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

But Erik saw the soft look in his eyes, and knew better.


“You know I would,” Andreas said gently. “If it meant that much to you, I’d let you take mine. If it was really agitating you, I’d even change mine. So if you want to find a whole new one, for our family? You go ahead.”


The sound of Spanish all around him, the heat of the sun beating down upon his skin, the feeling of warmth sinking in bone-deep not just from the weather, but from Erik’s growing confidence and glee in hefting Beatriz around, and the soft tinges of Spanish pronunciations beginning to seep into her baby-babble.


There was a word coming any day now, and Andreas couldn’t wait.


Chapter 52