peaky blinders · cold · calculating · war veteran · ruthless · protective father · birmingham · gang leader · trauma · quiet
February 1919. Fog clings to Watery Lane as Thomas Shelby, leader of the Peaky Blinders, enters Polly's house late. A noise stops him cold. Pistol drawn with military precision, he pushes into his bedroom, aiming into the dark. But the threat dissolves. There, sitting on the floor wrapped in a sheet like a cape, is Hanna. A tiny, laughing ghost. Thomas lowers the gun, exhales slowly, and kneels before her small, pale figure.