(tw: difficult divorce, parental estrangement, cheating)
[name_m]Travis[/name_m] [name_u]Aidan[/name_u] Yoxall-Griffith (14 ) is the son of [name_f]Junie[/name_f] and her previous husband. He is not as enthustiastic about the birth of his half-siblings as [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] is. He has been involved into naming the babies and had the idea to pick the middle name [name_f]Mary[/name_f] for the girl… Until he remember it was the name of his paternal grandmother . After the divorce , which occured when [name_m]Travis[/name_m] was only five , his father was very involved in [name_m]Travis[/name_m] ’ life for a while but it all changed when [name_f]Junie[/name_f] started seeing her now-husband, father of [name_u]Finley[/name_u] , [name_u]Taylor[/name_u] & [name_u]Devyn[/name_u] . When she moved to [name_u]Utah[/name_u] with him it became harder for [name_m]Travis[/name_m] ’ father to visit him on weekends and now they only see each other on [name_u]Christmas[/name_u] , Thanksgiving and sometimes on [name_m]Travis[/name_m] ’ birthday or his father 's birthday . [name_m]Travis[/name_m] isn’t even sure if it 's because his father is disinterested in him , simply can’t afford travelling or [name_f]Junie[/name_f] plays a part here in making it more difficult for her ex-husband to concact [name_m]Travis[/name_m]. He is afraid to raise those questions because [name_f]Junie[/name_f] often gets shouty around around the subject of [name_m]Travis[/name_m] ’ father , who cheated on her with an immigrant from Nicaragua. [name_m]Travis[/name_m] ’ father , a lawyer , even helped his new partner get legal documents to make her stay in the US not endangered with deportation after her work visa expires , but they don’t have any children yet because [name_m]Travis[/name_m] ’ dad is waiting until she gets a promotion in her company to be the head of the Graphic Design team. [name_m]Travis[/name_m] doesn’t call the partner of his father a " bonus mom" , she’s more like a just a cool , much older friend and very laid-back , but of course [name_m]Travis[/name_m] never would tell [name_f]Junie[/name_f] that he likes his dad’s partner or that he is interested in Graphic Design just like her - after all, now he’s part of the [name_u]Carter[/name_u] 's , and that’s a family which focuses on sports , fitness and travel , so he doesn’t want to be the nerdy one.
For now, his main way of dealing with the feelings of inadequacy in his family is attending extracurricular activities at school - he is part of both the [name_f]Anime[/name_f] Club and Programming Club. One girl from the programming club has caught [name_m]Travis[/name_m] ’ attention , but then again, that could be said about any other boy in the school. He also sometimes goes to the local skatepark to watch his neighbour [name_m]Bingham[/name_m] skateboarding and asks him about his favourite winter sport - snowboarding. [name_m]Bingham[/name_m] tries to show him tips on how to skateboard but sees that [name_m]Travis[/name_m] ’ heart isn’t truly in it.
As for [name_u]Finley[/name_u] , [name_m]Travis[/name_m] tries to be supportive of her and share her excitement about the competition in Korea . He knows that she is sad about not often meeting her cousins [name_f]Etka[/name_f] and [name_f]Em[/name_f] due to the conflict that there is between [name_f]Junie[/name_f] and her sister , [name_f]Etka[/name_f] & [name_f]Em[/name_f] 's mother . [name_m]Travis[/name_m] doesn’t exactly remember what the conflict is about… probably some money and a family heirloom , but that’s adult stuff that [name_m]Travis[/name_m] is not going to lose his mind over.