Cosima Blackshaw had buried a hundred men, but never one still breathing. When Thomas Shelby came to her with smoke in his voice and a plan stitched in sin, asking for a casket for a man not yet dead, she looked him in the eye and told him no. Death was not a game, and her work was not a stage. But fate has cruel hands, and in Small Heath, the line between the mortician and the gangster frayed too easily-so their paths crossed again, and again, like moths drawn to the same quiet flame.

It's the roaring twenties in Birmingham, the Peaky Blinders exist alongside God but they were much, much closer at hand than Him. Mercedes de Silva, thornless withered rose, petals filled with sorrow. Thomas Shelby, ruthlessly ambitious, conflicted by conscience, and one more thing-he feels no mercy for his enemies. 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝙼𝙰𝚂 𝚂𝙷𝙴𝙻𝙱𝚈 𝙿𝙴𝙰𝙺𝚈 𝙱𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁𝚂 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 - 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 & 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒘𝒐 - 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 - 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆

"I know it's hard, dear, but the sun will always rise again in the morning."

"𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞." 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 - 𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨-

𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃-𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐓𝗼𝗺𝗺𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐲 𝐱 𝐎𝐂 ⚠️𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒⚠️ 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝗼𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝗼𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝗺𝐮𝐭,𝐟𝗼𝐮𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞,𝐯𝐢𝗼𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞,𝐠𝗼𝐫𝐞,𝐭𝗼𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝗼𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐜.

On a train arrives a young woman. She's naive, she's kind, she's everything the city begs her not to be. When she meets Thomas Shelby, he is unlike any man she has met before. An exploration into Tommy as a character as he tries to find love. A warning that this has no purpose of being a satisfying, kind romance, but more a broken man trying so hard and a woman trying so hard to understand him. Please take that into consideration. Part 1 in series - Are We There Tommy Shelby X female oc Season 1 & 2 of Peaky Blinders - all copyrights to owners -

"I do bad things. But you already know that." ~ Thomas Shelby A tragic misunderstanding. A murder. A secret. An unlikely partnership. When the disappearance of a Russian refugee brings Lady Rose MacClare to the doorstep of Thomas Shelby, neither party is prepared for the significant changes a single encounter can inspire. As Rose unwillingly ventures deeper into the world of the notorious Peaky Blinders -- spanning ballrooms to dark alleys -- she finds herself torn between her moral compass, her suppressed rebellious youth, her growing love for a motherless toddler, and her mounting attraction for Tommy, a man she knows she should hate. || A historical fanfiction novel combining the fandoms of "Peaky Blinders" and "Downton Abbey." || ⚠️ Read with caution: foul language, violence, trauma, and sexual content within. This novel is NOT a romance. If you're looking for soft, sweet, fake Tommy, look elsewhere. This novel depicts him as he is in the show: flawed. ⚠️ HIGHEST RANKINGS ~ #1 Downton Abbey #1 Peaky Blinders #1 Tommy Shelby #1 Countess #2 England #2 Spying #2 Lizzie Stark #3 John Shelby #40 Birmingham #241 Historical { Began posting 07.25.22 Finished posting 07.17.23 }

'𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝙼𝚛 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚋𝚢?' -- '𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗' -- '𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎' 𝙸𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚘𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚍. CURRENTLY UNDER EDITING AND RE-WRITING

Because every girl needs their own prince charming, but some girls need their own birmingham gangster. •BOOK ONE COMPLETED• •SEASON ONE- SEASON TWO PEAKY BLINDERS• •Thomas Shelby x female oc• •started 25:06:2020:: finished 10:09:2020• •#1 in #peakyblinders 6:8:2020• •BOOK TWO FINISHED• •UNDER EDITING• I wrote this when I was like 13, it's messy :)

As kids, they'd been convinced they'd hate each other forever. But when Bryce's life began to fall apart at the seams, Tommy was always trying to piece her back together. It was only when the war threatened to pull them apart for good that they realised, the thing they hated about each other the most, was that they loved the other so much it hurt. Together. They would build a new empire together. Through hell and back. Together. Warnings: Violence, Swearing, Mature Themes, light Smut from ch22