Only Pretending // Arthur Shelby

| an arthur shelby fanfic |

Arthur Shelby doesn't do relationships.
He does violence, loyalty, and chaos.

So when he turns up to a Shelby family event as the only one without a partner, he makes a reckless decision - one that leads him to Laura Benson, a café worker just trying to survive Birmingham after leaving her old life behind.

What starts as a fake relationship to save face quickly becomes something neither of them planned for.

Laura isn't part of Arthur's world.
She doesn't preach. She doesn't judge. She doesn't try to change him.
And Arthur never intended to care - but he does.

This story follows a fake relationship that turns dangerously real, blurring the lines between love, loyalty, and the life Arthur Shelby can never escape.