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

It wasn’t the most comfortable day of his life, but it’d do alright.


Her energy was ridiculous though, and she skipped her usual mid-afternoon nap in favour of the water. By the time she finally showed signs of tiring, the sun was beginning to sink in the sky, and it was beyond time for dinner.


“What do you reckon?” Erik asked, tipping his head back to smile at Andreas upside-down when his boyfriend came down to the water’s edge, shirt back on and baby bag over his shoulder. “Just put her straight to bed, or try and feed her?”


“Might try and get a milkshake down her or something,” Andreas said. “She’ll need a sleep more than a feed, though, she had a decent lunch.”


Erik patted the sand. Andreas chuckled and hunkered down. Beatriz waved happily at him and he blew her a noisy kiss.


“You win,” Erik said. “How the hell did you get her to speak Spanish first?”


Chapter 54