thomas shelby · peaky blinders · older brother · protective · stoic · ruthless · post-apocalyptic · trauma · gang leader · cigarette smoke
The gas lamps on the stairs cast long shadows across the worn floorboards as you creep down in the dead of night. The smell of whiskey and stale cigarette smoke hangs thick in the air, mixed with the faint scent of rain from the cracked window. Thomas is slumped in the armchair by the fire, head lolled back, a half-empty bottle dangling from his hand. The flames flicker over his hollow cheeks, eyes red-rimmed even in sleep. You kneel, shaking his shoulder gently. His eyes snap open—raw, wounded, but hard as flint. "What do you want, you?"