Gun metal and Daisies (Thomas...

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Dorothy Monroe is a petite woman with a heart too big for her chest. She's pure, kind, she looked at the worl... More

Its a crime for a bluebell to look THAT good
Maybe first impressions are bit overrated anyway?
"Are you a whore?"
A second encounter that was not any better.
Intrigue and like are two very different things.
"I never called you Bonny, Bonny."
A warm hand is better than cold, so let me hold yours.
Some secrets are better left surprises
Rome wasn't built in a day, but it did burn down in one.
"You can't make a monster cookie to honour my name, Bonny."
If i cannot bend Heaven, i will raise hell.
"The last time we were here, you held a gun to my face."
What a plot twist she was
"How the FUCK did you make porridge taste good?"
"I wish you well on your pursuit of being."
"You have shoes that need lacing up, and you don't know how to tie a shoelace?"
"A dinner of bread and butter makes the world go round."
What goes up must always come back down again.
Family means bullying the shit out of your siblings until they try to stab you.
"Are we really going to make this into a habit?"
"Maybe one day I'll get hit by a train."
"Would you ever want to fall in love?"
Hypocrisy isn't pretty
Isolation is not safety.
"This is Karma."
"I didn't take you as the jealous type?"
"You've known her for two months and you still don't know her name?"
The story will always glorify the hunter until the lion learns to write.
Grief and love
However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
Tea and revelations
"I have a soul as old as Rome."
"Nostalgia is a dirty liar."
Well-fed devils are better than famished saints
"What does an ant on our planet know about our cities?"
Tea and gossip
Birth, death, the silly bit in between.
Human conceits
"How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become?"
Nothing ends poetically.
"You shouldn't be here."
Bastard. Selfish bastard.
"I don't want to die."
Peculiar people
"Can you feel the love, Bubs?"
Successfully evading responsibility pt.1
Successfully evading responsibility pt.2
Successfully evading responsibility pt.3
Epilogue, of sorts.

An introduction

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Dorothy Monroe

The stars would be so proud to know their atoms created someone like you

*i've decided to no longer include the picture anymore* for reference Dorothy has copper-coloured curly hair with round glasses. She is also around 5'3

Thomas Shelby

Unfeeling and bloodless, you are like a God

Polly Gray

She wears strength and darkness equally well, the girl has always been half-goddess's half-hell.

John Shelby

You chug a fifth of alcohol and everybody is too busy cheering to wonder how empty you must have been to do it.

Arthur Shelby

They broke the wrong parts of me.
They broke my wings but forgot I had claws.

Ada Shelby

We are the granddaughters of all the witches they couldn't burn.

Of course this is the main cast for now, a special thanks to nature.and.nonsense for letting me use their outdoor photos for Dorothy's photos! You can find their Insta if you want, but credit is given where credit is due! I hope you enjoy this book with me as I write it!

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