✗ || TOMMY SHELBY

SIDEBLOG | follows back from poxsonmenace 

[sxnnersaxnt]

❝ There is no rest for me in this world. Perhaps in the next ❞  — Independent & Selective Tommy Shelby Penned by Jessica               CARRD | RULES | BIOGRAPHY

[brokenthimbles]

She watched for a moment, wondering what calculations in silence was being made before responding. Very deliberate, and precise. Her head falling ever so slightly to the side trying to read the face of the stranger she had just approached.

"Something in the eyes." Wendy admitted her brow raising ever so slightly.

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The eyes. Of course it was the eyes. They were the windows to the soul and all that bollocks, and while Tommy believed an emotion or an unsaid thought behind them could be read, people often saw what they wanted to see. They PROJECTED.

❝ Go on then, ❞ he muttered around an exhale as he grabbed his glass of whiskey from the top to bring it closer to his VISAGE. ❝ Tell me what 'ya see. ❞

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❛  i don’t think we’ve met yet but you looked like you needed someone to talk to.  ❜

MEME | ACCEPTING

Happy or sad.

Those were the words that ran through his mind whenever people struck up an impromptu conversation with him because they assumed he needed a listening ear. When he was sat so rigidly and staring so bleakly that people assumed he was STRUGGLING.

He was. But nothing was ever solved in conversations with strangers.

The silence hung between them for a few long seconds, and in that time he'd slowly SKIMMED his tongue along the underside of his teeth as he waited for words to reach the front of his mouth.

❝ And what makes you think I need someone to talk t', aye? ❞

[ @brokenthimbles ]

[sxnnersaxnt]

"You're cute, how about I buy you a drink?"

It was business as usual, the day as ordinary as they come for those whom operated within the Shelby Company. Races fixed, off-track books sealed, and manufactured goods en route from the docks to the more LUCRATIVE bidders. Tommy, whom had just made a successful but high-stakes deal to expand those borders, sat at a table in the far corner of the Garrison, icy blue hues trained upon his pocket watch and a lit cigarette hanging between his lips. Watching the small hand tick around the face as though he was waiting for something to happen. Waiting for that SOLDIER'S minute to run out.

The only thing that drew his attention away from the face of that watch was a voice he didn't recognise, the cadence southern. An accent he hadn't heard in a very long time. ❝ Tell the wrong man they're cute in these parts and you'll have 'ya jaw SMASHED in. ❞ He muttered around the cigarette as tipped the watch into his pocket, finally tilting his gaze back to meet the man's own, only to find them obscured by opaque sunglasses.

[ @eyeless-smiles ]

[poohsources]

🐝  *  ―  𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒.   (  random assortment of sentences that can but don’t have to be used for muses meeting each other for the first time. feel free to adjust to better fit your muses.  )

❛  i know we only just met but i already feel like i’ve known you my whole life.  ❜ ❛  umm, is this seat taken ?  ❜ ❛  don’t be alarmed now but there’s someone following you. pretend you know me and come with me. i’ll get you somewhere safe.  ❜ ❛  my friends ditched me here and now i could really use a ride home.  ❜ ❛  i don’t think we’ve met yet but you looked like you needed someone to talk to.  ❜ ❛  can you please pretend to be my boyfriend / girlfriend for a moment so my ex will leave me alone ?   ❜ ❛  are you always this straightforward with strangers ?  ❜ ❛  here, i noticed you lost this earlier.  ❜ ❛  i’m sorry, i must’ve mistaken you for somebody else.  ❜ ❛  so, what brings you here today ?  ❜ ❛  hi, my name is [name]. it’s nice meeting you.  ❜ ❛  you’re cute. how about i buy you a drink ?  ❜ ❛  can’t you watch where you are going ?!  ❜ ❛  i just moved into the apartment next to you, so i guess we’re gonna be neighbors now.  ❜ ❛  oh god, you’re [name], aren’t you ?  ❜ ❛  here, let me help you.  ❜ ❛  is there a reasons you’re here on your own ?  ❜ ❛  apparently we’re going to be working on this together now.  ❜ ❛  you look like you could use a hand with that.  ❜ ❛  what do people around here do to have some fun ?  ❜ ❛  looks like this will take a while, huh ?  ❜ ❛  oh god. please tell me you haven’t just heard me talk to myself.  ❜ ❛  excuse me, i think i’m lost.  ❜ ❛  i just wanted to say that i really like your outfit.  ❜ ❛  do you come here often ?  ❜ ❛  do you mind if i join you for a bit ?  ❜ ❛  you looked lonely so i got you a drink.  ❜ ❛  i don’t think we’ve met, i’m [name].  ❜ ❛  what the hell just happened there ?  ❜ ❛  have you seen this anywhere ? i must’ve lost it.  ❜ ❛  can i please use your phone ? i have to call someone to get me out of here.  ❜ ❛  seems like we’re gonna be spending a lot of time together.  ❜ ❛  come with me, and don’t ask any questions. it’s urgent.  ❜ ❛  i heard strange noises coming from your apartment and just wanted to make sure everything is alright.  ❜ ❛  i have a spare ticket, you wanna come in with me ?  ❜ ❛  you don’t know me but will you be my date for tonight ?  ❜ ❛  we’ve got some time to kill so why don’t you tell me a little about yourself ?  ❜ ❛  i don’t usually just walk up to strangers but my friends set me up to it.  ❜ ❛  i think our orders may have gotten mixed up.  ❜ ❛  do i have something on my face or why do you keep looking at me like that ?  ❜

[youremyvioleta]

tommy + gun holster

[thesoldiersminute]

Peaky Blinders Season 2 | Episode 4

[thesoldiersminute]

Peaky Blinders Season 2 | Episode 4

[sxnnersaxnt]

Those pale blues REMAINED on the man UNTIL the query HIT the AIR, and he couldn’t help but look away WITH A SHEEPISH SMILE. The fondness they had for each other ran far deeper than CAMARADERIE, they both knew that, and they had been merely been TOYING WITH IT. “—Suppose we ought t’ - now you’ve brought IT up.”

[sxnnersaxnt]

❛ i always hated the way i couldn’t manage to hate you. ❜ (From Alfie!)

MEME | ACCEPTING

“—That makes two OF us then aye?” He retorted through an outwards gesture, an INHALE THREATENING to overtake HIS words.  Though he had every reason to do so, he DIDN’T hate the man,  or even DISLIKE HIM for that matter - those EMOTIONS were reserved for those who sought to make HIS LIFE MISERY. [ @camdenrascal ]

[sxnnersaxnt]

plotting call - like this for me to contact you to plot things!

[sxnnersaxnt]

Tommy took heed to the man’s THINLY VEILED WARNING, the stare upon HIS VISAGE STOIC, unreadable. “—I’ve ‘eard about your man,” he uttered alas, but not before he took a long HIT OF NICOTINE, BLOWING out the smoke between words. “Heard he’s not to be trusted. That he LIKES to play games WITH HIS own men for the THRILL OF IT.” To agree to the PARTNERSHIP would be a RISKY move, one that HIS FAMILY would surely FIND TRIFE WITH, but better to have that untrustworthy person as an ally, than an enemy. At least for now.

[sxnnersaxnt]

❛ i’m in pain with or without you  -  at least this way i’m not alone. ❜

MEME | ACCEPTING

“—You’ve been through the RINGER, Bach, god only knows you ‘ave. But you ‘ave my word, I’m not GOING anywhere, RIGHT? ..Not yet.” WITH a hand already clasped onto the man’s cheek, he drew HIM close to hold HIM TIGHT. “Not yet..” [ @fxckingmoran ]

[sxnnersaxnt]

❛ i should have killed you when i had the chance. ❜ / aidan

MEME | ACCEPTING

Wooden CHAIR PLONKING down before the man, he  ran the base OF HIS fresh CIGARETTE between HIS LIPS as he sat down, manner most casual, not HEEDING to the threat. “And why’s that then aye?” Tommy knew whom he was, knew the  BUSINESSES he ran, but he wanted to hear IT STRAIGHT  from the horse’s mouth. [ @webreak ]

[aestheticbroker]

—  ❛❛  //  𝙻𝙰𝚈  𝙳𝙾𝚆𝙽  𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁  𝚆𝙴𝙰𝙿𝙾𝙽.  (  for  confessions  you  just  need  to  hear.  please  substitute  pronouns  as  needed.)

❛ i wish we had more time. ❜ ❛ when i look at you i see my whole life. ❜ ❛ i never wanted to say goodbye. ❜ ❛ being with you was the kind of heartbreak that i needed. ❜ ❛ things will never be the same. ❜ ❛ you’ve changed, or maybe i’ve changed. ❜ ❛ we just don’t fit anymore. ❜ ❛ my whole life is you. ❜ ❛ i want you to stay. ❜ ❛ you’re my whole world. ❜ ❛ there wasn’t a day that went by where i didn’t think about you. ❜ ❛ weather like this reminds me of you. ❜ ❛ i should have killed you when i had the chance. ❜ ❛ i’m used to ruining things that i love. ❜ ❛ only one of us will walk away from this. ❜ ❛ it’s going to be different this time. ❜ ❛ i always hated the way i couldn’t manage to hate you. ❜ ❛ if we do this we can’t go back.  i’m not sure if i’m ready for that. ❜ ❛ i’m in pain with or without you  -  at least this way i’m not alone. ❜ ❛ i lied and you deserve better than that  …  better than me. ❜ ❛ i’d do it all over again if i could. ❜ ❛ i don’t live my life holding onto regrets which is why i had to let you go. ❜ ❛ i’m not strong enough to save you. ❜ ❛ there was never an ‘us’. ❜ ❛ the truth is, i’d do anything to see you smile again. ❜ ❛ when you’re around me i can’t remember how to breathe. ❜ ❛ i had a dream about you last night. ❜ ❛ an apology was never going to be enough to save us. ❜                             

[sxnnersaxnt]

“—I know you do, Bach. I know..” he began AMIDST a heavy exhale, CATCHING HIS glance once as he surveyed the area around them. Beyond the tavern doors, the NIGHT was dead, barely a breeze; a stark contrast to the atmosphere they had JUST CLIMBED out OF. There was some solace to that. “We all see red SOMETIMES.” He wasn’t about to GIVE HIS former comrade a lecture, he no doubt, already knew IT LINE BY LINE. What he was GOING to do however, was let the man unload HIS chest, and GIVE HIM some peace OF MIND. “Aye, look at me..” he stepped closer then. “You DIDN’T RUIN NOTHING, ALRIGHT?” He took HIM by the shoulder, SHAKING IT REASSURINGLY. “ALRIGHT? There’s plenty OF pubs, and the NIGHT’S STILL young.”

[sxnnersaxnt]

“—FINGERS IN all the PIES, aye?” He mused unto HIMSELF, the smoke from HIS CIGARETTE RISING up past those steely blue hues as he held IT taut between HIS LIPS. “..FINGERS IN all the PIES.” The FIRST was RHETORICAL, and the second was for HIMSELF, to stem HIS thought. “Now what would a man who runs HIS own EMPIRE have need for my BUSINESS? ..I take IT I’ve been sent for?” He knew that, but he wanted to know why.