Birmingham Stories

Matilda Preston is the picture of 1919 high-society perfection. As the wife of Inspector Campbell's ruthlessly ambitious right-hand man, she wears expensive dresses, pours tea into porcelain cups, and hides her husband's bruises beneath high-collared lace. But Julian made one fatal mistake: he brought her back to Birmingham. Before the riches, she was Tilly Walsh-a wild, barefoot girl who ran the muddy alleyways of Watery Lane. And John Shelby has never forgotten her. Now, caught in the crossfire of a brutal war between the police and the Peaky Blinders, Tilly is playing a deadly game. By day, she is the perfect copper's wife. By night, she is risking the hangman's noose for stolen moments in the shadows with a razor-wielding gangster who is more than willing to burn the city down to set her free. Julian promised her safety. John promised her ruin. Only one of them was telling the truth.

"Don't care if he's guilty, Don't care if he's not; He's good and he's bad, And he's all that I've got." She grew up watching them, fearing them. A young girl in Birmingham, being told to stay away from the Shelby family at whatever cost. Whispering their name as if they'd hear her, and knowing even then that if she were to end up caught up in the lot that she'd end up dead. But that didn't stop the lad with the piercing blue eyes from thinking that she was the most beautiful creature in the world. The first time he'd ever seen her, he knew that there would seldom be a girl that could ever catch his eye just as she did. And he was right. She remained the apple of his eye for years and years, never saying much to her, knowing that she hated him for who he was and what he did. He didn't mind, though. He hated himself, too. Until one day, one instant, brought them together in a way that neither of them could ever foresee or control. A wedding. cover creds to: @mxklson !!

Eleanor Shelby didn't bluff, didn't charm, didn't play games. She didn't need to. Being the youngest Shelby-by barely a year beneath Finn-never made her soft, and it certainly never made her weak. If anything, it carved something sharper into her. Where others underestimated her, Eleanor thrived. She moved fast, spoke bluntly, and acted before doubt ever had the chance to settle in. Reckless, some would say. Fearless, others whispered. The truth sat somewhere in between.

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.

Can Daphne stick by Tommy's side when his ambition has no limits? A slow burn Thomas Shelby fanfic.

What happens when 'innocent' jazz singer, Rose O'Neill is singing at a club that the peaky blinders plan to take over? Will the jazz singer and gangster fall in love?

Please request oneshots from the point of view of a shelby love interest or a shelby daughter/cousin/sister/ niece How to request: I need the age of y/n, and the relationship she has, be that with an individual shelby or the entire family. Thanks ❤️love interest 💙daughter 💚sister 💛cousin 💜niece

Shirley was adas best friend since school. She had grown up around the peaky boys, always hearing stories of their brutality but choosing to ignore them. it was only after shirley started to work for the peaky blinders herself did she realise she was no better than them.

Y/N imagines about your favorite third eldest Shelby brother in the Peaky Blinders Gang! ❤️ *I don't own any of the characters, sets or plots used in these imagines. All rights reserved to the creators of 'Peaky Blinders'*

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

some want to be like machiavelli's feted prince, rising to power by any means. but i want you. [REWRITTEN] [Alfie Solomons x Female OC.] 2025 © written by teimlad.

LINES OF FIRE - a peaky blinders fanfiction IN WHICH- Margot Shelby's father is on a journey to gain-yet again-power whilst being swallowed up by politics and nostalgia; her uncle Arthur is being ripped to pieces by heartache; women's business is abundant and complicated.

ᯓᡣ𐭩 𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 "𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴? 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳? 𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘪'𝘮 '𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳 (𝘶𝘩-𝘩𝘶𝘩) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘪'𝘮𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯" ᯓᡣ𐭩 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘢 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 jobe bellingham x fem!oc social media x real life

When, Luca Changretta,Chiara's father, comes from New York to Birmingham, on behalf of his father's death. Chiara's life takes a twisted turn, and the Shelby-Changretta vendetta seals of eventually.

Katarina loved Henry and Henry loved Katarina. But does Michael love Kassie? An story about goodbyes and broken dreams Katie's life changed as her best friend got adopted. But she changed as well. She found herself back in an loving family in an adorable village. And as the fate wanted it she found back her best friendZ

Having lost her home, her family and struggling in a dilapidated flat with her 3 nephews and nieces, Zohra must contend with her strong feelings for Zayn in the quest for the truth. Unable to trust Zayn, Zohra must trust her instincts. Did Zayn lead her sister towards her death? Still in constant contact with Kash, will he save Zohra from Zayn's tempestuous behaviour? A story about betrayal, passion, family duties and jealousy. Indulge in the world of Zohra Zafar who existed in her sister's shadow in her life and death. Part II of In My Sister's Shadow- Catching Him Out

"He wasn't always this cold. The war had turned him into a shell of his old self. He's got demons hiding behind that foot thick wall of strength, just hoping to keep a brave face on and his emotions at bay." OR In which Thomas Shelby falls in love with Anna Clarke I own my own characters. 11/26/21 - [12/16/25- ]

Instead of five Shelbys, there were six. Nina Shelby is the youngest sister of the Shelby family with a heart of fire inside of her. If anyone wrongs her or her family, she'd be sure to let them know. After her brothers go off to war, she's used to being alone until she meets Jules. Nina's not used to having friends outside of her family but eventually finds herself going to Jules instead of her brothers in time of need. Nina is unsure of her feelings for her best friend. Could something blossom between the two? Set in Seasons 1-6 of Peaky Blinders I do not own Peaky Blinders, only the story of Nina and Jules

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 | ❝ Your heart was crafted from the finest of golds, Bonnie. ❞ ━ IN WHICH Fawnie Shelby's life is turned upside down after the death of her beloved brother. Or, alternatively, Fawnie manages to find love amidst a war. | © MURSWRITES 2020 - 2022 | Bonnie Gold x Fem!OC | Peaky Blinders S4 - ? | Book 3 in the "Altruistic Adoration" Series

I thought the worst thing I'd deal with was a hangover and Leo's awful impressions. Turns out, I was wrong. Because today, the sun decided not to show up, and, oh yeah, every adult over twenty? Dead. Gone. Just us kids left in the pitch-black world to figure out what the hell's happened. Now it's me, Archie, Leo, Eli, and a bunch of clueless teens against... well, whatever's out there in the dark. Cheers to growing up, I guess.