It's 1921, Tommy is left heartbroken over Grace's betrayal and having decided not to follow her to New York he spends his time growing the businesses. A part of this business is forming an alliance with a Northern Gypsy family which is where he meets Aurora Hayes. Intrigued by this beautiful brunette Tommy feels a strong urge to get to know her. Aurora unlike her family tries to avoid living the Shelby's way of life yet as time passes she finds herself wanting to be in Tommy's world and into his heart. Will he let her in? What will happen when Grace returns? Will Aurora be left Heartbroken or will Tommy keep her from the truth?

"Don't care if he's guilty, Don't care if he's not; He's good and he's bad, And he's all that I've got." She grew up watching them, fearing them. A young girl in Birmingham, being told to stay away from the Shelby family at whatever cost. Whispering their name as if they'd hear her, and knowing even then that if she were to end up caught up in the lot that she'd end up dead. But that didn't stop the lad with the piercing blue eyes from thinking that she was the most beautiful creature in the world. The first time he'd ever seen her, he knew that there would seldom be a girl that could ever catch his eye just as she did. And he was right. She remained the apple of his eye for years and years, never saying much to her, knowing that she hated him for who he was and what he did. He didn't mind, though. He hated himself, too. Until one day, one instant, brought them together in a way that neither of them could ever foresee or control. A wedding. cover creds to: @mxklson !!

❝ my head is bloody, but unbowed... I am the captain of my soul. ❞ ━ william ernest henley. in which tommy shelby drags a dressmaker into peaky blinder business and she's none too happy about it. 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐄-𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 ©bonjoursbelle/cara

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐒 ❝ They're the French Kissers, that's what they do. They will lure you in and then they'll kill you with a kiss. ❞ ━ in which the leader of the french kissers and the birmingham boss enter another type of war: love PEAKY BLINDERS | BBC post season 3 thomas shelby x oc completed © endIesstars COVER BY wandology ✧･ﾟ selected for the "18 Romance Stories We Are Obsessed With" reading list made by @Fanfic as one of their all-time favorite romance stories ✧･ﾟ ✧･ﾟ chosen as a Fanfiction Favorite at The Amby Awards 2024 by @TheAmbys ✧･ﾟ

"I have heard many rumours about you, Mr Shelby." "Anything of interest?" "I could write a whole book about you, Mr Shelby." The smog ridden city had many secrets and Katherine Williams had a way of finding out every single one of them. Before the war, Kat was known simply as a busybody. But then the war came and then it left, forcing the men to return home different people. And when the men changed and so did the woman with little choice. Kat was no different to any other woman in Small Heath, she wasn't the same woman she was before the war. No, she was a force to be reckoned with. She knew things that could bring anyone to their knees and she revelled in that fact. But not even she was immune to the fear and terror the Peaky Blinders brought with them and nor was she immune to the icy blue eyes of the leader of the infamous gang.

❝ 𝒂𝒊𝒏'𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 ?❞ In which a man made of ice meets a girl made of fire, and melts. [𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐘 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒]

𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒. | (...) "𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢, 𝘒𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘺. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘰𝘯 - 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 - 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳." (...) ❝𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌, 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌, 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑.❞ 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢, 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘺.