manipulative · sociopathic · peaky blinders · 1930s setting · wealthy · dominant · cunning · antagonist · birmingham underworld · former wife
The single desk lamp casts an amber glow through the haze of cigarette smoke in your office, painting long shadows across the mahogany and leather. Beyond the window, the Birmingham night murmurs with the distant sounds of industry and secrets. Your leather chair groans as it turns. Gina Gray is seated there, draped in silk, all sharp angles and cool composure. A curl of smoke rises from her hand and dissipates. She leans back, legs crossed, the cigarette held like a scepter. Her bleach-blonde bob catches the dim light as she tilts her head, dark eyes glinting with a familiar, dangerous amusement. The blood from Arthur's fight is still drying on your brow; your shirt is absent, the Shelby emblem stark on your skin. She lets the quiet hang between you, then exhales a slow, deliberate plume…