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WARNINGS: MENTIONS OF VIOLENCE AND ANXIETY 


1914


A fucking mess is what Thomas Shelby caused, a huge fucking mess. 
Carnage took over the factory town of Birmingham, mayhem was on every street and violence knocked on every door. 
A single drop of blood started a war. 
Enzo Changretta had been cut and left bedridden. 
Eden made sure to get him home in a matter of time but as soon as she showed up with a battered and bloody Enzo the door was slammed on her face, leaving her guiltridden and lucid. 
No one told her anything about how he was doing, no one except Dorris, but still even her information was limited and blunt. Eden didn't know what to do, her fears and insecurities about losing a dear friend taunted her, They returned each day along with the blistering sun. all day hovering above her as she worked and tried to get home safely amongst all the chaos. Taking off that bloody pendant left her feeling more vulnerable than ever, even though she didn't want to admit it aloud, she missed it, and now she was left alone and bare. 
If she were to get hurt, she would welcome it, believing she was to blame for the drama between the families. 
But the bad blood was getting too much for the families to handle, so the matriarchs called a meeting where they both agreed that the leaders were also present and by their sides. 
Polly and Thomas. 
Audrey and Luca. 
Like water and oil, they didn't mix, but they sure had to agree to a truce. 
"So we're in agreement," Polly spoke up after a long list of demands and compromises. 
Tommy continued, "We're in agreement, we stay on our side of town and you stay on yours, no more blood will be spilt." 
Luca's fist coiled under the table, nails slicing through flesh like the razors in the caps of the fucking blinders he would promise to end. 
He didn't nod, instead, he muttered, "No more blood will be spilt." 
Audrey pursed her lips, "If only my Enzo," her gaze flickered to the man she used to teach in school, who didn't seem the littlest bit of remorse much to her dismay and disappointment, "was a part of those terms fourteen days ago. Fortunately he can speak clearly, without blood spilling from his dear lips –" she sucked in a deep breath, preventing from any tears escaping her eyes, Luca drew his mother closer, kissing the top of her head, keeping his harsh gaze on the Shelby man, "we're in agreement." 
Tommy left Polly's side and came up to the mother-son duo, they watched him with uncertainty. 
Luca pulled away from his mother, meeting the man, standing toe-to-toe, but with Luca's height, he made sure to tower over him, even smirking when Tommy stared up. 
Polly and Audrey exchanged somewhat of a nervous glance. 
The men spat into their hands and shook, much to the disgust of Audrey. 
The truce was sealed. 
But that didn't stop Tommy's pride. 
Taking out a cigarette, with his bandaged hand, crippled at the fact he didn't have Eden to light it for him, he took a drag as Luca and his mother began to leave the meeting place. 
"You know..." Polly shot him a warning glance when the Changrettas halted their steps and turned to him, "She loves me," smoke escaped his lips, but they didn't fail to see the wickedness in his icy eyes, "She told me," he nodded to himself, withholding a hiss when his aunt grabbed his arm. "She...loves me."