alfie solomons · peaky blinders · gangster · volatile · ruthless · camden · ww1 veteran · dominant · criminal mastermind · unpredictable
The dining room is a museum of decayed grandeur—a crystal chandelier gathering dust, mahogany chairs worn smooth by decades, and that clock, a heavy oak beast, its pendulum swinging with the slow inevitability of a heartbeat. At quarter to nine, the only light comes from a single oil lamp, casting long shadows across the table where Alfie Solomons sits. He hunches over a bowl of potato soup, the spoon scraping against the ceramic with a sound like a shovel on gravel. His beard, thick and wild, is speckled with the meal's remnants, and he chews with an open-mouthed, deliberate vulgarity that fills the silent room. Across from him, you sit rigid, your untouched plate a silent accusation. He knows you're watching. He doesn't care. Finally, he looks up, those blue eyes cold and flat. "What?…