"Slow horses and fast women will ruin your life." Josephine Hayes is running from something terrible, something awful, a ghost that shares her same eyes. Accompanied by her older brother, Wyatt, the two slowly crawl their way through the dark streets of Birmingham, searching for new belonging, new ghosts. The Shelby's run Birmingham with iron fists and razor lined caps. Tommy Shelby could hardly be bothered by the arrival of an American woman and her brother, until in an act of defiance, that very brother steals his horse.

"-tell yourself over and over again, that you won't ever need her again-"

something of him stuck with me / a splinter season 1 - peaky blinders thomas shelby x oc

↳ 𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 Caterina Fiorelli is a collection of spare parts. English born, Italian name, and French raised, she has never quite belonged anywhere. She speaks five languages and tells no one. She reads poetry by candlelight and lets the world believe she is only a pretty face. After fifteen years away, she returns to London expecting a quiet life of books and piano and polite society. She does not expect him. He is loud where she is quiet. Brutal where she is gentle, and exactly the kind of person she should avoid. A gangster in a room full of businessmen who pretend not to be exactly the same. When he crosses the room, tells some desperate fool to fuck off, and calls her sweetheart, she should be offended. And Caterina, who has never been surprised by anyone, finds herself completely surprised by him. Alfie Solomons x OC Slight Tommy Shelby x OC (because why not :)) (Season 2-)

Birmingham, 1919. ​Clara Mae Bennett belongs to a world of polished silver and quiet drawing rooms. Thomas Shelby belongs to the grit, smoke, and razor blades of Small Heath. ​When her brother's mistakes force Clara into the path of the ruthless Peaky Blinders leader, she intends only to save her family and escape. She didn't account for Tommy's cold, calculating gaze or the dangerous, slow-burn psychological game that sparks between them. ​In a city built on smoke and secrets, playing with fire is a deadly gamble. Because once the blade cuts, there is no going back.

✡︎ What is love if not returning, again and again, to the altar of someone's name and lighting a match in the dark?" ✟ Alfie Solomons x female OC

Helen Clayton, a Birmingham doctor, is taken at gunpoint and forced to save a man she's never met - Thomas Shelby. One night ties her to the Peaky Blinders, and walking away isn't as simple as promised. ... a thomas shelby fanfic series one - onwards

She was the forbidden fruit that the holy scripture warned about. One bite graces her victims with knowledge that makes them question their every belief. Her poison inducing an obsession strong enough to sacrifice your own life for her. So what happens when Alfie Solomons takes a bite? (OC is Tommy's twin sister)