I thought, with all this stuff going on, that I'd put my 2 cents in.
First of all, I'm 57. I never really wanted kids, and even now, if I did, I can't. But if I had a younger man in my life , a sweet, good-looking, loving friend, and I could have had kids by him, I'd probably have asked him to help me. In other words, I think this isn't weird. What IS weird is the lack of corroboration of the story from their two camps, especially Clay's. Even though he doesn't OWE us an explanation, he knows how we are...I selfishly think he'd know we NEEDED it.
But then, I admit, I don't really know him, like 99% of the fandom doesn't, even though we feel like we do.
But I still love him. That won't stop. I think he'll be a great Dad.