fake ID (which they confiscate) and she gets another one. They find drugs and alcohol in her room, she’ll leave her bedside drawer open with a condom box fully on display when Auston is putting away laundry. He takes the box to Tia (who already kinda knew because she took Maddie to get bc, she wasn’t having sex at the time but just wanted to be prepared and made her promise to always use condoms when the time came) and says she can’t be going out every night, that when she says she is sleeping at a friends she probably isn’t and instead is having sex, and basically says they need to be stricter with her. Tia then reminds him that they let Taylour go to parties, and his gf used to sleep over (in a guest room) at her age, and they can’t stop Maddie from doing it solely because she is a girl. That of course annoys him to no end, and he tries to fight her on it, and Tia tells him the only way they can say no to her doing all those things is if she breaks their trust (and when they find her second fake ID and tattoo they do take away those privileges, but she earns them back).

By the time Quinn is a teenager, Auston swears he is having an ulcer. Something happened with Maddie (won’t say what because spoilers) but he wants to be even more protective of Quinn as a result). Quinn is a little different though (not to say she doesn’t have her moments) but at 12 she went out with some friends and about an hour in she calls Auston to come get her. He picks her up at a park and when he asks what happened she says her friends were going to smoke some weed and she didn’t want to, she decided to go home instead. Of course Auston loves that not only did she leave, she actually told him about it, and the first time she smokes it is actually at home with her siblings a few years later. He is still uncomfortable with her boyfriend spending the night (and it seems like the age in which bf/gf can share a bed dropped with each kid because Quinn was 15) and he hates himself for not listening to Tia years ago, because if he never let Tayloiur’s gf sleep in his bed than none of the kids would be allowed to.

#too far gone asks #Auston and tia #tfg: maddison grace #tfg: taylour james #tfg: quinn leigh #tfg: Benjamin Levi #chat weekend #anon asks

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sry for spamming lol. i know that his family finds out because they get caught. but just picturing taylour running around and randomly just talking about how mommy and daddy were kissing would be a cute way for someone to find out.

Never apologize for it, I love getting feedback, questions, anything about my fics ❤️

So Taylour does ask Auston “why do you kiss mommy” which surprises him, he didn’t think Taylour would notice, but it leads to a conversation about boyfriends and girlfriends. For a few days after anytime he sees Auston and Tia kiss he’s just like “Daddy kisses Mommy because Mommy is his girlfriend.”

#too far gone asks #tfg: tia adams #tfg: am #tfg: taylour james #Auston and tia

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How do the kids react to people asking for pics or autographs?

Taylour mostly doesn’t care, sometimes he’d get annoyed by it but mostly it doesn’t bother him.

Maddie hates it. She always has a snarky remark that she’ll mutter under her breath. It also takes her a while to understand all the hype and she’ll be like “why do they even care, you just play hockey?” but as she gets older and her sassy side fully comes out it switches to “why do they even care, you’re not that exciting?”

Benji hates it but only because he hates strangers and people. He typically prefers Tia, so if he is with Auston he can already be on edge and if a random person comes up he basically has a meltdown.

Quinn loves it. She will talk her dad up and gloat on his behalf. Everyone in her class knows who her dad is, people in the grocery store, basically everyone she meets. If she sees someone staring she’ll be like “that’s my dad, Auston Matthews, he plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs and is really good. Do you want a picture?” Auston jokingly calls her Kris Kardashian.

#too far gone asks #tfg: am #tfg: taylour james #tfg: quinn leigh #tfg: maddison grace #tfg: Benjamin Levi

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This is Tia with Taylour.

#not saying Max took him on a steam whistle tour at 5 months but max took him on a steam whistle tour at five months #too far gone #tfg: tia Adam’s #tfg: taylour james

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Auston doesn't get Taylour 100% of the time he's in Toronto, so how does Taylour handle it when Auston is home with Felix but he is at Tias? He must not be happy about the fact his dog is ten minutes away and he can't see him

You’re assuming Auston and Tia don’t end up together. But assuming they don’t, they continue to co-parent Taylour and Tia watches Felix while Auston is on the road, Taylour would be very unimpressed by it. Tia would have to deal with a very moody Taylour, he’d FaceTime Auston constantly and want to see him every night before bed. He’d be all over Tia to take him to see Felix and when he’d be packing to go back to Tias he’d try to put Felix in his backpack.

If they end up together then Taylour gets to be around Felix everyday and he is a happy boy😊

#too far gone asks #tfg: tia adams #tfg: am #tfg: taylour james #anon asks