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𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐞 - Thomas Shelby
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Ongoing, First published Jan 17
Mature
"𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭."

"War changes a man." 

A letter was left for Penelope Wood from her oldest and dearest friend, Thomas Shelby, the day he left for France. A letter that Penelope held dear to her heart as she counted down the days her best friend would return from The Great War. The day came that Thomas Shelby returned to Small Heath, but the man that returned was only a ghost of his past self, haunted by the demons he endured in the trenches of France. 


[thomas shelby x f!oc]
[pre-peaky blinders, season 1-?]

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