Michealgray Stories

Happiness is a warm gun / there was a man that lingered in the shadows, often sighted alone with dark hair and dark eyes, but a smile which never came - she had seen his face amongst the crowds for months now and was certain that he was just a ghost, or a spirit like the ones her Aunt Polly spoke of.... but he wasn't a ghost, nor was he a spirit - he was the man they whispered of, the one that Tommy Shelby hoped would come knocking on his door one day. at only sixteen, Maeve weaved her way through the mess that the war had left behind, the men it had broken and left behind, and the women who had no money to feed their children whilst refusing to believe that their husbands were dead - she had seen it all, she thought - she was often sighted in her father's office, helping him with the count, or with her few friends who were never up to any good but there was no such thing as being up to any good if your name was Shelby. © gracessecretshelby / 2026 REWRITING AS OF 09/2026

'-and i'm wasted, don't leave leave i just need a wake up call-' Francis Swann was raised to inherit an empire. Francis Dawson is supposed to be nobody. Sent into Small Heath under a false name, Daniel Swann's daughter takes a position behind the bar at the Garrison with one purpose: find a missing shipment of military-grade guns before her father's enemies - or the Peaky Blinders - can get to them first. But Small Heath is a place where secrets have teeth. And Thomas Shelby has a particular talent for finding them. As Frankie Dawson, Francis becomes another face in the Garrison crowd: a pretty barmaid with sharp eyes, steady hands and a past nobody thinks to question. But every drink she pours brings her deeper into the Shelby family's world, and every conversation with Tommy makes the line between deception and desire harder to see. She was sent to uncover his secrets. He intends to uncover hers. And in a world built on loyalty, blood and betrayal, falling for Thomas Shelby may be the one thing Francis was never trained to survive.

"A man does not recover from such a devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not." 1913 Rosalind Spencer, the favourite daughter of Warwickshire's duke, fell in love with a gangster. Rosalind fled to Birmingham to escape the dull monotony of aristocracy and crashed into Tommy Shelby's life. They experience a summer of great love, and as Autumn comes, the pair commit to each other. 1914 Only a year after they embarked upon their journey of devotion, Gavrilo Princip ravaged their plans. A vow to wait for each other leaves their lips on a crowded station platform, but as the steam dissipates and the train leaves her view, reality and Rosalind are reunited. 1929 Rosalind Montgomery sits in a palatial library re-reading the same page of Pride and Prejudice, the particular book has been hers since she was 15 and has her maiden name of Rosalind Evangeline Constance Spencer written in the front; a telltale sign of a bygone era when she believed in soulmates and love always winning. But those dreams had left with Tommy Shelby on the train in 1914. Tommy Shelby sits in his office, a cigarette hanging out of the corner of his mouth. A cup of tea is abandoned on his desk, the tea was his wife Lizzie's attempt to get him to drink more in the day. His desk draw is open, and a picture of a younger Tommy and a beautiful woman is gracing his palm. Does time change anything and does love ever truly fade?

In Greek mythology, Cassandra of Troy was born with an extraordinary gift of foresight. The future called to her, but the present mistreated her. Her only flaw was that she could not control it. However, she had been subjected to another curse, one that appealed to both men and gods alike. Cassandra was beautiful. Some compared her to Aphrodite, while others simply desired her in envious silence. And then she was condemned. The day Apollo laid eyes on her, the ink had already dried on the paper. He craved her. She wanted to learn discipline. He taught it to her, and when the time came to make the transaction, she stepped back. A symbolic no that had cursed her. No one would listen to her predictions anymore, no man would follow her wise advice, and all men would die. Cassandra Hasen had never had time to ask her mother why she had chosen to name her that. As the years went by, she felt more and more that this name was disastrous for her. Despite the science, the knowledge she strove to acquire and develop, men seemed deaf to her.Or perhaps there had never been any curse. Perhaps the answer to her indignation was obvious, simple but painful. Her status as a woman limited her in the world of the Roaring Twenties. Her gender shaped her ambition without her having the right to say a word. Cassandra Hasen only asked to be heard, because she was convinced of one thing. She was brilliant. She just needed someone to notice. Peaky Blinders: season 2

The Peaky Blinders are a Birmingham gang that are well and truly on the path to fame, with London next in their sights. But what happens when the two youngest Blinders start fighting amongst themselves?

Your family have business with the peaky blinders and they have a lot of meetings at your house. You've meet them for the first time, and you fall in love with one of them...

She was Polly Gray's daughter. The youngest of the Shelby Clan. What does she get up to?

Victoria Thorton is trying her best to live an exciting life in a small, boring town. She is failing miserably. That is, until she gets dragged through the screen of her favourite TV show. Now, in order to return back home, Victoria must learn to survive in a world that is out to get her. She will need to make use of all of her skills, even the ones she thought she'd never use again. And she'll have to do all that while avoiding the infamous blue-eyed man who seemed to see right through her. When Victoria accidentally saves one of her favourite characters, she realises that she has the power to help them all. She is torn between her urge to return to the comfort and familiarity of home, and her own caring nature. How will Victoria get home? Should she help the Shelbys' from their own inevitable demise? Will she be stuck here forever, forced to live another life? Will someone keep her from going home? Will she find a reason to stay?

''lets build an empire, just you and me'' the few words that Tommy Shelby whispered in my ear as we stood at the docks. A war that drove us apart and drove me to leave small heath for good but in reality how long would it be before I came back to protect the ones I love....

Alison Marie jameston the boss of a Mafia an hour from Birmingham. Thing's with the Shelby family start going downhill when a man named Mason Baldwin starts making trouble with the town and some of the Shelbys of course they could kill him but the problem was Mason had many allies with power gangs and some coppers that had beef with the Shelbys so with that.... Thomas Shelby planned a visit for the young women to make a business arrangement hoping to make ally rather then a enemy. What happeneds when auther finn john tommy and polly meet the boss of the jameston mafia will she agree to the arrangement or decline the arrangement..... Read to find out Trigger warning will be placed at the beginning of the chapters please be aware of the warning and don't read if it may become triggering to any of you reading

Why me?, a Micheal Gray fan fiction.

A tale of the Shelby sister, one of the middle children just a year younger than John. How will she navigate her post war life balancing her dreams, sexuality and life whilst possessing the infamous Shelby name.

𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭? 𝐍𝐨. 𝐃𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡. 𝐃𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐍𝐨. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐘𝐞𝐬. 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐲? 𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐲'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫) 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥.

This story is about the second youngest and sister in the family and how she has to keep her undeniable love for this girl a secret from everybody and how they live hiding their relationship from everybody

Delilah Shelby - she was the little bundle that had brought a light to Tommy Shelby's eyes all those years ago. . in the late hours of a cold November evening, he and his dear Francis welcomed their daughter to the word. The world that Tommy would so desperately try to protect her from. But how will things go when his Delilah returns from America to greet her father back home with the smoke in Small Heath, welcoming him back from the trenches of hell?

This is my first story so it will probably be shit I doubt anyone is even going to read this so... This is about Alfie's daughter Leah meats Finn Shelby whilst the Shelby brothers and her father are in a meeting. As Leah came into her father's office asking if there is any work for her to do, Leah always wanted to do more exiting work like the peaky blinders. Will she get her chance Now she has met them or will they become that close they don't want her in harms way. This won't follow the actual pot of peaky blinders including the fact that John won't die and neither will grace.

Marie Queenston hiding from the brutality of Birmingham by her brothers.But for how long can they hide her and their younger brothers from the Shelby clan And how long until Marie find out the reality of her brothers work within the Peaky blinders.

﹁ she's a killer queen , guaranteed to blow your mind. [ peaky blinders ] [ season 2 - ]

Prétendre - French word meaning - Pretend Dorothy Smith was only 18 when she posed as her twin brother Denis Smith who suffered from addition needs, Denis wasn't fully diagnosed so he would still have to fight obviously he wouldn't be able as Denis was quite slow and child like. Leaving Denis in the care of an old friend of Dorothy she headed off to war she managed to join the B.E.R Tunnelling Company and was put in the front line of The Battle of Somme in Franchise. When the war ends Dorothy packed up all her belongings and left London with Denis for a new beginning only to be headed toward Small Heath Birmingham. Dorothy sees a familiar face one she saw in the tunnels what will happen next when her true identity is revealed....