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