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Joanna loved to follow her little nephew on adventures and often came over to visit just to play with her little nephews. Harper made her laugh a lot due to his 'always on the go' energy and attitude. Having grown up more like cousins than aunt and nephew, though, she has a strong bond of friendship with the younger boy.
While the two of them ended up reasonably close in age, with around 10 or so years between them with Harper being the younger of the two, they built a fairly strong relationship and he would often end up bringing Joanna on small at-home adventures with him. It especially helped that he saw her fairly often due to the strong bond between his aunt and his father.
Clara's favorite older cousin by far! The adventures and stories he'd tell made her excited and eager to run with him on adventures. When he started adventuring she made him promise to come visit her.
When Clara was young, Harper was always playing with her when he was around. However as he eventually got out into the world he didn't get to see her as often, but later promised to visit more frequently so he could see Clara more.
Serena feels a great deal of affection for the boy, his bright energy and countless stories won her over when he was a child. As he grew older she enjoyed watching him take care of Clara like a sibling would and just solidified her maternal-like bond with the young man.
Harper ended up becoming reasonably close to Serena, especially being in close association with Clara. When the family gets together the two usually catch up, often with Harper giving Serena stories from his travels. She's the only person who could get Harper to sit still when he was still small.
While they're not on bad terms, Harper definitely was the little weird wild kid to Chloe and so he and her weren't usually the ones interacting. However, this never stopped little Harper from seeking hugs.
Harper and Catori are on good terms, however he energetic personality is not exactly the best fit with her. So it's generally a more simple relationship with little interaction.
Like the rest of the family, Harper doted quite heavily on his baby sister seeing as she is the only baby girl in the family. He's quite happy they have a common ground in loving to travel and thoroughly enjoys sharing stories of their travels whenever he catches her home.
Harper became just as close to Shea as he did Guin, loving to get hugs from her as well. As always, he was quite an energetic child, but definitely was a bit easier for Shea to handle.
Harper fell head over heels with Freya, to the point that he readily will set aside his desire for adventure and exploration in order to settle down and start a family of his own with her. He holds Freya dear to his heart and would do anything for her to smile.
Harper loves his mother and has an incredibly close bond with her. Despite how he most certainly could drive her and his father both up the walls with his seemingly endless energy, he was never one to not ask for hugs or to be held by Avis when he was just a small child. Even as a baby he was very attached to her and often would fall asleep in her arms.
Harper absolutely loved visiting Guin and getting to hug his grandmother, even if he was quite the wild child and could often drive her up the walls or stress the poor woman out.
Skyler is essentially another one of Guin's kids at this point, he was at their house or with her daughter often and she loved the sweet little boy dearly. That he became her son-in-law was a matter of course in her eyes and a sweet conclusion. She loves him and is so happy to see him when they come to visit.
Of the in-law side of his family, Skyler is definitely the closest to Guin. Having grown up around her he was already quite used to her and she became much like a second mother to him, also meaning he was a very affectionate child with her. Even as an adult he feels very close to her and is always happy to receive hugs from his mother-in-law.
Though Shea was leery about Amery at first, she has grown fond of the giant man and how gentle he is with her precious daughter. She enjoys talking to him about trivial things as well as the more serious topics.
Amery was undeniably nervous when first meeting Shea, seeing as she was the mother of the woman he was dating. However, he's since become fond of her company and enjoys his mother-in-law's insightful mindset.
As far as brother-in-laws go, Amery is a good guy and easy to talk to. Avis likes to teach him new things about animals and finds it very cute how in love he is with Joanna.
Amery finds Avis to be a very interesting person and enjoys discussing animals with her during any family visits.
Asiri is her babiest of baby brothers and she often wanted to take him home with her when she babysat him. As they got older, she was still very fond of him and often ended up treating him more like one of her own kids than a sibling. She's fiercely protective and loves him very dearly.
He's very fond of his oldest sister and looks up to her as someone very brave and cool. For a long time in his childhood she was one of his primary role models.
As Guin's babiest of baby boys, she had a special bond with Asiri from the get-go. His softer heart and shyer personality very much spoke to her own so she was protective but encouraging. As he has grown, she still finds herself being somewhat protective of him in her way but she loves that he will come to visit her often.
Asiri was always close to his mother and very seldom was not clinging to her when he was little. Even as an adult he's incredibly fond of his mother and loves visiting when he can.
Clara loves her cousin Asiri! Because he was often babysat by Aunt Avis, Clara got to see him often with Aunt Avis and therefore was one of her first exposures to babies in general. She loved to play with him and found his sweet personality easy to tease while also being just nice to be around when she was feeling down. She likes to hang out with him when their schedules line up.
Asiri feels very close with Clara and ended up enjoying her company a lot when he was little and he was given the opportunity to spend time with her.
Serena finds Asiri to be one of her favorites of Vanja's siblings as all of his emotions are easy to read and therefore lets her not have to think too hard if she's making him upset because it would be obvious.
Asiri is on good terms with his sister-in-law and looks up to her as a respectable person.
Chase very much enjoyed whenever Clara visited and would often keep her entertained whenever she did come by.
Clara could talk to Grandpa Chase all day and never be bored. She likes to just hang around him during family events and chat.
Chase is close with his grandchild and often remarks how much she reminds him of Shea in her appearance.
Shelby loves her grandpa even if he looks grumpy at times and that can be offputting to others, she knows he's a softie who would make her bunnies if she asked as a child or would go out of his way to make sure she was okay.
Chase considers his daughter-in-law to be a very mature and capable person, feeling very glad that she was the one who ended up marrying his son. He trusts her to be a good person for his son to be around.
Serena respects and is very interested in how her father-in-law's life came to be how it is now. She sees a lot of Vanja's quirks in him and finds it entertaining, to say the least.
Hayden is arguably the closest with Avis out of all of Chase and Guin's children due to her being the first child within the family that he associated with and spent time with outside of his own first son. He appreciates how much his daughter-in-law does for Skyler.
Avis has a hard time seeing Hayden as an ‘adult’ to be frank. Even though he is her parents friend and her father-in-law, to Avis he always felt more like an older brother or cousin who rarely talked but let her play on him like a jungle gym. When he let her fly with him she loved it and she still likes to reminiscence about it at family gatherings.
Hayden really enjoyed Chloe's visits when she was little and was always lifting her up upon request when asked. While the two aren't overly close, he still loves his granddaughter and is on good terms with her.
As a baby, Chloe would silently ask for Grandpa Hayden to hold her and he would without question. As she got older she appreciated that he didn't push for more than she was willing to give and that he was always kind. She's not overly close with that whole side but she does love him in her own way.
Hayden thinks that Freya is a sweet girl and considers her a good person who he is happy to have as part of the family.
She finds Hayden to be very nice though she is awkward with him because of her reserved nature.
To Guin, Hayden is a friend she enjoys spending quiet time with. She enjoys making him snacks he likes and having him work with her on her little garden when things are slow around the compound. She worries about him feeling lonely like she does when their partners are out working so she tries to invite him to do different things as much as she can handle.
Hayden considers Guin a good friend and enjoys spending time with her whenever Shea is at work for the day in the event the two decide to spend time together when bored.
Having came much later in his life after his emotional rehabilitation, Hayden has a different kind of bond with Joanna that while no more or less than his other children, was definitely much more fatherly and involved.
Joanna inherited a lot of her father's quirks and it shows that she spent a lot of time with him growing up. Some of her speech patterns follow the same rhythm and she meeps like he does. Her bond with him is very clear and her dad is one of her favorite people.