Peaky Blinders Imagines✔️

Shelby Sister- Opium

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⚠️Warning this imagine talks about depression, unkind/derogatory words, attempted suicide, mentions making themselves sick and someone else making them sick (not in detail)

YN Shelby has always been the quietest of all her siblings. She keeps to herself, typically reading a book alone in her room. Because she's so quiet she doesn't have many friends and at school is often bullied. This is why her brothers have always felt the need to protect her.
Recently YN has been acting more quiet than usual, so much so that Ada her elder sister voiced her concern during a family meeting where YN wasn't present.
For YN life sucked. She was smart, good with words and numbers, but a push over. Finally the words her classmates tell her, she starts to believe, 'your ugly' 'fat' 'gypsy scum' and so much more.

One gloomy evening YN was walking home from school by the cut when some of the boys in her class run up to her
"Look here she is" one of them laugh "so when will you get married off?"
"Naaa no one will want her. Tommy will have to pay thousands to get someone to marry that" YN tries to ignore the comments, hugging her arms closer to her body
"At this point you may as well just kill yourself. Hey why don't I help you?" the boy takes YNs arms and starts pushing her
"What are you doing?" YN panics
"Oooo she speaks, thought you were a mute" the other boy says before pushing the young girl into the cut.
This became a daily thing until the day she snapped. YN had had enough. So she bunked off school pretending to be sick, of course Aunt Polly wasn't having any of it until after YN ate her breakfast and pretended she was going to throw up so ran to the bathroom, knowing her aunt will be behind her, YN made herself throw up. Polly kept her off school and when the house went quiet YN snuck out of her room and into Tommys looking for one thing in particular. Opium.
YN had heard about some people passing away after taking it and so she decided to try.

Tommy is the first to arrive home from a long day
"YN?" he shouts knowing his little sister is unwell. Not hearing a response Tommy makes his way up the stairs and into YNs room. But when she isn't in bed panic starts to set in, he know YN wouldn't have just pretend to be sick for no reason. Exiting her room he sees his bedroom door open. Frowning he makes his way into his room. Looking around nothing seems to be missing, that is until he notices the draw at his bedside table is slightly ajar
"Shit" he shouts opening up the draw and seeing that his opium is missing. Getting up he starts running around the house trying to find his sister. Finally he finds her pale, clammy and passed out in the bathroom "YN? YN I need you to wake up" Tommy shakes his sister "please love" he checks her heart rate, it's slow but there. Her lips have a slight blue tinge to them. Tommy has seen this before. After the war many soldiers used opium to kill themselves, but because of this  he knew how to help. He needs to make her throw up. Bracing himself he sticks his pointer finger and middle finger down her throat to make her throw up.

YN wakes up feeling comfortable and warm. Confused YN opens her eyes and sees a very stressed looking Tommy and Polly
"What...?" YN coughs. Her throat feeling sore
"Shhh" Polly rushes over and sits on the sofa next to where YN is lying with blankets covering her "thank god your alright YN"
"What we're you thinking?" Tommy scolds
"Thomas"
"Why? Why feel the need to go take my opium and hurt yourself"
"I'm sorry Tommy"
"Tommy why don't you go and get YN a drink eh?" without a word Tommy walks to the kitchen
"He's mad"
"He was scared YN. We all were, but Tommy has got a point. Why?" YN just shrugs her shoulders. Tommy walks back over to YN and helps sit her up. She takes a sip of water which helps sooth her throat a little
"I thought I'd lost you YN. Your upset, I understand but no mater what war that's going on in that head of yours means you do what you did"
"But you use opium every night to sleep" shocked Tommys eyes widen. He didn't realise that she knew that, if he did he would have been more carful
"I'll make you a deal. I'll stop if you promise to never to something like that again. You talk to me if somethings wrong"
"Ok"
"So you going to give me the names of the kids who've been bullying you?"
"How do you?"
"Finn heard some kids laughing about pushing you in the cut"
"I..."
"You don't have to tell us anything yet. When your ready" Polly takes YNs hand in hers and gives it a little squeeze. For the first time in a long time YN doesn't feel alone. She's never been alone and never will with her family around her.