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 met as children, when they were schoolmates. Seth fell in love with Summer with her upon hearing her read a poem that everyone believes she wrote to their class. Seth's love for Summer persists throughout his life. He often watches her, remembers everything about her, and feels bad about himself when she doesn't come to his Bar Mitzvah. But he never finds the courage to go after her her, so by the time they reach high school, Summer doesn't even know Seth exists, let alone about his feelings for her.

At one point, Seth gets a sailboat that he names after Summer, calling it Summer Breeze.

Ryan's arrival
Seth's father, Sandy Cohen, is a public defender. One of his clients is Ryan Atwood, a boy Seth's age, who tried to steal a car with his brother. Sandy manages to get him released, but Ryan's mother, Dawn, is unable to take care of him. When her partner throws Ryan out of the house, she does not object strongly. Ryan has nowhere to go and therefore has no choice but to ask Sandy for help, who had told Ryan to call him if he needed help. Not having the heart to leave him in the middle of the street, Sandy decides to take Ryan to his house for the weekend.

Seth is a lonely, introverted boy. He is addicted to comic books and is not athletic, meaning he has no friends. But he and Ryan hit it off right away, with Seth even telling his new friend about his crush on Summer.

Marissa Cooper, Seth's neighbor and Summer's best friend, is immediately impressed by Ryan and invites him to a party that he brings Seth along to. Summer is also attracted to Ryan, which upsets Seth when he finds out. However, he pretty much gets over it when Ryan defends him from bullies.

When Sandy brings Ryan back to his mother, the two find the house deserted, so he decides to keep Ryan at home for a while longer. Seth later goes to see Marissa and runs into Summer by chance, staring at her and complaining when Marissa doesn't make him look good in front of her. Summer and Seth later go to a casino-themed party, and she decides to use him as a "lucky charm" since she wins craps twice with him close by. Seth is delighted that she wants him near her, but she can never remember his name.

Eventually, Seth's parents decide to adopt Ryan. This makes Seth very happy, and he immediately asks his new brother for advice on Summer.

At the debutante ball, Summer finds herself paired with Seth. She is annoyed by this turn of events, while her partner is elated. At her friend Holly's pre-party for the ball, Summer tries to bribe her to switch chaperones with her, but Holly refuses. Summer doesn't even want to talk to Seth, which disappoints him. At the prom, Seth befriends Anna, a comic-loving girl who recently moved to Orange County. Summer finally manages to replace Seth with Luke, Holly's chaperone, which makes him very sad, but Anna helps him understand that he doesn't have to be Summer's doormat. Summer find herself alone when Luke leaves after arguing with Marissa. She tries to get Seth to be her date again, but he refuses. Some time later, Seth and Ryan accidentally run into Summer and Marissa. Summer asks Seth to take her to his grandfather's birthday party and Seth gladly accepts. His grandfather, Caleb Nichol, is one of the most powerful men in Newport, and Summer wants to go to his party to meet rich and influential people. Seth later brags to his family that he landed a date with Summer Roberts.

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 staring 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 were 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.

Seth realizes he's always talking about Summer, boring Ryan and Anna, so he decides to invite Anna to a charity party organized by her grandfather Caleb, promising not to mention Summer. Teh latter asks Seth about story rehearsals and when he tells her he'll have to go with Anna to the benefit she immediately states that a guy has invited her and walks away bumping into Anna on purpose.

Summer: ''Oh, God! No.''

Seth: What's happening here?

Summer: I like Seth Cohen.

Seth: ''You--? You what now?''

Summer: ''Nothing. I wasn't talking to you. But if you tell anyone what youu heard here, I'll kill you.''

- Summer admits (more or less) her feelings for Seth. Summer is increasingly jealous and complains about the closeness between Seth and Anna with Marissa, who immediately realizes that her friend has fallen in love with Seth. Summer then joins Seth while he is alone and kisses him and then moans that she is crushed on him. Seth is incredulous, but Summer walks away telling him that if he dares to tell someone what he heard she will kill him.

On Thanksgiving both Summer and Anna show up at the Cohen house (the first uninvited) and Seth tries to navigate between the two, making sure that neither girl finds out about the other. On Thanksgiving both Summer and Anna show up at the Cohen house (the first uninvited) and Seth tries to navigate between the two, making sure that neither girl finds out about the other. Summer jumps on to Seth to kiss him again as soon as she gets the chance to tell him that she can't explain why she likes Seth, but that she can't hold back in his presence.

At the same time, the boy tries to make out with Summer and would also like to go further, but she doesn't. Eventually both Summer and Anna discover a presence in the other and they get angry with young Cohen.

''Seth: Hi, you guys. Can I speak to you for a minute, please? Because I owe you both an enormous apology. I guess, technically, I owe you two apologies each one tailored to specific wrongs visited upon the specific person. But since you two semme to be a package deal --''

Summer: Cohen!

Seth: Right. ''I'm sorry. And I'm sorry. And I'm also sorry that i apologized to her first. It just, chronologically, I --''

Anna: Cohen.

Seth: ''Right. Stupid, I know. Well, let me start by saiying nothing in my life, nothing, prepared me for the events of that fateful Thanksgiving day. But I'm not gonna make any excuses fot what I did. I just wanna say one thing in my defense, which is: you can't really blame me for wanting the company of either of you two. And I know that I hurt your feelings and I feel bad about that. I do, but please believe me when I say that it wasn't intentional, okay? I would never do anything to ruin our friendship, or "-ships". I know I have no right to ask, I just hope that some day you can both forgive me. Okay. So, yeah, thanks for your time.''

- Seth apologizes to Anna and Summer.

For fear of the two, Seth later pretends to be ill to skip school, but is soon caught and forced to go to school. Both girls are still hurt and angry, but after a few days Seth apologizes and the two forgive him, and again compete for him.

Summer: Hi

Seth: Hey

Summer: That apology aside from being the first being the first I've received from a boy was also the nicest.

Seth: ''Well. Well, I meant it, so, good.''

Summer: So, what are you doing Saturday?

- Summer forgives Seth. Summer then thanks Seth for her apology and asks him out on Saturday and he obviously accepts. When Chrismukkah arrives (a hybrid of Christmas and Hannukah created by Seth), Seth prepares two identical gifts for Summer and Anna. When Chrismukkah arrives (a hybrid of Christmas and Hannukah created by Seth), Seth prepares two identical gifts for Summer and Anna. Both girls would like to go to the Christmas party organized by Caleb with Seth, but he, not wanting to ruin anyone's holidays, decides not to go with anyone and to meet them directly there. Both girls violate the agreement by showing up at Seth's house, trying to be escorted to the party, but Seth manages to prevent a fight from breaking out. When they are left alone, Summer tries to seduce Seth by dressing up as Wonder Woman, but when she learns that Anna has made a comic for Seth, she is upset and the two are interrupted by the latter's arrival, and Summer tells Seth that he has to choose one of them.

Seth doesn't know who to choose between Anna and Summer and tells both of them that he wants a relationship of friendship, but neither of them wants it and each refuses his gift. Summer goes with Marissa to a New Year's Eve party, where she meets Anna and she pretends that she no longer cares about Seth. In reality, Summer hasn't got over Seth at all, as she gets to ask a random guy to choose between her and Anna to try and get over it. Summer also comes to kiss him, but she doesn't like it, because he's not Seth who at that point gets together with Anna. Seth decides to tell Summer about his choice, but doesn't put off looking for a way not to hurt her. Anna offers to do it for him, but he refuses, wanting to talk to her in person. Summer, however, reveals that she has it all figured out, but she seems to take it well and she agrees to remain friends with them. In reality, Summer is angry about what happened and when the group goes for a weekend out of town in Palm Springs she gets in between the two constantly.

Seth soon begins to tire of his relationship with Anna as they are too much alike. Summer, for her part, starts dating a guy named Danny, considering it funny, but she is obviously trying to replace Seth who is annoyed by the new relationship of the brunette. Summer and Danny's relationship ends soon, perhaps also due to possibly unconscious sabotage by Seth.

Unable to spend time with Marissa, Summer continues to hang on to Seth and Summer. All in all, Seth seems to appreciate Summer's presence and this leads him to neglect Anna, so the blonde realizes that Seth has never really taken Summer out of his head and leaves him.

Become a couple
Seth: ''Actually, Anna and I broke up. And I wanted to see what you're doing tomorrow.''

Summer: So you guys broke up.

Seth: Yeah.

Summer: ''Coffee. You're single now and you want to know what I'm doing for Valentine's.''

Seth: Yeah.

Summer: So Anna dumps you and you think you can choose me and I'd still interested in you?

Seth: ''First of all, what makes you think that Anna dumped me? Never mind. Second of all kind off. Yes.''

Summer: ''Yeah. No. No way. I'm not gonna be your sloppy seconds, ass-face.''

- Summer finds out that Anna and Seth broke up. As Valentine's Day is near now, Seth asks Summer about his plans and finds out that he and young Stern broke up for a moment.Summer looks impressed, but then angrily comments that she's not a spare.

Seth: ''Wait, wait. Before you kick me out, can you please give me a second to explain? Okay listen. Summer... it's not like now me and Anna broke up I'm now choosing you. Okay? Beaucase the whole reason that we broke up is beaucase for me it's always been you, Summer. It's always been you. I've tright to fight it, and I've tried to deny it. And I can't. I can't do it. You're undeniable.''

- Seth declares his eternal love to Summer. After school Seth goes to Summer's house and explains that she is not a makeshift for him, but that in reality he and Anna broke up because for him she has always existed and only she and that for him it is everything. Summer is impressed and kisses him and the two then end up having sex for the first time.

Immediately after he leaves. Later the boy will admit to Ryan that he is not sure if he was able to satisfy her. The boy then asks his father for help, but it doesn't help him much and so he decides to try again. The boy then asks his father for help, but it doesn't help him much and so he decides to try again. Summer lets him do it, but it gets pretty messed up. Seth is persuaded that Summer will no longer want him at this point and at the Valentine's Day gala he tells her, stating that maybe in a few years he will be ready, but that in the meantime he will just disappear.

Summer: The other night when we... had sex.

Seth: Yeah.

Summer: You weren't the only virgin in the room.

Seth: ''There was someone else in the room? Like, filming us?''

Summer: ''Me, jackass. I'm a virgin. Or I was a virgin,''

Seth: Why didn't you tell me?

Summer: ''I don't know. I guess I felt like I had this reputation to uphold and I figured you think less of me.''

Seth: ''No. Are you kidding? Not at all. I'm just-- I'm shocked. God. Never in a million years would I think that you, of that people, not that-- That is not what's importan here. That was a huge moment in our lives and we just blew past it.''

Summer: Really quickly.

Seth: ''Hey, not that quickly. Pretty quickly, yes. And it was a big deal.''

Summer: ''I think that it should've been special. And we rushed it.''

Seth: ''What if we were to slow it down a little bit? Maybe start from the beginning?''

Summer: What do you men?

[Seth puts on some music]

Summer: You are so cheesy Cohen.

Seth: Come on, I'm sweeping you off your feet.

Summer: Well the sad part is you kind of are.

- Seth and Summer clear up.

After the party, Summer joins Seth at his house and tells him that she too lost her virginity when they had sex and that she didn't tell him she was still a virgin to please him more. Seth reassures her that this is not the case and the two realize they have been in too much of a hurry, and decide to try to slow down and start over.

"I just don't know why he likes me. I mean, he's way smarter. And we have like, less than notingh in common. And he's justa gonna get bored with me, beaucase, pretty much, all boys do. If everybody knows we're dating they'll know when he breaks up with me, which he will. I mean, dumped by Seth Cohen? It's real good for my reputation" - Summer admits she doesn't feel enough for Seth.

Summer agrees to work at a kissing booth to raise money for the water polo team and doesn't tell anyone to stay with Seth who fears she is ashamed of him. Eventually Seth decides that he will avoid Summer until she admits to everyone that she is his girlfriend. In the end, Summer admits to Anna that she is sure that Seth will one day break away from her and leave her and that if we know that they are together everyone will understand it and that therefore in addition to the pain she will have to endure the teasing.

Seth: I need to talk to you.

Summer: I'll IM you later.

Seth: ''Okay. Let's talk up here.''

Summer: ''Oh, my God. No''.

Seth: Summer I know you 're scared.

Summer: Yeah, of you.

Seth: ''You kiss these other guys, but you won't kiss me? Acknowledege me now or lose me forever''.

Brad: You're dating this emo geek?

Seth: ''Yes, Brad, she's dating this emo geek. Yeah that's right. I'm a big dork and I listen to emo. And I'm dating her.''

Summer: Why are you doing this?

Seth: ''Beaucase, Summer, I like you this much. And if you feel the same way about me, then... someone will have to give me a hand down. It's high up here and I could fall and that would be embarassing. More embarassing.''

[Summer joins him]

Summer: I can't believe this.

Seth: It's all over but the public make-out session.

- Summer and Seth go public with their relationship. Knowing this, Anna decides to encourage Seth to make the young Roberts understand how much he loves her. Seth then joins Summer at the stall and climbs onto it, declaring his love for her in front of the whole school. Summer is moved by it, reaches him and kisses him. When Anna decides to return to Pittsburgh to live with relatives, Seth is upset thinking that it is because of him that the blonde made this decision. Summer discovers her boyfriend's guilt and comforts him as best she can.

Summer later gets jealous, but Seth convinces her that there is nothing romantic about his desire to have Anna stay in Newport and the young Roberts tells him to go see her. Seth does not convince Anna not to leave, but they greet each other without rancor.

Summer and Marissa accidentally run into one of the actors starring in Summer's favorite TV series and get an invitation to her birthday party to which they decide to go with Ryan and Seth. The latter is jealous of the actor and it gets worse when she realizes that he looks like him and therefore seriously fears he might seduce Summer. It is worth noting that Summer is also jealous when a girl talks to Seth.

Eventually, Seth's suspicions turn out to be right, because the actor tries it out with Summer, but she angrily rejects him.

Marissa discovers that her mother was having a sexual relationship with her ex-boyfriend Luke and runs away in horror. Seth goes to ask about Summer, but her girlfriend has none. Heard that Seth's grandmother is coming to town for Seder (Passover) and Summer would like to meet her, but Seth thinks it's not a good idea as her grandmother is politically and socially active and Summer has never been interested in things of this type. The girl senses this and believes that Seth is ashamed of her, but he assures her that he wants to protect her. Summer goes to the Cohen house anyway and gets mad at Seth when she finds out that Sophie Cohen is very nice, but later the true nature of Sophie Cohen emerges that she was trying to hide because she contracted lung cancer. Summer in the meantime is committed to learning what it takes to join the dinner.

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