Re: Russ C & Ellie K: Gotham quicklog
[The mother didn't want an abortion, and Ellie understood quite clearly that Russ hadn't wanted his child at first. It made her sad more than anything. She couldn't ever remember him resenting her, resenting the burden of having to raise her; there was nothing to condemn. But she couldn't help wondering if her going away, being there one minute and then gone the next, had changed things. Affected how he was later, when faced with the prospect of a child of his own.] Oh. [She gave him a look when he said that he 'wasn't that nice'.] No one is that nice, Russ. You didn't want to be his dad. But you are. You have him now.
[She nodded when he said not to mention Marina; she wouldn't. Bringing up the mother who wasn't here would upset any child. Into the front room she followed, expression brightening when she saw the little boy curled up in front of the TV. She had a smile ready for when he turned her way, and she wiggled her fingers in a wave.] Hi, Nathan. I'm Ellie.