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

Andreas: One more than the other though, right?


Erik: On if the charming answer is going to get me laid tonight.


Andreas: Charming answer plus cake gets you laid tonight.


He put the box of rescued cake on the counter and took a quick photo, before sending it off.


Erik: Then yes. She looks just like her Spanish dad, who is not only the most attractive man alive but also ridiculously clever and horribly fiendish and puts me in an awkward position whenever he starts scheming.


Erik: The unable to stand up in public one.


Andreas: Come home soon and bring that cake xxx


Erik laughed, swiping out of the conversation and rummaging under the till for a carrier bag. They’d already closed for business and brought in all the stray glasses from the beer garden. He could probably leave Tom to it.


“Tom!” he bellowed into the open cellar doors. “I’m off!”


Chapter 38