Where John's first love and the mother of his children survives. SEASON 1 - SEASON ? Please read the authors notes at the bottom of the introduction chapter.

Mabel was a girl who grew up far too quickly - with no parents, she found herself as an orphan. She lived in an orphanage who let her go at the young age of twelve, believing she was old enough to care for herself. This led to Mabel becoming the very torment that Alfie Solomons would soon grow fond of. He first found her running wild with his dog in the early hours of the morning, barefoot. He told her many times to leave, shouting rather rude words at her. This would continue to occur until the pair became acquainted - much to his dismay, of course. But he would soon come to enjoy the young girls company and decided that, as long as she found herself work and cleaned up after herself, she could stay with him.

𝐖here Valerie and Tommy are brought together through grief, desperate to feel a comfort that they both once knew.

𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐀 𝐉𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐈, the woman who had the privilege to know Thomas Shelby before he turned cold. She was a woman with eyes that could make a man cry - eyes that made Tommy cry. It would be just months before World War One that Greta fell victim to illness. He remained at her bedside every day, wiping her tears and making her laugh. But then the letter came. . the one that confirmed the war. It would be the letter that destroyed families as they learnt that their men would be sent away to fight. Tommy tried to refuse, of course. He didn't want to leave Greta, not whilst she was still unwell. But her sister Kitty told him to go- to do his part like the rest of them. She said there was no use of him waiting to see if Greta would return to good health. He, again, refused - until Greta agreed with her sister. "Go," she whispered whilst holding his hands, "and i'll be right here waiting for you to come back home."

Tommy and Delilah first met in the early months of the war - she had been pregnant, the father of her child running off. With the need to leave Small Heath, she found herself taking part. Though she wasn't on the front line, fighting alongside soldiers, she managed to grace the soldiers with her gentle smile, serving them drinks on the rare occasions that they'd find themselves away from the trenches. Realising that he could not make it back to England, Tommy decides that getting to know somebody was not something on his mind - so, when taking a liking toward Delilah, he asked her for a favour. A favour that meant she would take the watch that he wore - a family heirloom. He asked her to keep it safe and, if by some miracle he returned back to England, he would find her again.

When being visited by Arthur Shelby, Annie realises that she is no longer alone - she no longer had to fear the nightmare she was living. Deciding that it was time to save herself, Annie does something she never would have dreamt of. Began: 16/2/25 Published: 30/3/25 Finished:

Celia Thorne - Freddie Thorne's half sister, was a woman who came from a mother with gentle hands and a great fortune to leave her daughter in the event of her passing. Celia Thorne was a woman of business - something was rare in 1919, especially in Small Heath. She held a cold exterior that perfectly resembled the exterior of the secret lover. . . Thomas Shelby. Their secret affair would begin just a year before the war would break out - where the pair would find themselves apart, feeling as though they were living in two separate worlds. She would wait for him just like he asked her to and they would continue their secret love affair. . .

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 1910s #1 in 1930s #2 in 1920s #2 in Birmingham

82 Boulevard de Clichy Paris, France 1925 The Moulin Rouge. Tommy Shelby finds himself wrapped up with a ballerina turned cabaret dancer with a tumultuous past. One fateful night, he finds that they have much more in common than he anticipated. Awesome cover by Miss Lalice!