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Masterlist

Peaky Blinders

sweet baker lady ~ thomas shelby x Reader

I got you ~ thomas shelby x childern!reader

what we once were 2 ~ thomas shelby x reader

time after time ~ john shelby x black!reader

If by chance ~ thomas shelby x black!reader

change your tune / dance to a different tune ~ alfie solomon x black!reader

back again ~ john shelby x reader

caim ~ thomas shelby x black!reader

incandescent ~ thomas shelby x black!reader

peaky hc ~ thomas shelby x black!reader

peaky hc ~ john shelby x reader

peaky hc ~ luca changretta

OTHERS

Burning Desire

Chapter 1

Ruth sat in her office looking over papers and shipments, when her second-in-command and close friend, Leticia storm in with a sour look. Ruth didn’t need to look up to see that she is pissed.

“What happened now?”

“There was an accident again at the brothel, one of the girls got hurt.”

“Again? You have to talked to Talia about that I don’t run the brothel. “

“Who you think called me? She said she got a hold of it but the sound of her voice made seem she don’t. I told you should have gotten me to be in charge. ”

“The last thing we need is for our clients to walk out with missing teeth.”

“That happened once and he shouldn’t have gotten mouthy with me.”

“Yeah well because of your action, we almost got shut down and now he doesn’t have to pay whenever he comes by.” Leticia grimace.

“That was years ago, I changed now, I can control myself.”

“Leti...”

“I can. You and I know Talia isn’t meant to deal with shit like this anyway. “ Ruth sigh.

She thought for a moment before nodding, “Fine. Let’s go. ” Leti nodded in appreciation walking out of the room well Ruth grabs her coat and pistol. She walks out of her office to noisy factor, as the many women work making guns and bullets. Ruth down the stairs to her secretaries.

“Dotty. Pearl. If anybody comes tell them I will be out for a well.”

“When should we tell them you be back?” Sorry asked moving to look at her boss over her glasses.

Ruth looked at the clock on the wall and back at her, “Maybe 10. 15 minutes.”

“You got it, babes” Pearl said going back to her book.

Ruth and Letitia walked down the streets of Lambeth. They stopped in front of a tavern and knocked twice before being let in by a man. He nodded towards the women before going back to serving his customers, they went up the stairs to a door connected to the next building to find some of the half-naked women surrounding a crying girl.

“Where’s Talia?” Ruth said looking around for Talia.

“No idea, love “ One of the girls said holding a bloody cloth.

Leticia sucks her teeth, “TALIA!” Leticia shouted, a young woman stood from behind the bar and quickly made her way towards Ruth and Leticia.

“Ruth. W-what are you doing here? I said I had everything under control. ” She looked towards Leti than at Ruth.

“Yeah well we wanted to see how bad it was, we heard one of the girls got hurt,” Leticia spoke up

“Ye-yeah, I’m sorry you had come down here. I didn’t want to worry Annie since she’s on leave.”

“Yeah. The last thing we need is angry pregnant women coming down here. ” Ruth smirked at looked at the women.

“Yeah.” Talia chuckled.

“Where’s the rest of the women?”

“Up there...” she nodded towards the stairs, “...In the rooms.”

Ruth looked back at the ladies and turned towards Talia, “Thanks Talia, you can head back to the bakery.” Talia nodded not saying a word, she grabs her purse and walked out the door.

Ruth and Leti stood in front of the women, “So what happened?” Some of the women part ways to let Leti and Ruth take a look at the girl's arm.

“An odd bloke came in looking a little skittish, you can tell he was high.” One of the girls said. Ruth nodded and looked at the crying girl.

“Can you tell me, what happened next?”

“After Talia rin-ringed me, I took him to m-my room and-and...” tears fell down her face, as she threw herself in Ruth’s arms making her run her back gently.

“It’s okay, everything’s gonna be fine. “ she let go of the girl so she can get her to wound clean. She nodded to the side at Leti and another worker.

“Did you get a name?”

“Yeah, luckily he wrote it down.” The worker said handing Ruth a brown leather book, the women pointed at the time and date of the man came in.

“Does that name look familiar to you?” Leticia asked Ruth, the women looked closed, and before looking at Ruth again.

“Oh no.”

“What?” The worker looked at the book at the name, “Do you know him?”

“Yeah.” Ruth said closing the book, “Can you look after the girls for a bit, Leticia would be back to take over after we get back.” The girl nodded taking the book and getting back to work.

Ruth and Leticia said their goodbyes to the ladies. As they descended the stairs to the next building, both women went out the back door of the bar to not be seen.

“I need to finish some paperwork back at the factory. Remember. No fighting. ” Ruth said as they both walked down the street.

“Of course.” Ruth handed her the keys to the Ford, “ Call Cook to tell him what happened, and make sure she gets her arm look after properly.” She nodded before heading to the car. Ruth walked into the factory towards Pearl and Dotty.

“Anything happened well I was gone?” Ruth asked pulling out a cigarette.

“No, but there is a man in your office claiming he your 4:00.” Pearl lighted the cigarette.

“I thought I told you to cancel all my appointment.”

“Must have forgotten.” Ruth rolled her eyes and place the cigarette tip against Dotty’s lips, she took a drag before passing it to her sister.

“Did he give you a name?”

“I think it was, Theodore?” She looked towards her sister puzzled, “No, that wasn’t it, it was something with a T I think. ”

Ruth looked at both of the sisters, “You two are the worst. ” She says walking past their desk.

“But you still love us, right?.” Ruth shook her head walking past some of her employees, saying hello, and nodded towards them before getting to her office.

Ruth opened the door not paying attention to the man sitting in one of her leather chairs, she took off her coat and sat it behind her chair.

“Sorry for the wait Mr...?”

“Shelby. Tommy Shelby.” The man in front of her said.

“Lorena..”

“Wait, Shelby?.” She mutters trying to remember why that name sound familiar, “The Peaky Blinder bloke.” She leaned back in her chair.

“Yep.”

She hummed, “So, what do I owe the pleasure, Mr. Shelby?”

“I require some guns. ”

“What type of guns?” She said.

“Some Webley revolver and a couple of marlin models.” Ruth nodded.

“Well, Webley is about 3k well the marlin is 6k.”

“I give you 2,500 for both guns.” Tommy stared at the beautiful woman in front of him with a stone look.

“My guns are worth more than 2,500. Mr. Shelby. ” She laughs. She twists her pen in her hands.

“Thomas.” Tommy dug his hand into his pockets making Ruth's hand hover over her gun, “Pardon?”

“Mr. Shelby is my father. You can call me Thomas or Tommy if you like. “ he said.

“Well, as I said before Mr. Shelby, my guns are worth more than 2,500. “ she said ignoring his offer

He took a cigarette and put it in his mouth, “Can I smoke in here?”

“Sure” He looked at her gentle stare before lighting the cig and taking a puff, he continue talking, “I heard through the grapevines that you in need of men, so I’m offering you some. For concession on the guns.” Ruth took a minute before answering.

“Seem like you heard wrong, Mr. Shelby. I have enough men here.” She smiled.

“I can see, but not enough to be everywhere at once. “ he replied.

“How many?”

“Twenty. ” Ruth scoffed at the number.

“I need more than 20 men.”

“You get more men when I see how good your guns are.” He said standing up, “So we got a deal or not?” Ruth looked at his hand for a moment, having a mental battle between herself.

“Come with me.” She stood up and ignoring his hand, and walking out the door with Thomas following close behind. She guiding him all around the building towards the drawing-room.

As they walked down corridor after corridor, they finally made it to the room.

“Theresa?” They walked into the room to find a girl sleeping on her drafting table, “Theresa!” She snapped her fingers near the girl's ears, startled her awake. She looked around for a bit for her glasses putting them on before seeing her boss and some man.

“What can I make for you today, ma’am?” She yawns and stretches picking up her charcoal pencil.

Ruth looked at Thomas, “How many do you need?”

“Seven Webley revolvers and five marlin models.” The young girl started drawing different models of the guns showing Tommy which one he might prefer. After about an hour of them picking and changing the design of the guns. Ruth bid the girl goodbye as she left withdrawing in hand.

“Here.” Ruth handed the drawing to one of her workers back at the main area, the girl left to go receive the replica of the guns to test it out for him. The two stood quietly as everyone worked around them, Tommy would glance now and then towards her. Looking at her plump lips to her hips, sinful thoughts running through his mind as he imagines doing the most unholy thing to her body.

The worker came back with the replicas along with bullets and handed them to her boss. Ruth thanked her before she went back to work, “Follow me.” She and Tommy walked up a couple of levels before going to another part of the building to an empty room. Their holes all over the white grayish walls were painted targets were set up.

“Here. Try it out.” Ruth handed the revolver to Tommy with the bullets as well, Tommy looked at the gun then back at Ruth before grabbing it and shooting the wall. Finishing empty the chamber, he tried the marlin next. He does the same thing looking impressed at the kick it has along with the high velocity.

“So?”

Thomas looked up from the gun towards Ruth, “It doesn’t have that power like the Russians but it does.” She rolled her eyes as he continued to talk, “ Is 32 men enough. ” Ruth tilted her head to the side a bit and walked up closer to him, “...so do we have a deal?” he watched her closely as she stands in front of him. She stared deeply into his icy eyes before answering.

“ I know theirs a war brewing in Small Heath and I also know you barely have enough men to help you fight. Let alone give me, so I propose is I let you hold the guns and I give you some people... “ he was taken back by her knowing his solution but he didn’t show it.

“Exchange for?”

“Your assistance, I have a couple of business I would like to open in other areas like London and Small Health-“

“ As much as your offer sound promising, I have to decline. There’s too much going on in small health and throwing your drugs in the mix isn’t worth it...” Ruth clenched her jaw as he continued to speak, “...your not the only one, who has done their research.” He set the gun against the wall and looked backed at her.

Ruth rolled her eyes at his words, “We don’t run drugs, we run a legitimated business.”

“Listen, I’m not judging you. I’m the last person to but the evidence speaks for itself. “

“As I said, we don’t run drugs. People I work with doing but not my people. ” he nodded understanding as she cleared her throat before continuing, “So, now that we on the same page again, as I was saying I want to open a new business and I want my people to work there. “ he thought for a moment, his eyes drifting towards her lips wondering how they would feel against his-.

“Hello? Do we have ourselves a deal or not?” She whistle catching his attention, he nodded stiffly pulling his hand out in front of him, “We have a deal.” She shook his hand firmly, they both stared into each other’s eyes.

“Ma’am, someone in your office, said it an emergency.” A young man came in making the two pull apart. She nodded towards the man before watching him leave, she backed at Thomas.

“Come by tomorrow morning, so we can continue with our arrangements just so you know what you getting yourself into with me.” He gave her a swift nod before following her out of the room, the walk down to the main floor was silent between them. As they got outside of the factory, Thomas looked towards Ruth.

“You know what’s funny?” He said pulling out another cigarette and lighting it, “What?” She looked up at him.

“We gonna be working together and I don’t even know your full name.” As he exhales his car pulled up, she watched as he gets in. She smirked as she leans forward towards the window, “That is funny.” She said taking the cig from him and taking a drag. She blew it out to the sky and looked back at him, “Have a safe trip, Mr. Shelby.” She tapped on the hood of his car before stepping back.

After the car drove off she threw the cig on the ground before headed back inside to see Pearl and Dotty smirking at her, “What?”

“He's cute.”

“Very cute.”

“He's our new client, so whatever you two are thinking get out of your head. ”

“I wonder if he has a brother?” They said in unison, Ruth rolled her eyes before commenting, “Get back to work.” The girls giggled as they go back to their magazines. Ruth makes her way up the stairs to her office, she takes a seat in her chair.

“What you doing here, will?” She didn’t look up at the man as she continued her paperwork.

“What can a man see how his baby sister is doing?”

“Not if it is to spy on her.” Will rolled his eyes at his sister.

“You know I do it out of love.” This time it Ruth turn to roll her eyes.

“What you want I’m working.” She said looking back down at her paperwork.

“I heard Augustine talking....” he stopped looking for a reaction at the mention of their other siblings.

“And?....” she kept writing, she didn’t want to give her brother the satisfaction of seeing her nervous at what he was gonna say next. “I heard him talking about an arranged marriage, and...”

“And...?” She said again looking up from her work.

“They want to give Isaias to an Italian girl in London, so they gonna set up a meeting and I need you to vote no. “

“Do Isaias know?” Will shook his head no, Ruth rested her chin in her fist looking worried.

“What’s wrong. “

“I don’t know, something just doesn’t feel right. Augustine wouldn’t suggest something like this unless it was serious, you know.” Will took in what his sister said.

“You think someone in our faction did something to piss off the Italians.” As Will was talking a boy walked in and handed Ruth a paper, “Only one way to find out.” She turned the paper to show her brother.

Sweet Baker Lady (Tommy Shelby x Black!reader)

(y/n) was rolling  dough in the back when she heard the bell to the door ring signaling a customer, “ I be right with you.” she shouted, she wiped her hands on her apron and went to the front of the shop to greet the customer only to be met with three men, Felling worried she plastered on a smile as she walked up to the counter, “Hello, Welcome to Queenie’s Bakery. How can I be of service for you today.” The man in the middle walked up closer to the counter.

“We like to speak to the owner of this establishment.” he fished out a cig from his pocket making (y/n) grow nervous.

“Yes, that would be me. You mind not lighting that in her...” (y/n) deadpanned as he stared at her, she gave him a look making him chuckle and put his cigarette away.

“My name Thomas Shelby, this is John and Arthur.” He pointed at an older and younger guy.

“ (y/n) ..” she shook his hand

(y/n) glanced at the men walking around the shop looking, “ Can you be careful with that it’s very rare.” she told the man with a small flower teacup in his hand, he ignore her as he continue to messed with the tea set. (y/n) turned her glared to the man in front of her.

“If your not here to purchases or pick up anything, I’m gonna have to ask you to leave.” She turned towards Thomas as he checked her making her blush a little.

“I’m here to offer you a proposition.”

“A proposition? What do you have that I want?” she asked crossing her arms.

“Your place of management have been broken into, vandalized, and almost burned to the ground countless of time in the last five months since you been here.” (y/n) looked looked peeved at the man.

“I still don’t see how that got to do with you?” Thomas peered at her.

“It doesn’t but since we heard you good at what you do, I’m welling to charge you half on protecting this place.” He planted his palms on the counter leaning in to the women making her moved back a bit, “How much are we talking?” She asked curious.

(y/n) eyes bugged when she heard the price, “Are you mad, I can’t afford that I can barely afford to pay rent to this place.” She watched as the man thought for a minute before speaking again.

“Okay, I lower the price. If...”

“If what?”

“If you allow me and my brothers...” the two man walked up, “to do business in your shop, nothing illegal. All we need is to store our cargo in your cellar and that’s all. ”

“How long?” She asked

“Until we can find ourselves a buyer, so do we have a deal?” (y/n) looked at him wearily and thought about it, she nodded slowly.

“Good, we bring the cargo here tomorrow morning.” He said

“What? So soon?” She asked baffled.

“Yes...” he turned around and tilted his cap towards her before headed towards the door with his brothers, “I’ll send my men soon.” He said leaving the shop with his brothers in toe, (y/n) huffed as she went back to work.

Four boys busted into the shop sweating and out of breathe, (y/n) looked up from cleaning one of the tables at the familiar young man.

“Billy?”

“ Hi, Miss (y/n).” the boy said out of breathe, “Billy, who are your friends.” She looked at the other red face boys breathing hard.

“Oh. this Adam...” he pointed at the ginger  who tipped his hat at the women.” Hello, ma’am.” (y/n) smiled shaking his hand, “...the quiet one right here is Samuel, but we call him Sammy,” the boy gave her a small wave making her smile, “Hello, dear.” 

“And this is Wallace.” The lanky boy in front of her smiled at her which she returned, “Hello, it nice to meet you all..” she said towards the boys and turn back to Billy, “ I’m go out on a limb and say Thomas Shelby sent you..” He nodded making her shake her head in disbelief.

“Alright, any of you know how to bake?”

“Mr. Shelby didn’t say anything about baking” Adam said looking at Billy who looked as confused as him, “I know, but I’m a man done and I need help fixing up some cupcakes for preschoolers soon.” The boys looked at each other before Billy spoke up.

“Three boxes of strawberry filled muffins with twelve fudge cookies for our services...” the boys smiled behind him as he told her his terms,  (y/n) narrowed her eyes at him, “ One box of strawberry filled muffins and eight carrot cake cookies because I don’t need you to go on a sugar rush and shut down well protecting my shop.” Billy looked at his boys and back  (y/n).

“ Two boxes of your strawberry filled muffins and we try your new “healthy” cookies to give our criticisms.”  (y/n) thought about it  for a moment before speaking, “ Half of box of my muffins and I throw in some cupcakes for your criticism for you my new invention.” Billy smiled shook hands with  (y/n) and they got to work.

(y/n) with the four boys waited by her side as she locked up, she turned to the group  of young men, “Are you sure you don’t want one of us to drive you home, Miss (y/n) .” She shook her head giving them a smile.

“No, it’s okay, but thanks. Here..” she reached in her purse to giving Billy the key to the shop, “And I can’t stretch this enough. Do. Not. Lose. These. Okay?” He nodded, she exhale before bidding them all goodbye before walking down the street. 

She walked passed the Garrison as she made her way home, she heard laughing and talking coming from the tavern. She wrapped her coat around her body as the wind blew, she heard footsteps behind her making her grip her pistol. She turned around quickly pointing the gun at the person's abdomen as they grab her, “You have five second to remove your hand..” she hissed looking at them, she felt them removing their hand from her arm, she backed up as they kept their hands up. She stepped back, “And here I thought you were a sweet baker, I guess there is more than meets the eye..” she lowered her gun as she recognized their voice.

“Mr. Shelby?” He stepped into the light, (y/n) put away her gun as Thomas lower his hands, “ Why didn’t you  say anything earlier, I could of shot you.” he shrugged as he got out a cigarette, “I wanted to see what you have done.” she rolled her eyes 

“ I would have shot you dead.” she sassed turning on her heel and started walking home again, he walked up beside. She ignore his present as they walked together, “So are you gonna ask me or what?” she spoke up as they made it to her building, “Ask what?” 

“Me on a date?” she turned to him as they stood on the steps, “I don’t know what you mean-” she cut him off.

“I think you do with the longing stares and following me all the way home and such.”

“ I’m not following you.” she grins.

“Really, so you telling me we didn’t walk pass your house three blocks down ten minutes ago?” She raised her eyebrow at him, he stared at her.

“Who’s following who now?” She rolled her eyes.

“Everybody knows where the infamous peaky blinder leader lives, it’s no secret. ” she turned to her door opening it and stepping in, “If your not gonna ask me, than I bid you a goodnight Mr. Shelby.” His foot stopped the door from closing.

“If I were to ask you on a date, would you say yes? Would you put yourself in danger like that for a man like me. “ she stared into his ocean eyes and muttered.

“Yes.”

I Got You

warning attempted rape

Faith with her siblings talked amongst themselves as they waited for their father to show, “What you think he called us in here for?” Faith asked her brother, Jordan.

“No idea, but I heard he been in a mood lately. ” He said inhaling the cigarette, Reina waved the smoke away from her as she sat in the leather seat between Jordan and William, “I thought the whole point of you working with daddy was to watch over him, all this time you been around him. You have no idea what going on?” She asked.

“Yeah, well it’s hard to make sure his okay if he always sending me off to do something else. And when I do try to follow him I always end up losing him, that man really knows how to throw people of his trail....” Reina rolled his eyes at her brother excuses.

“Maybe it’s good news this time?...” Will said fixing his glasses, Reina gave her brother annoyed look, “There’s never good news, when your a Shelby.”

“I wouldn’t say that....” Jordan put out the cigarette as him and his siblings stood up as their father stood by the door with a lady by his side, Tommy walked to his seat behind the desk with Grace by next to him. He waved his children to seat as he linked his hands together in front of him, he watch as they slowly took their seat.

Faith elbowed Reina as she was giving Grace the third degree, “How have you been, daddy? It feels like we haven’t seen you in days. ” Tommy smiled.

“It been a busy few months. But I’m fine, sweetheart.” Before faith could ask her father something else, Reina cut her off, “Daddy, who is this?” She stared the women up and down with distaste.

“This is Grace. Grace these are my children, my oldest Jordan and Faith...” Jordan tipped his cap towards Grace with a smile, as Faith smiled.

“Hello...” Grace shook both of their hands, Tommy looked towards Reina and Will, “These are my youngest Will...” Grace watches as Will stood up on crutches, making her stare at his legs. Will shuffle in his spot as he felt her staring at his bad leg making Grace look up apologetic.

“I-I’m sorry-.” Will shook his head as he shook Grace’s hand as he balance on his crutches, “Don’t be people always stare at it, I’m use to it...” He chuckled fixing his glasses, Grace smiled apologetic again as she turned to the girl, “...And Reina, she baby of the family.” Reina brows snapped together the way her father called her “the baby of the family”.

“Now that we all meet and got acquainted, I have great news. ” Thomas laced fingers through Grace’s making her lean in to him, “Me and Grace are getting married. She gonna be your step-mom.” He looked at her fondly as she does the same, Faith and her brothers looked shocked at the couple well Reina looked disgusted.

“I’m sorry, what?” Reina said, making her father and his fiancé turn toward her, “ I thought I heard you say you gonna a marry her.” Faith looked nervously between her father and sister.

“I did, me and Grace are getting married.” Faith spoke up before her sister could say anything stupid, “Don’t you think you moving too fast, dad. I mean we barely know her.” Jordan nodded in agreement, Thomas sighed.

“You all are still young, it’s complicated..” Will glanced towards his sister as she  glared daggers both at their father and Grace, “...But It would mean the world to us to have you all be part of the wedding.” Grace quickly says, Reina tried not to roll her eyes at Grace trying to play perfect wife.

“ Is this really what you want, daddy?” Faith said, Thomas asked himself the same question since his wife died, “Yes..” Faith knows her father like the back of her hand and even through his answer wasn’t convicting, she care too much about her father ‘s happiness to call him out on it, “ If you’re happy, we’re happy. Right?” She look at Reina with a hard stare, making her roll her eyes, “Right..” Faith gave her that look that only mothers can conjure up.

“Happy wife, happy life.” she said sarcastically, Faith rolled her eyes.

“Close enough..” She smiled towards Grace, “Welcome to the family, Grace.” Grace happily pulled Faith into a hug catching her off guard, Faith looked over Grace’s shoulder to her dad smiling at them.

A knock came from the other side of the door making them break apart, “Come in..” one of the maids walked in telling them the food was almost finished and the rest of Shelby’s have arrive, he nodded telling her they be out, making her leave. He held out his arm to Grace as they made their way out the door with his childern following behind. 

William lean against the door frame of his father office making his family stop and look worried at him, “You go without me, I’ll catch up with you all soon, I just need to rest for a bit..” 

“Is your leg bothering you again?” Thomas asked walking towards his son, Will  nodded with pain written all over his face making his father rub his hair, “Why don’t you stay in my office for a bit and we call you when the food ready.” Will nodded.

“I’ll stay with him..” Reina offered moving towards her brother, “Are you sure, I can watch over him...” Reina waved her sister in dismissal.

“Yeah, its fine. Consider it a sorry for earlier.” she said to her sister, making Faith look at her suspicious, “...and I kind of don’t want to be anywhere near Aunt Pol, when she finds out dad’s getting married.” Faith grimaced at the idea of her great aunt might cause a scene at the news, Thomas kissed the top of Will’s head before moving to kiss Reina temple as he walked back to his soon to be wife as they walked down the corridor with Jordan and Faith in toe.

Reina helped Will inside their father office, closing the door behind them. Will sat down in the leather seat as Reina went behind her father desk, “ Hurry up! I don’t want anyone coming back and finding us snooping through dad’s stuff.” Reina looked at the paper on his desk before moving to opening his draws.

“Who knew you were such a good liar, you could be the next Chaplin. “ Will ignored his sister was he looked through folders that his sister passed to him, he never liked lying to his dad expectably about his condition.

“Damn it...” Reina slammed the draw closed, making Will glare at her, “Try slamming it a little harder, I think everyone didn’t hear you.” He hissed.

“There’s nothing, here.” Reina said putting everything back, “Well, we tried..” Will shrugged.

“Maybe it’s at the betting shop.” William shook his head as he saw the wheels turning in his sister head, “Nia, no!”

“Why not, I’m telling you that women rubs me the wrong way. I don’t trust her.”

“You don’t trust anyone that isn’t part of this family.” Reina folded her arms in defeat.

“I’m telling you, Will. Something just ain’t right with her.” Will could tell this new of their father getting married isn’t taking a good troll on Reina.

“Nia, I love you. I really do but, you have to get over it. Dad is going to marry Grace and she gonna be our step mom, that is that. All we can do is be their for dad.” Reina played with the necklace her mother gave her, she hated when her brother was right. She sighed and nodded.

“Your right...”

“I know I am.” He smirk

She rolled her eyes as she helped William up as the bell ring signaling the food is ready, they closed the door behind them before walking to the dinning room. Everyone was there waiting on them, “Hope we didn’t keep you all waiting.” Will said as he sat next to Arthur, he laid his crutches against the table.

“Nope, you actually on time.” Thomas said as he watch his brother mess about with son, Reina took at seat between Faith and Finn.

“Did I miss anything.” She asked watching Faith take a sip of her wine, “Only Aunt Pol ripping Tommy a new one.” Fine said digging in, she gathered as much as Polly glared daggers at Grace.

“At least I’m not the only one who hates her.” She whispered turning to her food.

“So Tommy, when is the wedding?” Ads asked taking a sip of her wine, Thomas cleared his throat.

“In three days...” Polly slammed her glass down on the table making everyone freeze, “Why so soon?” She asked.

“You know with the business growing fast, why not do it sooner rather than later.” Polly scoffed before going back to her food, sending glares at Grace and Tommy every now and then.

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“There’s no way in hell, I’m wearing this..” I looked at myself in the mirror, trying to adjust the dress.

“What’s wrong with it?” Polly asked. I walked out of the bathroom and stood in front of my aunts and Faith. I watched my sister cover her mouth, “Everything...” I groan as I walk the crystals poke me.

“It poking the shit out of me, and I look like a goddamn chandelier.” A giggle escape from Ada and Faith making me glared at them.

“Well...” Polly walked around me, before glancing at me, “It’s not too bad, we may have to close the church windows. We don’t want you blinding the guest, now do we.” The women bust out laughing as I glared angrily at Polly.

We glanced towards the door as my father walked in with his suit, I couldn’t tell if he was surprise or happy. When he saw me in the dress his wife picked out for me.

“You look-umm shining.” He joke making Faith and Ada giggle behind me, I grab the nearby pillow on the couch and threw it across the room at them making them giggle even more, “Daddy, I can’t wear this it doesn’t fit and it keeps poking me.” He walked up to me and examined the dress. 

“The wedding starts in a few hours, maybe you can wear the other dress she brought you.” I looked towards Faith.

“I thought you said she only brought the one.” Faith shrugged.

“ I thought so too, I guess she had a back-up. Just in case...” I look back at my father.

“I take it...” my dad left calling for the maid to bring the dress, “It can’t surely be worse than this one, right?” The ladies in the room wrinkled their nose at the chances of the dress being even worse than the one I got on.

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I clenched my jaw as we rode in the car to the church, I pulled at my dress for tenth time since i walked out of the house. My head feel against the window as a familiar song came on making me close my eyes and remember a memory with my mother.

I remember walking into the kitchen to find her cutting up potatoes and carrots for supper, she was swaying in her blue dress as the music from the radio plays.

Goodness knows what the end will be

Oh I don't know where I'm at

It looks as if we two will never be one

Something must be done:

She swirl around the kitchen like a princess, singing along to the tune.

You say either and I say either,

You say neither and I say neither

Either, either neither, neither

Let's call the whole thing off

I adore her beauty from where I stood, her dark skin shining from the sun coming through the window. Her beautiful black curls bouncing as she dance, sometimes when you stand very still it’s feels like time stops.

You like potato and I like potahto

You like tomato and I like tomahto

Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto.

Let's call the whole thing off

I giggled as she use the wooden spoon as a microphone, she stopped and looked at me. She covered her face in embarrassment and laughed as she got caught, she waved me over making me run into her arms. She picks me up and swirl me around, I remember giggling as I held ion to her tightly. She sat me back on my feet as our favorite part came on making me sway to the music like her.

You like vanilla and I like vanella

You saspiralla, and I saspirella

Vanilla vanella chocolate strawberry

Let's call the whole thing off

We sang together as she held my hands in hers as she swirl me around and dip me, all in the while my father walks in on us. He watches us in amazement as we try to hit the note like Ella, as I continue dancing I didn’t realize my mother stopped and notice my father. Her smiled lured him into her hold, he danced slowly with her.

I smiled as I saw the love in their eyes, the unbreakable bond between my father and mother. I stood off to the side as they had their moment together, trying to spend as much time as they can before my father would be pulled away for work.

For now we know we need each other so,

Let's call the whole thing off.

The car door slammed closed jumping me from my dream, I looked out the window to see the church. I sighed before getting out of the car before the man could open it and shutting it, I walked up the steps of the church with my heels clicking with every step I took. The moment I walked in I felt all eyes were on me, men in uniforms with their wife’s stared at me, walking further in I saw Grace talking to one of the men in uniform.

I guess Grace’s side of the family, they looked at me shock and with distaste probably thinking I was the help that walked through the wrong door. Only if those fool’s knew.

Ignoring them I continued my walked to my seat with my family, Faith held Esme’s baby in her lap as Esme dealt with one of john’s youngest. Finn handed me s pile of paper asking me to pass it down, I looked at the other side of the room to Grace’s family as they look annoyed at us. All things considering we were the loudest in the church, I looked at my father as he looked agitated at us which only made me try not to smirk.

As the Organ starts playing we all got up with the help of Ada we got William up so he can see. We all watch as Grace walked down the aisle with her father, we sat down as the minister starts to talk after about what felt like hour my father kissed Grace making her his wife. I clapped as everyone around me got out of their seats and cheered happily, they walked down the aisle to the church doors. After congratulation were said for both side, we gathered around and took a picture.

Faith stood next to me as we got our picture taken with my dad and Grace, after pictures were taken. Everyone got in their cars and went to the ceremony, dad wanted me and William to ride with him and Grace since we were the youngest. The whole car ride there was spent with silence, Grace would try start a conversation with me but I would reply with short answer making it quiet again.

The ceremony like the wedding was the bore, the only entertainment was hearing Arthur and John tell stories of dad in his baby years or teen years. Luckily the ceremony ended early so the real fun can start, this time dad wanted to ride with William and Jordan as he wanted to talk them. So i was riding with Faith.

“How was the car ride with dad and Grace?”

“Awkward. She kept trying to start a conversation with me, but I wasn’t in a mood. ”Faith side eye me as she sighed.

“Nia, I know you don’t like her. You made that clearly on several occasions but she’s-.”

“It’s not that...” I played with my necklace, “It’s not that I don’t like her, it’s the fact that it feels like he trying to replace mom with her.” I looked down at my hands.

“I had another dream about her, y’know. This time she was dancing around the kitchen with that blue dress she loved so much, and dad walked in on us. As a child I never knew how much two people can love each other until I watched them danced slowly in kitchen. ” I looked up towards Faith hearing her sniffle she had tears falling down her cheek.

Her smile didn’t reach her as she looked at me, “Mind handing me a tissue.” She chuckled as I pulled out a couple from her purse, giving it to her. She thanked me as she dab tissue under her eyes so she didn’t mess up her make up.

“I remember that you know, you ran into my room like the house was on fire. You pulling me from my room with my camera and having me take a picture, but you wouldn’t believe how many similar pictures of them is in my room until this day. ” i was surprised to hear that she still have pictures of mom and dad, I thought e she hide them away in a dusty room like dad.

“You don’t have to worry about forgetting her, whenever you need a reminder of her love just come to me and I tell you stories you haven’t heard it. If you need a reminder of her beauty like I said my door is always open and I show thousand among thousands from pictures of her with us.” I moved closer to Faith laying my head on her shoulder, she rest her head on mines as she drove to the party.

We finally pulled up to the reception, the moment we walked in Faith was swish away by Grace to meet some of the women in her family. Leaving me to roam the place until one of my father’s man told me he wanted to talk to me and  lead me to the kitchen, couple of men stood around talking as they waited.

 I leaned against the shelf away from the entrance, I watch Isaiah walk towards me .“I don’t think I ever seen you in a dress before Nia, it looks good.” Isaiah said getting all in my personal space, “But it looks so much better on the floor of my room.” He whispered close to my ear and smiled, I move my hand up his chest before giving lopsided grin and muttering.

 “Or mines...” I winked before moving away from him as my family came into the area, I stood next to Michael. My dad started going on a rant about how everyone have to be on their best behavior since Grace’s family are here.

“ I can’t stretch this enough. No fighting...” I rolled my eyes as he told everyone of his men and brothers what they can’t do or say. He turned to me and pointed, “And no back talk, their gonna be part of this family. So you treat them with the same respect you give me and your uncles, you hear me?”

 “Got it...” he walked close to me making Michael move out the away, “I mean it, Reina. I want you and your attitude in check, today is important to Grace....and me.” 

“I said I got it.” He stared down at me as if I was a child, he huffed in frustration before finally telling everyone not fuck this up for him. I glared at my dad as he pushed waiter on the floor leaving the man to pick up the broken the glass. After the last man got out of the kitchen, I helped the server up and apologized for my father action trying to help him with the mess. “It’s alright, you should go enjoy the party.” I apologized once again before leaving out of the kitchen.

I walked into the main room towards the mini bar, I tapped on the counter catching the bartender attention, “ Whiskey,” He nodded putting a glass in front of me and pouring my drink, I thanked him and down it without a thought. I gave him a tenner for the whole bottle which gladly oblige, not too long I was joined by Jordon, Finn, Isaiah, and Michael.

We spent hour and half taking shots and laughing at the bar at one point I’m pretty sure I was dare to drink from the bottle but I can’t remember, soon we ended up almost drinking the whole bottle. We kind of had to cut things short since Finn couldn't hold his liquor for shit, me and Jordan watched in disgrace as Finn was carried away by Isa and Michael to the car.

“And he call himself a Shelby.” We chuckled as we turned forward again taking another shot, before can take a second William limped behind us, “Have any of you seen, Faith.” 

‘“Not since she was dragged away by Grace.”

“Why? You ready to go?” Jordan asked taking a shot before getting off the stool, we looked at each as we saw the worried all over William’s face as he looks around the room for Faith. 

“She was suppose to take me home, but she had to go fetch her purse. That was thirty minutes ago.” I got off the stool and stood next to Jordan, “She’s probably just got lost, come on we look for her.”

“Shouldn’t we tell dad first just in case.” I looked around the room to find my dad talking with some of Grace’s family with her by his side, “No, we don’t want to worry him on his special day.” I walked to the stairs with William and Jordan in toe as we looked around, we looked through every room upstairs and didn’t find her.

“There’s like a hundred rooms in here, there’s no way we be able to find with only three of us.” Before we can go and tell our dad we heard a crush from down the hallway, we ran and down the hall and took a right before we heard sounds coming from a room.

“Get off of me!” Without thinking Jordan kicked the door down and making the man and Faith look towards the doorway giving her a chance to knee the bastard in his nuts. She pushed him off her making him fall to the ground, Faith got off the bed and went towards into my arms. 

Jordan ended up tackling the man to the ground making him drop his gun, we watched as they brawl around over the floor. I looked in fear as the man got on top of Jordan beating repeated in the face, scared I couldn’t stop William in time as he swung his crutch at the man knocking him off Jordan. William kept repeatedly hitting the man, until he got kicked in the stomach knocking the air out of him. Faith held us behind her was the man started walking told us.

“Don’t you fucking touch them..” He grits out clenching onto the man pants leg making the man kick Jordan in the face causing him to spit out blood, the man grabbed Jordan by the collar and started hitting him again. 

I quickly grabbed the looked at the gun under the bed, I clocked the gun and pulled the trigger without a second thought. I dropped the gun in shocked. Jordan holster the gun and kicked the body to see if he was still alive, he moved to the bed and took the putting sheet over the dead body. 

“We have to wrapped the body up.” he said before grabbing a another white sheet from a chair.

“We need to get dad.” William said as Faith help him up, “ He know what to do.” 

“With uniforms downstairs, no way. They arrest us before we can even get a word out.”

“You don’t know that..” Jordan threw down the sheet and looked towards us, “ You right I don’t but what I do know is there are four black kids and a dead white man on the floor. You do the math.” He went back to pushing the person onto the sheet.

“Not if we leave and pretend that none of this ever happened.” Jordan rolled his eyes.

“Yeah how are we suppose to do that when my face is busted up, Reina has blood all over her clothes. And Faith arm is bleeding.” I looked at Faith and now noticed her arm, she looked down.

“Oh shit...” he said just before he helps her sit on the bed, William took his tie off and wrapped it around faith to stop the bleeding, “I didn’t even feel it.” He looked at her.

“You were in shock.” He was he stopped the bleeding, by the looks of the wound it wasn’t deep cut. She got luckily. Somewhat.

“We need to be quick before they come, there’s no doubt someone heard that gunshot. “ he finished wrapping up the body, “Nia...” I look at him.

“I need your help with carrying him down.” I nodded, he turned to Faith and William, “Faye I need you bring the car around the back near the alley, alright.” She nodded as he handed her the keys, “Wait...” Jordan stopped her at the door putting his jacket around her making sure not to touch her arm and wiped the stained tears away.

“Be careful.” She gave him a weak smiled as he kissed her cheek, Jordan turned looked at Will.

“I need you to be our look out make sure the uniforms or any of our people, don’t suspect us.” Will nodded as he grabbed his crutch and limped towards the door looking down both hall ways, Jordan have me nodded and we left the heavy bastard. We walked out to the hall and we went for the stairs, luckily we didn’t run into anyone and got out of there unnoticed.

“Wait, hold on.” Jordan and Will stopped as I dropped the body, I took off my heels and gave them to Will. We walked out to the alley towards the car, we threw him in the back of trunk Jordan went to the driver seat. We hoped in the back seat and pulled off, I looked Faith as her head leaned against the window.

“Where are going to dump the body?” Will asked.

“I know a place.” I sat back as I replay what happened in the room, my heart beats fast as I remember the gun going off. I couldn’t help the tears fall as the image of his blood splatter all over the room, I can’t even imagine how Faith feels right now. I dig my nails into my palms to stop of myself from imagining what would have happened if we didn’t get there on time.

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The car came to the stopped as Reina looked out the window finding their were at the canal. They all got out of the car, she looked around at the stables and mill. Her and Jordan started to put rocks into the sheets and pockets of the man, after Jordan keep it was enough her and others pushed him into the waters.

They stood there as the sun was slowly raising, Reina looked at Faith as she started to sob before her legs can give out Jordan caught her slowly being her to the ground. The moments from before started took a troll on her, she cried in her brother chest as the horrid memories flooded back.

“I got you, it’s okay I got you. His gone, okay. His gone.” He repeated, she rocked her as she held on tightly to him. Reina and Will join them on the ground as they wrapped their arms around each other.

“It’s alright we got you.” Reina whispered.

What We Once Were

(Y/N) sips on her alcohol as she waits for Tommy to arrive at the Garrison, since it was early in the morning she was only person there beside Harry and the new barmaid, Grace.

Her knuckles hit the wood softly catching Grace attention, “Do you have the time?” Grace looked down at her watch before looking up.

“9:54, ma’am.” (Y/N) huffed, she couldn’t believe she had to get up at the break of dawn, and drive two hours all the way here only to be kept waiting, “Waiting for someone, ma’am?” She glanced at Grace.

“Yes..”

“Do you mind me asking, who, ma’am?” (Y/N) didn’t really pay to much attention to the girl when she replied, “Tommy Shelby.” Grace looked (Y/N) up and down wondering who she was and what business she had to her target, before she can question (y/n) more Tommy walked in through the doors.

“(Y/N), sorry to keep you waiting.” He took off his cap walking towards her, he threw a quick glance at Grace before kissing (y/n). Grace looked away going back to work making Tommy draw back, (y/n) looked questionable at her business partner and secret lover. He didn’t say anything just snaking his arm around her waist and moving them to the back room.

After Tommy closed the door he put his finger over his mouth telling (y/n) to stay silent, he heard talking and than a door opening than closing. He opened the window and saw Harry there but no Grace, “ Harry, where has Grace’s gone?” Harry shrugged.

“She said she was feeling bit ill, so I sent her home.” Tommy grunted before asking him to bring a bottle of Irish whiskey, and closed the window.

“I really hope you didn’t call me all the way down here to make some girl jealous.” Tommy turned smiling at her.

“Never.” She narrowed her eyes at him playfully, “Uhuh...” she took a seat at the table as Thomas brought the whiskey and two glasses over.

“If you didn’t call me to make the new barmaid jealous, than why am I here?” She asked seductively as she held her glass towards Thomas as he pour her drink.

“Business ...” he started setting the bottle on the table and taking a seat next to (y/n).

“Business?” She asked a bit annoyed that she came all the way down here for business that could have been taken care of in her factory.

“Yeah...” Tommy lit a cigarette, “I have more product coming soon and I need somewhere to hide it.” (Y/N) shook her head.

“There’s no way I’m letting you store illegal weapons in my very much legitimate business, again.” She said setting down her glass.

“The last thing I need is coppers breaking down my door and asking questions.” She sighed.

“No coppers are gonna be knocking on your door, okay? Because it won’t be there for long. Just for two days at least and we move it to our new location. ” he gave (Y/N) a pleading look making her nod, she could never resist his stares it always made her inside warm.

“Fine. But you owe me, Shelby. ” she leaned towards Tommy, they both turned towards the window hearing a sound, “Harry..?” Thomas said, no one answer he looked at (y/n) as she looked back at him.

“Maybe a rat?” He opened the window looking around seeing a knocked over cup, “Maybe...” he mumbled sticking his head back inside and continue his ‘business’ with (y/n).

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“Ma’am, there’s a Mr. Campbell here to see you.” (Y/N) looked up and told her assistant to send him in. (Y/N) put her files away and leaned back in her chair, “Miss (y/l/n)...” he grabs her hand shaking it.

“Inspector, what brings you to my fine establishment?”

“My have sources that says you have been working with Thomas Shelby...” (Y/N) smiled before stopping him.

“And your here to ask why a gunsmith like myself is working with a Bookie from Small Health. Am I right?” The Inspector shook his head.

“No, I’m here to tell you that one of my moles that I had assigned to Mr. Shelby overheard you two talking. From what I heard it wasn’t about your legal businesses.” (Y/N) smiled dissolved from her face as she clenched her jaw.

“Is this the part we’re I’m suppose to be asking for a deal?” She said unbothered.

“No, (Y/N). This is the part where I give you two days to clear out your warehouses. “ (Y/N) looked confused.

“What?”

“My man will storm your warehouse in two days and by than I hope you move your products and his. ” she stared at him thinking if he was setting a trap or not.

“Why are you telling me this....”

“I have my reasons. ” Her hand tugged at the bracelet she wore nervously, she nodded as he stood up. She follow suit walking him to her door.

“Mr. Campbell...?” She stopped him as he stood outside her office, “What is stopping me from not telling Mr. Shelby about this?” He shrugged.

“Nothing.” He simply says walking away, the workers in the room watches him leave and some looking back at there boss. (Y/N) didn’t pay no mind to them as she walked back in her office, she sat there for a well before throwing her paperweight against the wall making a dent. She covered her face with her hands annoyed and frustrated with this whole ordeal.

Tommy pulled up to (Y/N)’s gun factory after she called him. He exits the car and walks through the empty halls to her office, he knocks a couple of time before entering. He saw her with a cigarette between her lips as she put away her paperwork, “When did you start smoking?” She rolled her eyes at him.

“I always smoke, you just never seen me in the act.” She blew the nicotine in the air, she motion with her hand to take a seat.

“If you mind I rather stand.” (Y/N) eye Tommy before talking, “Fine..” she put out her cig and folded her hands and front of her.

“Mr. Campbell came to see me today...” Thomas unbothered by the mention of the inspector look at the pictures scattered all over the wall, “and he told me you have a mole..” Thomas looked towards her again not bothered my the information.

He chuckled, “And you believe him?”

“How else would he have known about my warehouse? Or where it was in that matter.” She said

Tommy didn’t say anything as he pulled out a cigarette and lit it, (Y/N) slowly watched him growing aggravated at his sudden silent.

“So?” She asked, he looked at her and shrugged.

“So...” she threw her hands up getting out of her seat and standing in front of him, “What is this? Did you take up a vow of silence utter of a sudden.” She hissed.

“I wouldn’t be talking if I did.” (Y/N) nose twitch as her patient was weary thin.

“This isn’t the time for jokes, Tommy. ”

“Am I laughing?” He said annoyed going to her mini bar table in the corner of the room, “Listen I look into it, alright?” He down his drink turning towards a still pissed (Y/N), he grabs her and pulled her close kissing her. (Y/N) anger toward Tommy slowly melted away as his hands roam her body, she hooked her arms around his neck deepen the kiss.

(Y/N) pulled at the roots of his hair making him moan in her mouth, she leaned on her desk wrapping her legs around his waist. One of (Y/N) hands slowly slide down to Tommy’s member making him pull away unexpectedly.

“What’s wrong?” She said he shook his head.

“Nothing, you caught me surprise that’s all.” (Y/N) looked at him suspicious as he start kissing her neck. (Y/N) slowly fell back into the moment when Tommy suck on her sweet spot. He lifted her on the desk, as his hand went under her skirt rubbing her. With one hand she unbuckled his trousers releasing his hard cock, Thomas groan as he felt her warm hand gently rub it.

(Y/N) pushed him back making Tommy look confused, she smiled at his red face and swollen lips without a word she got on her knees. His eyes rolled in the back of his head feeling her mouth suck on his tip, “Fuck...” he grunts gasping the back of her head, Tommy pulled her hair making her moan. (Y/N) move closer to him till his shaft is three quarters in your mouth.

She gag on him, which makes her moan. This causes him to jerk his hips forward, pushing himself further in her. She quickly bob her head and twist her tongue all around his cock, she starts moving her head faster wanting to feel Tommy inside her.

Tommy jerk his hips into her wanting to cum in her warm mouth, as he got closer he held (Y/N) still, “Oh, Grace...” he whispered catching (Y/N) off guard making her choke as she felt him twitch in your mouth. Not a second later she feel his warm cum hit the back of your throat and sliding down. He grunts as his cock is still in her mouth after he empty himself inside her, he pulls out with trail of cum on her lips and chin giving (Y/N) a chance to breathe.

She used her desk to stable herself as she gets up, Tommy faced away from (Y/N) as he fixed his trousers not wanting to look her in the eye after what happened. They both stood silent until (Y/N) spoke up.

“You don’t waste time do you.” He rolled his eyes.

“Don’t start..”

She glared at him as he fixed himself something to drink, “Your protecting her, aren’t you.” His nonchalant look filters for a moment before composing himself. She knew it his eyes betrayed him when she mention the barmaid. She shook her head.

“It doesn’t matter, you should leave.”

He sighed, “(Y/N)...” she put her hand up stopping him.

“Don’t...”

He took a step close to her making her step back, “...just leave.” She plead, he looked conflicted as he watched someone he considered not only a lover but a friend look so hurt. He turns to leave until (Y/N) said something leaving him heartbroken.

“I hope she loves you the way I do.” She watched him take a moment before leaving shutting the door behind her, she slammed her fist on the desk angrily as tears fell down her cheek. Thomas still near the door heard her sobs making him hold back tears himself. He soon left without her noticing.

Time Go By Fast

3 years later

(Y/N) looked in the mirror trying to fix her hair, she turned around hearing the door opened, “Mummy, I don’t know what dress to wear.” (Y/N) looked at her young daughter holding the dresses she choose for their day out.

(Y/N) made a face, “Hmmm...” she waved her daughter over and looked at the two dresses, “I think this one...” (Y/N) pointed at the left dress.

“You think...?” (Y/N)’s daughter made a face of distaste at her mother’s choice, making (Y/N) rethink her decision.

“Okayyy...” she said a bit thrown off, “The other one, it matches your necklace.” (Y/N) said straightening the bow on her head. (Y/N)’s daughter sighed sad looking at the dress.

“What? What’s wrong with this one...?” the young girl looked at the pink dress in distaste making (Y/N) more confused.

“It doesn’t...how do I say this..” (Y/N) stared at her waiting for a answer.

“...fit my personality, for example the dress you brought me yesterday. Definitely fitted my personality, don’t you think?” (Y/N) tried to keep a straight face as she finally catches on what her daughter was trying to get at this whole time. (Y/N) slowly nodded her head when the young girl finished.

“That dress is suppose to be for your birthday...” the girl bounce on her heel anxiously waiting for her mother to continue, “...but I guess you can wear it for-” the girl squeal happily wrapping her arms around her mother repeatedly saying ‘thank you’.

“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.” She said repeatedly running out of her mother room to finally get ready, (Y/N) shook her head with a small smile going back to her vanity mirror.

“I spoil her too much.” She mutters applying a little bit of make-up before leaving the room and going down stairs for breakfast.

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(Y/N) sat on the bench watching her daughter play with other children, before a man walked up to her, “Is this seat taken?” She didn’t say anything as the man took a seat next her, he didn’t say a word as they sat their together. (Y/N) dug in her pocket pulling out a cigarette, she sighed as her lighter choose a perfect time to not work as her daughter was turned away.

“Here...” before she can take the cigarette out of her mouth the man next to her light it, she leaned closer to him. (Y/N) inhale the nicotine slowly before blowing it into the air. “Thanks..” she mutters.

(Y/N) stiffens as she looked at the man in front of her, he looks at her nervously, “T-Thomas?” She whisperers, he gave her a small smile.

“Hi, (Y/N)..” he rest his hand on hers making her tad bit warm inside.

“Mummy...” (Y/N) and Tommy looked away from each other as (Y/N)’s daughter made her way over, making (Y/N) pulled her hand away and turn her attention towards her daughter.

“What’s wrong, princess?” She asked grabbing her little hands, “I made a new friend..” she said excitedly, (Y/N) eyes light up.

“Really? That’s great, my love.” (Y/N) smiled as her daughter talked about her new friend.

“Can he come to my party?” She asked happily

“It’s your big day, sweetheart. But I think we need to ask his parents first.” The little girl glanced at Tommy eagerly.

“So can be?”(Y/N) looked confused at why her daughter was asking Tommy, she was about to ask her daughter before Tommy beat her to the punch.

“I don’t see why not...” he said making the child grin and run back to her new friend to tell him the news. (Y/N) sat back a bit caught off guard about what just happened.

“What are the chances. My boy and your daughter....friends.” He chuckled softly.

“Hmmm...” Thomas looked at (Y/N) before reaching for her hand again, she flinched as his cold hands touched hers making him look away.

“I’m sorry.” he looked at her, “...for your lost, must be hard for you and your son.” He nodded pulling out a cigarette.

“Yeah...” after he walked out on her, he never felt right. The love he had for Grace was gone the moment he laid back in bed with her, he couldn’t find it in him to love her like (Y/N) loved him. For a period he thought having Charlie would have made the love he had for her come back but...it didn’t, the birth of his son made his marriage with Grace somewhat bearable. For the time being.

“If we had a second chance would you have stopped me?” (Y/N) frowned.

“My heart would have but my pride wouldn’t.” She said sadly

“Would you have stayed?” Without a second to waste Thomas blurted out his answer, “Yes, without a second thought.” He grabs both of (Y/N) hands, stared in her eyes.

“My life with Grace was...not the best. I wasn’t a great husband, and the only thing that kept our marriage intact was my son, Charlie.” He said ashamed.

“I remember one night I dream it was you that carried my son. It was you I married. I wish I stayed that night, I wished so badly that I got to tell you I love you.” (Y/N) couldn’t stop the tears from falling, Thomas pulled her close kissing her tears away. (Y/N) was lucky there wasn’t a lot of people here today, she always hated cry especially in public.

Thomas couldn’t contain himself any longer and kissed her. (Y/N) took a minute for kissing back, she hook her arm around his neck pulling him in closer. She pulled away making Thomas attack her neck as she glance over to the playground to see the kids are still playing before turning back to Thomas.

“As much I would love to finish this but I have to get the little one home.” She untangle herself from Thomas as they both stood up.

“Are you saying there’s a chance we get to do this again?” Thomas says with a sly smile.

“Maybe, if you ask me properly.” She smiled.

Thomas smirked leaning in to her, “(Y/N) would you go on a date with me?” (Y/N) bite her lips playfully thinking before nodding her head ‘yes’ making him give her a very much longing kiss.

They both pulled away, “I’ll see you soon.” She said kissing his cheek before calling her daughter, Thomas stared at her as she walked away with her daughter. He finally came back to reality when his son hugged his side, he picked him up and walked to his car.

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6 months later

(Y/N) and Tommy laid on the blanket looking at the stars her head rested on his arm as the snuggle together on the grass. (Y/N) smile at the day they had together, she forgot the feeling of being wanted and adore. Her inside fluttered remembering how they couldn’t take their hand off each other, it was so hard for them not to get carried away since it was their first date with each other.

The nervous feeling she felt for weeks after he asked her out distracted her constantly, the moment he picked up her up all that worried melted away and the memories resurfaced as to why she always felt secure with Tommy. The whole day he held her hand as if at any given moment she would fly away, and he made it his sole mission to make her laugh, smile, and feel happy.

(Y/N) smiled turned into a sly smirk as she felt Tommy’s fingers ran up and down her thigh, she glanced style smiling fool before her making her glare at him.

“Don’t start something you can’t finished, Shelby.” He looked at her as if he didn’t know what she was talking about, “Whatever do you mean, Ms. (Y/L/N).” He says now moving his fingers under her dress, he stared into her eyes before kissing her. Both didn’t waste time as they undress each other.

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2 years later

(Y/N) watched as Tommy played with the children, she looked down at their five month year old son in the stroller. She smiled at the memory when she told Tommy the news, they were both thrilled to have a baby together and the kids were excited to be a sibling. But she sighed sadly at the aftermath....

𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ (𝑌/𝑁), ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑗𝑒𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒-𝑢𝑝. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑘, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑦. 𝐻𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦, “𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦, 𝑛𝑜...” 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑒 𝑏𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒.

“𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡?” ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑟𝑢𝑏 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ, “𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼'𝑚 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑛𝑎𝑢𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠...” 𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑠.

“𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦, 𝐼 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑡.” 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑, “....𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦!” 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑠𝑝 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ,  (𝑌/𝑁) 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑. 𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟.

“𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑒?” 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑘 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑛𝑔, “...𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒.”𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐

“𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠.” ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, “𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟.” 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚.

“𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦...” ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑘,“𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢...𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠.”

“𝐼𝑓 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛..” (𝑌/𝑁) 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒.

“𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡..” 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚.

“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡?” ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 ℎ𝑖𝑚, “𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒?”

“𝐼𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟..” 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡, “𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡?” ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑦

“𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦, 𝐼-..”

"”𝑊𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑤𝑛. 𝑆𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚.”

“𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑅𝐸'𝑆 𝑁𝑂 𝑃𝑅𝑂𝐵𝐿𝐸𝑀 𝐼 𝐽𝑈𝑆𝑇..”𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝, “𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡.” 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛. 𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟.

“𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔?”

“𝑂𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛' 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘.” ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟,“𝐼𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑤? 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑘, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑑. 𝑅𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒.”

“𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤.”(𝑌/𝑁) 𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑠𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛. 𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, (𝑌/𝑁) 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐.

“𝐷𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢.”

“𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠.” ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑.

“𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦.”

“𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑.” 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑

“𝐼𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠. 𝐼'𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟. 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑠.” (𝑌/𝑁) 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦’𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠.

“𝐼'𝑚 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡...”𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚, “𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑦.”

“𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒, (𝑌/𝑁).”

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1943

Tommy looked unfazed as his son, Charlie stands in front of him in the living room scowling him. (Y/N) looked confused and startled at what she was witnessing, Charlie never looked so angry but so disappointed at the same time at his father.

“Got something to say, boy?” Tommy asked a making Charlie face grow red by the second.

“I could ask you the same thing, old man.” Tommy sighed and took of his reading glasses well putting his book down on the table next to him. He stood up off his seat and looked eye to eye with his son.

“Ask and you shall receive.” Tommy said.

“Is what Lizzie Stark say is true?” (Y/N) wondered what Lizzie said to make Charlie look so coldly at his father.

“Hmmm, I see...” he fell back into his seat remembering what he been hearing about her.

“Is it true? Is Ruby your daughter.” Tommy looked from his son to his wife, (Y/N) looks back at him.

“...yes..” (Y/N) looked away from Tommy angry she couldn’t believe she was played once again by him, she kept a neutral face as her children looked shocked and angry at their father.

“For 17 years you kept this a secret.” Charlie hissed making Tommy turn back to him.

“I did what I had to do for this family.”

“For who? Her or us.” Ester said glaring at him.

“For all of us.”

Charlie shook his head in disbelief, “No, you did it for yourself. Like you always do, she a pawn like the rest of us.” He grumbled walking out of the living with his sister following behind, (Y/N) got up off the coach and moved closer to Tommy.

“(Y/N), I’m sorry.” (Y/N) pinch the bridge of her nose feeling a headache coming and sighed, “I know you are Tommy. I know you are and that’s okay. Because I already knew.” He sat there still unfazed by what his wife said.

“How?”

“Is that a serious question?” She rolled her eyes looking in the fireplace, “....she has your eyes and your attitude, I didn’t know for sure but I do now.” He finally looks up at her.

“Are going to leave me?” He asked genuinely. (Y/N) moved sitting on his lap, he leaned his head on her chest listening to her heart beat, “No, I’m not gonna leave you. I’m already in too deep, so why not ride it out...” she says.

“And besides it helped me relieve some of the guilt.” She sighs rubbing small circles on her stomach, Tommy clench his jaw at her words.

“I’m gonna check on dinner, I’ll send Mary in to fetch you when it’s done.” He nodded watching her stand up from his lap.

“(Y/N)..” he said stopping her, Tommy got up and pulled her by her waist and gave her a tender kissed. She kissed him back with the same passion, he broke the kiss leaning his head onto hers, “I love you, don’t doubt that for a minute.” She didn’t know what to say so she just nodded.

“I love you, too.”

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1975

Tommy laid in bed with machine hooked up to him well looking through photos of him and his family, he saw an old photograph of him along with his brothers and another one with him and (Y/N), he traced his finger over her face longingly. He was back were he started when Grace died, expect his children were all grown up and despised him, expect for his youngest. All he had was his dirty money and the manor, most of his family moved away or died. So he was the only one left to run the business and keep it intact for all of these years.

Tommy started coughing badly causing his nurse to come in quick and hand him his medication. He took his pills and took a drink of water as he rest back in his bed with the photo album still on his lap, his nurse was about to go when Tommy stopped.

“Marie...” he asked weakly making her walked back to him, “Yes, Mr. Shelby. Do you need anything else.” She asked kindly.

“Yes, I need you to call my children. Tell them it’s an emergency...” he said coughing a bit before settle back. The nurse nodded leaving the room to call his kin, Tommy relaxed as he waited for his family to get here.

After waiting for well before his door opened to reveal his son, John. He walked in with Ruby and Mary close behind as they pulled up a seat next his bed.

“Hi, dad.” John said.

“Hello, dad.” Mary Jane said.

“Hi, dad.” Ruby said.

He smiled as they took a seat.

“So, what’s the emergency?” Mary Jane asked.

“I’ll tell you when Charlie and Ester get here.” The three siblings looked at each other.

“Dad?” Tommy looked at him.

“When was the last time you spoked to them.”

“Not since your mothers funeral, god bless her soul.” Tommy said.

“That was nearly two years ago.” Mary Jane said shocked, she knew her brother and father weren’t on good terms but still she kind of hoped one of them would at least called him once.

“It’s not their fault, I wasn’t a always a good father or husband for them to check up on. I deserve it for my past sins.” Ruby felt a bit sad because she was the breaking point to Charlie and her father downfall, but (Y/N) never blamed her unlike Charlie. It seem like she understood, if that makes any sense.

They all turned hearing the door opening to see Ester and Charlie with their own families, Tommy looked happy seeing his son and daughter walked in the room. He smiled as his grandchildren surrounded his bed giving him hugs and kisses, telling him how much they missed spending Christmas and Easter with him.

“Come on, kids. Why don’t we give them some space.” The children awe in sadness wanting to spend more time with their grandpa, “Now, now. Listen to you mother. “ Tommy said as they moved off his bed and followed Charlie’s wife and Ester’s husband out the door.

“I’m happy that you came..” Tommy said.

“Marie said it was emergency.” Ester said taking seat on the other said of the bed making Charlie followed suit.

“Indeed. I wanted to talk to you all about my will.” Tommy sat up a bit.

"And you couldn't wait to tell us this tomorrow." Charlie said watching his father pull out a folder from his side table, "I wanted to talk about it now, just in case.." He said nonchalantly putting on his glasses.

"Dad, why is everything okay?" John asked worried

"There's no need to worry, I just wanted get everything settle before my depart.." He says.

"Dad..." Charlie started but cut off by his father,

"Now, my estates are gonna be split between all of you." He hands each of the properties to his childern.

"You giving me the betting shop?" Charlie said, "Yes, you can sell it or keep it. It's yours." Charlie looked back at the paper.

"I only have one request to ask of you." they looked at him with teary eyes, "...forgive me.” He said looking at all his children. They nodded.

“Now, bring my grandkids back in here before they have to go.” Ester stood up and called all everyone back, the children rushed in as they surround their grandfather again. He told them stories of their grandmother and his brothers/sisters, all the well his children watched and laughed along forgotten ever being sad. The night was coming to a end, John and Mary Jane along with Ruby bid their family a goodnight before leaving home.

Ester bend down kissing Tommy on head before saying goodnight, “I love you, dad.” She whispered Tommy smiled grateful at the women he was so proud to call his daughter, “I love you too, my dear.” Tommy kissed her hand saying goodnight her and her kids.

“Hey, can you give me a minute with my dad?” Charlie asked his wife who nodded kissing him on his cheek before saying goodnight to her father-in-law. Tommy waved goodbye to his grandchildren and daughter-in-law, Charlie came close to his father’s bed.

“Dad?” Tommy looked up at him.

“I wanted to stay I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have treated you-.”

“Charlie...” Tommy stopped his son, “...there’s no need.” The look on his father face told him everything he needed to know, “I love you, dad.”

“I love you too, son.” He smiled.

“But before you leave, here.” Tommy handed him the photo album, Charlie looked taken back at the book his father was holding towards him. He took from his hand as he scan through the pages.

“I can’t believe you still got it,I always thought we lost it.” He said staring at a photo of him and John in the backyard.

“Marie was l throwing stuff away and came across this old thing, so many memories.” He said he looked at his son as he smiled at the pictures, “I want you to keep.” Charlie looked at him.

“Are you sure?”

“Of course, my old man brain gonna misplace it one of these days. I want you to have it. Just in case.” He said.

Charlie nodded, “Thank you..” Tommy started coughing and wheezing making Charlie give him a glass of water, he thanked him and took a couple breathe from his mask before lying down.

“Maybe we should stay over.” Tommy shook head, “No, Im fine I have Marie here.” Charlie looked complex.

“I’m be fine.” Tommy said sincerely trying to put on a brave face for his son, Charlie nodded.

“Okay, dad. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“See you tomorrow, son.” He watched Charlie walk out with the album in his hand, Tommy got comfortable in bed with a photo of (Y/N). He stood up for a well thinking about his life and his family, h sighed kissing the photo.

“I miss you, my love.”

Tommy settled into bed. Nothing but ventilator sounds fill the room, slowly he drifted and to sleep as he imagine (Y/N) sitting next to him on the park bench watching their kids and grandkids play. He turned to her watching her smile and laugh at them.

“There’s a pretty face.” He whispered.

@literally-anythin

Time After Time

requested × @paisholotus

I sighed moving around the room stepping over broken glass to get over to John passed out on our bed, my eyes glanced down at him before moving towards lizzy sleepy form. I nodded to myself before walking out of the room towards the hallway bathroom, I looked at myself in the mirror surprised that I was so calm about this all. I don't know if I'm tired from it or I haven't registered what I just saw, either way that doesn't stop me from stomping back in the room and throwing a bucket of water on them.

"Oi, what the fuck." John shouted waking up looking around confused, lizzy gasped in surpised sitting up in bed drenched in water.

"Get out." I said calmly looking at lizzy, she looked over at John before crossing her arms and giving me a distasteful look.

"If he wants me to leave I leave." She said with a smug smile, I stepped closer making her smile drop and back up.

"Johnathan tell your whore to get out, before I throw her out this fucking window." I kept my eyes trained on her, she looked scared looking between me and John.

"Fuck off, Lizzy." He says tired not even casting a glance at her as he looked through his draws, she looked shocked at John.

"You heard him Elizabeth fuck off back to the gutters you belong." I said waving my hand shooing her away as she picked up her clothes and rushed passed me.

"Where the kids?" He asked litting a cigarette, I turned back to him with a blank look.

"With Mrs.Stone." I held the metal bucket in my hand still contemplating if I should throw it at his head or not, he hummed staring at me with a look of knowledgment something I barely see anymore.

"20 minutes." I said.

"What."

"I been gone for 20 minutes and all I asked was for you to look after the childern...just for a little bit..." i rest my free hand against my forehead feeling a headache coming on.

"They were running amuck I couldn't control them, you should known better to leave them alone with me." He snapped back, I laughed covering my face before looking back at him.

"I was gone for 20 fucking minutes." I launched the bucket at him causing to duck as the bucket crashed through the window.

"Are you out of your fucking mind?" He shouted.

"You could have called anyone...your sister, polly, hell even fucking arthur." He ducked again as I threw a book resting on the vanity desk at him.

"For fuck sake–"

"But, NO you decided to get high and fuck lizzy fucking stark rather than watch your childern." He slammed me against the wall holding my wrist stopping from hitting him again.

"You need to calm the fuck down." He grits through his teeth his face red.

"Calm down!?!? Calm the fuck down!?!? How am I supposed to calm down when our daughter almost got hit by fucking car." I shouted at him, he looked taken back.

"W–W–What? Is she okay is she hurt?" I snatched my wrist out of his grip shoving pass him putting some distance between us.

"She's fine. I got her in time before the driver could could stop." I gulped remembering the fear that course through my body as I saw her run into the street after her ball, It felt like my world was about to shattered when I heard a car horned I was so grateful that I got there in time.

I felt a pair of hands squeezed my shoulder, "Baby, I'm so sorry I–" shrugged his hands off me.

"No, not this time. You can't apologize your way out of this you made your bed now fucking lay in it." I walked past him hearing him following behind me downstairs.

"What are you doing?" He asked as I gathered my bag from the couch, before turning to him.

"I may not be able to divorce you, but I can sure as hell get us away from you." I hissed turning towards the door, he pulled my arm causing me stop.

"Your not going anywhere neither are my kids." He growled.

"Call lizzie. I bet she be very happy to hear from you again." I stepped towards the front door turning the knob only for John to slam it back.

"Please..." he whispered wrapping his arms around my waist keeping from leaving, he rest his head on my shoulder pleading from not to leave him alone.

"I can't–I can't be here alone you know I can't please...I can't be left alone you know how me head play tricks." He begged hugging me from behind tighter, I couldn't resist leaning my body back against his warm skin. He left kisses on my neck and shoulder.

"...please...don't leave me." He whispered again, I closed my eyes trying to decide if I should stay or leave. I sighed deeply unwrapping his arms from around me, my original plan to leave sudden got thrown out knowing if I left John alone I might not like what I see when I come back.

"Go take a bath and change the sheets. I go get the kids and start on dinner" I sighed rubbing my eyebrow with the back of my hand, he gave me a small smile leaning in to kiss but dodge his lips as they landed on my cheek. I patted his bare chest leaving to receive the kids from the neighbors, they hurried out the old lady's house saying goodbye.

I picked up my baby girl as she sleep on the couch, i planted kissed on her face making her stir. I said my thank you's and goodbyes before heading back next door to deal with my little monsters, I walked in to found the boys and the girls in the living room either drawing or playing with their wooden cars. I locked the door and slide the bolt that the childern couldn't reach before walking up stairs to lay my baby down, I stayed with her for a moment before I left out thr room with the door wide open.

I peaked in my room to see the glass on the floor was gone and my bed covered with towels as steam came out of the bathroom, I walked down the stairs hearing the television from the living room. I sighed in relief knowing that would keep them busy until they realize its too quiet and start rasing hell, I walked around the kitchen grabbing ingredients as music plays from the radio.

I was almost finished mushing the potatos in the when I heard heavy footsteps come down the stairs, I set the bowel of bread down on the table before grabbing the pot of green beans and started scooping them onto our plates. I looked up to see John in a under shirt with suspender keeping his trousers up, he smiled at me taking a seat at the head of the table.

"Can you cut the meatloaf and separate them." I asked setting the meatloaf in front of him, he nodded making me walk out towards the living room.

"Mama." They complain at once as I shut off the tv set.

"Dinner's ready. If yall behave I let you have one more hour of tv and that's it." The all got up nodding heading towards the kitchen, I went up stairs to check on my little girl to found her just waking up.

"Hi, pudding. You hungry?" She yawned nodding rubbing her eyes, she blinked a couple of times before looking at me with her brown doe eyes. I smiled at her playing with her curls before kissing her brown skin.

"Ew, mama." She giggles as I kissed her chubby cheeks.

"Ew? You don't like mommy's kisses anymore." She shook her head as I picked her up off her bed and carried her out the room.

"Oh, man. I guess I have to find someone else to give my special kisses to now." I said sighing looking away from her in thought.

"...hmmm maybe baba would like my special kisses." I shrugged walking into the kitchen I walked over to her brother and sisters giving them a kiss on the head. Her brows furrowed in anger and her nose scrunched up.

"No." Her daughter snapped covering my mouth to stop me from giving out kisses.

"...mine special kisses." I laughed before giving her a couple kisses before setting her down down next to me.

"Dad?" John's oldest looks over at him in question.

"Yea."

"I was wondering if I can get a new bike, since Katie wants my old one." John swallowed his food and looked at me before looking at him.

"Yeah, sure. I take you tomorrow." John's son smile before going back eating his food.

"Can Katie and I get new dresses." John smiled shrugging.

"Sure. Maybe new shoes as well." Both girls smiled at each other excited about going new stuff.

"How about you, darling. Do you want something." He asked our daughter.

" I want a new doll." She says excited.

"Your wish is mine command." He smirked clapping his hands togther, I wanted to badly to go across this table and punch him.

"How about you, mama bear. How about a new set of diamond earrings." I gave him a tight smile before shaking my head.

"No, thank you. I'm fine." I says looking back down at my plate missing John's small frown, the phone ringed making him get up and answer it. I tried hearing him talk on the phone as the childern talk amount each other, after about a couple minutes of talking to whoever it was he hunged up.

He took a seat back glancing up at me for a quick second before continuing eating his meal, we all finally finished our dinner when I gave the childern pound cake for dessert. Katie and her brother watched over the younger ones as me and John clean the dishes.

"I'm going to leave soon. Tommy called a family meeting." I looked over at him with looked concerned.

"At this hour?" He nodded.

"He said it's important."

"Okay, do you know how long you be." He shake his head.

"Okay, I'll fix you a plate just in case you get hungry again." I said cleaning the last dish and heading over to the stove to make John a plate.

"Thank you." He said placing it on the counter.

"My offer still stands about the jewelry." I glanced at him with a look.

"I'm good, Johnny." He sighed moving closer towards me as I bumped into the counter near the sink as he pushed his body up against me.

"I'm really am sorry for what happened today." He said squeezing my waist.

"I know you are." which is why I know you do it again because you know I forgive you for you infidelity.

I leaned up kissing the corner of his mouth, "I love you." I whispered.

"I love you, too." He planted a kiss on my head, he grabbed his plate as I walked him towards the door, he gave a quick kiss on my cheek before heading towards his car.

If By Chance

requested × @pollysgirl

My head nodded towards the gentleman as he handed me my bags, I sway my way around passengers getting off the train.

I looked around trying to find a familiar face, I walked around passing people before setting my suitcases on the bench. I digged in my coat for my lighter flipping it to pass the time as I waited for an old friend.

"What's shakin' bacon?" I grinned turning around and seeing my favorite person in the world world.

"Not a thing, chicken wing." I winked at her holding my arms out as she ran into me.

"Oh, I missed you." She held me tightly.

"The feeling is mutual, darling." I kissed her cheek, we pulled away smiling at each other before I notice a little boy walking up to us.

"Does my eyes deceive me, or is that baby karl." I squat down at eye level with the boy, he shy away behind his mother only peaking from behind her to look at me.

I reached in my pocket and got out a small toy car for karl making him stepped from behind his mother.

"I know your birthday was last week, but I didn't want to meet you empty handed." He hesitated to take looking st his mother before me.

"My mother says I shouldn't take things for strangers." I smirked looking at Ada as she smiled down at her son proud.

"Smart boy. Good thing I'm not a stranger, am I ada." Ada shook her head no looking down at Karl.

"No, she's one of my closest friends. We're basically sisters. " She grins rubbing his back, he looked back at me before taking the car out of my hand.

"Thank you." He says softly admiring the red fire truck.

"You welcome." I stood up straight looking at Ada, the sound of thunder ringed in the distance making us head towards the car.

"Next stop: home." Ada says starting up the car.

We finally reached Ada's house as the sun starting to set, I laid my suitcases on the bed in the guestroom she offered me until I can found myself a flat.

"Thank you for letting me stay here, Ada. It means a lot." I said sitting at the kitchen table watching her looking through her fridge.

"It's the least I can do for you helping my cousin out and all." I waved my hand as if it was nothing, imagine my surprise when I ran into Michael. He was a smart guy but he was too ambitious....reminding you of someone.

"It was nothing. I'm just glad his back here safe and sound, he was wild card back in New York." I said shaking my head taking a sip of my beer.

"Yeah, I heard. Did you met Gina." Ada asked.

"Yeah, she seemed like a good girl." I shrugged.

"Good girl?" Ada laughed before taking a puff from her cigarette.

"That girl is snake in a fur coat." I laughed with Ada at her take on the young girl.

"Oh god, I missed this..." she giggled.

"What? Talking shit." I grinned.

"That and talking with you."

"You might not be able to tell, but I'm blush right now." She coughed inhaling the nicotine as we laughed not second later karl walks staring bis hungry.

"How about pasta for dinner, I remember seeing a Italian restaurant when we past by...I pay." I asked.

"No, way. Your a guest–"

"A guest who is staying here rent free, come on Ada you know you can't win argument with me." I smirked getting out my wallet.

"You win this time, but next time I'm paying." I gave her a look saying otherwise.

The next time came sooner than I thought as I took Ada out on a lunch break.

"Guess who asked about you today." I raised my eye sitting across from her outside a Cafe.

"Does his name start with T." She nodded playing with her necklace as she rest her chin in her hand.

"He wanted to know why you haven't visited yet." I hummed tilting my head up to the sky as the sunglasses I had on blocked the sun from hitting my eyes.

"What did you tell him?"

"That you were busy trying to find a job and a flat." I looked back at her.

"Did he buy it." She shook her head no making me groan.

"He gonna want to see sooner or later." Ada says softly.

"I know." I sighed taking off my shades and putting them on my shirt.

Ada break was over and offered to drive me back to the house, but I decline telling her I was going to the park to clear my head. I kissed her cheek before we parted way, I took in the fresh cut grass and birds chirping as I found a bench under some shade with a great scenery of a field with people on the grass having picnics and childern playing.

A group of childern ran around with a football kicking it around reminding me of a memory that meant dearly to me.

I stomp in a puddle of mud getting my black shoes dirty, I could hear my mother stern voice cussing me out when I get home. I walked along the schoolyard at recess watching the other kids play, my head snapped up hearing crying from the tree I was a few feet away.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked the little girl, it wasn't unusual to see younger kids around here since we share the same recess in the small school she shook her head clenching a decapitated doll.

"No, a big kid ripped my doll head off." She sniffled rubbing her eyes, I frowned down at her before looking around for a teacher to find and surprise surprise they weren't any around.

"Come with me." I hand out my hand and she took it as I pulled her to the art room we were lucky we still had and sat her down in the chair.

I went to the cabinets and grabbed some thread and a needle that the teacher kept in case, I moved back over to her and started to fix her doll.

"I seen you around watery lane, your a friend of charlie?" She asked.

"My dad and him use to work togther in the mines, before he moved away." I said making her nod.

"I'm Ada. Ada Shelby." I told her my name and shaked her hand after I finished fixing her doll.

"Nice to meet you, Ada." I handed her back her doll, she smiled happily clenching it to her chest thanking me.

The next day I was under the same tree reading when i glanced up to see a boy from my year walking towards me, I looked back to my book ignoring them knowing they just want to cause trouble.

"What's your reading?" The boy asked, I looked up staring into his piercing blue eyes.

"Frankenstein by Mary Shelley." He nodded walking a little closer towards me about to say something when the same little girl from yesterday came running over.

She stopped next to me taking a seat, she smiled towards me before looking over at the older boy giving him the second degree.

"Why are you messing with my new friend." I looked surprised at her before hearing the boy snort.

"I'm not messing with her, I just came over to tell her thanks for what she did for you." He huffed rolling his eyes.

"Oh...well you thanked her now kick rocks." She sassed making me giggle, the boy glared at me as I continued laughing.

"I assume you know each other?" The boy opened his mouth to say something when Ada beat him to it.

"Sadly yes, this is my older brother Tommy." I chuckled again closing my book between my index finger to save the page. I grin at Tommy.

"Hi." I said.

"Hey." The bell ringed signaling recess was over, Ada said goodbye to me not even glancing at Tommy as she ran back to her class.

"Can I walk you to class." I asked smirking, he looked at me with raised eyebrow before nodding.

I never told them this but meeting Ada and Tommy was the best day of my life, I was a outsider and its hard to befriend new people you barely know. I usually wouldn't look twice at what happened to Ada but I did...why? I don't know...but I'm happy I did it, if I didn't I wouldn't have met Polly, John, and Arthur.

Thomas and I grew close we hanged out ever chance we got with Ada and John tagging along with the us, Arthur would come too just so he didn't have to do chorus...I remember having a crush on Arthur. I was always teased by Ada and John by it and I think Arthur knew too, Thomas laughed about it wondering why I a thing for his older brother.

"I don't know maybe because he knows how to have fun, unlike someone I know." I jest looking at him, he rolled his eyes.

"I know how to have fun." He grins before taking a another of his beer before handing it to me as he ran and jump off the quarry into the water below.

"Holy shit." I said looking down over the edge to see Thomas splashing in the water, I finished off his beer before launching myself off the rock and into water.

We had so much fun back then but it seems liked when we started our 11 year we had to stop, we started to changed...I started to changed my body actaully...my once small chest grew a bit and so did my hips I got a bit taller...and thomas notice this...and arthur.

Arthur and Thomas flirted with me every chance they got either in my father's shop or at the garrison, one day after coming home my mom told me we were moving back to the states and I was devastated. He messed up again and we had to move...again, I got drunk well everyone was having fun at our going away party I sneaked off and drunk kissed thomas. It was the best first kissed I ever experience even though we were both a bit tipsy, what hurt the most was that he didn't send me off me off as I boarded the boat to America.

It always amaze me how a happy memory of mines can also lead to a sad one, I looked up hearing someone clear their throat to see the very man who been on my mind every since lunch.

"Hello, Tommy." He nodded wearing that same look when we first meet.

"Hey." He took a seat next to me as I looked back at the scenery in front of me.

"How did you know I was here."

"Ada told me you were having lunch at the Cafe, so i drove over and hope for the best." I looked at him in surprised.

"What if I wasn't here."

"Than i would have took it as a sign." He said taking out a flask, he took a sip before handing it towards me.

"A sign for what?" I asked coughing a little at the strong whiskey.

"That we weren't meant to be togther." I handed him back his flask and looked down at my boots.

"Oh."

"It's that a good 'Oh' or a bad 'Oh'..." he asked.

"It's a bit of a not so happy since you took my first kiss and didn't show up to send me off kinda Oh." I said snarky.

"So...a good oh?" He joked making me slapping his chest.

"Don't get smart with me, Shelby." I glare softly at him with a faint smile.

"You haven't changed a bit." He chuckled lowly rubbing his chest.

"I don't think so..." I looked away from him, he frowned a little looking at me before grabbing me hand and caressing my hand with his thumb.

"I'm sorry for not being there when you left." I looked over at him.

"Why weren't you?"

"I was angry at you for leaving." He sucked his teeth shaking his head.

"I didn't have control over that..."

"I know you didn't and I knew then too I was mad that after we kissed it was...perfect as if we fit togther like–"

"Two puzzle pieces." He grinned nodding.

"Yeah, it wasn't fair." He sighed taking off his cap and raking his hand through.

"I know." I glanced at him and scooting closer.

"Good thing i waited in the park a little bit longer." I said smiling at him.

"Is that you saying you willing to take a chance on me." I moved my to left and right thinking.

"...yeah." I nodded leaning in making the first move capturing his lips, I held in him as hid tongue explore my mouth making me feel greedily.

"We should leave too many prying eyes." He said whispered in my ear making me look around seeing some people give us looks.

"Good idea." As we stood up tommy put his arm around my shoulder pulling me closer to his side making me put my arm around his waist as we walked towards his car.

Change Your Tune

requested by × anonymous

I stared at the patterns on the ceiling in my room, my hands clench and unclenches the sheets as Tommy thrusts inside me grunting in my ear. My eyes shift from the roof to the vanity mirror across from me, I frowned softly staring at myself trying to figure out why on god green earth was I here.

"Am I boring you?" I snapped my head to looked up at Tommy not noticing he stopped and was staring down at me with a unamused look.

"No, I was just..." I trailed off sensing he didn't really want a answer, so i just shook my head.

"Nothing, I'm sorry." He stared at me for a few seconds, before his hand moved from my thigh to my neck turning my head the opposite way of the mirror. His mouth licked and bite at my skin causing my body to react, he started thrusting inside me again but harder and faster. His rough thrust caused the bed to knock against my dresser causing littler trinkets to fall to the floor.

His hand tighten around my neck causing me to close my eyes and let tommy continue fucking me, after a couple more thrust I squeezed around him tensing making tommy came inside me groaning well burying his face in my shoulder. I groaned mentally at tommy heavy body going limp on top of me, I can only imagine the looks on my father face if he find me like this now. He probably be disgusted by me if he known men did this me...well a man, tommy shifted on top of me making me snap back to reality as he gets up off the bed. I covered my body with my thin blanket before turning on my side to watch tommy put his cock back in his pants and fix his trousers, he moved over to my dresser where his jacket was pulling out a pack of cigarettes.

He put one in his mouth before glancing at me offering me one, I shook my head I didn't like the taste of them and they kinda made my lungs feel funny. He shrugged litting his cigarette and putting on his jacket, I shifted sitting up on the bed my back leaning against the wall. I looked over at tommy as he holster his gun in his back waistband before looking back on the dresser, he backed up looking on the floor for something making me move to the edge of my bed. I bended over checking under my bed to find a golden ring not too far from my reached, I lifted myself up and looked over to tommy and held out my hand.

"Thanks." He mutters taking the metal out of my hand and sliding his wedding ring on his finger, I wondered watching him look at his ring if he felt gulity for being here after lizzie forbide him from coming to this place.

He was my first and only client on the account of him being the leader of the peaky blinders, which meant I didn't have to deal with some of the pricks who go through here like the other girls. I'm not an idiot I know tommy wanting me to himself doesn't mean he gives a fuck about me, he may not say it but he makes it clear that I'm just another hole that he can stick his dick inside whenever he wants.

"It's not proper to stare." My eyes averted from his gazed when he spoke up making me look down at my bedsheets.

"I'm sorry." I heard him move towards my bed before sitting down, I felt his fingers grab my chin lifting my face up to look at him.

"You want to ask me something. Ask." He stared into my eyes as I stared into his thinking if I should ask.

"Do you ever feel gulity coming here even though lizzie told you not too?" His face was unfazed by the question, but his eyes grew hard as his hand moved from my chin to grab my jaw making me wince as he held it tightly.

"Not that its any of your business, but no I don't. Why? You getting tired of me fucking you." He said calmly.

"N-no." I shook my head in pain.

"Good." He said letting go before he stood up heading towards the door, i rubbed my jaw moving it as I scowled him with his back to me.

"Because it be a shame to found out they switch you to a different brothel, where the men could be so much worse." I looked at him startled by his threat, tommy glanced halfway over his shoulder bidding me a goodnight before opening and shutting the door with a loud bang.

I sinked back into my bed pulling my blanket tighter around me, now that tommy is mad i wonder if he going to make good on his threat. I buried my face in my pillow trying not to think about it, I threw all my thoughts about tommy away and started imagining I was back in my home in my comfortable bed and my old room with clothes all over the floor and the window that looks out to the backyard where I sit to be alone. My body started to relaxed as I imagine my old life with my friends and family, and finally fell asleep.

My brain was awake before my body as the banging on my door signal that it was time to get up, I opened my eyes staring at my reflection in the mirror seeing the hickies all over my neck and shoulder.

I groaned pushing myself up before crawling off the bed, I put on a dress shirt and some underwear from my dresser before heading towards the door.

"Hi." I looked up from closing my door to see my next door neighbor.

"Hi, blondie." The blonde smiled at me like she always do as she follows behind me down stairs.

"The madam want to talk to you." A red hair girl said walking up to me, I nodded walking towards the room where the madam would be at this time.

"Come in." I stepped in looking around before standing in front of her desk.

"Do you have your earnings?" She asked putting down her pen and looking at me, I nodded digging in my shirt pocket and pulling out a couple of pounds.

"30 pounds?" She looked impressed before putting them in bra for safe keeping.

"You can go back to your room, now." My brows knit togther.

"But I haven't eaten breakfast yet."

"Only girls who satisfy their clients get to eat." I frowned.

"But I–"

"Mr.Shelby told me about last night, he said you were distracted and gave him lip...so dismissed." I clenched my teeth watching her pick up her pen and start filling out paperwork again.

I walked out and headed towards the stairs back to my room, I sighed flopping on my back and staring at the ceiling patterns. I only hope the food I had yesterday would be enough for me, and I still have chores around the house that I had to do to get lunch so it isn't too bad. But the worst was to come when tommy didn't show up that night or the next day or the next day or the next day having to depend on doing a good job on my chores to eat, I guess this was tommy way of punishing me.

I was reading a book blondie gave to me a well back to keep me entertained, I heard two knocks from my door making me hide my book under the mattress before standing up and looking at the door as the madam and an unfamiliar man walked through the door.

" (Y/N) meet Mr. Solomon his a friend of Mr. Shelby." I looked over at the larger man before plastering on a small smile.

"Hi." I said softly, he look me up and down before looking around the room.

"Mr. Shelby instructed that you take special care of Mr. Solomon tonight. " Madam hummed giving me a look, I nodded with a smile.

"Good girl." She says before glancing at the man as she walked out the door, I turned my gaze to the man as he sat his cane against the dresser.

"How long have you been fucking?" He asked looking at the tinklets on my dresser, I hesitated to speak not knowing if I should or he grow mad like tommy and do something to me.

"Come on don't be shy spit it out, girly." He huffed turning in my direction.

"Only a few months." I said looking at him, he nodded grunting as he took a seat on my bed. He massaged his knee grunting before unbutton his white shirt, I watched as he grabbed my pillow from beside him and put it behind as he moved to lay down putting his arm under his head.

"My knee is givin me 'rouble so you gonna 'ave to do mos' ov the work, girly." He says unbutton his trousers and taking out his cock, I nodded again reaching under my dress and pulling my panties down making them drop to my feet. I kicked them to the side and make my way to him, I sighed mentally before putting him in my mouth.

He was a bit bigger than tommy by length and girth which is good it means it won't hurt as much like the first time I did it, I looked up to see his eyes closed and him biting his bottom lip.

"Fuck!" He exclaimed under his breathe, his hand grabbed a fist full of my hair as he bobbed my head further as his cock it the back of my throat. I moaned around him feeling his cock twitch in my throat, I wiped the corner of my mouth with the back of my hand before going to straddle him.

His hands cralwed up to my upper arm sliding the straps from my dress off making my breast fall out, we made eye contact for millisecond before I glanced away down at his tatted chest. I rubbed his hard cock a few more times before rubbing his tip against my folds making me become wet, I grunt lowly slowly sliding my body down on his cock.

I closed my eyes as I started to ride him rolling my hips making him groan softly, I felt his hand slide up from my waist and grab hold of my breast rolling my nipple between his thumb and index finger well squeezing causing a moan to slip out. I stop my movement feeling his thumb rub against my clit, he smacked my ass making me tense at the weird new feeling that shot through me.

"Come on, love. I'm not paying ya to sit and look pretty. " He said gruffly, I gave him a shy apologetic look before moving again. His thumb went back to my clit making the feeling in my stomach tighten and pussy to get wetter, I bite the bottom of my lip moving my hands on to his board chest. His hand left my breast slide down back to my waist as he thrust hips into me making me whimper, he held tightly in my waist as we fall into a rhythm.

I was getting close and so was he, he moved his hand again between my breasts and towards my neck squeezing it lightly as he fuck into me a bit harder with his thumb still circling my sensitive clit. I couldn't help the small cry out as the orgasm vibrated through my whole body, he pulled me down by my neck as he kissed me sloppily well I still rocked my hips against his cock. His other hand moved from my clit to my ass squeezing it as he came inside me with a low groan.

I couldn't help but slumped against him with my breast flash against his chest, I could feel dick still inside me twitching. I slowly slide off of him sitting on the other side of my bed, I moved to put my straps back on my shoulder before glancing at him as he fixed his trousers and button up his shirt.

"Fuckin hell." He grunts rubbing his bad knee, I frowned softly at his pain remembering people I helped with the same problem.

"May I?" I asked, he looked over at me as I pointed at his knee.

"...knock yourself out." He said gruffly laying back down watching me closely, I moved at the of the bed facing him before digging my thumbs into his thighs massage the muscles. He grunted in pain before going reflex when my hands moved down to his knee carefully massaging the side to try ease the muscles.

"Does that feel better?" I asked still massaging his thigh.

"Yeah...where you learn to do that?" He asked curious, I looked up at him for a second before shrugging.

"France." He hummed before moving off the bed, he went over to the dresser to grab his hat and cane.

"I'll be back tomorrow." I suppress my surprise and nodded.

"Same time, Mr.Solomon?" He looked over at me before nodding.

He left a couple pounds on my dresser before tipping his hat toward me and walking out the room, I buried my face into the pillow as I brought my cover to my chest feeling exhausted. I sighed as my mind was too tired to think about anything, but my mind did slowly drift to the man who

I haven't seen tommy since our last encounter but I have been seeing the sweet brute name alfie around more often, the second time he came back I was sorta surprised he didn't want to have sex. Instead, he wanted me to do what I did the day before with his leg and he started up a conversation.

"What's your name?" He asked, I looked up well massaging his thigh.

"Whatever you want my name to be." He shook his head.

"I want your real name." I looked at him a bit taken back, I hesitate for a minute before telling him my name.

"That's a pretty name." He hummed leaning back watching me work on his calf.

I asked for his name feeling a bit confident and he told me his name was alfrie...not alfred he made it clear how much he dispised being called alfred...he told me I could just call him Mr. Solomon if I was more comfortable with that.

"Or daddy." He winked at me causing me to chuckled lowly before smiling at him.

"I'll keep that in mind."

That was our routine he would come in tell me what he wanted to do and we do it, and at the end he tell me he see me tomorrow. One night, alfie came back he asked me a peculiar question.

"How do a smart girl like yourself end up here..." alfie asked as he rubs my feet and vise versa, this is one of those times alfie stay a extra longer to talk with me. I wasn't hesitant to tell alfie anything anymore now that he consider me his friend.

"My half-brother owned a debt to arthur shelby, he couldn't pay it so he drove his car into the canal." I said flat, I barely knew him and when my father introduced us he didn't want anything to do with me unless he needed money.

"Did they find the body?" I nodded.

"Yeah, my dad called me to identify if it was him and it was..."

"Must have been hard for your family." I shrugged, my dad was the only one broken up by his son's death well everybody else knew he was manipulative thief.

"I can't found sympathy for the bastard who put me in a 2,400 dollar debt." I threw a quick smile to alfie before going blank, I could be finishing school getting a real career and making something of myself but I'm here getting fucked for money.

"2,400 isn't that much." Alfie mused looking off to the side, I looked back back at him with a look.

"maybe not you, Mr. Camden Gangster," I smirked making him laugh, "...but to us common folks it's a lot of fucking money." I could feel his hand wrapped around my ankle dragging me slightly from my spot, I looked at to see me giving me those "fuck me" eyes.

I moved from my spot and sat on his lap with both legs on either side so im straddling him, alfie lay his hands on my side looking at me.

"what if I pay your debt?" He mutters, I smiled down at him shaking my head.

"you dont have to–" He cut me off as his hand slide to my ass pinching it making me glare softly at him.

"why not, huh? I have the money if you worried about paying me back–" I kissed his lips stopping him from talking I didn't want to talk about it anymore the thought of leaving here felt like a pipe dream, my hand brushed against his cock feeling how hard felt beneath his trouser.

"looks like someone ready for round 4. " I giggled, my lips kissed down his neck before leaving love bites. Alfrie held my wrists with both hands making me grin at him.

"stop trying to distract me, luv." I sighed as he gave me a look.

"tommy told me the same thing a couple months ago, but he changed his mind saying my pussy was too good to let go." I furrowed my brows back then I thought it was vigor what he said, but now I'm kinda flattered.

"I can't argue with that but do you think I go back on my word like shelby?" He asked a bit offended.

"Can you blame me? I got dragged into something that had nothing to do with me." I rubbed my forehead with back of my hand.

"And now if I leave I won't have no place to go my father won't allow me back if he founds out what I been doing for the past year and half. I can't go back to school. I cant get a job. I'm stuck here debt or not." I closed my eyes to stop the tears from forming, I spent most of my days waiting for the day my debt would be clear. Now, I dread for that day to come knowing I have no home and no money to fed myself knowing I would come back crawling begging to be let back in.

"All I know is this life now, why not just accept it." I shrugged looking back at him I couldn't help but admire his tatted chest and move my fingers across his chest.

"Now, can we go back to what he were doing and forget you say me at my lowest." I joked trying to bring up the mood again, i didn't want ruin a nice mood.

Alfie gave me a small smirk nodding before pulling bsck for a kiss, he flipped me on my back now hovering over me.

"Alfie. Your knee.' I said worried.

"Don't worry it doesn't hurt much right now. Now turn on your side." He motion his head as I turned on my side facing the mirror in front of me, I heard shuffling with his pants. I laid my head on my arm waiting for him, I felt him placing kisses up and down my neck and shoulder before his hand came around and started rubbing my clit.

"aw, alfie." I moaned putting my leg bending my leg up giving him more access, alfie's cock played in my folds making me wet teasing me ever so slightly. He held my breast as he thrust into me causing me to moan out his name again, his other hand hook under my leg spreading me wider. My finger rubbed my clit as pleasure shoot through my body, alfie beard tickled my neck as he left wet kisses and bites marks.

He groaned feeling me clench around him, he pulled my hair to turned my hair before his tongue explore my mouth. The sweet tightness of pleasure building up in my stomach bust, my body vibrated against alfie as he continued to fuck me from behind soon coming inside me with a huff before kissing my shoulder.

That was week ago. I haven't seen or heard from him since, I didn't take it personally I kinda hoped he leave. I couldn't start falling for this man...alfie had responsibilities to his gang and to people who counted on him, we wouldn't work out he comes here to blow off steam from the underworld and to have me in his life 27/4 would just cause both of us to be unhappy.

I turned my head yawning opening my eyes, I see aflie sitting on the end if my bed with his cost and hat still on.

"Hey, you. What time is it?" I stretched out my legs and back before settling back in bed.

"10:30." He asked watching me, I frowned sitting up.

"Fuckin hell." I whispered to myself before looking back at him.

"Did you just get here?" He shook his head no.

"Got here at 9 to found you sleep."

"An hour and a half, alfie. Why didn't wake me up. " I groaned making him chuckled.

"You look pretty when your sleeping." I gave him a look.

"You were watching me sleep." He shrugged as if it wasn't a big deal.

"You my dear friend are a proper weirdo." I said moving over to him and kiss him on the cheek.

"Can you use a type writer?" He asked, I stopped midway putting my cover over my shoulder before nodding.

"Uhhh, yeah." A bit thrown off by the question, he nodded.

"Can you cook?"

"Yes."

"Can you do laundry?"

"Yes?"

" can you drive?"

"Yeah."

"Can you clean?"

"What is this? I feel like I'm being interview to be your wife." I giggled, I could see a slight blush come across his face.

"You didnt answer the question."

"Yes, alfie. I can clean. What is this about?" I asked smiling confused.

"I have a proposition for you." He said matter of factly with both hands on his cane.

"...okay." I said curious.

"You work for me as my secretary/assistant, and come stay with until you can get enough money to find a new place." He said, i looked at him with unbelievable expression.

"I cant just leave I still have to pay–"

"Already paid in full." He stood up, I stared into his eyes trying to figure why he doing this for me.

"No time to think. Just yes or no." I looked around my room before looking back at him.

"Yes."

The drive to alfie's home was not long as I looked outside at the buildings and the people walk to or from home, we finally pulled up to his home getting out.

Alfie pulled out his keys as I looked around to see some people out and about, I see a old couple giving me a look making me hold up my hand with a small smile.

"Oh, shit. I forgot to warn I have–" before alfie could finished his sentence a bark came from down the hall and a big dog rushed towards us.

I yelped as the heavy dog's paws pushed me into the door as it stand on its two feet sniffling me.

"Oi, Cyril. Get." Alfie tried to wave the dog away as he got down and started nudging my leg with his nose.

"Oh, what a cute baby." I smiled rubbing his head and snatching behind his ear, the dog, cyril, tail wagged as I scratched his stomach.

"You like dogs?" Alfie asked.

"Like? I love dogs. Oh, I can tell me and him are gonna be good friends." I smiled as the dog started to lick my face, I got up looking around the house before looking back at alfie to see him staring at me.

"Let me show you around." I nodded as he took me around the living room and the kitchen, we soon went up the stairs where he showed me the bathroom and my room. He pointed down the hall at his door.

"That's my room. If you need anything and i mean anything my door is always open." He said with a hint of a deviant glint in his eyes, I leaned closer to him smiling at him feeling his hand go to my hip.

"I'll keep that in mind." He smirked as I leaned in giving a heated kiss.

"I know it's your first night here, but why don't we get you settle in my bed for tonight." He asked huskily.

"I'm already liking it here." I grabbed his hand pulling him towards his room, he used one hand to unbutton his shirt before kicking the door close behind us.

Hi, I didn't really have a request. I just wanted to know how you were doing. And that I love your written and how much effort you put into them. ❤

Awe that's so sweet I'm doing good thank you 😊 it means a lot to know people are enjoying my work.

How are u?

Hi, could you write John shelby seeing his first love again after so many years. And you it be black reader. Thank you 💜

Back Again

Requested by × @shyjellyfish1

John sat lumped in his chair as Thomas talked, his eyes bore around the room not really paying attention to his brother. His mind wondered to a memory that he been frequently visiting lately, one of his special memories of his sweet beauty.

John pulled his lover over to the ferris wheel, he looked over to see (y/n) glancing up at the wheel.

"What's wrong? Scared of heights." He grinned making (y/n) glare at him.

"Shut up, Jonathan." John scrowl at the mention of his full name, she knows how much he hates to be called it making it easy to get under his skin.

"Don't be lashing out on me, because you too much of a pussy–" She slapped the back of his head.

"Shut up. I'm not scared and I'm not a pussy." He glared at her rubbing his head as they took another step, she suddenly felt nauseous noticing they were almost to the front.

"I-I'm just a bit timorous." she gulp feeling a lump in her throat, John raised his eyebrow confused.

" Timorous?" she smiled faintly looking at him.

"A feeling of nervousness, fear, or lack of confidence." He looked awed nodding in understanding.

"Right, right, right." He says, John smirked glancing at (y/n) noticing his girlfriend was a bit at ease. One of the reason, (y/n) loved about John he could make her feel better without even trying.

"Next!" (y/n) felt her blood run cold as she glanced up at the wheel, john gave the tickets to the operator whispering something to him before turning to her and reaching for her hand.

"Hey, it's going to be alright. I'm right here." He whispered bringing her hand to his lips, she nodded before he helped her onto the car.

He slide right next to her as the operator closed the small door and locked the latched, John squeezed her hand caress her hand with his thumb. (Y/N) jolted moving closer to John making him smirk, she held his arm as the ride creaked.

"What was that?" She asked scared, he chuckled kissing her forehead.

"It's fine it just the machine, babe." She nodded quickly burying her face in his chest, they were on the top when the ride jerk to the stop causing (y/n) to looking around and look over the car.

"What the fuck just happend? Did this thing just break down?" She said freaking out, John chuckled with arm around her.

"It's fine, babe–."

"The fuck it is." She said looking down at the crowd forming.

"Babe. It's fine." He tried assuring her, the ride jerked again causing her to cling to him.

"oh my god, oh my god, oh my god." She repeated.

John looked over the car to see a crowd, before glancing at his girl.

" (Y/N). Your fine." He said again, (y/n)'s eyes were closed.

"If you say it's fine one more time I'm going to punch you in the fucking throat." She said through clenched teeth, she could hear him chuckled rubbing her back pulling her closer.

"It's beautiful tonight." He moved a strand of curl behind her ear making her open her eyes, she looked up starry night sky before looking over at John.

"Yeah, it is." She smiled up at him, he looked down at her with a smirk before leaning towards her pressing lips to hers.

John couldn't resist exploring her mouth tasting cotton candy and beer they had earlier, his hand squeezed her hips as his other hand went under her dress.

"Ever fucked on a ferris wheel before?" He mumbled against her lips, she moaned feeling his hand gazed her inner thigh.

"No, and I'm not gonna start today. " He pulled back face all red with a frown, (y/n) smiled pulling him back by his collar.

"But, I could do you one better for now." She purred, her hand rubbing his member through his pants causing him to moan and lean his head back making her kiss his neck.

The ride jerked again causing her to pull away and John to look annoyed, the wheel started moving again making people on the ride cheer. (Y/N) sighed in relief before looking over at John who wore a irritated look, she glanced at his pants as he shifted in his seat.

The wheel stopped making the operator open the door to the car, (y/n) stood not before feeling John's crotch against her back as they look for another ride to get on.

"You owe me a little something when we get back to the house." He whispered in her ear before tickling waist making her giggled.

"John? JOHN?" John looked up looking around the room before his eyes landed on Tommy.

"Wha." He looked boredly at Tommy making Arthur shook his head, well Tommy looked irrited at him.

"I said how are the numbers coming along." John sighed before telling him the rates and the money flowing through

"Alright." He said moving along to other business making John roll his eyes, after the meeting john went for a drive. He didn't feel like like going to the garrison for a drink or home for that matte, he wanted to be alone with his thoughts.

He was in London when he parked his car couple of blocks away from her shop, he would walk by it looking through the window trying to get a glimpse of her even for a second. It been couple of years since (y/n) left for paris for school that was two years before the war, after John got drafted he went looking for her when she stopped sending letters. He looked everywhere around her school and apartment she was staying with her roommates, and couldn't find her he believed she was died.

Until the war was over, a year later he found out that she somehow made it back to london. John wanted to go to her but he was different and he could tell that she was the same girl....the same beautiful woman he fall in love with and he didn't want to ruin that by coming back into her life.

He walked to her Cafè looking through the window and to see her counting money behind the cashier register, he hesitated for minute before walking through the door.

"I'll be right with you." I said hearing the bell ring, I finished counting the money and sitting it back in the register.

"Welcome to Heaven on Earth. The greatest bakery in West–" I stopped looking at John, he took off his cap.

"Hello, my love." John says walking closer to me, I stared stunned at him.

We stood there staring at each other for a moment before he spoke up again, "I know I should have come sooner, but I didn't want to intrude and–" I rushed around the counter and jumped into John's arm burning my face in his neck.

"shut up, dummy." I muttered feeling his arms wrapped around my waist, he kissed along my cheek before kissing my lips.

"I missed you." He mumbled against my lips.

"I missed you, too." He pulled away leaning his head against mines breathing heavy.

"I'm sorry...I'm so fucking sorry." John shook his head making me grab his face.

"You don't have to apologize, john. I understand why you did it..." he buried his head in my neck.

"I moved on...I was married...I had kids...fuck..." I could feel him shaking against my shoulder as he cries.

"I wish it was you...I wish they were yours."

"Oh, John. It's not like it's the end of the world, we have can do all of it." He looked at me.

"You still want to be with me?" I laughed nodding my head.

"There's nobody I rather be with than you. " He smiled pulling me in for another kiss.

"I love you so much."

"I love you too, johnny."

Oh I'm sorry 😅 I just sent in a request I forgot to add could you make it a black reader

okay wiil do

Hi, I love your writing and your series on peaky blinders. Could you please write one on Thomas shelby, where Thomas's wife has been having pregnancy cramps and it becomes too painful. And finds out she's had a miscarriage, and her and Tommy try to find a way to get past it. Thank you, hope you have a good day or night 🥀

thats means a lot and im do my best make it good.

Hey, could you do one for Thomas shelby where the reader was childhood sweet hearts, but he had left due to the war. And while he's away she finds out she's pregnant, and she also receives a letter that Tommy passes away. And they meet years later, with their daughter. Could you make it a black reader. Thank you ❤

Incandescent

requested by × @paisholotus

(Y/N) watched as her daughter ran around the playground, she nervously tapped the letter in her hand on her lap as she waited for tommy arrival. The sudden feeling to runaway creep its way into her chest, she let out a huffed of air trying to calm her nerves. She leaned forward planting her elbows in her thighs as her hands hold her face, she wondered if he ever thought about her after so long of being apart.

The last time they saw eachother was at the train station where him and his brothers were being drafted to france, she remembered the looks people gave her as they held hands. The memory of him close to her whispering sweet nothings making her giggled and smile, she wished it didn't have to end she wished they could run away from it.

"Let me take a good look at you." He says stepping back still holding her hands, he stared at her with adoration top to bottom burning the beautiful siren in his head for safe keeping, but unknown to him (y/n) is doing the same thing memorizing his soft eyes and his bright smile.

The train whistled causing (y/n) dry eyes to become misty again, Thomas gave her a small smile pulling her into a tight hug.

"Come back to me, okay?" He nods rubbing her back, she sniffled trying to blink away the tears. He sighed pulling away stating into her eyes, he caressed her cheeks before locking their lips. The whistled blow again causing the lovers to pull away and rest their heads on one another trying to let this moment last a little bit longer, he place a kiss on her lips one more time before pulling away.

"Hey, you don't need to cry and wanna know why." He says removing her tears with his thumb.

"Why." She sniffled again moving her coils out of her face.

"Because I'm planning on bugging you for a long, long, long time until we're old and wrinkly." He smiled seeing her laugh making his heart feel warm.

"Until YOUR old and wrinkly this face is never gonna age." She smirked making him chuckled at her response.

"Lucky me." She rolled her eyes glancing down at their entwine hands.

"I love you, (y/n)." She closed her eyes in pain.

"I love you too, tommy." He pecked her cheek and lips before pulling his hand away, she held her hands togther tightly watching him follow his brothers on the train. The train slowly started to move when she let out a chuckle waving as he waved at her through the window blowing kisses, she pretend that she caught them and placing them over her heart. The man who held her heart soon disappeared from her sights causing her heart to clenched, she was pulled away by Ada and her sister back to the car to go home.

It wasn't that long she found out that she was pregnant with her little girl, her mother was disappointed that she falled pregnant but angry when she realized it belonged to tommy shelby. Which brought her a train ticket out of watery lane, (y/n) didn't tell anyone of the women wanting tommy to meet their daughter first when the war was over. It wasn't until two months past, when she got a letter from Ada telling her the horrific news she been dreading for weeks.

(Y/N) was in her room rereading some of the letters tommy sent to her to pass the time, the last letter he wrote told her he was assigned to be a tunneler so he wouldn't be writing to her for a bit. Her heart clenched in her chest, now every day she has to live with unbearable doubt if her lover is alive or dead.

A knock came from her door causing (y/n) to put down the letter on the nightstand and open the door, "You got mail." A bright smile plastered over her face taking the envelope out of her sister hand, she didn't waste time in ripping open the envelope.

Her eyes scanned through the letter reading what Ada wrote not tommy, she frown a little reading Ada's rambling. The words didn't make sense she couldn't understand half the words the girl was writing, (y/n) blinked at the last paragraph on the letter.

"(Y/N)? You alright?" (y/n) didn't her sister's concerning voice as she started to take deep breathe as she stared at the letter.

"(Y/N)." Her sisters came up to her as she ripped the paper apart, she broke down crying into her older sister shoulder.

"His gone, his gone, his gone..." she mutters crying, her sisters held her looking at each other with sorrowful looks.

(Y/N) rubbed her face thinking back at the horrible memory, she had a choice to go back to watery lane and raised her child with the Ada and Polly deciding against it. She didn't want to be surrounded by so many memories of tommy, it was selfish keeping the family away from the only thing that had left of him and moved to the london. But, then she found out he wasn't died like she thought and was now a gangster, news of the peaky blinders traveled fast especially when he started burning pictures and paintings of the king.

She was hesitant opening the letter addressed to her from tommy when it made its way to her doorstep, he explain why he didn't come found her after the war and how he wanted to meet their daughter. That worried her even through tommy made it clear in his letter his doing legitimate business now, but that didn't mean he still didn't have enemies who want to see him and his family dead.

"Hey." (Y/N) snapped out of her thoughts and looked up to see tommy standing next to her, he looked so different the last time she saw him.

"Hello." She greeted scooting over on the bench as tommy took a seat next to her.

They sat there in silence, (Y/N) glanced over to him to see him looking at the playground his eyes searching for his daughter.

"She's the one in the black boots and brown coat." She utters looking back at her daughter playing on the merry-go-round.

"She's beautiful." He said softly, she looked back at him curious.

"How did you found me?"

"Last year, I hired someone to look for you." Her eyes harden turning her body towards tommy.

"That was you." She said angry.

"I needed to see you–" He said desperately.

"He scared the hell out of us, did you know he was talking to her? Or that he was lurking around my house." Thomas let out a exhausted sighed before nodding.

"For fuck sakes, tommy."

"That's wasn't his intention or mines." (Y/N) huffed out irritated, when she first saw the guy at her daughter's school she thought he was a parent. But, then she saw him in the neighborhood, at the market where she shop even standing in the building she worked.

"I'm sorry that I scared you two. I'm really am." His hand laid on top of hers squeezing it, she gently rubbed her thumb on his palm tracing circles.

"Listen why don't you and..." (y/n) said their daughter name causing a light in thkmas's eyes to brighten.

"Why don't you two come over and have dinner with me and my son," (Y/N) looked over at her daughter thinking about it.

"I don't know tommy, all this will be too much for her. Finding out her father is alive and that she got a brother, she going to have questions that I can't answer." Tommy cold hand held her warm cheek turning her head towards him.

"I know and I will answers them as much as I can, but for now I am a friend inviting another friend and her daughter to dinner." She sighed accepting the invitation.

"Would you like to met her?" He smiled nodding, they both got up and walked over to her at the swings.

"Hey, pumpkin. This is tommy his an old friend of mines." The little girl sat on the swing looking at the grown man.

"Nice to meet you, sir." She nod to him, he chuckled tipping his cap.

"Nice to meet you, young lady." Tommy pointed at the swing next to her.

"Mind if I join you." The little girl nodded again, Thomas looked over at (y/n) before taking the spot on the swing to his daughter.

(Y/N) watched as Thomas and her daughter swing togther, she smiled as her daughter sparked up an conversation with tommy. Thomas isn't surprised his daughter was a very bright young girl, it's obvious she got that from her mother and himself. He glanced at (y/n) to see her watching them with a smile, his chest grew warm being here with her again. He hope that (y/n) will found it in her to take him back and do what he promised he do when he came back from war, because can't imagine a future without (y/n) in it.

Hi, could you do one for Tommy shelby on what it would be like on hid wedding day. Could it be black reader please 🤍

What it would be like on Tommy Shelby wedding day.🤍

requested by x @shyjellyfish1

• The reader was unbraiding her hair to give it her coily look, before she part her hair to one side making her smile in the mirror.

• She took in deep breathe as she stand at the mirror in her white gown, she squeezed her hands to togther nervously thinking what tommy is doing right now.

• Thomas stalked in front of his underage sons after catching them with a bottle of scotch behind the church, he watched them sharply slide next to Michael and Finn.

• "Don't fucking move from this spot until this wedding is over." He hissed, glaring at them both.

• "What if I need to pee?" The first born asked sarcastically looking innocent, Thomas scowled trying to restrain myself from choking the life out of his son out.

• "Fucking hold it in, then." He grits out.

• "That's not good for your bladder." His second born said.

• "Then fucking wet yourself, I don't care just stay in your fucking seats." He turned to walk away when he stopped.

• "You shouldn't cursed in the house of the lord, dad. " His second son says after him a bit buzzed, Tommy closed his eyes taking a deep breathe before continuing walking hearing his sons snicker behind him.

• Tommy was at his wits end with trying to make sure everything was perfect for his soon to be wife, he had to run after his young daughter multiple time as she went towards the pond nearly slipping in himself trying to stop her from grabbing a toad.

• That wasn't the worst part of the evening, John and Arthur along with some of the reader's brothers were getting wasted.

• "Tommy. Tommy. Have a drink with us." Arthur shouted sluring some of his words waving a bottle in the air, tommy shook his head.

• "Not right now, the wedding about to start soon." Tommy walked up to them.

• "Come on...just a little sip." Arthur shook the bottle in front of tommy.

• "Alright thats enough Arthur give me the bottle." John and the other laughed watching Tommy try to grab the bottle from Arthur well trying not get any alcohol on him.

• "You stay away from me." Arthur says running as Tommy chased him around trying to get the bottle, tommy finally catches him getting him in the headlock and dragging him to church doors.

• Arthur chuckled as tommy put him in the seat next to polly, so she can keep him from doing anything stupid. Tommy looked at his watched and moved to stand in front of the priest as the music started to play.

• He rolled his shoulders well moving his head side to side, he faced the door where his love will be walking out soon. The doors opened making everyone stand, tommy gave a little waved at his daughter who dropped flowers on the floor as everyone awed her.

• Thomas breathed caught in his throat seeing his true love walking through the double doors, he smiled widen as she waddled down the aisle towards him with a grin on her face. He held out his hand for her to take as they stood side by side, the priest started to say a pray when the reader started to contractions.

• "What's wrong?" He whispered to her as their head were bend in prayer, he felt her squeezed his hand tighter.

• "J-Just pregnancy cramps...I'm fine." She lied chuckling through the pain, tommy looked at her with a look before leaning into her.

• "You would tell me if your going into labor, right?" She nodded her head giving a soft smile, the priest finished the prayer as the contraction stopped making her breathe a sign relief.

• They were almost to the I do's when the reader groaned lowly clenching her stomach, tommy looked at her worried before stopping the priest.

• "That's it. I'm taking you to the hospital." The reader shook her head no, "I'm fine. We almost finished just continue talking." She said strained looking at the priest.

• "Darling, you going into labor–" the reader grabbed tommy by the collar pulling him close.

• "I am not waiting another year to be married. Skip to the good part." She snapped at Thomas and the priest.

• The priest told them if they take each other to be husband and wife, they said yes and the reader gave Thomas a quick kissed before falling into him.

• "Now you can take me to the bloody hospital." She says softly as Thomas picked her bridal style telling someone to get the car, Michael hurried outside and pulled the car to the entranced as Ada opened the door for tommy

• The reader water broke as tommy put her in the car, Ada and polly along with the reader mother had to deliver the baby in the back seat in front of the church for their friends and family and the lord to see.

• "It's a girl." Ada said happy making everyone cheer, the reader leaned her head against tommy chest out of breathed.

• "I told you it was going to be a hell of a wedding, my love." Tommy chuckled kissing her head before looking at their baby girl.

Hi, guys it weird making this because don't usually have a lot of people asking for request but I'm holding off taking request since I'm back in school. The class I'm taking is time consuming, but im finishing up two more fics and then calling it quits until summer comes around so I hope you guys understand. Deuces ✌🏾

What it would be like on John's wedding day.

requested by × @angelluminary

• John and the reader had a small outside wedding, the sun was near setting as the reader was with her mother getting ready feeling  giddy as she dtared at herself in the mirror.

• John on the other was shitting bricks as he tries to calm his nerves, he glanced around seeing his children for once behaving themselves.

• As he stood away from everyone behind the tree, he took sips of alcohol to help making him a bit buzzed but not enough for him to be all over the place.

• "Hi, John." John coughed glancing behind to see lizzie stark staring at her.

• "Lizzie–Hey." He looked her up and down, before looking around for Polly or Ada.

• The reader knew that John and lizzie had a thing, and as much she love and trusted John. She didn't trust him enough to be left alone with lizzie, even though shes married to his brother.

• "Your looking nice." She smiled slyly walking closer to him, John knows he shouldn't be talking to her but the buzzed part of his brain that held some fond memories of them togther said otherwise.

• "Thank you. You look beautiful by the way." He says making lizzie blush, lizzie had her hand on John's chest as she moved closer to him as his hands landed in her waist.

• "Come here, you fool." Polly hissed coming out of nowhere grabbing John by the ear shoving passed lizzie, John groaned in pain as he was being dragged away by polly.

• "For fuck sake, pol. I wasn't doing anything." He glares at her as she stood him by the alter.

• "Not yet you werent I swear you and your brothers are just un fucking believable." She swears walking away before telling Ada to keep a eye on John.

• It didn't take long for polly to tell the reader what happened, and didn't take long for the reader to want to kill and bury lizzie and john.

• Against her mother wishes to call off the wedding, the reader kept her head high and walked down the aisle with her father.

• John was starstruck when he saw her come out with her long white gown, but  when he made eye contract with her he knows that polly told her about lizzie.

• The sudden feeling of dread filled his stomach as he stared warily at her, her face is calm but her eyes held blazing hellfire causing him to gulp.

• "You look gorgeous, my love." He whispered standing next to her, she glanced at him before at the priest again as he speaks.

• "Mmmhmm." John sighed defeated, only he pissed off his fiance soon to be wife on their wedding day.

• In a blink if an eye, the ceremony was over and the party was in full swing. The tension everyone felt didn't last long after they started to serve drinks, John was talking to some people when he heard his wife laughing.

• His face dropped seeing the reader laughing and dancing with bonnie gold, he watched as her smiled widen as he spin her around his arms.

• John glared clenching his jaw moving to grab the champagne bottle next to him to kill gold when tommy stopped him, and tried to calm him down.

• "Take a walk, John." Tommy said sternly patting his brother on the back, John had the bottle snatched out of his grip by his brother as he walked away still staring at them dancing.

• John angrily watched from his seat at the table with a cigarette between his fingers, lizzie sat next to him trying to get his attention but was ignored as he watched his wife have a good time.

• He perked up seeing the reader excused herself walking away from the dance floor, john got up midway of lizzie talking following his wife.

• The reader wondered around until stopping neat a tree far away from the party fixing her heel.

• "Shit! John you scared the hell out of–" the reader didn't finished as john kissed her, he had her up against the tree as his hand lift up her dress.

• "I shouldn't even let you touch me, after what pol told me." The reader whispered, John groaned in her neck as he felt how wet she was.

• "We were just talking, it meant nothing." He muffled in her neck kissing and biting her making her moan lowly, he could feel her squeezing around his fingers.

• "She means nothing to me." He moved a strand of hair put of her face peppering her with kisses, "Nothing," John unbuckled his trousers pushing them down to his thighs.

• The reader eyes rolled in the back of her head as he thrust into her, she digged her nails in his shoulder.

• "You so beautiful, fuck your so beautiful." He moaned, the reader arm went around his shoulder as he sped up.

• The reader opened her eyes hearing someone coming, she was about to warn John when she saw lizzie coming around and stopping in shock seeing the reader and John fucking.

• The reader moaned loudly moving her hips making John moan, "Right there, Johnny." She moaned loud enough for her to hear.

• "Fuck, I love you so much." The reader saw lizzie back away looking a bit embarrassed before walking away, she could feel John close making her biting his soft spot.

• John held her hips grunting empty his himself into her warm pussy, John kissed her cheek before pulling himself off her.

• "Where have you been hiding that move?" He chuckled pulling up his pants, his bride giggled shrugging.

• "I was saving it for our wedding night, but I had to remind you who you belong to..." he shook his head with a sly smile pulling her close, he buried his face in her hair before walking them back to the party.

• "Maybe I should flirt with lizzie more often, if it gets yout to act like that..." he joked, the reader glared at him.

• "Try it and I have bonnie throw your body in the cut." She smirked.