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Summary:

Young Oswald Mosley comes across a nightclub hostess named Lizzie Stark.

#peaky blinders fanfic #lizzie stark #Lizzie Shelby #elizabeth shelby

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not yet not yet

#elizabeth shelby #tommy x lizzie

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On my long opinion-I will list why Lizzie Stark(Shelby) is the most important character on the show.

English isn’t my first language, sorry if i misspell things.

I I also had my own opinions as well as others (through private message) help me make this..lol

I don’t care who you like tommy with. Or think Lizzie isn’t right for tommy idc but she is involved in multiple story lines

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Starting off with there would be no show without her. She’s a integral part of each season(subtracting Tommylizzie and their feelings) i don’t care if no one likes her but these are facts.

Starting off with the obvious:

•Tommy wouldn’t have the army he has

S1:Ep1-When we first hear of Lizzie, she’s engaged to Tommy’s younger brother John. They all clown him for her nightclub hostess/ part time working girl. John made it very clear no one should talk about her in a negative way. Then we learn about Tommy and her history. Meaning Lizzie specifically withheld that information (sleeping with both brothers) from John and Tommy.

S1:Ep4-Tommy ended that marriage because he needed for another one of his plans. Aka he’s a pawn. He ended his engagement to Lizzie and made a full on pact with the Lee's and married him off to Esme because he needed the man power of the Lee’s and didn’t need to fight 2 wars with different people. Join up with one and become family.

The lee’s and surrounding cousins help Tommy throughout the series based off the marriage between Esme and John. Without their union Tommy wouldn’t have his army.

•Tommy needed someone that was a constant to run his business

Ok in season 2/3/4 it was very clear the “women or wives” were running the betting shop. Esme helped out right after she got married to John. Polly was always in charge of it but like most families they had their fights. Ada didn’t want anything todo with them in the beginning, Polly and Tommy would argue and she would leave. (That’s why Lizzie would count money in her absence and knows the combination) not even esme was trusting(that’s why John got mad)

S3:Ep4-When the women did their walk out, he kept looking at Lizzie. With his eyes said: “I trusted you, you knew better than this, I expect walking out from pol but not you.” When tommy raised his voice a little more Lizzie got the hint and went right back into loyal mode and got esme out of there to not continue to get loud with Tommy.

•War with the Italians that spanned over 2-3 season

Then the Italian war. Tommy didn’t need to pick a fight with them but he did it because he was still small time. Billy was a big fish and that earned him a reputation but he had a good treaty with the changettas but Tommy is power hungry and wants more.

S2:Ep1-Then just by chance Lizzie is dating Angel Changetta!! He told Michael it wasn’t right for a peaky blinder walking with an Italian(he wasn’t approved by tommy but really would anyone?) they had a treaty why would that cause an issue? If anything it solidified their treaty. Why before Tommy’s wedding day when it should be abt him and Grace he’s worried about business (Italian and later on WEdding day-Russian)

Then knowing that they blew up his bars. S3:Ep2-He sent his 2 crazy brothers to talk with angels dad.

Arthur had a reputation for being crazy(killing a kid) and John used to have feelings for Lizzie- to address it. While John was disrespectful, Arthur knew it wasn’t right/ fair and told him to stop but he didn’t.

He went even further and congratulated John and wanted to take everything from them. Disregarding Pol and Arthur.

John with the indirect okay from Tommy, cut angels eyes out and told him to Stay Away From Lizzie,By Order Of The Peaky Fucking Blinders. Which no order is complete without Tommy’s knowledge or Okay. (He always overrules people if need be)The order came from Tommy just like it was his order to blow up and take his bars.

Becuase of Tommy’s order and John rashness with the cutting of Angel the changettas took revenge in killing Grace “for Angel”. Shelby’s took revenge back by killing Angel.

Season 4 opens up and him and his family are estranged. The only constant in his life and person managing- not only being his secretary, unofficial treasurer, and his only friend. [Lizzie]

“You can’t go on another year like this, do it for Charlie, me and Michael decided it’s time.”

Both Michael and Lizzie were technically born outsiders but were an integral part in both business and home life;they wanted to merge the family again.

Because of the brothers' action in s2 and s3 Luca came to collect or take revenge.

Killed John for their father and now wants even more revenge. Their vendetta spanning over a whole season.

In a different reality Luca and Lizzie would be in laws.

In season 5 and 6

In all the people in the world, in all the people that she might’ve slept with, one person she slept with was an up and coming member of parliament that wants to form a new party and have Tommy as his partner???

This is now 3 cases of Lizzie sleeping with someone that is an important part or connects with Tommy. for lack of a better word a “triangle” (ie diana saying Lizzie was part of a triangle) this is multiple storylines not all but a majority of them spanning over different seasons.

Lizzie

Mosley/John/Changretta’s Tommy

My own personal opinion is Mosley only was ever interested in tommy because of his wife’s earlier life. (And their possible connection) How/Why he married her. Mosley obviously has an obsession with Lizzie,it has been shown over multiple scenes.

“If we have met before, your wife and I could even renew our acquaintance. As am invited to stay the night,yes.

It was a bottle of champagne and an evening well spent.

They always come’cum’

Indirectly a response to Lizzie’s previous comment of “you went to sleep prematurely and it was an evening wasted.”

[kissing Lizzie’s hand for no apparent reason]

Now, forgive me I’m going to borrow your husband.

The ballerinas and I were wondering if perhaps you might want to join us”

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In no way does this mean I hate the other characters. Or the other women tommy married or had relationships with.

I seen a lot of post how there is no point to her. But lizzie is the best character development on the show. She grew with the show, she grew as a character, she had her own thoughts and opinions and wasn’t afraid to voice them. She was struggling to for money, unlucky twice in love, S1 Lizzie is a different then S6 Lizzie and I think we should appreciate that regardless if you like her or not.

If you have any more to add, comment or reblog feel free todo so. Any hate, I will block you and delete.

I might seem, I am biased but i love Lizzie as a character and I think she’s deserves more recognition

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How I imagined tommy got his family back. 

Jack Nelson once asked Tommy when he last killed a person. He replied, 4 years ago a man named Thomas Shelby when he foursome alcohol. That was true he didn’t lie the last shred of his ‘horrible self’ died when polly passed and he gave up the drugs and alcohol.

Today he’s going to make it true. Today is the day he’s going to kill Thomas Shelby, for good this time.

#elizabeth shelby #tommylizzie fan fic #tommylizzie #tommy x lizzie #peaky blinder fanfic

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You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you take.

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Aftermath of S6 EP 5&6

I wrote this months ago. I was disappointed in how they built up Tommy and Lizzie’s relationship and established how good their family dynamic became only to destroy it.

I wrote this in the heat of the moment and decided why not share it..lol

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The final two chapters out now:) 

#peaky blinder fanfic #tommylizzie fanfic #tommy x lizzie #elizabeth Shelby #tommylizzie #Ruby Shelby MP

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Chapters 4,5 and 6 are out now:)

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The Making of Elizabeth Shelby ch:4

Charles, I’m getting to the exact moment I fell in love with your father. As for when he fell in love with me, you’ll have to ask him that. Now be patient, I’m trying to finish the story. Like always, I love you too my little loves

Dear children,

10 years had passed, during that time we all had grown up. Not all of us, some were still young at heart. Arthur, who was 23, acted as the same age as Finn. Can you believe it Finn and Arthur would get in trouble, and Polly did not like Arthur blaming a boy who was only 9 and didn’t know any better. Arthur also made a name for the new generation of peaky blinders. He protected his younger brothers, so they wouldn’t have to take their first eyes, he did it so they wouldn’t have to. Your uncle Arthur will always protect someone he loves, he won’t involve someone he thinks is too young if he doesn’t have to. Polly once said he tries to be a good man, and that’s true.

John was cocky as ever but this time he met Martha who calmed his wild gypsy ways. They were good for eachother, I knew he loved her even before he knew he did. I loved that he found someone but it was bitter sweet I lost my best friend, my confidant. All that didn’t matter because what was most important, John was happy, he kissed the ground Martha walked on and most importantly loved their kids. After they got married, Martha kept popping them out nonstop or so it seemed like. Me and Arthur would joke they gave rabbits a bad name.

Fuck! I shouldn’t have said that. I shouldn’t have said that either!! Ok children, mum didn’t say anything , disregard the last part.

I stopped my thieving ways and got a job working as a secretary. For no other than the Shelby betting shop, the betting shop became really successful. Polly would handle the money and I would make sure Tommy and Polly got any letters, or if someone rang and needed to speak to them and they weren’t there I would take a message for them. Sometimes I would take bets but that was rarely.

I still lived with mum, Helen got married to her childhood love and had a couple of kids. I didn’t have to take care of Helen anymore as she had a husband to do that but I still had me mum and myself to worry about.

Ada was 13 and just discovered boys, she was often at fairs and used Finn wanting to see the horses as an excuse to go. She’s Ada. You can’t tell her to do anything she doesn’t want to do and no one would dare tell her to stop.

As for your father this was a dark time in his life. I didn’t know then it was because he lost his sweetheart Greta. I don’t remember Tommy being away from us but I guess that’s the thing about growing up people drift off and explore and you really can’t tell. I just remember him being really sad and it was unexplained. From what I can remember he was really happy, smiling, joking being Tommy and then all of a sudden it stopped.

I’m getting to the good part now

One day Polly got worried because she hadn’t seen him in a few days. It wasn’t unusual for your dad to clear his head and go to the mountains with a horse but he would always let Polly know, he didn’t and everyone was worried. That night he came around to my house. He used rocks to hit my window so I could wake up,I saw a dark figure outside my house when I heard “Liz-Lizzie, it’s Tom. Can you open the door” I rushed down the stairs expecting to find Tommy but instead I found this shell of a man. He didn’t look right, his bright eyes normally filled with light they were sunken in,dark circles around his eye looked like they saw a ghost “what happened Tommy?” -“uh - I - can I come in” “yes of course” I grabbed him by the hand and led him inside. Now inside I sat with him on the couch, I didn’t know how to act or what to say. I've never seen him like this before. I just stared blankly, not able to understand what he wanted me to do, what I could do. He just broke down crying, Tommy Shelby crying I didn’t know what to do when he laid his head on my lap, I just held one of his hands and with my other hand running my fingers through his scratchy peaky cut “shhh shh shh, i know, I know, it’s ok Tom, I’m here” I kept repeating that over and over again until he fell asleep in my lap.

After that night, things were different. Slowly very very slowly, Tommy became Tommy again. Little by little to cheer him up I would suggest we go riding up to the mountains, take a train to Liverpool or Margate, or see the cattle just for fun, try to do something we used to do. I only tried to get him out of his head, after that night we never spoke about it again. There wasn’t anything to say; I don’t think, but I didn’t want to think there was and he did not tell me about it. We slowly went right back to being kids again, just us, we were Tom and Liz again.

Things were good with your dad, he was out of his head and became alive again. When I wasn’t with him I would be at the betting shop or walking home from work. When I was not with your dad I would get men getting off of work at the factory telling me things. Things like “ where’s my man, I’m too pretty to not have a man by my side” Did I want them to walk me home? Things that made me feel uncomfortable because they weren’t saying it to be nice, they were saying it to get something else from me. This went on for quite awhile until one man in particular named William Howard blocked my path, I was so scared and angry without thinking I said “ you mess with me the peaky blinders will cut you.” I didn’t know why I said it but It just came out. I was so proud of myself I ran back to the betting shop and went to tell Polly what I just did. When I arrived Polly wasn’t there but John was. I just excited, practically jumping out of my shoes and blurted out “guess what I did, John, I told William Howard, if he came near me again the peaky blinders would cut him. I don’t know why I said that, but I don’t think he will mess or follow me again” “ “Where’s Polly, I have to tell Polly, She’ll be so proud I finally stood up to him after weeks of torment, I bet she’s at home, I’ll go get her bye John” I left flying to go tell Polly. I didn’t realize I left John processing what I just said and left him shocked. Me, his best friend, kept getting harassed and he didn’t know about it until after I had done something about it.

I was 16 and didn’t know any better than to leave a Shelby man with his own thoughts.

I’m not sure how this exactly turned out, but according to aunt Martha your uncle John went up to your dad yelling no screaming, asking if he had been with me for weeks why didn’t he know that I was being harassed by the Howard boy, and why wasn’t Tommy doing anything about it. Tommy didn’t understand the words coming out of his mouth, he had a confused look on his face yelling back “what the fuck are you on about John, what happened with the Howard boy and Lizzie” Tommy and John learned everything from Polly and Martha that day. What had happened,the men that kept harassing me, what I didn’t or did do about it. Looking back I wasn’t made of the sterner stuff I’m made of now, I was too naive, too sweet, I didn’t have a voice yet.

Again it was night when Thomas Shelby came around, it wasn’t late but me mum was asleep. I heard a knock and when I opened the door expecting to find Polly but instead I was met with your dad having taken his first pair of eyes. He didn’t look at me, he did everything he could not to make my gaze, I held his face and finally looked into his eyes and was met with remorse, a sadness I’ve only seen once before. Without speaking I took his hand into mine and sat him down in a chair while the silence overtook the house, I made him tea and got out my biscuit tin. We didn’t say anything because I knew what he had done, and who he did it too. I knew I couldn’t know what he was feeling, I could only try to understand. I sat across from him, he just kept looking down and his hand started to tremble, without hesitation I grabbed it “I know Tom, I know. I know what you did for me, Thank you, thank you, we’ll be alright Tom”

It wasn’t that he injured someone for me, it wasn’t that he protected me from anything worse happening. No it wasn’t that, it was it took me over 10 years to know all the little things that he had done, our solo adventures, sharing secrets, him being protective or jealous that me and John were so close. It took me 10 years until that moment and I knew that I truly loved this man. I haven’t even had my first kiss yet and I knew that we would always be in each others life, no matter who we chose later, or if we would even be together, I didn’t need that, I just needed to know that he would always be by my side, he would come to me if things got to bad in his head and I would share the burden and try and get him out of it. It took me 10 years to realize the blue eyed boy that I saw stubbornly get out of the caravan that I was obsessed with, I’m in love with. It wasn’t a simple school crush, it was love.

That love hasn’t always been easy, but it’s the first love I ever knew. And it’s the love that brought me, you two children. I may not have given birth to you Charlie but I love you as my own. Ruby, I don’t hate your dad, I get mad or frustrated at him because I love him. Without that love there would be no you. I’m glad every day I wake up, I have 2 beautiful children and I have a man by my side and I’ve had him there since I was 7 years old.

I love you, my little loves- Mum

Notes: Hope you enjoyed my first ever fanfic about Tommylizzie

previous Notes: I changed the ages of the Shelby’s slightly (see below for more detail)

Done from Lizzie’s pov

Shelby’s we’re wild gypsies before they came to small heath

Year(s) 1901/1910

Thomas- 11/19

Arthur- 14/23

Lizzie- 7/16

John- 7/16

Ada- 4/13

Finn- FirstBorn/9

1930’s

Ruby-7

Charlie- 11

Lizzie-35ish

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The Making of Elizabeth Shelby ch 3

Thank you, Ruby and Charlie, for your note. I love you too, my little loves. And no you may not join the peaky blinders this young! I’ll have a talk with your father. He will say that you two have better things to worry about like your violin lessons, Charlie or Ruby, your school work! Your teacher phoned and said you haven’t completed your last 2 assignments, get those done and maybe we will talk about you going to Charlie’s yard and Charles, you can go show curly your new book about horses.

Dear children,

As I spent more time with the Shelby’s, I learned I had a talent for stealing while talking to people, no need for the group effort of the Shelby’s if the mark was one person. I never knew I could do this and take care of my family. The money we stole, we split it evenly among ourselves. The extra shillings we got from selling gold, or the actual coin we took helped me take care of mother and sister. Even for simple pleasures like a tin of biscuits, we could never afford that before but now we could. Shoes that weren’t to small for me or hand me downs from Mrs. Bird across the way, I got me mum a new hair pin, one that kept her hair in place while she worked at the factory. Helen’s love got her so many gifts she wasn’t without much but I was able to get her this purse she’s been eyeing at the dress shop. such simple pleasures that I could afford and it made me feel good doing something nice for them. I wasn’t lil Lizzie running around causing trouble, I was Lizzie that helped mom put food on the table.

Remember I said, I had a talent for stealing while talking to my mark. Well that didn’t go unnoticed and who noticed? Your father. He would follow me when I did it, while away from the Shelby’s. I wasn’t trying to make it a secret but I wanted to do something for myself and I didn’t have time for the group discussion that usually happened. After doing it for a while, this one week I could feel those cold blue eyes watching my every move, I would turn and no one would be there but deep down I knew he had followed me.

I walked up to my door when I heard “oy, Lizzie I know what you been doing behind our back” I just froze, his voice wasn't the voice I knew, it was angry, he had a deeper tone and that terrified me. Slowly I turned, I was scared but I couldn’t let Thomas Shelby know I turned with confidence and a higher tone then usual “What have I been doing?, What have you been doing, following me this past week trying to sneak up on me?” His expression changed instead of eagerness and confidence quickly faded to guilt when he knew he got caught. The silence felt everlasting, so I spoke up “what I’ve been doing when I’m not with you and your brothers aren’t your concern” “ that’s true Liz’s but I saw you how are able to do it without help, I was curious how you could do that” I looked at him shocked, The Thomas Shelby asking how I did something. Your father can do many things and he’s always one step ahead of everyone, the one time he was vulnerable. Not too vulnerable after all he taught me how to steal but asking how I could do it a different way then what he was used to. I grabbed him by the hand and said “I’ll show you”

Who was an easy mark I thought to myself? Oh I knew there was a girl who lived on Bristol that had lots of male visitors. Me and your dad went to Bristol lane. There was a man, he was young so I knew I could get him talking and he dressed sharp, that meant he was rich. I asked him since he came along he needed to help and that meant he had to come get me in 2 minutes and pretend I was his sister. I walked over looking for Ms. Riley or so the man thought, “excuse me sir, have you seen Ms.Riley? She has dark straight and very fair skin” the man looked at me hesitantly, I smiled at him “your not from around her are you, you don’t know who I’m talking about” the man chuckled and said “sorry I don’t know who your talking about but your right I’m not from around here” he lied to me about not knowing Mrs. Riley but I didn’t care. I said ”if you are a speaker in the house or work with the king himself you better leave, you look to fancy to be here, small heath is not kind to strangers.” He looked at me and said he’ll be fine. Fine? The way he spoke was no longer light hearted but with a small hint of cockiness and anger. I gave your dad the signal to come bump me “Anna there you are, dads calling us home” Anna? I didn’t know he was going to use a different name so I panicked a little but quickly gathered myself up “I have to go sir but if you see a girl with dark hair and pale skin let her know Anna’s mum needs her biscuit tin back” I reached out to shake his hand and your dad bumped into me”we have to hurry let’s go” with that bump I was able to take off his gold watch that was around his wrist. Not my best work but I was nervous, your dad made me nervous.

After we ran around the corner so excited, this was the most expensive thing I’ve taken, Tommy couldn’t believe the ease I did it with. Once we caught our breath he smiled at me, it wasn’t his devilish smirk but a smile, he was impressed. Ever since that day we would go off just ourselves away from the group and do it again, and again, always to Ms. Rileys on Bristol. Sometimes the men would find out instantly and we had to run. Run away and run fast always to Charlie’s yard, Tommy would say “up ahead turn left, my uncles scrap yard is up there” that’s how I met Charlie, running away from a fat old man, Charlie pushed him out of the way to close the gates and threaten to cut him if he came any closer. Tommy and me began to grow closer not only because of the stealing but we would go all over small heath exploring, he would show me all around Charlie’s yard,teaching me how to ride a horse, playing on boats. I would show him all my favorite places, the park, the factories where the men would give you free cigarettes, watching the different cattle and seeing them auctioned off.

He was different when he wasn’t with his brothers or Ada. When he was with them he wouldn’t talk at all but everything he felt or wanted to say he did, through his eyes. When we were together he wouldn’t stop talking, he talked about growing up in the mountains riding horses, the freedom he felt, he talked about his mom but rarely,not as much as John. He said she was beautiful and I sort of looked like her since I was tall and thin and had dark hair.

Children, your father now is not the same Tommy I grew up with. The war hadn’t changed him yet, his friends didn’t die right in front of him, he didn’t have to fight and claw his way through the working man example. He loves you both and I’m trying to help you understand the good and softness that he once had.

Charlie would help us with selling the watches and getting our pounds and shillings, and now this was real. The money in my hand I felt invincible, that's why I could buy Helen’s purse, me mum the hair pin, and me my favorite tin of biscuits and new shoes. It felt good. Tommy was using the pounds to help cover his siblings' mischief. We had an inside secret that we were the smartest out of all of them, well John and Arthur, Ada was always too smart for her own good and for us.

Notes: my first ever tommylizzie fanfic

Done from Lizzie’s pov

I changed their ages slightly

Hope you enjoy😁

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The Making of Elizabeth Shelby Ch:2

Dear children,

It seemed hard to get to the Shelby’s for the first few weeks, I wanted to get a glimpse of Thomas Shelby. From the moment we made eye contact,his smirk and my smile back, I was SMITTEN! I couldn’t take my mind off of him. Helen was 16 and had a love of her own so she could tell what was all over my face. She kept asking if I was soft on the little blue eyed boy which I kept repeating no. How could I be soft on a boy I didn’t officially even meet? I was lying to her, only to keep her from teasing me.

It was a month, the gypsies were in small heath, a month I still didn’t meet them but they were taking small heath and turning it to their own kingdom, the kids at least. They walked around, Ada would shoots rats with a revolver, stealing, smoking, while Polly was trying to run the betting shops and clean up her brothers mess. Arthur Sr spent 3 weeks living like a king; drinking, sleeping with other husbands wives, spending money he didn’t have, most importantly making enemies. He would round up in a police station for beating up any poor man that dared to question his worth and Arthur Jr would have to drag his dad out and take care of him while he slept off the drink. After he made an enemy out of every man in small heath, he left. Not an note, not a goodbye, not even money to help polly raise the kids, he just left. (don’t tell your father I told you two about your grandfather)

A week went by and watery lane was so quiet without Sr making noise. That’s when I spotted them. Outside my window, Thomas was hunched down taking care of a crying screaming Ada while a bunch of people gathered around to see what the commotion was. While the people were distracted a quick stepped Arthur Jr and John slipped things into their pockets, peoples pocket watches, shillings, and one woman’s wedding band. Once they passed Ada stopped crying and screaming, Thomas helped her up and made his way through the crowd and we made eye contact again before he ran off.

Now I realize children I’m talking about your father, uncles and aunt Ada and eventually me doing bad things, but this was a different time and we were not so well off as we are now so please don’t get any ideas or share this new information with uncle Johnny's kids. I know they are already teaching you to steal, keep it at having a laugh and returning it and don’t go around stealing from other MP’s.

Now where was I? Oh yes, Me and Helen were out getting fabric for ”Helen’s new dress” which was just an excuse for her to run off with her love and leave me waiting for her on the street for hours. It was felt like hours sitting on the street waiting but while I would wait I would get lost in my head, to the point I couldn’t hear or see things happening around me. I was so in my head that I didn’t even realize John was tapping me on my shoulder asking if I wanted to play with him and his brothers and sister. I said yes, and we made introductions to each other, John spoke first and said I’m John, looking to his sister “that’s Ada” then to his older brothers “that ugly one is Tommy and the skinny one is Arthur” I laughed said “im Elizabeth,Well Lizzie- I like to be called Lizzie” Tommy looked at me “well, Lizzie you kick the ball first” so I did and we kicked the ball all afternoon. Time felt quicker than normal.

I didn't even remember Helen getting back, she let me play until it got dark out then we had to walk back home. Before I left Arthur said “hey, lil Lizzie who’s that”? referring to Helen, I chuckled and said “she already has a love, you have no chance with her” he quickly looked away but not fast enough to stop his siblings from laughing and cracking jokes. Ada and I instantly became friends, she said she was tired of being around smelly boys and she needed my address; so she’s able to find me, like any child I said my house number is 219 watery lane and I walked home with the biggest smile on my face. I didn’t think I would become friends with them or they would want anything to do with me, but it felt good when I finally met the wild gypsies.

As I came to know them I found out about all sorts of talents they had. Arthur was really good at drawing, he could draw your likeness so well you would think it was a mirror. Ada,she was the best reader although she didn’t go to school she could still read bigger books then anyone I have ever met. John could sew although he was very cocky and you would have never thought he would do something like this but it was something his mother taught him that he took pride in doing, even if nobody else knew apart from me. Your dad, he has a way with horses, not just his horse but any horse, it was as if he and every horse had a connection.

Something I think you two inherited from him, your love of horses and how you two are with them. Charlie you can calm them even a retired racehorse that’s done taking whips you can soothe their nerves, and Ruby you can command even the most stubborn horse and can get them to do anything.

Ada welcomed me into the group first, like before she said she was tired of her only friends being her brothers. She was sweet and pushed me to be tougher, I was too sweet and the streets of small heath would swallow me up, part of me knew that was true. I learned from Ada although she was younger than me, the way she acted was far older than what she really was. We would get into all sorts of trouble, stealing food from the butcher when he wasnt looking, women’s hair pins, hats if we could, and Ada’s favorite shooting rats with a revolver. I never held or even fired a gun before but Ada she was skilled and said if I was going to hang around the peaky blinders I needed to know how to fire a gun. ”Peaky blinders“ she said it with such pride, I was in aw. Everyone was terrified of them. Here I am becoming friends with one of them.

One day we were all kicking the ball around. My mind was completely off Thomas Shelby, I liked being in his presence but I don’t think he ever noticed me. I was ok with it. John and I were the same age. We had much in common, such as having older siblings that didn’t listen to us, we were the ones getting them out of trouble when needed. He even taught me to sew, he saw that my dress had a small hole in it so he pulled me aside and said I should fix it, “oh I don’t know how, and me mom is never home, I wouldn’t even ask Helen, I would just get met with it’s fine” he looked at me strange and in a whisper said “I could fix it for you, if you want, I know how to” I looked up and smiled and nodded. He was always so sweet, John was always sweet. After I kept getting holes in my dress he finally got tired of doing it in secret so he taught me.

He would pound at my house so early in the morning to get me Helen and me mom would have to remind him I didn't belong to the peaky blinders, I had to spend some time at home. Helen would say “ I think John boy is soft on you lizzie”. I never gave her any thought because part of me knew Tommy blue eyes had a piece of my heart and always would. But My mind was off of Tommy Shelby. I didn't need him to look at me the way I looked at him, I just liked being in his presence, the kind that was accepting of me being around them and I knew he would protect me. One things about your dad is that he will always take care of the people he loves, even if he goes about it wrong he will always try to protect them. Back to John, your uncle didn’t like didn’t like that answer me mom and Helen gave, he said he would be back. The next day he was back and he would continue to knock and pound all hours of the day for 3 days straight; until finally my mom pulled me aside and said “do you want to become one of those PeakyBlinders devils?!” I never knew me mom to be angry, tired and restless yes but never angry especially to me. “ - I don’t know, they are just me friends, they are new here and don’t have anyone else to play with, no one will play with them because their gypsies” me mom looked at me than to the door that was still being knocked on pulled opened the door and yelled to John “if I let Liz out I need a promise from you, you will take care of my baby, do you understand, if she gets into trouble you get her out, anyone messes with her because she hangs out with you, you’ll take care of it!” John stood up straight and tall and said yes. That was John for you, never knew how to take no for an answer and did reckless things to protect the people he cared about.

After two months of the Shelby’s being in small heath and me tagging along, we were all inseparable. Once everyone in small heath saw Arthur, Tommy,John, Me and Ada they would look the other way, they already felt like kings but now I felt it. I felt the way people would look the other way if Arthur just looked their way, I loved the sense of I was important, walking with them gave me that. I wasn’t Lil Lizzie Stark who’s father drank himself to death or known for having an absent mother. But now I was Lizzie Stark, associate of the Peaky Blinders.

Notes: I changed the ages of the Shelby’s and Lizzie, not by much.

Tommy and his siblings were wild gypsies until they moved to small heath.

This is done from Lizzie’s pov

Chapter: ⅓

Hope you guys enjoy:) P.S this is my first ever fanfic or attempt at writing something like this.

Edited Notes:

This might be 2/4 instead of the original 2/3 chapters I’m still not sure how I want to break up the story.

As always this is done from Lizzie’s pov and I changed the ages of the Shelby’s and Lizzie not by much but enough to make the story flow better

Hope you guys enjoy😁

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[elizabethshelby]

The Making of Elizabeth Shelby

Dear diary,

Charles asked me the other day when I knew I loved his father, I said, I knew him since we were little, little like him and Ruby. I didn’t answer his question because I didn’t know how much of our childhood Tommy wanted to be kept secret.

I felt horrible for lying to him; but Nonetheless, My mind immediately went to my childhood, my childhood with the Shelby’s and most importantly, my wedding day. Arthur was drunk and so insistent on speaking from the heart and not having his speech be pre written or micromanaged by Tommy. I didn’t care what Arthur was going to say if he spoke about something he shouldn’t have, it would be about Tommy, not me. Tommy O.B.E soon to be M.P was worried about his reputation. Deep down he really didn’t care about what these House of Commons and House of Lords people had to say after all his winning was guaranteed. But Arthur, He spoke beautifully, not his mumbling, grunting self. Although it was short it was Arthur, a man that said so little but meant a lot. Tom was so mad, irritated when Arthur stood up, but I put my hand on his thigh and whispered in his ear and told him to let him speak, let him have his moment, I repeated.“Tom and Lil Lizzie, how far have we come,eh? Raised in the wild mountains to the streets of small heath, running around with our John and Ada getting into trouble already thinking we were the peaky blinders already, untouchable, us. It seems Lizzie was always meant to be my sister, isn’t that right John boy. Ah anyway, here’s to Lizzie our Angel,and my younger brother Tommy.” It’s funny he’s the only person to ever call me Angel,even when we were kids.

I got sad when Arthur mentioned John, I haven’t thought of sweet John for years, I tried not to, it hurt less that way. I loved John and I’ll always cherish the times I spent with him and his children, but I’ll have to keep that to myself. Tommy didn’t like the reminder I almost went off with his brother a few years back. He got over that pretty quickly. I remember thinking how good it was that Esme wasn’t there otherwise she would’ve cut me or taken my eyes, even on my wedding day. Luckily it went off without any business, or anyone eyes being taken.

Charlie, I know that you read my diary, and you read it to Ruby as if it were a nighttime story. I’m not mad,I think it’s quite cute, at least your reading eh? But next time ask! Children, I do love your father and I always have. Ever since, I first saw him and those damned blue eyes and that devilish smirk of his. It’s easier to write this down than to tell you in person. So,Ruby and Charlie this is for you.

Dear children,

It all started in the year 1901, I was just 7 years young(just like you Ruby) and there had been talk about Polly and Mr. Greys nephews and niece coming. It’s no big secret that Mr Grey and Polly were in charge of the peaky blinders and in charge of the betting shop. Polly’s brother, Arthur had just lost his wife and needed someone to help raise his newborn son. Polly had just lost Mr.Grey, it seemed fitting at the time Polly losing her two children and husband to only gain 5 children and a long lost brother.

Everyone used to say your aunt Polly was a gypsy witch, of course that was just something your aunt, my older sister would say to scare me, so not everyone. She also used to say the children that were coming were wild gypsy boys that behaved and acted like animals. They were unable to speak, read or write because they were “wild gypsies”. They were wild but I didn’t know that yet, and they could read and write even better then Helen, which she was envious of.

The day came, everyone came out to see the wild gypsies come out of their caravan. It was almost like the king himself came, everyone came to see who these gypsies were, what they looked liked, how they acted, were we better then them or were they better than us? No one wanted their eyes to be taken so they were met with a bunch of pastries, clothes, flowers, even cheers which you don’t get in small heath. Of course one thing above all that everyone knew to get the peaky blinders, Irish whiskey and Lorillard cigarettes.

I was too scared to be front and center like the rest of small heath so I decided the safest place was to hide behind my sister.

One by one I saw them come out,first was a little girl probably around 4 years young, who was later called Ada and more scary than all the boys combined. She jumped off the caravan like nothing in the world scared her and most importantly she walked like she owned the street and no one could mess with her. Next, Arthur Jr 14 years old, holding baby Finn. Then came out this bashful, cocky, likes to make a big entrance boy probably around my age later to be known as John, Arthur Sr quickly swatted John off the steps to step down, but I’ll never forget Arthur Sr’s face when he saw small health for the first time almost like he knew it was ready for taking, quickly that eagerness changed to anger yelling ”Thomas Michael Shelby! get out here right now!!”

This Thomas Michael came down with his arms crossed mixed with anger and sadness, just like his father, but the moment he stepped off of the caravan it was like he knew he belonged there with the confidence of Ada and the cockiness of John. He knew this was his kingdom. 11 years young (like you Charlie)and he smirked and held himself like he was a king. He looked around at all the new sights and people but then we made eye contact for the first time and I saw those bright blue eyes, those damned blue eyes and he smirked at little ol me, me who was hiding behind Helen. I didn’t know what todo so I stepped from behind her and smiled.

Oh for weeks the Shelby’s were almost like the queens and kings of small heath, but that quickly faded when small heath realized they only welcomed more peaky blinders devils.

Notes: Chapter: ⅓

I changed the ages of the Shelby’s and Lizzie, not by much.

Tommy and his siblings were wild gypsies until they moved to small heath.

This is done from Lizzie’s pov

Hope you guys enjoy:) P.S this is my first ever fanfic or attempt at writing something like this. Bare with me if it sucks.

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[elizabethshelby]

Hi 👋 My name is Emma ( do you do names here?)

im new to the peaky blinders fandom and also wanting to be a fan fic writer. i have read so many tommy shelby/ lizzie shelby fan fics to which i love but i had a few ideas that i wrote well typed down and thought id share.

ive read so many reviews on different fan fic sites and found Ao3 is the most popular but im now currently on a waiting list. if any of you writers have another website i can share my work on i would greatly appreciate it:)

i hope this account will be dedicated to my work

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