𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙚 ▻ 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘺 [2]

𝙏𝙬𝙤

𝙏𝙬𝙤. 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴

...

"TOMMY", his golden haired girl moans from under him, and he swears he could feel it in his bones.

     Those mesmerizing eyes of green and gold stare up at him with both love and lust, her hair perfectly splayed out on the pillow beneath. It was beautiful. It was perfect. Not just her, but the entire image that he gazed upon with his eyes, the warmth of her soft skin on his, the feeling of life that flowed through him. Everything was perfect.

She reaches her arms up and wraps them around his neck, bringing his face down towards hers, until their lips just barely graze. The taste of her so close yet somehow so far.

"Please stay" he mumbles as he rests his forehead onto hers. This is where he wanted to be. With her, forever.

     "It's you who's leaving, Tommy", the golden girl speaks softly as her hand caresses his cheek, and he leans into it.

     He shakes his head.

     "You need to wake up, Tommy", she breaths.

     He shakes his head again.

     But before he could catch just one more glimpse of his golden angel, his body begins to free fall, and with a thud his eyes open to see his bedroom as the morning sun can be seen peaking above the horizon out the window.

     Alone.

     Thomas Shelby was alone in his bed with his heart aching from the feelings that felt so real just moments ago.

     It was like the come down after doing drugs, but somehow worse. Cold, empty, lifeless - That's all he could feel. One moment he was warm with his golden girl's love, the next he was alone and without. And even though it was all in his head, it damn sure felt real.

The days without the girl in his dreams dragged on longer and longer as they passed. The days turning into weeks. The weeks turning into months.

Eight months.

Or, to be exact: eight months, one week, and three days. But who's keeping track - right?

It's been eight months since Elizabeth Alder had left Small Heath for the second time, but the months that passed seemed to feel like years - Not just for the ocean eyed boy, but for all of the Shelby's.

     Ada left with Freddie shortly after she did; no friend for her to stay behind for.

Arthur could be found stumbling drunk at the fighting ring during almost all of his spare time; no motivation to clean himself up anymore.