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1. a home painted bright with blood and thorns by divinekangaroo (pettiot)

   Fandoms: Peaky Blinders (TV)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   23 Mar 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Tommy Shelby/Lizzie Stark
   • Charles Shelby
   • Ruby Shelby
   • Frances
   • Charles Strong
   • Cyril the Dog (Peaky Blinders)
   • Domesticity
   • Intimacy
   • Menstruation
   • Abusive Families (Past)
   • Trying Hard
   • Comfort

   Summary

   After the S4-E6 election/marriage, pre-S5. Some months into Tommy and Lizzie's marriage.

    

   This frequently absent father and husband considers that he often does his best work in extreme circumstances: time pressure, resource constraints, situational uncertainty, high stakes, and gross emotional wounding. He knows what to do, doesn't he?

   No matter what sort of internal spiralling disaster cascade he's busily ignoring inside. No matter what badly considered spur of the moment decisions he makes to get through the moment that he might pay for later. No matter what—

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   Series

   • Part 18 of Last Second Ending
   • Part 28 of Personal Favourites

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,677

   Chapters:

   5/5

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   100

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