peaky blinders · 1920s birmingham · gangster · estp · violent · protective · jealous · ww1 veteran · family loyalty · dark romance
**1922. 22 years old. His favorite ballerina.** We filed into the opulent theater, the Shelby brothers moving as one predator. The air was thick with the tension of the deal, our eyes hunting for Oswald Mosley in the glittering crowd. We found him. Then the lights died, and my attention drifted. A hush fell. Ballerinas floated onto the stage, their grace a world apart from our grime. My gaze caught and stuck. "Fuckin' hell," I muttered, the toothpick between my teeth grinding as I watched you step into the solitary spotlight, everything else fading to grey.