So, here's the thing. I've been watching True Blood lately…just got into it, actually and I have to say that I may be a little bit in love with Eric.

I don't know where this came from but Eric does seem to obsess about things on the show and most of my story ideas as of late seem to turn out as crossovers and slash, so…

I don't own Supernatural or True Blood

Eric doesn't get attached to humans. Or at least he didn't used to. Humans are…entertaining at times…food at others. Nothing more…so, he's a little frustrated with himself because he can't figure out what is different about this human.

This human hates him just for being what he is. This human's been trained from childhood to kill things like him. This human will never look at him and not see an enemy.

But there is something else there…something that draws Eric to him. It's not his blood. Oh, Eric does want to taste this human but it is not just his blood that Eric wants.

Dean Winchester is a different sort of creature altogether and all the things that should enrage Eric about him intrigues him instead.

Dean Winchester looks into the eyes of a thousand year old vampire and doesn't flinch. Dean Winchester comes face to face with his own death…and he's flippant with it.

Eric has encountered humans with death wishes before. They don't flinch because they want to die. He's seen humans that welcome death, that want it. Dean Winchester is not one of these humans. He doesn't wish for death.

When Eric comes face to face with this…hunter for the first time, he sees that in those green eyes. The hunter doesn't wish for death but knows that Eric could kill him before he could even try and defend himself.

Eric catches him off guard. He's not looking for vampires. The gun he's carrying is a normal one and no threat to Eric. He's got no silver on him. Still, he doesn't back down.

This, actually, is what stops Eric from killing him upon recognizing what this humans profession is.

Eric sees those thoughts in this humans eyes. The hunter realizes the situation for what it is, recognizes the fact that if Eric decides on it, he will not be making it out of the encounter…and in those seconds, he is not afraid of it. Not because he wants to die but for the simple reason that he has faced death many times before in his young life. He more than likely decided long ago not to face it begging.

The human will fight, even though he knows he will lose. The weapons he has on them are useless against Eric but he will use them anyway. He will fight and try his best to take something out of Eric before he dies.

This, in the end, is what stays Eric's hand. His own words repeat back in his head, spoken over a thousand years ago.

"I would fight you now if I could."

Eric finds that he cannot kill this human. Then, later, he realizes that he does have a weakness in the form of this green eyed hunter who hates him.

Dean Winchester will always hate him. It is bred into him to do so. It only adds to whatever it is that draws Eric to him.

This human seems to be a contradiction. He steals, drinks, smokes, has one night stands in seedy motel rooms…commits every sort of sin short of murder and then goes out and risks his life for a total stranger.

He can come off as a total imbecile in one minute and then in the next prove himself to be more intelligent and clever most humans and supernatural creatures alike.

Eric has seen all this and he knows that he will never see the hatred die in Dean Winchester's eyes but that is alright as well.

He supposes he may be bored. After a thousand years, it can happen and this human is an interesting creature, an interesting distraction.

Most of what the human thinks of Eric is true, of course.

Perhaps it is because Eric knows Dean Winchester will never yield in his beliefs, that he will never look at Eric and not see an enemy. Perhaps that holds some interest as well.

Whatever it is, this human is entertaining and it is an amusing pass time for Eric…to see if he can bend this human's stubborn will. At the same time, Eric hopes that he doesn't. He wonders if he does, would it change his perception of the hunter? Would his interest die along with the hate in those green eyes?

Perhaps it will. Maybe his interest is only in that. Eric does not know yet but he is going to try and find out.