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Time 3h 33m

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alfiesolomons arthurshelby finnshelby georgemackay johnshelby michaelgray peakyblinders thomasshelby tommyshelby

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.˚ᵎ┊ 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗈𝗒
⋆.ೃ࿔:･❝ 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝘩𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠 - 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑏𝑜𝑦. ❞
- 𝗃𝗈𝗁𝗇 𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗇



            「 in which prince alexander, the 
                  golden boy of britain and the 
                  royal family , can't help but fall
                  for the gangster of birmingham - 
                  title be damned. 」




PEAKY BLINDERS FANFIC
FINN SHELBY x MALE!OC
STARTED : 10 . 07 . 2020
STATUS :  ONGOING




@naginii-All Rights Reserved

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𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 , alfie solomons cover

𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 || peaky blinders cover

𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭 ☆ 𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 cover

Crown of a Prince (Finn Shelby) cover

Long Live The King (Peaky Blinders) cover

shades of you • john shelby cover

𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋. ᵗʰᵒᵐᵃˢ ˢʰᵉˡᵇʸ cover

Peaky Blinders Imagines cover

Wasting Time (Peaky Blinders) cover

VULNERABLE | thomas shelby cover

Out of the Dark | Thomas Shelby (1)& (2) cover

Arthur Shelby- Love at First Sight

Modern Day Peaky Blinders AU A war was brewing because of actions in the past. Thomas Shelby reached out for help in America, but no one was expecting her or the way she'd show up in the Garrison. The fates are a funny thing though, sending a type of person you least expect. She was warned though, 'don't fall in love', too bad she was never one to listen. I don't own the rights to any of these characters but I do however claim ownership to the stories herein written. All gifs and pictures used have been found on the internet and credit is given to said people that created them. I do NOT give permission to have my creations posted anywhere else and that being said any works that have been posted elsewhere without my permission are subject to legal action.