Tajj Steele

**Tajj Steele (also Benali-Durant)** is Lisa and Salim Benali's son.

## Storylines

Maya, Salim, Tajj and Tehzib moved back to Windenburg when they were young.

Tajj spent a lot of time with his mother as a teenager and their relationship was dented when Lisa couldn't understand how Tajj didn't realise that Virginia had taken his mother's place for months.

Tajj secretly communicates with Virginia, and Lisa begs him not to for the sake of their relationship.

Tajj was instrumental in getting Billy back to Windenburg after Misty reconnects with her daughter.

Tajj comforted his soon to be brother-in-law, Brody Steele, after he declined Cory's marriage proposal and soon enough, he realised he had feelings for Brody. After he proposed to Cory shortly after this, Tajj comes across an upset Brody. He’s upset about his dad not congratulating him or answering his calls and feels like he’s rushing things with Cory, even though he’s known him for years.

The Montford Town Square opens and Tajj and Brody share a kiss before the grand opening. Brody and Cory’s wedding day arrives and during the ceremony Brody breaks down and admits his affair with Tajj. Everyone is shocked but the biggest shock comes when Tajj and Brody decide to marry that night. Cory is mortified the only man he’s loved cheated on him because of his obsession with the wedding and tells his mother to forgive Tajj. Cory announces he’s leaving town and won’t be coming back. Lisa is devastated.

Months later Tajj buys a house for them and Tajj and they move into their cliff house! At the housewarming party, Lisa gets a phone call saying police have found Cory’s car at the bottom of the lake. Tajjj feels like he played a part in this and struggles to forgive himself, especially when he finds Lisa passed out after OD'ing on pills - he convinces her to go to rehab.

Tajj and Brody decide to take the next step and look into surrogacy. Dani offers to be their surrogate, but Tajj and Brody lock horns about this - Brody feels like the baby won’t be his. After looking into options, Tajj finds an awfully expensive clinic that can merge two sperm samples into one egg and presents it to Brody. Brody likes the idea, and they head to a consultation with Dani beside them. A month into treatment, Dani finds out she’s pregnant and the three celebrate!

Cory turns up at the cliff house door as Dani, now ready to burst goes into labour. Tajj comes home to his ‘dead’ brother on the couch and Dani giving birth. Dani gives birth to a girl and they name her Lois Durant. Brody flirts with Cory and Tajj catches them. Tajj breaks up with Brody and later sends divorce papers. Lisa comes back from rehab and heads to the cliff house where Tajj tells her that Cory isn’t dead, and that Brody is back with him. Lisa feels sad for her son.

Brody begs Tajj to get back with him, but Tajj finds it hard to forgive him and needs time to think. Months later, a heavily pregnant Dani comes back to town. Tajj asks who the father is, and she tells him he is. Brody had asked Dani to carry another baby for them back before their divorce had finalised. Dani agreed and left town. Tajj is furious that Brody did this without asking him but mellows when Brody announces he has a terminal illness and not long left to live. Tajj is floored by Brody’s admission and Brody admits that he genuinely loves Tajj.

Dani gives birth to Tajj and Brody’s second child and they name him Demario Durant.

A month later, Brody and Tajj’s wedding day arrives - the family come together for the celebration at the cliff house and after a beautiful ceremony and some speeches at the brady pub, Brody and Tajj dance at the cliff house and he dies in Tajj’s arms leaving him devastated. After Brody’s funeral, Cory decides to leave town for a while. Dani strikes a deal with Tajj to take the kids temporarily and get them settled in her new apartment. Billy heads to Tokyo for a new temp job.

Tajj is properly seen when he flirts with Luca Blue at Kay and Ruby's wedding. They go on a successful date, and Luca promises to pick this relationship up when he gets back from Australia.