What is love if not a ruthless game? THOMAS SHELBY / OC 2026 © CQNTRALPERK COVER BY DCKYEOMS

Pearl Moore has arrived in Small Heath in search of the stolen machine guns from the BSA factory, on orders from a London gangster. All she has to do is fool Inspector Campbell, Throw the IRA off the trail and get close to Tommy Shelby. All while hiding her true past from everyone around her. How hard could it possibly be?

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...

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.

~1923~ In which Tommy's life seems to be falling into place. Business is expanding, the family is thriving, he was a new father and soon to be married. He has everything he's ever needed and is learning to live comfortably with it. That is until he finds a woman sleeping in the hay.

"𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄'𝐒 𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓'𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄." tommy shelby x oc. highest ranking #2 in peakyblinders

Thomas Shelby the leader of the Peaky Blinders, the top dog of Birmingham England. Tommy Shelby survived the first world war along side his brothers, he thanked God every day his life was spared so he could help his family make money to help grow his business around the country; Tommy had always been there for his family but he could be cruel and he could be evil to those who got in his way, he would never hesitate to put a bullet between your eyes if he knew you would cause him trouble but what if a girl was around, no not a wife or a girl on his arm but a child, a little eleven year old girl who was the child of an old lover? A single letter made Tommy stop dead in his tracks. This girl will change Tommy, she will make him think and she will be his weakness! This story does NOT follow the BBC Peaky Blinders TV series. This Story takes place after the death of Grace Shelby. VIOLENCE AND BAD LANGUAGE

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐒 ❝ They're the French Kissers, that's what they do. They will lure you in and then they'll kill you with a kiss. ❞ ━ in which the leader of the french kissers and the birmingham boss enter another type of war: love PEAKY BLINDERS | BBC post season 3 thomas shelby x oc completed © endIesstars COVER BY wandology ✧･ﾟ selected for the "18 Romance Stories We Are Obsessed With" reading list made by @Fanfic as one of their all-time favorite romance stories ✧･ﾟ ✧･ﾟ chosen as a Fanfiction Favorite at The Amby Awards 2024 by @TheAmbys ✧･ﾟ

she asked him, "why did you do it?" and he replied, "every time, it's for you." .. a story following the intertwining lives of two lost souls; thomas shelby and frances bevard.

"I have heard many rumours about you, Mr Shelby." "Anything of interest?" "I could write a whole book about you, Mr Shelby." The smog ridden city had many secrets and Katherine Williams had a way of finding out every single one of them. Before the war, Kat was known simply as a busybody. But then the war came and then it left, forcing the men to return home different people. And when the men changed and so did the woman with little choice. Kat was no different to any other woman in Small Heath, she wasn't the same woman she was before the war. No, she was a force to be reckoned with. She knew things that could bring anyone to their knees and she revelled in that fact. But not even she was immune to the fear and terror the Peaky Blinders brought with them and nor was she immune to the icy blue eyes of the leader of the infamous gang.