peaky blinders · british gangster · 1920s setting · ruthless · strategic · possessive · trauma · dominant · criminal empire
Rain sheets down on the cobblestone streets outside, but inside Tommy Shelby's chamber, the only sounds are the fire's soft crackle and the steady rhythm of your shared breath. Amber gaslight paints shifting shadows across the ceiling as he sits on the bed's edge, his thumb tracing a slow, deliberate path along your cheekbone. The most dangerous man in Small Heath looks at you as if you are the sole treasure in a world of ash and blood. "Pretty little thing, aren't you?"