"Russell Swift, athlete, dancer, soon-to-be high school freshman and Bryce's 2.0."
- ―Russell
Russell Swift is the foster son of Austin and Ellie Gold and the foster brother of Bryce Summers, Dexter Hyland, Tori and Trina Townshed and Nina Vasque as well as the foster brother-in-law of Lucina Stewart.
He is portrayed by Cameron Boyce.
Biography
Early life
Russell Swift was born in Manhattan , New York. His mother gave him up for adoption due to being unable to support him. He was then brought in by Austin and Ellie Gold becoming his foster parents and lives with them in Forks, Washington along with Bryce Summers, Dexter Hyland, Tori and Trina Townshed and Nina Vasque who are also brought in as foster children. All of them are being homeschooled until they start high school. Bryce is the first being the oldest.
Have A Purpose
Russell was first introduced into the story when Bryce comes home from school and Russell threw a football at him where Bryce caught it due to his reflexes gave him an edge. He then hears that Bryce has an interest in Lucina Stewart who she and her family, the Cullens, transferred. Bryce then finds out that Russell along with Tori, Trina, Nina and Dexter were reading Bryce’s journal and find out that Bryce's school, North Central High, has students who mistreat others below them influenced by the principal and Bryce is one of the victims and never told his family about it causing Austin and Ellie to lecture Bryce about it while Russell and the rest of the foster siblings were punished for invading Bryce’s privacy.
Later on, Bryce began dating Lucina where she meets Austin and Ellie when Bryce was in the hospital and invited her to have dinner at their home after Bryce was discharged. Russell meets Lucina and quickly forms a crush on her. He flirts with Lucina which causes Dexter to push him aside stating he has a restraining order from the last girls he’s hit on when they dated Bryce. Russell was seen attending Bryce's basketball game with his family where they saw Bryce scored the winning shot to help his team win the game. After that, Russell and his family join the Cullen family in their home to celebrate Bryce's birthday where Russell tries to flirt with Bella Swan, Rosalie Hale, Alice Cullen, Krystal Diamond, Renesmee Cullen and Tiffany Stewart only to find out that they, minus Tiffany who is posing as Jalen’s sister but is taken, are dating each other much to his shock. During the celebration, Russell and his siblings told the Cullens how they saw a girl named Jemma and how she looks similar to them. Russell and his family joined the Cullens again when they were invited to celebrate Christmas with them when Bryce had an asthma attack and nearly dies but Carlisle Cullen was able to aid him. He informs the Gold family that Bryce will be staying with the Cullens to keep tabs on him of his asthma thus meaning Bryce will move out of their home unknown to the fact that the Cullens are vampires and Bryce was turned into one to be saved.
Russell was seen at Lucina’s birthday party where he tries but fails to flirt with one of her friends. He then tells the Cullens how he and his foster siblings saw Jemma again but is serious with Raymundo.
Russell was last seen with his family and the Cullens were they saw Bryce graduate high school.
A Christmas Surprise
"Okay, I won't tell anyone!"
- ―Russell
Russell and his family celebrates Christmas again with the Cullens at their place joined by a few other guests where the Cullens tell them about the supernatural and finding out them being vampires. The reason why is because as the new Volturi, the Cullens told every one of their story and the events that has happened revealing about the supernatural. They made one adjustment to the law about revealing their existence; if a civilized vampire has any living family member or someone connected to, they have the right to know as long as they don't reveal the existence to other humans. Because Bryce is part of the Cullen family, Russell and his family were brought into the supernatural.
Long Live Life
Russell made a cameo appearance where he was present on Bryce's wedding with Lucina. He also appeared to meet Bryce and Lucina's newborn son Lucien Summers.
Physical appearance
Russell has curly brown hair and grey eyes with freckles on his face standing at five feet and an inch tall. He is also athletic and has a body built for it.
Personality and traits
Russell is most known to be a flirt when comes to the ladies and he tries to ask them out but fails to do so. He likes sports and dancing, especially break dancing but doesn’t care about school. Whenever he says something stupid, his foster siblings would hit him for it.
He cares about his family deeply and is close to his siblings and shows to have a soft side as seen being completely worried about Bryce when he had an asthma attack but tries his best not to show it.
Relationships
Russell Swift is the foster son of Austin and Ellie Gold. He is the foster brother of Bryce Summers, Dexter Hyland, Tori and Tori and Trina Townshed and Nina Vasque where he is the second oldest and is the foster brother-in-law of Lucina Summers.
Bryce Summers
Russell's foster brother: Bryce Summers.
"Don't you do that to us man! You hear me? I-I mean y-you had Dex and the girls very worried but I-I wasn't because I-I knew you would make it out okay."
- ―Russell to Bryce
Bryce Summers is Russell’s older foster brother who is the first child adopted in the family.
Bryce and Russell are considered close as brothers. The two play sports where Bryce ends up winning when he beats Russell easily. Russell looks up to Bryce the way how he play sports and gets attention from women, always asking Bryce to learn how to use his charm. He shows a deep care for Bryce like a brother as seen when Bryce had an asthma attack and Russell was there to witness it and was afraid if Bryce would make it, which he did.
In A Christmas Surprise, Russell joins the Cullens to celebrate Christmas where he have been told about the supernatural and what Bryce became when he had an asthma attack since the law has made a change when the Cullens became the new Volturi bringing Bryce and Russell closer where Russell is amazed to have a vampire brother.