The Story Aerie

Brit

  • 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 (Series Finale)

    Season notes: violence, death, attempted murder, accusation of sexual assault Mattin didn’t know how long it was, but eventually, exhaustion wore out the worst of his emotions. Numbness spread through his body—shock or blood loss, he couldn’t be sure. With a final silent cry thrown towards his mistress, he allowed himself to stop. He had…

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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,

    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, E10)

    Jahlene realizes how big a mistake she made. Brit and Cook come looking and find her collapsed.

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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,

    The Bargain (S5, E9)

    Mattin has a plan to help Jahlene — but what if he’s too late?

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  • The Bargain (S5, E8)

    Things are coming to a head…

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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 (S3, E1)

    And we are back! This isn’t going to be quite as wild a ride as last season, but it’s not going to be a walk in the park either. (If you need a refresher, check out Season 1 and Season 2.) Season Content notes: con noncon*, pain play, sexual contact, trauma reactions, people handling emotions…

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  • The Bargain (S2, E11)

    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 Mattin woke up and wanted to die. He wasn’t sure which was worse, the memories or…

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