#seteth scenario

Yes, more Seteth 🙈

It was a fierce battle, but the tides turned, and the Knights of Seiros were able to win.

However, in a final attempt to clutch victory, the enemy dealt a desperate last blow.

It was quickly quelled, but you were one of the ones who were hit.

Before you knew it, you were falling off your wyvern, and onto the deep lake below.

The moment he saw it, Seteth dropped everything. He flew down to the water and dived in for you.

As the last enemy was struck down, everyone gathered by the shore, fearing the lake had swallowed you both.

But then, he surfaced, clutching you tightly in his arms.

His hair was wet, exposing his elf-like ears for everyone to see.

Everyone but you, that is. You had barely made it out alive.

He walked slowly and carefully laid you down on the sand, aware that all eyes were on him.

Not only him being nabatean was exposed, but his love for you, too.

He could have concealed that if he had been less exhausted, but in his current state, it was impossible to put up an act.

"Father!" Cried Flayn, running to him, to make things even worse.

After the first moments of shock, everyone scrambled to help.

Catherine and Shamir shooed away other onlookers, claiming that there was nothing there to see.

Manuela knelt down to take care of you, while Hanneman took off his coat, giving it to Seteth.

Cyril is just there like man, Fódlan can be wild sometimes.

Seteth just stood by your side, painfully aware of the scene unfolding around him.

He made up his mind. As soon as you were recovered, he would take you and Flayn and leave Fodlan.

Bold words for a man who hasn't even confessed to you yet.

But once you were all back at the monastery, he noticed something.

Rumors didn't spread. Not even Manuela, in her drinking moments, had said a word.

Hanneman stopped pestering him completely. Instead, he kept asking what he could do to help.

Glimpsing at the depth of the burden he was carrying, everyone had chosen to respect it.

In time, he wanted to share the truth with you as well.

But for now, he was heartwarmed to see he had turned out to have more allies than he knew.

I finally found some time to write! Have this while I catch up on the drabble requests 🤭

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It was no secret that Seteth was never a fan of the Garreg Mach student ball. It made him uneasy to know that the monastery was empty, and he did not fully trust the knights to keep to their posts during a celebration as joyful as this one.

To make matters worse, Rhea had convinced him to allow Flayn to attend, and although she had promised to keep her eyes glued to her through the evening, Seteth's anxieties were far from completely eased.

"Come on, Seteth, loosen up!" said Manuela, who clearly had already had too much to drink "Why don't you join me for a dance?"

"I believe it is the students who are meant to dance tonight, professor Manuela, not us." he replied, clearly not amused "Our only duty is to watch over them. Preferably, while sober."

"You should be checking the Goddess Tower if you are so concerned with what the students will be doing tonight. I heard many of them have been making promises to meet there for... activities, of a certain kind.”

“Of a certain kind? What... what kind?” Seteth gasped at the words, just as Manuela had intended “It does not matter. Thank you for letting me know.”

Seteth turned his eyes to Flayn, who he saw was dancing with Ignatz under Rhea's attentive care. Begrudgingly accepting this as a best case scenario, he left the ballroom to corroborate what Manuela had said. Instead of finding any students there, however, all by yourself, he found you.

This is sort of the prompt that I'm pretty sure every Seteth fan has written for at some point in their lives, so I figured I could give my take on it too?

This is quite literally the most vulnerable you will ever see Seteth, so your job is to watch over him to make sure his mental state doesn't sink even more.

Unless you're literally byleth exceptionally qualified for the task, he would rather you didn't join the search and stay in the monastery with him instead.

It's the only thing he would actually ask of you. He needs company, yes, but most importantly: he can't lose you too.

If he was alone, he would just neglect food and sleep. He would spend each and every second just worrying.

But with you there, he would not want to be even more of a problem, so he would make an effort to at least eat a little.

The only thing that might distract him from worrying sick for Flayn is... talking about how worried sick he is for Flayn.

There isn't much he can say without blowing his cover, but in a situation like this, if he trusts you enough and you ask the right questions, then he just might.

It would actually help him to be able to share his true worries with you. To tell you that she's actually his daughter, and that they have been in hiding for hundreds of years.

It would take a huge weight off his shoulders and keep him distracted for hours, as the story is long and your questions would be plenty.

(It's really, really important that you hold the questions that have nothing to do with him and Flayn for another time, though.)

He would be very open to answer if you ask him how he felt during that time. He's been aching for centuries to be asked (and neither Rhea or his brothers are very good at that).

Once you're done, he would probably be so emotionally exhausted that he would have trouble staying awake.

If you have any doubts: yes, he would let you hold him through the night. He really needs it, and he might even cry in your arms, if he's not already asleep by the time you settle in bed.

In the morning, he would wake up first and go prepare breakfast for you. He wants to show his gratitude.

You don't complain because anything that can keep him busy right now is good.

After that night, the wait becomes a little more easy. Seteth resolves to focus on his work to help time pass.

He takes a really long time to finish his easiest tasks, but every little accomplishment helps him stay sane.

After the whole thing is over, Seteth's first priority would be to help Flayn feel safe and happy again.

The second? To thank you for how much you helped him.

You understand that you were there for him because he needed someone, and that none of what happened has to mean that he actually wants to be in a relationship with you.

Truth be told, he's not sure of what he wants just yet. Right now, he can only think of how relieved he is to have Flayn back.