That next day, vicky woke up with such horrid cramps thay she wanted to curl up into a ball and pretend the world didn't exist. However, she also really wanted cuddles from tommy and some breakfast as she was fucking starving. Bouncer walked up to her pillow and lay next to her head, looking at her sad face as a rear rolled down her cheek
"I don't even know why bouncer" she laughed at herself for crying with no reason but still continued to cry. Eventually, her hunger took over and she managed to drag herself out of bed and go downstairs in search of Tommy. As she was walking down the stairs, she felt funny before bouncer began to bark. Vicky quickly got downstairs and sat at the bottom before a seizure overtook her and kidnapped her into a land of fear and darkness
Tommy, who was reading the paper at the time, heard bouncer barking and put it down quickly as he ran to the noise. Vicky was at the bottom of the stairs, her body shaking as her eyes rolled to the back of her head. Tommy sat next to her knowing all her could do was sit and wait
Convulsion seizures always scare him more than absent seizures. Although deep down, he knows they are the same health wise, seeing his little girl physically ill before him, shaking as if she were about to die, that scares him more than anything. The seizure seemed to last longer than usual and Tommy started to worry, making sure to time it on his watch. Eventually, she stopped shaking and just lay there crying
"Hey hey...shhh...shh...you're OK...I'm here"
"D..d..daddy" she muttered as her lip trembled. Tommy was holding her body to his on the floor as they waited for her to regain her strength and stand up
"I'm here darling. I'm right here" he comforted her as she clung tighter to his jacket. Vicky has always gotten teary after convulsion seizures, scaring her just as much as they scare Tommy. But her hormones were all over the place and so she was just purely sobbing into his shirt
"Do you think you can stand up now?" He asked. She nodded. John and Michael walked into the house as Tommy was helping her stand up on her own feet
"What's wrong with my favourite niece?" John asked seeing her tears
"She's just had a seizure. Come on honey, let's get you a drink then you can go back to bed" Tommy lifted her up and they went to the kitchen to go and get her some milk which she drank quickly, still crying. Michael gave bouncer a dog treat knowing he must have warned them of the seizure like a good dog doing his duty
"I'm gonna take her up to bed, ill be back down in a minute" Tommy tells his brother and cousin before carrying vicky upstairs to bed
"You just rest in bed for a while. You can have a sleep if you'd like and I'll get you some books incase you wake up and want to read" he goes to her book shelf and gets a few of her favourite books before putting them on her night stand. Bouncer cuddles up as her arm goes around him and Tommy kisses his daughter goodbye as she drifts off to sleep
He goes back downstairs to his brother and cousin who are waiting patiently
"I'm busy, this better be good" Tommy says grabbing the phone
"Just letting you know, couple lads been starting some gang, gonna defeat us all apparently. They're a mockery. Young lads who can't fight for shit. 4 of them so far and call themselves a gang. No money, no business, no allies. Just wondering what you want us do about them" John explains
"How young?" Tommy asks
"14, 17, 19, 20" he says. The eldest and youngest are brothers from what we can gather" Michael explains
"Right, well go, threaten them. Scare them. Scuff the 2 eldest up a bit just as a warning. Should shut them up. Now fuck off, got more important matters" he says. They thank him and leave so he can get to calling the doctor
Tommy expresses his concerns as the seizure was twice as long as normal and she seemed alot more tired than usual after the seizure. He is reassured that during period, women tend to have more frequent and difficult seizures as their stress levels are high and emotions are wobbly. He just needs to keep her in a calm setting and give her plenty of rest after a seizure.
Once the doctor explains it all, his nerves have calmed, and he goes up stairs to check on vicky. She is sat up in bed reading a book
"Vic, I've spoken to a doctor and he says you've just got to take it easy. Because your stress levels are high during this time of the month, seizures may be more frequent and difficult but best thing you can do is get plenty of rest. How are you feeling anyway?" He asks sitting next to her on bed and putting his arm around her as she leans into him
"I'm alright. Feeling better now I've slept" vicky says
"Good. Take it easy OK? Don't want you having another seizure"
"OK I promise" she says. Tommy kisses vickys head and strokes behind bouncers ear before he goes downstairs to finish reading the paper and sort out some numbers
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FanfictionBefore the war, there was a girl. Her customers knew her as Sapphire, her family knew her as Dotty. After falling pregnant with Thomas Shelby's baby, she runs. No one knows where and Tommy was left believing she had simply grown tired of small heath...
