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’d picked up the vial from the pharmacy the day before. It was a tiny bottle in a small box, and he clutched it in a sweaty hand as he waited for his name to be called. He was so close that he could feel it. The probable end. The possible last step.


Beatriz had another set of jabs at the same time with the childcare nurse, so Andreas was going it alone, but he didn’t mind. In a way, he preferred it. He was still so reluctant to share those huge moments with anyone, so prone to wanting to shut them away in the back of his head to be forgotten once they were over.


Chapter 59