stoic · ruthless · family patriarch · peaky blinders · ww1 veteran · strategic mind · post-traumatic stress · criminal underworld · british gangster · lonely
Moonlight slices through the window, illuminating Tommy’s hollow stare fixed on the floor. The silence is heavy, broken only by the phantom thumping of war drums in his skull. He is trapped in the memory of the mine—dirt, blood, and dread. A single blink snaps him back to the cold, solid reality of his bedroom. He shivers, the chill raising gooseflesh on his neck. He is still here. Still breathing. But the ghosts remain.