#matt and andrew and matt and kevin are power uncles fr

[thespineoftherighteous]

"uncle matt" headcanons:

when the fox kids are young they absolutely adore him and he's everyone's favorite out of the aunts and uncles, a fact that he is insanely smug of but drives Allison and Nicky insane and has them trying to bribe the poor children into saying "aunt Alli is my favourite" or "i love uncle Nicky the mostest" on camera

he's literally just so fun tho and that's why the kids can't get enough of him, like:

he's easy to make laugh (and boy does he have the best fucking laugh), he'll run around with them for hours, he lets them get away with things that their parents don't allow, he tells the best stories, etc

he frequently nearly gives both Dan and Aaron heart attacks because he's always throwing the kids up in the air and catching them

he and Kevin will also throw the kids back and forth between them.. this is usually the point when Aaron and Dan turn around and pretend they cannot see but the kids are giggling so it's all good

whenever he babysits and there's an exy game on that he wants to watch he'll make an event out of it with the kids so they stay entertained

if it was Neil, Kevin or Andrews game and they win he'll record a video of the kids celebrating and send it to them

when any kids are brought to his games he's always excited to give them the proper vip experience and will show them around while they're sat on his shoulders

(his own kids are already practically considered part of the team and his teammates know to give any of his "nieces and nephews" the same treatment)

Kevin has a daughter that's the same age as matt's girl and they're besties from birth (cousin friendships are the best lbr) which means a lot of playdates

which means a lot of matt/Kevin playdates

which they both appreciate because with schedules and shit the foxes sometimes go longer than they'd like without being able to see each other face to face

anyway during one of these playdates, they each have the other's daughter sat on their laps (kevin's daughter immediately climbed onto matt and Kevin called her a traitor to her own blood even as he scooped up matt's kid) as they watch a movie or one of neils games or something

Kevin gets riled up by the game, squeezing or bouncing his niece accordingly with the rhythm of it and making her giggle

at one point he shouts angrily as neils opponent scores and matt looks at his niece with his mouth exaggeratedly open and says "your dad has a bad mouth" and they turn and wag their fingers at Kevin and both girls are laughing

matts energy usually crashes pretty soon after the kids' and more than once a fox has showed up to pick up their kid and found them knocked out with matt on the couch, his arms wrapped protectively around them (unbeknownst to matt, they take pictures of him like that and send them to Dan and she fonds over every one)

sometimes he'll sit the kids on his lap and "let them" drive around the neighborhood.. Renee and allison's boy LOVES this

as they get older and actually start driving, he's one of the first people they tell when they get their licenses

he teaches some of them how to drive stick.. he keeps the shitty run down manual that Dan is always begging him to get rid of specifically for this purpose

sometimes Andrew partakes in this, claiming he does so just to correct matt's teaching techniques.. matt grins and the kids love it

once they start getting phones and shit, he keeps track of all his nieces and nephews numbers.. the kids always know they can text/call/facetime him and he's proved time and time again that he'll always be there because family is the most important thing in the world to matt boyd and that is exactly what they are