Tad Fleming

Thaddeus Barnabas Fleming (born October 23, 1993) is an American engineer and football coach. He is a main character in the Lost Tales universe.

Early Life
Tad Fleming was born on October 23, 1993 in Bristol, Virginia, the son of Petunia Fleming (nee Flagg), a guidance counselor, and Barnabas Fleming, a Virginia state trooper. He has two younger sisters, Petunia Jr. and Barbie Fleming, and one younger brother, Rex Fleming. Fleming grew up in Bristol, Virginia and attended High Point Elementary School, Wallace Middle School, and John S. Battle High School, where he was a star football player. He started his football career in a peewee football league when he was just six years old. In high school, he was also involved in drama and cheerleading. He attended Virginia Institute of Technology from 2012 to 2017, where he was a manager for the Hokies football team and coached a local peewee football team. He was also a member of the Lambda Beta Mu fraternity, where he served as the chaplain for one year. He graduated in 2017 with a degree in biomedical engineering, staying an extra year due to major changes and academic struggles. He attended an engineering graduate program at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, graduating in 2019.

Career
Fleming's first job was as a server at an Olive Garden while he was in college. While in graduate school, he completed an internship at the Mountain Home Veterans Affairs medical center in Mountain Home, Tennessee. After graduating from ETSU, he was offered a position in the biomedical engineering department at Jackson-Gadsden Automation in Daisy, South Carolina, a job he still holds. He also became an assistant football coach at Daisy Middle School in the fall of 2019. In the future, he will earn a graduate degree in educational leadership and policy analysis from Central Carolina University and become the athletic director for the Winona Country Department of Education. He is currently a lead peewee football coach for the Junior Longhorns football league.

Personal Life
Fleming's first romantic relationship was with an unspecified classmate named Patience in middle school. He later dated a girl named Shelby Sheldon in high school. At Virginia Tech, he was involved with Jalissa Huntington, a nursing student and sorority member. After his breakup with Huntington, he was reluctant to pursue romantic relationships, but dated Serenity Heck on and off in graduate school. His current love interest is Matilda Kingsley, who he met through his friends from home and work. Eventually they marry and he adopts her children, Ellis and Jackson, and they have a child of their own named Lando Fleming.

Fleming's hobbies include playing and coaching football, playing the guitar, watching sports, being an avid Star Wars fan, social events, tailgating, swimming, and cooking.

Fleming has lived in "The Party House," a large house in a small Daisy neighborhood, since moving to Daisy in the summer of 2019. He lives in the attic, along with his best friend Gunnison McCann.

Fleming plays backup guitar in a band called Boyz in the Basement.

Fleming is a Christian. He attends Daisy Presbyterian Church and occasionally hosts Men's Group in his home.

Fleming has a two-year-old orange tabby cat named Ricky Bobby.

Fleming drives a white 1995 GMC Sonoma.

Fleming is not politically active, but enjoys sharing and debating his opinions online. He is a registered Democrat.

Character History
Tad Fleming first appeared in the September 2019 work "JGA Engineering Dinner," in which he was introduced to the universe characters at a welcome dinner for the JGA biomedical engineering department. He has been portrayed as ages 25, 26, and 27. He has only held two occupations, a biomedical engineer and football coach. He was originally the chief biomedical engineer at JGA, but was traded for Maycee Arden to fit the story better. He has been in many friendships, but only one current romantic relationship. He is usually portrayed as friendly, dedicated, unserious, loving, loud, multitalented, irresponsible, jealous, caring, immature, energetic, possessive, and somewhat reckless. He speaks with a trademark thick southern accent.

Tad Fleming is described to have light red hair, deep blue eyes, and light freckles. His hair is straight and very short. He dresses in a signature "frat boy" style, unless he is in the kitchen, where he wears various aprons from his collection. He also is usually seen wearing a baseball cap if not at work. His stock color is dark green.

Favorites
Favorite Color: Red

Favorite Dessert: Olive Garden black tie mousse cake

Favorite Sport: Football

Favorite Animal: Cats

Favorite Fruit: Peaches

Favorite Subject in School: Lunch

Favorite Food: His mom's famous stir fry

Favorite Drink: Raspberry White Claw

Favorite Season: Fall

Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving