#ravensethau

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Raven Seth au

Seth/riko/kevin?

Instead of overdose Seth is served blackmail letter, he has a choice (not really) He can come to Edgar Allan or his siblings will be in danger

The decision was easy, his siblings worth too much and foxes not trusted enough

Seth became raven 16 there was no way he woudl ever make it to perfect court numbers 1-9 reserved only for that numbers 10-19 for players who get to play in matches and 20-+ for glorified training aids Seth is paired with 17, and if he won't clean up his game they both will get degraded to 26 and 27

Seth in EA is different person than what he could allow himself to be at Palmetto, any mistake he makes here can end up as harm to his family, there is no arguing no shouting no attitude, there is Yes Captain and quiet acceptance of physical abuse

Riko is focused on him much more than he ever been on any other 2 digit pet project, Seth is forced to train and chase to try and match ravens bottom line till his muscles tear

Riko does not know how to deal with Seth, for years he was used to forcing other to obey and respect him by force. After every order he gives he expect resistance and with every order he is ready to strike, looks forward to it. But there is no need to hit Seth because Seth listen to him, Seth takes sleeping pills when told to, shuts up when looked at and repeats drills 10 more times even when shaking with exhaustion

Riko is confused

Riko is under stimulated and out of rhythm around Seth

Seth is his private antipsychotic

Truthfully Seth is not afraid of Riko, only of what Riko can cause to his family, Riko is barely 5'5 and not the first person to kick his shin- just one that kicks the hardest

Over time Riko realises that Seth is not interested in protecting himself just his family- things shift, because now Riko pushes him even harder but in different ways, not to break his body but to force him to improve, because this man has family he cares for and little brothers he wants to provide for and for that he needs to learn to play better, he needs to keep up in the position 16 on raven team- a guarantee of successful career after finishing his contract.

Riko wants to bask in the affection Seth feels for his siblings

Seth notices all the little broken things about Riko, the way he he never speaks up when the master is in the room or the frequency with which bruises bloom on his body They get close navigating awkwardly this sm relationship forged on nothing but issues

Seth is the only person who never lashed out at Riko slowly making him more trustful and seeing him as the only one Riko can confide in by the time summer is over Seth can not care to look back at palmetto, playing with ravens will give him better advantage in future considering he has only 1 year left to make mark the foxes still bond over Seth leaving them believing he did so selfishly for own gain, if there were any doubts they dissapeared when they saw Seth at Rikos side. Kevin and Seth get in fight upon meeting - Kevin and Riko never broke up my views on their relationship Kevin comments on how mediocre player by his and Rikos standards Gordon is ( how can you even let him touch he can't score for shit) Riki: because I genuinely like him Riki: wait

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Deaf Seth AU

Based around Raven Seth au Seth/Riko

General idea is that Seth's issues with foxes came out of him being hard of hearing, which causes misunderstandings and affected his team play, he was also doing his best to mask it because he was worried that if they find out he is disabled they will question his ability to play and take away his scholarship (they wouldn't but Seth is paranoid and sure that everyone is out for him)

Seth is blackmailed into going to nest and becomes Riko's lil pet project, Riko is very attentive and slowly pieces together what Seth's issue is at the beginning everyone thought Seth is just simp bc his eyes are always on Riko while in fact Seth was just extra careful to always understand Riko not to put himself or his siblings in danger

but Riko noticed the difference in Seth's behaviour when they have helmets on and off

Seth likes Riko [for many things most of which are not healthy ] because Riko is loud, Riko is always loud and also very expressive in the way his body language connects to his mood and his speech which makes him probably one of the most readable people Seth could interact with

Riko end sup confronting Seth about it and they get him hearing aids

they end up in relationship together and Riko takes the initiative to learn himself sign language even without asking Seth and just comes to him every week to check things he learned Seth is very very moved by the gesture not only because wow bae learns whole language for me , but because its quiet promise that if Seth's hearing would deteriorate further Riko is prepared and will stay with him

they have a lot of small personal gestures Seth brushing his hair back while looking at Riko means ,, i think you look beautiful " [we had discussion about Riko being very insecure about his looks bc he is Japanese man raised in country with white beauty standards]

if they hold something in their hand and lift first and 4th finger it means i love you [simplification of

] used mainly on court when holding exy rackets Seth uses *King* to refer to Riko <3

Big love you to @thefoxesraven for suggesting it and musing with me