"Except all the regular life shit, like bein' a dad," Russell says, his eyes widening a little before he laughs. "Trust me, I sure as shit don't have that covered."

It's not that he thinks he's bad at it, he knows Katie wouldn't have agreed to let him officially adopt Jamie if he were and he doubts she'd want to marry him, but at the same time he knows what he's doing now is a pretty big deal. He has to help raise a little person and make him into a good, functional human being.