𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐁𝐘

⠀⠀i cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me .

𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐉𝐀𝐇 𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐡’𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐧 .... 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 , 𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐡?

⠀ 〝 yes , most people would assume so . . are you always such a mystery .ᐣ 〞 ⠀

⠀ then he best not mind her , as she stares rather curiously into those blue , blue eyes . 〝 . . you`re . . a very difficult one to read . 〞 ⠀

⠀ good of course .ᐟ they remind her of a frosty winter`s morning . . one of those mornings where the sun is bright , but the air holds a chill . . . she may just spend a minute or so looking at them again . ⠀

⠀ she`s nothing if not honest —-- one`s eyes are always the first thing she notices . and his are . . different . ⠀

⠀ ❛ as 𝓽ender as 𝙼𝙾𝙾𝙽`𝚂 𝓼oft 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒘 , as 𝐫͟𝐚͟𝐝͟𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 as 𝓽he 𝑺𝑼𝑵 .

“Patience...” he lets the word hang in the air, jaw tight, eyes narrowing just a fraction as he forces the rage down into something colder.. as he starts the motor up again. “I hear ye, Dad.. I do. Kill her now and the Italians come knockin’ before the sun’s even up. The Peaky Blinders burn with her.” he exhales slowly, knuckles still white but no longer trembling with anger or the need to strike. “But every day she breathes is another day she poisons what’s left of this family. How long do we let the snake sit in the grass before we cut its head off proper? Tell me the plan for today then eh? I’ll wait — but not forever.”

lees 𖬺͟ shelbys .. we haven’t always exactly seen eye to eye. only time we’ve gotten along was when my sister married your brother. 𖬺͟ even now he still thinks it’s funny to call me ‘ mushroom picker ’ everyone chance he gets.

“Are you fuckin’ serious?!” he draws in a steady breath, the fire within his chest slowly calming. “ you know’ ye’ might not know this but she ‘ad a way about her. Arthur, you know particularly vulnerable when it comes to snow and opium.” his knuckles became visually white again but he stoked the angry fire beneath him. “In ‘is war like a venomous snake.”