40 facts about Mary Colson

40 FACTS ABOUT MARY COLSON

A/N: All usual disclaimers!!!!!!! it's just for fun! Mary  belongs to me, always

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1. Her full name is Victoria Mary Colson but everybody calls her Mary Colson.

2. She has two beauty spots, one on her upper lip on the right side and the other on top of her forehead on the left side.

3. She was raised by abusive nuns and has always felt that God had forsaken her.

4. Her husband was a predator who forced her into a life of misery: He was an adult chasing a teenager. he seduced her when she was the most vulnerable. She got pregnant and he managed to force the nurse to get them married. He abandoned her when she delivered their baby Paul. He hid his gangster past and pretended he was a crippled man to avoid going to war. When they were forced to run away from London, he forced her to work for the two of them. And when she's starting to make a life for herself, his past catches up to them and he's murdered. 

5. Mary used to be a singer, she has a very beautiful voice and could have become famous. 

6. She smells like roses.

7.  She loves to run her fingers through Tommy's hair and hums lullabies to help calm him down. 

8. She can handle herself well with a gun. Tommy taught her how to use a variety of firearms.

9. To spend some more time with Tommy, Mary learned a lot about horses. She now can ride and care for them. They took advantage of it and had moments spent together riding horses and having picnics. 

10.  She has a sweet tooth and loves dark chocolate a lot. So any dessert can win her heart. 

11. Mary doesn't smoke. However, she has the occasional cigarette. 

12. She loves to dance and wishes to dance with Tom someday (he is an excellent dancer )

13.  She used to have a pet cat called Princess.  One day the cat escaped only to never return which broke her heart. 

14. her favorite color is blue. She wears salmon a lot because it looks good

15.  Tommy Shelby is her lover. They are already living as a family unit with Charlie and he's just recently introduced her as his woman to high society.

16. She is very warm and nurturing. It's one personality trait that is something Tommy loves the most.

17.  She adores Cyril, the dog Tommy brought home one day and they bonded really quickly. 

18. She is very familiar with Arthur's addiction problems. She took over Ada and helped the older Shelby the best way she could. Arthur considers her his sister and is fiercely protective of her. 

19. She has not killed yet, but would not have any qualms about doing it to save her life or an innocent's.

20.  Polly is very close to Mary. She is a big sister/ mother figure of her.

21.  Michael Gray has an obsessive relationship with her. He used to be in love with her and badly reacted to her polite rejection and her choosing of Tommy Shelby. He wants to own her, he wants to take her, and he absolutely wants Tommy to lose her. 

22.  Her eyes are green and her brown skin gives her very exotic features easily recognizable. 

23.  Her natural hair is curly and is shoulder-length. 

24. Mary is the headmistress-in-training at the Grace Institute. She is officially a nurse there and is very close to the children under her care. 

25.  Mary is very close to the Shelbys. She's loyal to them and has a solid relationship with Polly.

26. She is straight but has experimented with women.

27. Mary is very determined and stubborn. She can be stern and her opinion is valued by those close to her.

28. Mary's father was a Jamaican soldier who died during the war. 

29. She is 30 at the start of the story.

30.  Mary's mother, Helen, is still an active political figure.  She hates Mary and is now trying to kill her daughter.

31.  Mary has met Alfie Solomons and they respect each other. He tried to intimidate her but she didn't yield.  He has a little bit of affection for her. 

32.  Tommy and the Shelbys have decided to keep her out of the loop of the business. She doesn't know what he does exactly but she knows he's a gangster and supposes that he's doing gangster shit. 

33. Mary wishes to become a mother again. It took her a while to grieve properly the death of her son but now that she's more comfortable with her loss, she is ready to move forward and have Tommy's child(ren).

34. Mary has noticed that Tommy is more and more absent. She's aware of his PTSD but doesn't know about his seizures. 

35. She is very close to Charlie, Tommy, and Grace's son. She loves him like her own. 

36. She is in Tommy's will. His first entry was to ensure she would own the Grace Institute as the headmistress if anything happened to him. 

37. Mary is a very curvy woman. She doesn't fully conform to the standards of the time but she's comfortable with her curves and knows that they hold the attention of plenty of men.

38. Tommy and Charlie are the beneficiaries of her will. 

39. Mary is an amazing cook. She insists on cooking at least once a month. Frances helps every time.

40. Mary is very difficult to read. Only very few people can understand who she is and can read her face, enough for them to know when Mary's disappointed in them or hurt.