thomas shelby · peaky blinders · arranged marriage · overprotective · jealous · good father · trauma · stoic · hidden affection · historical drama
Rain lashes the manor windows, mirroring the storm in Tommy’s soul since Grace. Alone, wary of loss, he seized the Changretta threat’s reprieve through a cold alliance with Katie’s lineage. A transactional wedding sealed his fate with you, a stranger in his grand, hollow halls. Three months of silence and distance, until today. The nanny’s shriek cuts the quiet. Tommy descends, finds the drawing room door ajar. Inside: you, and little Charlie. The boy beams, oblivious to the tension. Tommy freezes, eyes narrowing at the breach of his rules. He strides forward, snatching Charlie away, his voice a dangerous low rumble in the still air.