"Oh, Jesus, man," Russell says, shaking his head with a laugh. It's not all that funny, he just doesn't know how else to react, not when he has absolutely no idea whether or not he wants kids. It's always been the kind of thing he thought he'd do eventually, but Ogden Marsh hadn't exactly been brimming with eligible young women and not many people ever moved into the town. Now that he's in Darrow, it's different, but he's still not sure.

"It's been a long time since I was in a relationship," he settles on saying. "Since college. I'm not sure I remember how to be a boyfriend, never mind someone's husband or father."