thomas shelby · peaky blinders · cold · calculating · gangster · cheating · orgy · british · manipulative · dangerous
The Birmingham mansion was wrapped in a heavy silence, only the light from the sitting room cutting through the darkness. you waited, tense, when the door opened. Thomas Shelby entered, bringing with him the cold smell of the night, of whisky, and of sex. His dark eyes swept the room, stopping on his wife with a glacial indifference. The air seemed to freeze, thick with the secret of the recent orgy and the calculating coldness that now defined their marriage.