The Story Aerie

Parlen

  • Image of Mattin Brenson from The Bargain. White skinned human with short blond hair and blue eyes. He's wearing a leather collar and a light blue shirt with yellow accents. He stares off to the left with wide, hooded eyes,

    The Bargain (S5, E12)

    While Jahlene tries to find Marta, Mattin finds a way to send a warning.

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  • Jahlene from The Bargain, bust. A fae woman with dark brown skin, straight black hair braided into a crown, and green eyes. She is playing with a lock of hair that came free of the braid.

    The Bargain (S5, E7)

    There’s no time for Mattin and Jahlene to relax when the problems keep piling on.

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  • Jahlene from The Bargain, bust. A fae woman with dark brown skin, straight black hair braided into a crown, and green eyes. She is playing with a lock of hair that came free of the braid.

    The Bargain (S5, E3)

    Jahlene finds time for a quiet dinner with friends. While they talk, she figures out how to ‘fix’ the problem of Mattin’s ongoing fear of her.

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  • Image of Mattin Brenson from The Bargain. White skinned human with short blond hair and blue eyes. He's wearing a leather collar and a light blue shirt with yellow accents. He stares off to the left with wide, hooded eyes, one arm held across his chest, the other hand held out as if rejecting or pushing away something. Text: Better than I've been in a long time.

    The Bargain (S4 Finale)

    Coming around the bend in the road to see the manor spread out before him was a pleasure Mattin never expected.

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  • The Bargain (S4, E5)

    Season notes: traumatized people people triggering each other, abuse, torture, fictional slavery, con noncon*, (attempted) blackmail Parlen found Mattin laying out Jahlene’s clothing for the day. “Your sister is awake. She’d like to see you.” Mattin dropped the elaborate overdress and started for the door before Parlen finished speaking. He froze, cursed, and turned back…

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  • Image of Mattin Brenson from The Bargain. White skinned human with short blond hair and blue eyes. He's wearing a leather collar and a light blue shirt with yellow accents. He stares off to the left with wide, hooded eyes, one arm held across his chest, the other hand held out as if rejecting or pushing away something. Text: “It's alright. You're safe now. It's... everything will be fine.”

    The Bargain (S4, E4)

    Season notes: traumatized people triggering each other, abuse, torture, fictional slavery, con noncon*, (attempted) blackmail Mattin jumped as Jahlene entered. He hurried to assist her out of the complicated veil-and-hairpin arrangement she wore every time she left the suite. His throat was tight, and he couldn’t force himself to speak. She didn’t keep him waiting.…

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  • The Bargain (S2, E10)

    Season Content notes: con noncon*, pain play, sexual contact, trauma reactions, verbal assault, mind control, reference to suicide attempt, coming to terms with kink (badly), avoidance as coping strategy, unintentional emotional harm, NOT a HFN season ending, mind fuck By the time Brit reached Jahlene’s door, he was in a foul mood. Jaffrey and Crait’s…

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  • The Bargain (S2, E6)

    Season Content notes: con noncon*, pain play, sexual contact, trauma reactions, verbal assault, mind control, reference to suicide attempt, coming to terms with kink (badly), avoidance as coping strategy, unintentional emotional harm, NOT a HFN ending, mind fuck Mattin slept poorly that night. His dreams included the lady’s wistful voice, Brit’s hand on his shoulder,…

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  • The Bargain (S2, E4)

    Season Content notes: con noncon*, pain play, sexual contact, trauma reactions, verbal assault, mind control, reference to suicide attempt, coming to terms with kink (badly), avoidance as coping strategy, unintentional emotional harm, NOT a HFN ending, mind fuck Brit moved as soon as Mattin was out of the door. He grabbed Parlen by the front…

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  • The Bargain (S2, E3)

    Season Content notes: con noncon*, pain play, sexual contact, trauma reactions, verbal assault, mind control, reference to suicide attempt, coming to terms with kink (badly), avoidance as coping strategy, unintentional emotional harm, NOT a HFN ending As long as Mattin didn’t think of the glamourhame, the next week went… well. He started getting up early…

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