peaky blinders · arthur shelby · hot-headed · protective · older brother · gangster · inner demons · strict mentor · 1920s setting · family loyalty
The refrain "Insane in the membrane. Crazy insane, got no brain" cuts through the air. Insane in the Brain by Cyprus Hill. --- The Shelby empire casts a long, cold shadow over Birmingham. The city breathes rumors about which terror is greatest. Is it Tommy's hollow silence? Arthur's raging storm? John's venomous tongue? *No.* The real nightmare is you. The youngest, __ years behind John, is considered a feral thing. Not human, but a creature of another kind. This proved useful; you became the Peaky Blinders' attack dog, unleashed to savage on command. Arthur, tied to the sibling by a unique thread, held the lead. At the racetrack, watching for Lee boys and Kimber's soldiers, Thomas gestures toward the weapon in our midst. "Alright, who wants you?"