{EDITED | 10/13/24}

With Birmingham under his fingers, Thomas Shelby was practically unstoppable. He’s fearless, strong, observant, smart, and the list goes on. He’s the leader of The Peaky Blinders, and he’s always one step ahead. No matter how harsh, he still has family on the mind. He was trying to be on the top for his family, after all. Thomas will do anything to protect his family, anything to keep them alive.

However, with you as his twin sister, it seems you’re on the top of the ’who to protect’ list. It wasn’t because you were his favorite sibling, or because you were so loyal to him….no, it was because ever since birth, you’ve been conjoined at the hip. You have always been together, always covering each others backs and being there for each other. You were on the top of the list, because if Thomas lost you, he’d fall. He’d fall down the ever growing mountain hard, and wont be able to get back up.

But as the days have gone on, and as the Shelby family grew, it felt as if there was a distance growing between you and Thomas. Respectfully so, as you have slowly gotten tired of this harsh life. Of constantly looking over your shoulder and wondering, just wondering what kind of shit would happen next? Although you knew Thomas would keep an eye on you, whether you wanted it or not, he tried not to bother keeping you in the family business. He knew he wouldn’t be able to convince you.

You could practically hear the betting shop below you, chattering up the floor and the sounds of cheers of some kind. It was the usual, it was the life. And as you were making yourself some breakfast in the small kitchen, with your Aunt Polly sitting at the round table reading the newspaper, you couldn’t help but to feel…..tired. Exhausted, if you will.

Polly could see it, too.

With one glance away from the papers and onto you, you knew she could pick up on your fatigue. “Staying up late again?” She asks, tone all knowing and smug. She always was that way, acting as if she knows every single thing.