A Collection Of Michael Gray Imagines

The Receptionist

Having next to no idea what you were in store for, you cautiously put one step in front of the other and made your way diligently towards the Shelby Company Limited building where you had been instructed to go.

You'd received a letter signed and sealed from Thomas Shelby himself telling you what you were going to be doing whilst working for his company. His letter was detailed enough for you to know that you were going to be a receptionist on the first floor but it was also vague enough for you not to know who you were a receptionist for. The letter described your duties as a personal assistant with a few extra duties for when anyone else in the building may need you.

It was, however, delivered by his youngest brother, Finn, whom you were non-exclusively seeing. He had been the one who had bagged the job for you and pushed Tommy to take you on. Finn knew how much Tommy liked to 'give back' to his community, helping out those who needed it the most.

It was a windy day and so you had wrapped a wool coat around yourself and pulled on a matching hat to hold your hair in place whilst also managing to fight off the cold from biting away at the tips of your ears. When you had received the letter, you had gone out and bought some clothes that looked more professional and matched a bit better than some of the things you already owned — which was hard considering this was going to set you back a few more pounds that what you actually had yet, making you grateful for the opportunity to make the money back as soon as you would. Finn had paid for your clothes and you felt so guilty spending money that you didn't actually have yet, but he had insisted that for your new job you got some new clothes since you had been moaning about how worn and old the ones you currently owned were.

Thinking through every possible scenario that could be a bad start for you, you walked in your low heels to the doors of the building, not having noticed that you'd made it there already. Finn had mentioned something about Tommy's assistant being Lizzie, to which you were mildly shocked, after hearing all of the stories Finn had told you about his family beforehand. You push the door open to reveal a large room, sparsely decorated with minimal furniture, there was a tall woman who you assumed to be Thomas' assistant from what he had described in his letter.

She looked up from her desk and smiled widely at you, "Oh, you must be Michael's new assistant," she looked up to the clock on the wall above the archway you were standing underneath, "and you're early, we like that here."

She gets up from her seat and walks over to you, offering you her hand, "Lizzie Stark, love."

You sigh, thankful that you've managed to get some bonus points in already whilst also being pleased that you'd been greeted by Lizzie first since you had no idea who you would be an assistant to.

After shaking your hand, she pulls you closer to her by placing an arm on your back, guiding you towards where you needed to go, "Up those stairs, you'll see a similar layout to the one down here, you make yourself at home at the desk, move things about however you need them and Michael will make himself known in a few; he's due here any moment now."

Hands folded in front of yourself, clutching tightly onto the purse that held a few of the things you thought you would use while here, or to decorate with a few things to remind you of home to help make you more comfortable, you nodded your head and thanked Lizzie and headed up the stairs.

Sure enough, it was exactly as she had described, the desk was pushed into the corner a bit more but you assumed this was so that it was out of the way whilst no one was using it and decided to move it once you'd hung up your hat and coat.

Taking in your surroundings, you slowly began to underestimate the reach of the Shelby Company — whilst the walls were barely decorated, there were a few certificates hanging on the walls, almost blending in with their surroundings, so much that you almost didn't even notice them.