Lillian was the girl Polly Gray raised. Michael was the son she lost. For seven years, Lillian was a Shelby, the living embodiment of a promise made to her dead mother. Then Michael Gray came home, and suddenly she was just the substitute. She was supposed to hate him for stealing her place. He was supposed to resent her for living the life that should have been his. But in the smoke-filled rooms and stolen glances, they found something else: something dangerous and utterly consuming. .......... His gaze was heavy. "Don't look at me like that, Lilly," he warned, his voice a low rumble that did traitorous things to her insides. "As if you're not looking at me the same way."

"AFRAID OF NOTHIN' AND SHE CARRIES A KNIFE" In which she's practically a Shelby, and he's the new family member. [season 2 - season ?]

gunpowder, guillotine.

don't look around cause love is blind and darling right now I can't see you michael gray x fem! oc peaky blinders

→ ❝ you'll love me at once the way you did once upon a dream! ❞ Ever since he appeared in her village, crying his eyes out on one sunny day in 1909, Henry Johnson and Carol Goodwin have been inseparable. [COMPLETED] peaky blinders / seasons 3, 4 michael gray x oc started → july 2019 / finished → october 2019 disclaimer: i do not own peaky blinders. all rights go to steven knight and the bbc

"The world can become your enemy when you lose what you love."

"These violent delights have violent ends." In which Arabella knows better than to get involved with the Shelby family, but can't quite stay away - especially when a certain Michael Gray comes into the picture. [Series 2-?]

Thomas Shelby regretted his decision. Especially since he betrothed the two most stubborn teenagers he knew; Maeve Boswell, a Gypsy girl, to Michael Gray, a Peaky Blinder. An arranged marriage between two teenagers couldn't be any worse. arranged marriage//peaky blinders

In the deceptive peace of post-war England in 1919, Nera Shelby lives between two worlds. As a member of the infamous Shelby family, she is inseparably bound to a life shaped by power, secrets, and violence. Yet Nera herself longs for something different: for quiet, for normalcy - for a life not constantly lived in the shadow of fear and loyalty. She loves art and beauty in a world marked by dirt and blood. She finds comfort among horses, in their calm and honesty, far removed from the intrigues that surround her family. With her attentive, warm nature, Nera tries to preserve humanity even where there seems to be little room left for it. As political tensions, government interference, and criminal power struggles increasingly destabilize the Shelbys' world, Nera is drawn deeper into a conflict she never sought. Caught between family and self-determination, duty and freedom, truth and silence, she must find her own path. In a world built on secrets, even the desire for normality can become dangerous. And sometimes, gentleness is the greatest form of resistance. ༺═───────────────────═༻ 1 - #shelbyfamily 1- #pb 1 - #bbc 1 - #1920s

𝗔 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼'𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘁'𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆? -All rights to Steven Knight.