(Note: It's the 1920s, and Esme is full Romanichal and refers to herself as a gypsy. This is only in-keeping with the terms canon has established.)
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He promises her every day, pulls the snow and the whiskey out of her hands and replaces them with his hands-his mouth-his body, swearing we can run, we can always run, we can go anywhere, we'll go travelling with the kids.
And the gypsy parts of her dream of a wagon, of sleeping under the stars (too many to count, but she wants to teach the kids how to find your way and how to read their secrets).
His name - her name now too - is the millstone around her neck, locking her behind iron bars, in smooth polished rooms, answering to "Mrs. Shelby" and putting up the pretense that she doesn't want to escape.
Peaky Blinders, Esme & John
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He promises her every day, pulls the snow and the whiskey out of her hands and replaces them with his hands-his mouth-his body, swearing we can run, we can always run, we can go anywhere, we'll go travelling with the kids.
And the gypsy parts of her dream of a wagon, of sleeping under the stars (too many to count, but she wants to teach the kids how to find your way and how to read their secrets).
His name - her name now too - is the millstone around her neck, locking her behind iron bars, in smooth polished rooms, answering to "Mrs. Shelby" and putting up the pretense that she doesn't want to escape.