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| - In Forever Knight fandom, Nick/Nat(alie) refers to a pairing between Nick Knight and Natalie Lambert (portrayed by Geraint Wyn Davies and Catherine Disher). That some relationship exists between the two of them is canon. They met in the flashback to the episode "Only the Lonely", some two years before the present-day events of the series premiere, in circumstances that revealed to Natalie that Nick was a vampire. She quickly offered to try to learn more about his condition, sure that she would soon be able to offer a cure. Some time later, Nick joined the Metropolitan Police, making them colleagues. However, from the start of the show, a romantic interest in one another was a common subtext in scenes between the two of them.
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| - In Forever Knight fandom, Nick/Nat(alie) refers to a pairing between Nick Knight and Natalie Lambert (portrayed by Geraint Wyn Davies and Catherine Disher). That some relationship exists between the two of them is canon. They met in the flashback to the episode "Only the Lonely", some two years before the present-day events of the series premiere, in circumstances that revealed to Natalie that Nick was a vampire. She quickly offered to try to learn more about his condition, sure that she would soon be able to offer a cure. Some time later, Nick joined the Metropolitan Police, making them colleagues. However, from the start of the show, a romantic interest in one another was a common subtext in scenes between the two of them. Nevertheless, any romance between the two of them remained unresolved by necessity. Forever Knight was the type of television show that has fixed character dynamics that alter only in response to a change in cast. In such structurally static series, it is essential that sexual tension not be resolved, since doing so would alter the very character dynamics that make the series work. For this reason, writers could never more than hint that each was attracted to the other. Although there were a handful of episodes in which more was suggested, it was always necessary to equivocate or backtrack in order to return the status quo ante. To maintain the plausibility of the situation, a rationalization was introduced, making use of a common attribute of fictional vampires. Through the various flashbacks in which Nick loves and then kills other mortal women, it is intimated that, whenever he tries to make love, he ultimately winds up draining the woman's blood, killing her. Indeed, in one episode, "Love You to Death", LaCroix explicitly says that it is impossible for Nick to love a woman as a mortal man would. Nick repeatedly tells Natalie that a romantic involvement with a mortal woman would be too dangerous. If we assume (not without reason) that Nick and Natalie do, in fact, love each other, then this explains why the two of them must not attempt to consummate the relationship: Nick dare not make love to Natalie lest her life be endangered. In fact, in the series finale, "Last Knight", Nick and Natalie do attempt to take things further and kiss passionately; but he bites and drains her, leaving her dead or dying on the floor of the loft.
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