I'm fairly sure that Eric understood, but I still don't think he wouldn't have let him go, no matter what their relationship is/was like. Eric isn't selfless, never. He would understand, he would disagree, and he would go out of his way to manipulate Godric back into loving life. And he'd succeed. that's why I'm so angry about canon - because I KNOW that Eric could have made Godric feel better again.

Oh please, more flashbacks would be so great. I'll just have to write more about Godric, then it will get easier for me. I love writing about minor characters, or other characters we don't know much about, and after a while you just develop your own fanon and things get a lot easier.