Erik has wanted to be a father for as long as he can remember -- but now that the day is finally here, he's terrified. Surely a ham-fisted Viking of a man like Erik shouldn't be allowed to handle things as tiny and delicate as his new baby girl?<br><br>But it's not just his daughter that's come into Erik's world. His partner has finally returned too. After nine months of watching Andreas struggle with the mental and physical toll of being a man and being pregnant at the same time, the birth of their daughter is both a beginning and an ending.<br><br>Erik is a father for the first time -- but not everything that comes next is new.

Erik the Pink

Apparently all Andreas had needed was a week-old baby, though, and that did the trick.


He managed nine days before finally biting Erik’s head off, bursting into tears at four in the morning when the inevitable hungry wail started up, and kicking a snoozing Erik rudely in the back.


“Just fucking deal with her, she’s your daughter, too!” he snapped, then stormed off into the bathroom and slammed the door on the caterwauling.


Thankfully, the tide turned then. Erik quietly got her changed and fed and put her back to bed before slipping into the bathroom and wordlessly turning the taps on.


“Come on,” he murmured, kissing Andreas’ neck and gently shaking him until he unburied his face and dumped it on Erik’s shoulder instead. “Hot bath for you. Favourite salts, head massage, the works.”


Chapter 9