A/N Thank you to all who read and review. I do so enjoy reading your comments. I have changed some things around just for the sake of the story so some of the details will be different than the books and True Blood. Don't hate me for it. This is a short story and it will have less than 10 chapters. It seems for me any longer than that and RL gets in the way or I lose my mojo.

Hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Disclaimer: I own nothing. All except the plot line belong to C. Harris and HBO.

You Remind Me of Someone I Use to Know

The next night I finally got up enough courage to ask Eric about his wife. How could someone who had been so determined to trap him in a marriage that he did not want allow him to be hurt in the manner that he had been?

"Eric how come your wife the Queen did not defend and protect you?"

"Sookie I have no wife. Since becoming a vampire you have been my only wife or should I say I think the term you humans use is ex-wife. Furthermore, the only King I have sworn fealty to is De Castro and as his asset he can command, punish, or reward me without interference from anyone. Since I was not yet bound to the Queen she could not intervene. De Castro ruled that our marriage would not take place until after my punishment for this reason. The King of Idaho does not know I now reside in his territory. As you are so fond of saying I am off the vampire radar."

"Wait…are you telling me she did not marry you after all the torment she forced on us with that damn contract!"

"Yes"

"Why Eric it doesn't make any sense? She wanted you no matter what the cost and you mean to tell me that when she finally got what she wanted she no longer wanted it."

"Sookie the Queen only wanted me as her mate because I was strong and powerful and I had a reputation as such throughout the kingdoms. But by the time De Castro was finished with me and she saw first hand the evidence of his work…I was no longer a vampire she wanted her reputation and Queendom linked with. I was how do you say it…damaged goods. Among the more powerful of our kind I am seen as something lower than a newborn. On the hierarchical chain I am above a werewolf but lower than one newly turned. In truth I am nothing."

"No Eric that is not true." My voice rose in anger at hearing the negative words come out of mouth. They had succeeded in doing what a thousand years on this Earth had not…they had stripped him of his self confidence."

I had noticed that during our time together gone was the Eric who was full of sexual innuendo. The man who could make the most mundane of phrases sound nasty. The man who's libido was the size of the Grand Canyon.

In his place was a man of few words, a quiet man, who was unsure and terrified of rejection of any kind, a man who thought of him self as unworthy of any kindness or love. Well that was going to change right now!

Moving his large hands out of his lap I slid my body across his and placed both knees on each side of his hips. Wrapping my arms around his neck as are chests brushed against each other I pulled him into me for a slow lingering kiss. As my fingers intertwined themselves in his golden locks at the back of his neck I whispered in his ear. "You are so much more than nothing my Eric. You are my everything…let me show you how much you mean to me."

As my hands moved down to his muscular shoulders my hips began a slow rocking back and forth motion over the large bulge in his pants. Running my tongue along the tip of his ear I kissed a path back to his soft lips and looked into his eyes for his permission to continue.

Seeing his unspoken consent reflected in them I moved from his jaw line to his neck placing small sucking kisses down to his collarbone as my hands rubbed across his chest. Sliding back on his lap just enough to open his pants and free him.

Raising my hips up I readjusted my position on top of him and slowly took his engorged member inside of me inch by inch while once again bringing his lips to mine. My tongue licked at their shape demanding entrance inside as a quiet grown slipped past them.

His large hands found their position on my hips pulling me into him with an unspoken need and direction. I could tell from his bodily responses that he was reaching his peak much more quickly than he ever had with me. Nuzzling my shoulder into him and pulling his head down I urged him to bite.

The instant his fangs pierced my skin I felt his release as he shot stream after stream of his cool seed inside of me. As my nails blazed tender pathways through his hair and I held his cool body tenderly to my hot skin.

Unwinding my body from his I led him inside the cabin to a small pan of water where I proceeded to clean him up. Using a soft cloth I washed away all traces of our combined juices from his body as well as, his tears. Guiding him to the bed I gently held him in my embrace while quietly telling him all of the different ways and reasons for loving him.

Sometime in the early hours of the pre dawn light I fed my human hunger with a snack as Eric sat across from me and sipped a true blood.

"Sookie." He said softly pulling my attention away from my PB and J sandwich. "Why did you come here?"

"I already told you Eric. I came because I love you. Why is that so hard for you to believe?"

"Sookie I am vampire I have never been loveable. I let you walk away from me, I divorced you Sookie. I hurt you without a second thought to your well being. I accepted a contract from another instead of the true death. I am a selfish, coward where in that is there anything to love?"

"No Eric you gave us both a chance to survive and love another day. You sacrificed yourself for us and in that single act you displayed more love for me than I have ever known. Don't you know that by giving your life for mine it was the greatest act of love anyone can do for someone else? Love covers a multitude of sin Eric and the gift of your love the day you let me go far out weighs any forgiveness you feel you need from me.

I grew up my whole life feeling unworthy. I know how the things people can do and say tears you down inside making you always feel less than what you are. But my Gran taught me…no matter what others think of you, you are only as unlovable or worthless as you feel. It is you who chooses to accept the love others give you. Love can never be earned it is given freely and one can not choose who they love and I love you Eric Northman all of you.

Yes I was heartbroken the day I walked away from you. All of this time I have felt the pain and ache in my heart but as time passed I realized that it was you a vampire, a 1000 year old Viking, who let me into his heart and loved me more than I was ever capable of loving him and they say I'm the human." She chuckled softly at the irony of the situation.

Really hearing for the first time the words that she spoke from her heart Eric understood and truly heard the grown up woman that sat before him. In that moment he felt a small piece of himself begin to heal. Leaning over he placed a kiss on her cheek and they sat in comfortable silence until it was time for him to go to safety from the sun's rays.

The next evening at sunset Sookie waited impatiently for Eric to join her nervously rolling the vial of pure fairy blood in her hands. The blood had been a gift to her from her fairy cousin the day she left Louisiana. Her kin had said it was for emergencies and since she was a trouble magnet, the fairy was sure she wouldn't have it long before she had to use it.

But Sookie's life had changed since she left the vampires behind as well as, her home in Bon Temps. Tonight she planned to give it to Eric. The Fae magic in the blood would be strong enough to heal all the damage and scaring to his body. Little by little she planned to let her love sooth over his pain until one day he would be whole again.

As he came through the door he proudly held up a freshly skinned rabbit for her dinner. Throwing it into a pot that hung over the fireplace he added a few fresh vegetables to begin a stew. When she presented him the vial of blood for his dinner he removed the cork and sniffed. His pupils dilated in reaction to the heavenly scent of his dinner while his deep voice asked the question. "Where?"

Smiling softly she said. "It was a gift to me and now it is my gift to you."

Pulling her to him in a warm embrace he whispered his thanks. As they both sat back down in their respective chairs to enjoy a meal together.