Celia Farraday and her family had to travel back to England in order to say goodbye to her dying grandfather. Misfortune falls upon her family then, which forces Celia to find work on the streets of Birmingham to help her parents afford rent. These are the same streets that are controlled by the Peaky Blinders. What happens when Celia finds herself in the direct line of fire of the gang's stoic leader, Thomas Shelby?

Spending four years apart from the love of your life is hard, especially when you can only communicate through letters. And even harder when the love of your life is in France, risking his life for the Empire, and barely has the time to write back. A love story where the main characters spend over 1,500 days apart. [set before the show starts]

𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 • 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚'𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬, 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 "𝙤𝙣𝙚-𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣" 𝙤𝙧 "𝙖𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮" 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. "𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝." when a quiet, lonely poet - obsessed with history and (specifically) the 1920s - travels back in time and gets involved in the business of the peaky blinders, along with forming a "relationship" with the ringleader. "𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚." i'm not following the original plot line but am taking certain aspects, there are things that are different about the story and a few characters that you learn along the way. enjoy :)

"Me and you, we're not all that different," he says while his icy blue orbs reflect in her dark eyes. She looks away, sipping her drink while contemplating what came next. "I think we both died at some point and now, we're living in borrowed time," she replied, her eyes finding him. " I found you and you ... well, you somehow found me." "Finding you was the best thing that ever happened to me, Miss Capone.." "And finding you, Mr. Shelby was the worst thing to ever happen to me." STARTS IN 1922 BIRMINGHAM. FOLLOWS SERIES 3.

PAINTING IT ALL RED: PART ONE WOUNDS THAT NEVER HEAL: PART TWO "It'll do you well not to speak to me like that, young lady," Young lady. Typical. "It'll do you well not to talk down on me, Mr Kinsmen. I own this establishment, me and me alone. I own it legitimately, inside the law, and it is mine," He stayed silent as you continued. "If anything threatens that, I will take legal action. I am secure. I am protected- And you don't want to see me mad, Mr Kinsmen. You really don't," After leaving Birmingham, you thought that it would be easy to move on. Even if you're still plagued with dreams, even if you still think about the Shelby's from time to time, you knew that you'd be better off after you left it all behind. Two years later, time eventually catches up with you-- The Shelby's come back into your life in the worst of circumstances.

PAINTING IT ALL RED: PART ONE WOUNDS THAT NEVER HEAL: PART TWO "This may not be the promised land, but I assure you I am capable of pouring beer into glasses." "If this isn't the promised land, why would you come here?" He spoke. You laid your eyes on the back of his head. "No one ever went to the promised land to be a barmaid, Mr. Shelby." After leaving your suffocating home, with only your paints and the clothes on your back, and hopping on a train to Birmingham, the last thing you expected was to be working for Thomas fucking Shelby. You also didn't expect to be breaking the law for him, but working for the Shelby Brothers was never going to be simple...

The sister of Freddie Thorne and the best friend of John Shelby attracts the attention of the leader of the Peaky Blinders. Will he be able to protect her from the violence and crime he brings along with him? Or will she fall victim to his affiliations?

"ʏᴏᴜ ꜰɪɢʜᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ" *** "ɪ ꜰɪɢʜᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ"

angel of small heath? supposedly. devil in disguise? maybe. his lifeline, his everything & soul? definitely. [slow updates] the peaky blinders. thomas shelby love interest. canon / au. ©️ 2023 - 2024 keeksskeek all rights reserved of their own creation. [disclaimer is inside.]