A/N: In the absence of new material (i.e. Season 5) I have returned to Season 4 and decided to write another AU. This is similar to "I'll Stand By You" but, obviously, with a twist. Hope it works and that you enjoy it! :)
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Come What May
Eric was indulging himself in his new hobby: Sookie.
Ever since she had returned he had made it his mission to drive all thoughts of Bill from her mind and make her his.
So far his attempts had been unsuccessful, but his continued insistence that he was the only one not to have given up on her was slowly wearing down her resistance.
That coupled with his purchase and restoration of her house made him reasonably confident that he would soon silence all her protests.
With that happy thought in mind he knocked on her front door.
"What are you doing here?" she demanded, opening the door.
He gave her a charming smile, "I have come to see how you're settling back into your life."
Sookie raised an eyebrow, "Really?"
"I told you, Sookie, your concerns have become my own."
"Uh-huh," she said, clearly unimpressed.
"Surely you know by now that I only want what is best for you," he told her sweetly.
"If you really wanted that then you'd leave me alone," she told him flatly.
Eric was about to respond when a spike of fear from Pam made him pause.
He'd sent her to deal with a witch problem in his stead; she'd dealt with this sort of thing before so it shouldn't be causing her any problems.
The feeling went almost as quickly as it had come, however, and he turned his attention back to where Sookie was still eyeing him warily.
"Sookie-" he began, only to be cut off as he was suddenly swamped with fear and confusion.
Something was wrong.
"Excuse me," he said brusquely, rushing off into the night and leaving a confused Sookie in his wake.
It didn't take him long to find Pam, but he was surprised to find that she was avoiding him.
He growled softly in frustration, "I'm not in the mood for any of your games, Pamela," he told the darkness firmly.
"Who are you?" came her almost frightened voice from nearby.
"I don't have time for this," he repeated.
"Why are you so angry?" she asked, her voice holding a note of fear he was not accustomed to hearing from her.
He made a monumental effort to calm himself, "I'm not angry, Pam, just stop hiding."
Silence met his request before she tentatively stepped out into the moonlight.
Eric frowned at the way she shrunk from him when he took a step towards her; something was definitely wrong.
"Pam?" he questioned, gentling his tone considerably.
"You're a vampire," she said softly, dancing nervously on the balls of her bare feet; Eric noted that small detail with a slight frown.
"Yes I am," he confirmed, "so are you."
"I know," she said simply; her eyes darted around nervously. "Who are you?" she asked after a long moment.
"I'm Eric, your Maker," he told her patiently, getting a very bad feeling about what was going on.
She looked at him with wide eyes for a long moment, before suddenly rushing into his arms.
"What's going on?" he asked softly.
"I don't know," she whispered into his chest, "please don't leave me," she added, tightening her hold on him, "I don't want to be alone."
"You're not alone, Pam, I'm here."
She pulled back a little to look up at him quizzically, "Why do you keep calling me that?"
"Because it's your name."
To his dismay her lip quivered and her eyes filled with bloody tears, "I don't remember that," she buried her face in his neck once more, "I don't remember anything, Sedric."*
"Eric," he corrected her.
"Sorry."
Eric tightened his hold on her, "It doesn't matter, you're safe now," he told her, promising himself that the same could not be said for whoever had done this to his child.
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* I couldn't help it, Eric's "Snookie" line cracked me up in S4 so I had to have Pam get his name wrong here! :P
