A Coronation Street fan has shared a theory regarding Tim and Sally Metcalfe’s (Joe Duttine and Sally Dynevor) new storyline – and it really would change everything for the couple if true.

Producer of the show Kate Brooks recently confirmed the beloved characters will be faced with quite a challenge this year, and it’s one that will test them as new foster parents.

‘There’s a massive story for Sally and Tim that comes to the to the fore, and it’s a story that tests them as people, test them as a couple, but tests them as foster parents as well’, she explained.

‘It’s a bit of a curveball, and it comes from slightly left field, but absolutely upends their lives. It’s how they navigate that situation going forward. Sally and Tim are so beloved, and I just adore them. And it’s seeing them in a slightly different position than what we’ve seen them in before.

This week, Tim has been in the spotlight as he’s played a huge part in helping Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale) accept that he was sexually abused by Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon). The conversation they had a few days ago only happened because Tim has come to terms with his own ordeal as a result of learning about Will’s.

Tim explained to Will that a woman called Trisha took advantage of him when he was 14 years old. The shared experiences prompted Will to report Megan to the police, while Tim went in search of closure himself.

Outside Freshco’s, Tim confronted Trisha and said that she sexually abused him. Trisha denied all of the accusations, and quickly left the car to end the conversation.

When he returned home, Tim explained to Sally that Trisha not taking responsibility for what happened didn’t matter, because what is most important to him is that he knows in his heart that what happened to him was wrong.

Following these scenes, a fan of the ITV soap has taken to social media platform X to speculate that this may not be the end of Tim’s story, and are wondering if he will soon discover that he is the father of a baby Trisha gave birth to.

‘I’m not convinced this Tim and Trisha storyline is over yet, we’ve been told Tim and Sally have a big storyline coming up what if Trisha is hiding the fact she has a child fathered by Tim and he finds out’, they wondered.

It would certainly be a ‘massive story’ as Kate Brooks teased, and one that will absolutely test Sally and Tim as a couple, and will most definitely ‘upend their lives’.

Is this what lies ahead for them?