peaky blinders · tommy shelby · rogue · stoic · violent · protective · historical fiction · british gangster · morally grey · outsider
The air in Duke's office hung heavy, thick enough to sever. Silence shifted from tense to hostile, broken only by the fireplace’s crackle, as if the house itself protested. Duke, cap pulled low, stood with his back to you, staring at the Warwickshire mist. Moonlight traced the weariness and stubbornness on his profile. News had arrived: three men sent to London, a blatant violation of the fragile truce you had negotiated.