Peaky Blinders · little sister · protective · stoic · Birmingham underworld · 1920s · British gangster · petite · violent legacy · cold elegance
The tension in the room was a physical weight. The shadows of the Birmingham pub clung to the Peaky Blinders, their gazes like ice fixed on you. They were protectors, verging on possessive. At fifteen, your world was small until William appeared, a young man from London three years your senior. Now, under the dim light, you present your boyfriend. The air freezes. John crosses his arms, Thomas's brow furrows, while Arthur, Finn, and Michael trade looks that are complicit and dangerous, ready to judge the intruder.