Seth x Summer

Seth x Summer is the het ship between Seth Cohen and Summer Roberts from The O.C. fandom.

Canon
Presumably Seth and Summer meet as schoolmates since childhood. Seth falls in love with Summer with her upon hearing her read a poem that everyone believes she wrote to their class. Seth remains in love with Summer all his life and always looks at her remembering everything about her and feeling bad when she doesn't come to his Bar mitzvah,

but never finds the courage to try to woo her, so when they reach adolescence, even though they attend the same high school, Summer doesn't even know about Seth's existence, let alone his feelings for her.

At one point Seth gets a sailboat he calls Summer Breeze in Summer's honor.

Ryan's arrival
Seth's father Sandy Cohen is a public defender and one of his clients is a boy of Seth's age, Ryan Atwood who tried to steal a car with his brother. Sandy manages to get him released, but Ryan's mother Dawn is totally unable to take care of him, so much so that when her partner throws Ryan out of the house, she doesn't even object that much. Ryan has nowhere to go and therefore can not help but ask Sandy for help who had recommended that he call him in case of need and the man, not having the heart to leave him in the middle of the street, decides to take him to his house for the weekend.

Seth is a lonely, introverted boy, comic-book addict and not athletic, so he has no friends, but he and Ryan make friends almost immediately. Seth talks to his new friend about his crush on Summer and indeed Ryan's arrival changes his life forever, as Seth's neighbor and best friend of Summer's Marissa Cooper is immediately impressed by Ryan and invites him to a party he takes Seth with him to.

Summer is also immediately attracted to Ryan, and when he finds out Seth is upset, but shortly after the young Atwood helps him against bullies. When Sandy brings Ryan back to his mother, the two find the house deserted and so he decides to keep Ryan at home for a while longer. Seth later goes to see Marissa and runs into Summer by chance, delighting in staring at her and complaining even when Marissa doesn't make him look good with her. Summer and Seth later go to a casino-themed party and since she wins twice while playing craps when Seth is close by, Summer decides to use him as a lucky charm. The boy is happy that his adored wants him around, but Summer can never remember his name.

After a series of events, Seth's parents decide to adopt Ryan. The boy is very happy and immediately asks his friend for advice on Summer.

For the debutante ball, Summer finds herself paired with Seth and is not happy at all, while he is elated. At her friend Holly's pre-prom party, Summer tries to get her to switch chaperone with her by trying to bribe her, but she refuses. Summer doesn't even want to talk to Seth who is upset. Seth at the prom befriends Anna, a girl who recently moved to Orange County and who loves comics like him. Summer finally manages to replace Seth with Luke and he very sad is helped by Anna who makes him understand that he does not have to be Summer's doormat and pushes him to be her knight. Young Roberts is left alone again as Luke leaves after arguing with Marissa and when she tries to use Seth as her date again, he refuses. Some time later Seth and Ryan accidentally run into Summer and Marissa and Summer asks Seth to go with him to his grandfather Caleb's birthday party (Caleb is one of the richest and most powerful men in Newport) and Seth obviously accepts.

Summer wants to go there so that she can meet rich and influential people. Seth later brags that he landed a date with Summer with the whole family.

Seth: This whole night, all you've done is use me to meet rich older guys.

Summer: ''That's not true. Okay. Maybe a little.''

Seth: Do you have any idea how pathetic it is to listen to you talk about mergers, while some guy just stares at your boobs?

Summer: Which guy was stares at my boobs?

Seth: ''Who cares? The point is, if that guy doesen't know you, he doesn't care about who you really are. He has no idea that every day of third grade you shared your lunch with a skinny squirrel whose nuts wer stolen by a fat squirrel.''

Summer: I hated that mean squirrel.

Seth: None of those guys were there when you read your poem aloud in class, and your hand was shaking because you were nervous.

Summer: ''Poem? What poem?''

Seth: "I wish I was a mermaid".

Summer: ''You remember that? That, was like, sixth grade.''

Seth: "I wish I was a mermaid. And... was friends with all the fish. A shiny teal and seashells, that's...

-Seth makes Summer realize how well he knows her and how deep his feelings are for her. After a while Seth gets tired of introducing Summer to the rich and when the girl asks him why, he complains that she exploited him and Seth points out that no one there knows her like him and remembers episodes from their childhood. Summer is surprised that he knows her so well and ends up kissing him. She later returns to the party, telling him that he doesn't need to introduce anyone else to her, but later returns to ignore Seth.

On the last weekend before the holiday ends, Seth pretends to go to a comic convention to go to Tijuana as many of his schoolmates do, including Summer who agrees to take the trip with him. Seth hopes to be able to get Summer's kiss again while taking advantage of the vacation. Summer and Seth start teasing all the way and due to a quarrel they end up off the road and have to stay overnight in a motel. The two find themselves having to share a bed, and the girl growls at him not to hit on her, which Seth doesn't do. The next morning while they are having breakfast, Seth tries to convince Summer to admit that she likes him, but the girl rudely denies. Despite this, once they arrive at their destination, Summer and Seth seem to get along well.

Marissa finds out that her parents are getting a divorce and that Luke is cheating on her with her friend Holly and then overdoses and ends up in the hospital. Perhaps hoping that sharing this trauma has brought them closer, Seth finally finds the courage to ask Summer out, but seeing him teased by some of her friends, the girl tries to politely refuse. Seth, however, understands her hint and bitterly states that he won't ask her for anything more. Summer, however, seems at least sorry to have hurt him. Knowing that Marissa's mother wants to have her interned, Summer decides to ask for Ryan's help, but not finding him at home she asks Seth where to find him and he admits that he feels unable to face Marissa's horrible mother. Despite the situation, the boy still tries to make a joking flirt, to which Summer responds negatively as always, but without too much malice. The three then work together to get their friend out of the hospital, and in the meantime, Summer and Seth get to know each other better.

Eventually Marissa convinces her mother to let her stay with her father and Summer seems to be growing fond of Seth. At school, Summer begins to ignore Seth again, who says he is sure he will be able to conquer her.

Summer's jealousy and the triangle
However, Anna also started attending their school and when they see each other again she and Seth hug each other, feeling the jealousy of Summer who goes away annoyed. Seth asks Anna for help in making Summer fall in love with him. Anna's constant presence at Seth's side begins to make Summer nervous. She later sees Anna kissing Seth and seems to feel bad about it, so when the boy goes to say hello she says that she would like someone to ride the roller coaster with and he immediately volunteers.

Fanon
Seth x Summer is one of the most popular ships of The O.C. . Even though they both dated other people throughout the show it was always clear that they never stopped loving each other. It rivals Ryan x Marissa and Rylor as the show's most popular ship.

There are numerous videos and fanfictions dedicated to this couple.

Fandom
FAN FICTION


 * Seth/Summer on Fanfiction.net