"-nothing lasts forever and we both know hearts can change-"

Upon his return from the war, Tommy Shelby imposed one single rule onto his brothers: We don't speak about France. Ever. But when a ghost from his past forces her way back into his life, wrecking his illusion of peace like a cannonball, perhaps he doesn't have much of a choice. ▸ Peaky Blinders ➾ Set before Season 1 ▸ COMPLETED ©Fleur-DeLys Highest Ranking: #1 in Tommy Shelby #1 in Shelby

Small Heath is a place for the living and the dead. Tonight, the lines blur. In 1914, on the eve of the Great War, Clara Thorne vanished. She left behind a distraught twin brother, a silver bracelet, and the shattered heart of Thomas Shelby. While Tommy fought in the hell of the trenches, Clara was enduring a purgatory of her own, held captive by a scavenger named Silas Vane and forced to raise a son, Matthew, in the shadows of the Black Country. Now it is 1922. The Peaky Blinders rule Birmingham, and Thomas Shelby is a man of ice and empire. With Grace Burgess pregnant and a proposal offered out of cold Shelby duty, Tommy has finally convinced himself that the past is buried. But the past has a habit of digging itself up. Drenched in the blood of the man she finally killed to escape, Clara walks through the doors of The Garrison with her son in tow. As Tommy stands amidst his family and his pregnant fiancée, he is forced to look into the eyes of the woman he never stopped loving, and the child that represents the years he failed to save her. The war is over, the King has his crown, but the Ghost of Small Heath has come home for a reckoning. There will be smut so Reader discretion is advised A Tommy Shelby Fanfiction I only own Clara and Matthew, The characters from the Peaky Blinders are owned by Banijay UK

Helen Clayton, a Birmingham doctor, is taken at gunpoint and forced to save a man she's never met - Thomas Shelby. One night ties her to the Peaky Blinders, and walking away isn't as simple as promised. ... a thomas shelby fanfic series one - onwards

Gypsy wisdom teaches that fate is something that lurks in every decision, in every glance at the stars, in every sound that seems to resonate in the heart. They say that fate is not something permanent, but a dance between free will and inevitability. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Thomas had met his first love before he went to fight in the war? Maybe history would have turned out differently... #1 in peakyblinders #1 in 1910s #1 in 1920s #1 in 1930s #1 in tommyshelby #1 in arthurshelby #1 in shelbyfamily #2 in Birmingham

"It's a fitting punishment for a monster. To want something so much--to hold it in your arms--and know beyond a doubt you will never deserve it." -Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn All rights owed to Steven Knight and BBC Studios.

After abruptly calling off her arranged engagement to a wealthy but cruel London banker, Clara Whitlow is sent away in disgrace by her parents. To avoid scandal, they send her north to Birmingham to live with her aunt and uncle, who promise to "keep her in line." Clara expects a dull exile-grey streets, strict manners, isolation. Instead, she meets Ada Shelby, a young fiercely loyal woman with a rebellious soul. Clara and Ada become unexpected best friends, despite coming from completely different worlds. Soon Clara meets Thomas Shelby. Ada's older brother and falls for him almost instantly. "Stay away from the Shelbys. Especially Thomas Shelby." But warnings come too late.

Birmingham, 1919. The city is a battleground for power and survival, ruled by men who thrive in shadows and women who outwit them. Among them is Rosemary King, known as The Whisperer, a sharp-tongued, resourceful informant who trades secrets in exchange for survival. But her quiet life shatters when Thomas Shelby, leader of the notorious Peaky Blinders, pulls her into his dangerous orbit. As Rosemary navigates the Shelby family's bloody rise to power, she finds herself entwined with Thomas-a man as ruthless as he is magnetic. Together, they face shifting alliances, deadly enemies, and the scars of war that haunt them both. With every whisper shared and promise made, their bond deepens, but trust is a perilous game in a world where betrayal lurks at every turn. In this gritty tale of ambition, survival, and forbidden connection, can Rosemary and Thomas find solace in each other, or will the secrets they keep destroy them both?

When the world ended, they were still holding on. Catherine Rossi was a war nurse - gentle hands, quiet eyes, and a heart she swore she'd never give away. Thomas Shelby was a soldier with too many ghosts and not enough faith left to believe in love. In the ruins of a broken world, they found something beautiful - and lost it just the same. Because love doesn't always survive war. Sometimes, it becomes the wind that never stops haunting you.

࿐☆*:・Intoxicate me now ━━━━ ▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❝ So run mri kamli, run away. Run until your legs give out. Run until they make you stay. ❞ In which Claudette 'Claudia' Thorne wanted to tell him, she wouldn't leave him ever but that would be a lie. She couldn't lie, not again because first chance she got, she would leave━leave Birmingham, and everything behind. Including him. [Peaky Blinders pre1-6] [Thomas/Tommy Shelby x OC] © maraerys 2026