Peaky Blinders Imagines

Finn Shelby [6]

Lucy's POV -

"Everything will be fine, luce. They'll love you and if they don't well then that's their problem, it won't change how I feel about you" Finn assures me as he guides me into the side room of the Garrison.

Today I'm meeting the rest of the Shelbys and to say I'm nervous is the understatement of the year. I'm absolutely shitting myself, despite Finn's desperate attempts to reassure me.

"Here he is! Ooh who's this then Finn? Is this the lady you've been telling us all about?" An older male with a moustache exclaims loudly as we make our entrance.

Finn nods his head confidently.

"What's ye name then, love?" The same man questions before knocking back a whiskey.

"Lucy Johnson, Mr Shelby" I reply confidently even though I don't feel it. The man watches me for a couple of moments before cracking a large grin and realising a bellowing laugh.

"I like her already! Come on, sit down and have a drink!" He encourages me I glance at Finn who nods in encouragement before I take a deep breath and move forwards, taking a seat beside the man.

"Arthur Shelby" he introduces himself to me with a firm handshake. I smile in return and accept the drink he offers me as Finn takes a seat on my other side.

"Who's this then?" Another man questions as he strolls into the room followed by two very beautiful women.

"John, this is Lucy, Finn's girlfriend" Arthur smirks as he introduces me to the man whom I assume is another one of the Shelby brothers.

"Nice to meet you, Lucy" he winks at me as he takes a seat beside Finn. I quickly learn that the two women's names are Ada and Polly, sister and Aunt to the brothers.

Finally, the last to enter is a tall, dark haired man with a killer facial structure and striking blue eyes. He seems to hold an air of importance and has the whole room in silence almost as soon as he opens the door.

"Who's that?" He questions coldly as he stares in my direction, his icy eyes piercing into me.

"Tommy this is Finn's girl, Lucy Johnson" Arthur introduces me.

"Hmm, I'm sure she's very capable of introducing herself, Arthur. After all, she'll have to be able to at least do that to fit in with this family" he responds bluntly before taking a long drag of his cigarette.

I can't stop the glare that forms across my features as I watch the second eldest Shelby across the room.

"Excuse me" my voice pipes up before I can stop it or even comprehend what I might say next.

The man pauses his action of tapping the ash from his cigarette into the ash tray and flickers his eyes up to meet mine.

"Yes?" He questions sharply. I feel my confidence waver slightly but steel myself.

"I'd prefer it if you didn't speak about me like that, after all you didn't exactly give me a chance to introduce myself you just waltzed in and demanded to know who I was" I continue, my gaze still locked with his.

The man's expression hardens slightly as he appears to find my words hard to swallow and I feel Finn tense up beside me.

"Interesting"

I scoff.

"Is that it? Is that really all you can say? I won't lie, Mr Shelby but I can hardly think that you're a man who runs out of things to say" I retort sharply and I hear John suck in a sharp breath.

I'm definitely fucking this up but if it means Tommy Shelby gains a little bit more respect for me then I'll take it.

A silence envelopes the room and the tension is so thick you could cut it with a knife. And then, Tommy laughs.

Not a nasty, sarcastic laugh but a genuine, hearty laugh and from what I can gather, Tommy Shelby is not a man who laughs very often.

My eyebrows furrow in confusion as I glance quickly around the room trying to gauge everyone's reactions to the situation and find relieved expressions on all their faces, especially Finn's.

"I like her, Finn" he nods in approval at his younger brother who's tense shoulders seem to visibly relax.

It's now that we spend the rest of the night drinking, the eldest of the Shelby brothers telling us all sorts of poppycock about what they did when they were younger as we drink away the night.

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