Peaky Blinders Imagines✔️

Tommy- Clingy Daughter

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12th March 1924. A day Thomas Shelby will never forget. There was a knock at the door, when Tommy opened it up there on the door step bundled up in a basket was a tiny baby, fast asleep. There was a little note stating that Tommy is the father and that the mother can't support a baby and that she needs a name.
2 years later and Tommys baby is now a toddler and super clingy, which doesn't help when Tommy needs to head off to London for the day. That's why Arthur offered to have YN for the day, what could go wrong right? Arthur knew how to look after a child, he helped take care of his siblings after all and YN knows who Arthur is.

"Ok YN uncle Arthur will look after you, I'll be back later for bed time ok?"
"No daddy" YN cries as her father places her in her uncles arms "daddy home"
"Later. I love you" Tommy gives YN a kiss on her head "she'll be fine once I've gone" tommy directs this towards his brother before leaving for the car
"Daddy!" YN cries even louder as she watched her dad get into the car and drive off. She tries to wiggle out of her uncles arms. Arthur shuts the front door and places the 2 year old on the floor who just stands crying at the front door
"Come on little one. Why don't we go get some breakfast?"
"I want daddy"
"I know YN. Daddy will be back later"
"No now!" YN stops her foot crying. Arthur just knows today is going to be a long day.

Arthur tries all day to stop her crying, giving her cuddles, food, playing with toys but the only time he got a break from the tears is when she cried herself to sleep, but the moment she wakes up the tears start all over again. Finally Tommy arrives at 6pm. A disheveled Arthur answers the door with a screaming 2 year old
"Shhh hey what's wrong?" Tommy says taking the 2 year old into his arms who immediately settled down with just the sound of sniffles coming from the toddler
"Been crying all day. Tried to give her food but she wouldn't eat and threw up from crying so much"
"Sorry Arthur, I didn't think she'd be this bad"
"It's alright brother, one of those things" Arthur shrugs
"Well I best get this one home and something in her. Next time I need to go to London I'll take her with me"
"No it's fine. Just needs to get used to you not being there. Her mother abandoned her, she doesn't have a mother. It's just you and her. I'll see you tomorrow"
"Alright. YN say by the uncle Arthur"
"Bye" she sniffs into her fathers neck with a little wave behind her.

"YN I need to put you down to make you food"
"No daddy" YN shakes her head sobbing once again "stay here"
"I'm not going anywhere"
"Mr Shelby would you like me to make something for her?" Mary asks
"If you could"
"And what would the little one like hmm?"
"YN what would you like Mary to make you?"
"Biscuits?"
"You can't have biscuits for tea. How about bread and soup?" Mary suggests
"Ok. Then biscuits?"
"Yes then a biscuit" Tommy says hugging the little girl closer to him. She's always been clingy but never this bad.
While Mary gets on with making YN some soup Tommy takes his daughter into the living room and sits her on his knee while he reads her a story.

Bath times and bed time has never been so difficult
"YN it's bed time"
"No I stay with you daddy"
"YN I'm here I'm not going anywhere but you need to go to bed" Tommy places YN in her bed once again and starts to walk out of her room
"Daddy!" she screams getting out of bed for the umpteenth time
"YN, daddy's tired and wants to go to bed"
"Daddy's bed" Tommy is frustrated and gives in to his daughter, picking her up he takes her into his room with him. Tommy places her in his bed before getting changed himself, when he returns the 2 year old is fast asleep. 1 night won't hurt he thinks to himself. Seeing his daughter so upset today broke his heart, he never wants to see her like that again. He will always protect his daughter even if that means she sleeping in his bed just because she's upset.