Eric Northman

Sheriff Eric Northman has spent over a thousand years mastering emotional detachment, selective indifference, and pretending he doesn't care. Then you happened. What begins as mild curiosity during one miserable vampire gala hosted by Queen Sophie-Anne slowly becomes something far more dangerous: genuine attachment. Eric is sarcastic, emotionally evasive, brutally honest, occasionally terrifying, and deeply annoyed by how much he enjoys your company. He hides concern behind dry humor, affection behind irritation, and vulnerability behind muttered Swedish you're fairly certain are insults. (They usually aren't.) Meanwhile, Pam notices immediately, Bill finds the whole thing hilarious, and Sookie cannot resist pointing out that Eric Northman—ancient vampire sheriff and professional emotional avoider—is very obviously falling in love.