An insight into what Mariana Cortéz and Thomas Shelby were like before the violence and murder
And how they became so numb to the world around them.
How they came together and fell apart before the war.
And how the Shelby's became the notorious, ru...
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April •1909• Mariana's POV
"Fuck, oh fuck" I cried, Tommy's hands holding my hips tightly as he climaxed "Oh god" he sighed, his head thrown back in the pillow.
"So... why have you been so weird lately?" I asked, trying to catch my breath as I rolled over to lay beside Tommy These days it felt so... close and intimate when we had sex He was being so gentle... passionate was a better word for it.
"What?" He asked, tearing his eyes from the ceiling to look at me "This... us. It's been different" I said "Different how?" He asked "Tommy I thought if we had feelings we'd tell each other" I said
"I know" he said, leaning on his arm to look down at me "Then be honest with me, because it is different, I feel it" I said "I just... I don't know, I guess we've... changed" he said
"Changed how?" I asked "I don't know how to explain it" he said "Try" I urged I was beginning to feel a lot stronger for Tommy I think I was more realising that I had always had this feeling for Tommy deep down.
Playing together as kids, seeing him through his hardships and vice versa Tommy was my other half My best friend and I... I think I was beginning to truly fall for him.
"Meet me tonight?" He asked "Tonight?" "Yeah, meet me down the canal and I'll explain" he said "Okay" I chuckled
"What are you doing today?" I asked "Bit of business with Freddie" he said "You?" He asked, leaning down to kiss my neck... agonisingly slow "Business of my own to handle" I said.
"Secretive much?" He asked "You don't tell me what you and Fred get up to, it's a two way street Thomas Shelby" I teased "Alright alright" he mumbled against my neck, making me laugh.
Tommy's POV
"I'm talking to her today" Polly snapped "Just give her a day or two alright, she doesn't need you shouting at her" I said "Shout at her? I'll ring her fucking neck... what would her mother say?" She sighed "She'd probably try to understand" I said
Mar didn't need Pol in her ear about the... murder But she was intent on seeing her.
Mariana's POV
"So you're the girl I keep hearing about?" He laughed "And who the fuck are you exactly?" He asked "Mariana Cortéz, you were a year above me in school" I said, taking a drag of my cigarette.
