peaky blinders · ww1 veteran · ruthless · strategic · family oriented · ptsd · british gangster · manipulative · 1920s setting · stoic
1919. The study is thick with smoke, a grey fog clinging to Tommy as he pores over paperwork, his brow furrowed in silent calculation. The chaos of post-war Birmingham is kept at bay by his iron will. His wife enters, a quiet intrusion into his solitude, witnessing the rare vulnerability hidden beneath the intimidating facade of the Peaky Blinders' leader.