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 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸," she once purred, lips stained with whiskey and wickedness, "𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯." Tommy Shelby x female!oc Peaky Blinders season one, [completed] book one in the 'method of' series © MsBoookesh Started: 05.21.22 Finished: 11.01.22

Arthur Shelby has 0 to very little experience with children. Sure he entertains his nieces and nephews but it's not quite the same as being a father. He doesn't need to take responsibility for them and he can give them as much alcohol as he pleases So when he visits an orphanage in America due to Tommy's orders, he is shocked to find himself bringing home two teenagers. He doesn't know how it happened or what made him do it, but by God was it the best decision he had made Does not follow plot of Peaky Blinders. I don't own the characters except Lydia, Mason and a few extras Warning: Suicide Abuse Rape

❝𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚... 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.❞ she was on his mind long before fate made it impossible to ignore. from the moment he met her, embry call was gone for her in every smile and every glance. every moment, he found himself thinking of her. but when he looked at her again, everything he'd always felt became something deeper and permanent. talia swan was no longer just the girl he loved, she was everything. and for her, embry call would've gone to the ends of the earth, crossed every line, and given up his own life without a second thought. ㅤ࣭ ㅤㅤׂ ㅤ ㅤˑㅤ ㅤ۟ ㅤ₊ 　 ☆　┈ twilight-breaking dawn 　 ˑ 𓂂 EMBRY CALL x FEM!OC ↳ status - ongoing ↳ #1 Embry Call March 2026 ↳ #1 Embry April 2026 ↳ #1 Imprint April 2026 ↳ #1 TwilightFanfiction April 2026

"𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝? 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠?" "𝐮𝐡, 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬." ‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾　　☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ in which the quileute ancestors think they're funny by making the alpha's imprint a vampire

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."

❝ The monsters were easy. It's the growing feelings and sudden realisations that might finally undo them. And what they can't escape? Is each other. ❞ Steve Harrington x OC S1-S5

'You can't help it this is just how we were taught to love.' ••••• In which a young barmaid becomes wrapped up in a world of gangsters, razor blades and undying love. [COMPLETED] Thomas Shelby x O.C. ••season 1 - season 2•• [published] 21st September 2019 [completed] 28th February 2020

𝙑𝙞𝙘𝙚: 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩. 𝙑𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙚: 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙧, 𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝘛𝘰 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘰 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘺, 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦. [STARTED: FEB 2024]

The war changed John Shelby, but Clementina never did. Birmingham, 1919-the boys are back, but not as they were. The streets still breathe smoke and steel, but something darker lingers beneath it. Something that followed them home. John Shelby walks like a man half-left behind in France. The war carved him into something harder, colder. There's a storm behind his eyes now, one that never quite settles. He laughs louder than he feels, drinks more than he should, and carries grief like it belongs to him. Martha's gone. And she took the better part of him with her. Four children wait at home, pulling at a man who no longer knows how to be whole. He tries-he truly does-but the war only taught him how to survive, not how to live. And then there's Clementina. A gypsy girl, untamed, untouched by the world that broke him-or so it seems. She moves through Birmingham like the past never left her, like the fire in her never dimmed. She reminds him of something he buried long ago. They've loved each other since they were children. Back when things were simple. Back when love didn't need words. But they never said it. Now it lingers between them, in every glance that lasts too long, in every silence that says too much. She looks at him like she still sees the boy he used to be. And he looks at her like she's the only thing the war didn't take. But John Shelby isn't that boy anymore. He's a widower. A father. A man with blood on his hands and ghosts at his back. And loving her now would mean risking what little of himself he has left. Because in Birmingham, love isn't soft. It's a gamble. And some things don't die- they wait.