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

He knew exactly what Erik was up to. Especially by inviting Mike. Mike was a policeman, and looked the part, too. Big, bald, and uglier than a reality TV catfight. It had taken Andreas—who came from a country where casual conversations with cops was just asking for trouble—nearly a year to even manage being in the same room as him without getting antsy. He just hadn’t trusted police, Spanish or otherwise. He hadn’t seen the difference.


But when Mike’s response to the pregnancy had been to say, “Rather you than me,” and little else, it had changed Andreas’ mind. Slowly but surely. Mike had even driven them to the scans so they didn’t have to get a taxi or the bus and have strangers asking awful questions.


Chapter 14