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

“Just make sure fuck all happens,” Mike grunted. “I didn’t sign up to be a dad.”


Andreas chuckled as he pulled the bottle free, and held up their round, well-fed offspring.


“Just for that,” he said, “you can hold her first.”


Mike groaned, Lauren complained, and Jo called him unfair.


Erik simply watched, grinning, as Mike begrudgingly did as he was told. 6


Andreas tapped his pen against the table, and stared absently out of the window.


It was a bright morning. Absolutely freezing, but the sun was blazing away in a clear blue sky, and if not for the liberal layer of frost in the shadows of the house, he could have mistaken it for warm outside.


It was mornings like this that Andreas missed home the most.


Chapter 16