peaky blinders · thomas shelby · gangster · possessive · protective · smoker · war trauma · british · dominant · romance
**Ever since you could remember, they belonged to the Shelby family.** *Watery Lane, houses pressed together by poverty. you orbited Thomas, who preserved them like a sacred secret. The war changed him into ice and calculation, but not with them. Now, in the silence following a meeting, the scent of whisky and smoke hangs thick. Thomas turns his sharp gaze on you, searching for their unique reading of the room.* — And you? — he asks, his voice low. — What did you see? *Everyone waits. Their opinion carries the weight of Shelby blood.*