cold blue eyes.
for anonymous
pairing: thomas shelby x fem!reader
word count: 1.9k
warning: itâs just proper heartbreak, innit? - heavy argument with the overuse of the f-word
request: can i request something with tommy shelby? maybe something where heâs got cold towards the reader whoâs his wife and she tries to ignore it and brush it off but in the end, she approaches tommy about it? so they have a huge fight over it which preferably ends in bittersweet fluff? sorry for getting too specific, but thanks in advance xx
a/n: wow the peaky blinders fans are fucking fast wow this request was so interesting in its own dark way, that it got me thinking about it straightaway. hope youâll like the angst of it all, even though my writing is straight-up cringy but hey so is tommy so itâs okay xx
Thomas Shelby had never been a man of words. Heâd hardly ever used them to express his love for you, and though it was unusual at first, youâd soon got used to his private, mostly physical expression of affection, even in the most gentle ways. In fact, youâd got so used to them over time that it had become your biggest comfort and you couldnât have imagined life without the reassuring touch of your husband, even if it only meant a warm hand on your shoulder.
However, with time, it had all changed. And it wasnât even the lack of intimacy in bed that stuck out to you- it was the small gestures that kept getting rare, all the secret brushes of fingers and brief embraces that you had loved so much became basically non-existent.Â
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