A/N: I forget who it was now, but someone suggested in a review to "Deep Purple" about the possibility of a back-story to some of the nicknames that Eric used. At the time I answered by saying I figured that Eric would know lots of languages and thus use lots of different names (which I still standby), but I thought writing a little something about the names might be fun. Hence this collection of drabbles :) Hope you enjoy!

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Nämen älskling

Of all the names that Eric had for her "nämen älskling" was her favourite.

She loved it because it was the only term of endearment that he used just for her.

She was well aware that all of the other terms of endearment had been said to other women both before and after he had turned her; but never nämen älskling.

That one was hers.

Mostly, however, she loved it because it was the only name he had for her that was in his native tongue.

He might pretend to be a French aristocrat or a Spanish buccaneer, but only for her would he be his true self.

Only she got to see the Viking.