14. NORTHSIDE - Ama Lou \\ @nothief
THEY HAVE FALLEN INTO A SORT OF ROUTINE. Once in a while Nate shows up, they sit and talk and drink whisky, and then Nate leaves. But this time it’s gone later than usual. This time there are two empty bottles of whisky on the floor instead of just one. It’s rare that Thomas Shelby finds someone who can drink with the likes of him ; but Nate may be able to hold more liquor than he can.
They have stopped bickering. Instead they are taking turns telling stories, stories of war and death and sorrow. There is a connection here that Thomas can’t seem to break. He finds himself giving a shit about Nate now, where three months ago he’d wanted to snap his neck in his hands.
“ ... going in circles. I thought I was fucking finished. Those shovels and pickaxes scraping against the wall not three feet in front of me... I knew there were soldiers on the other side. I knew I had to kill them or they would kill me. There’s nothing in the world more revealing than that feeling. I wanted to cry but there was nothing could make me. ”