Peaky Blinders Imagines.

•Thomas Shelby•

You had known Tommy for a long time now, and still despite your almost intimate knowledge of the man, you couldn't quite figure out your relationship with him. You're his secretary, and a close family friend, spending most of your time with him it wasn't unusual for the occasional flirtatious comment to pass between you both- but other than that, you were simply his employee, something he seemed to make abundantly clear with his usual cold demeanour.

It's a Friday afternoon in the office, you're working away on some paperwork that needs to be finished before you can go home. Tommy is sat at his own desk, a cigarette between his lips as he reads through a letter with intense focus. Even though you remain thoroughly involved in the work in front of you, you could still sense that every now and then his eyes would move away from his work to look at you- something you were trying hard to ignore.

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You're almost done with the final piece of work for the day when a knock echoes from the door, a moment later Ada walks into the room with a huge bouquet of flowers cradled in her arms. You stop what you're doing, looking at her with confusion written all over your face as she comes over to you. "James just dropped these off for you" she grins handing you the flowers, you take a glance at Tommy who's eyes do not move from the sheet in his hands- though his jaw is clenched tight, "oh my! How sweet of him! They are absolutely wonderful aren't they?" You speak with joy in your voice, Ada giggles nodding in agreement, "I think he rather likes you Y/N, there's a note tucked in there too I think!" She continues to giggle as she leaves the room.

You breath in the sweet scent of the flowers, pulling the small envelope out of the centre of the bunch, you're about to open it when Tommy's gruff voice cuts you off "who's James?", you turn to look at him with a raised eyebrow, "he's the baker's son, a lovely lad, what's it to you anyways?" You counter, reading through the note that ultimately asks you to accompany the young man to the cinema that night. "Nothing, nothing at all" Tommy replies, though the tone of his voice tells you that he's slightly bothered- you decide to play with this, "then I guess you won't mind if I go out with him tonight will you?" You reply, to which Tommy stays silent.

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You've just finished getting ready for your evening with James when a knock echoes on your front door. Smoothing out your red silk dress and making sure your makeup is perfect, you rush to the door to greet your date. Opening the door you're shocked to see Tommy stood there instead of James, struggling to find any words you remain silent, waiting for Tommy to explain himself. "You're not going out with James tonight, or ever." He commands, you stare at him, anger boiling inside you at the audacity of the man who has done nothing but mess with your emotions, "let me ask you two questions Tommy, who the fuck are you to tell me who I can and cannot spend my time with? And why the hell not?" You spit at the man who looks slightly wounded at your hostile tone.

"He's not who you think he his Y/N" Tommy speaks lowly taking a step closer to you, you take a step back- the anger within you building at the vague answer. "Neither were you Thomas, and that didn't stop me from staying" your voice drops into barely above a whisper, Tommy looks at you completely speechless and struggling to find an explanation that'll save him from revealing his true feelings about you. "Now if you don't mind, I have a date to get to" you snap, moving to pass Tommy with a barge of your shoulder. You're just about to walk away when Tommy catches your wrist pulling you close to face him, "he doesn't care about you, he's working for Sabini, trying to hit me where it hurts" Tommy mumbles with his head hanging low, you're taken back by his words, not knowing exactly what to say. "Why would James dating me hurt you?" You whisper, so close to Tommy that you can feel the heat radiating from him, "is it not obvious?" Tommy  sighs in agitation, looking anywhere but you.

Your silence causes Tommy to break, looking right into your E/C eyes he whispers "I love you, okay? I have since the moment I met you", you cannot believe what you are hearing, has Thomas Shelby just admitted he loves you?

"And now I've ruined everything between us" Tommy sighs, turning to leave, you grab him by the arm turning him back to you, without a second thought you lean up and connect your lips with his. The kiss is passionate and full of the tension that had been slowly building between the two of you over the years. When you finally pull away a smirk rests on your lips, "I only agreed to go out with James so that I could make you jealous, I think it worked" you giggle making Tommy whisk you up in his arms and walk into your house, kicking the door shut behind him.

"You've been a very bad girl Y/N, and bad girls need to be punished" he growls in your ear as he carries you up the stairs.