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laedback-taurus · 11 months
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Pretty Eyes
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Pairing: Tommy Shelby x Fem!Reader Word Count: 1.8k Warning: None A/n: Well, it’s been a hot minute, but I really just had an urge to write again. Sorry if this sucks, it's my first piece since trying to get over my writer's block but I feel pretty good about it.
All it took was a drunken compliment for Tommy Shelby to change his mind about his opinion on love and all it took was the help of one fortune teller to realise he couldn’t never lose that love.
Tommy believed he was man that couldn’t be loved, he believed that he didn’t deserve someone that would cherish him, but you made it your mission to change his mind. You had met Tommy not long after he returned from the war, you applied for the position of his secretary, and he couldn’t refuse once he saw your skills with a typewriter. You of course immediately thought he was a very attractive man, it was undeniable, but you’d be a fool not to notice his cold exterior. After months of working for Tommy, you had tried to get closer to Tommy, the furthest you had got was he now accepted you calling him ‘Tommy’ instead of ‘Mr Shelby’, but it was extremely hard to break through the walls he had put up. It wasn’t until one night after work at the Garrison that you finally broke down a wall.
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“Tommy!” You heard Arthur call out to his brother as he entered the bar, you were sat next to John in the private while Arthur had gone out to get the table more drink, stated that he wanted to stretch his legs. You had already had a few and were a bit tipsy so it wasn’t surprising that you got up at the sound of his name. You made your way over to the bar where Tommy and Arthur were ordering drinks.
“Let me buy you a drink boss” You offered as you stood in the middle of them, Tommy took in your slightly of balance form and smiled slightly.
“You know I own the place y/n, if anything I should get you a drink, but I don’t think it's wise”.
“Don’t ruin her fun Tom” Arthur slurred from the other side of you.
“No Arthur, Tommy’s right” you started, placing a hand on Arthur’s shoulder to steady yourself “I should get home, we have to work tomorrow after all. Tommy watched as you gave Arthur a soft pat on the shoulder before attempting to walked back to the private both to collect your coat and bag. Tommy sighed before throwing back the rest of his drink and putting his coat back on.
“Night Arthur” was all he said before he made his way over to you, he grabbed your coat and draped it over your shoulders. You could feel the heat rise to your cheeks at the gesture, but you knew he wouldn’t notice as your cheeks were already flushed from the alcohol you had consumed previously. You waved goodbye to everyone before leaving the bar with Tommy’s hand firmly secured on your lower back.
The walk back to your flat felt painfully slow but you had also never felt safer than you did with Tommy next to you, you would often catch him watching the shadows and alleyways. Before long you reached your flat, you fumbled through you bag to try and find your keys, but they were nowhere to be found. You let out a groaned as you gave up.
“I can't find my keys” Out of frustration your eyes started to well up, you had finally gotten Tommy back to your flat, but you couldn’t find your damn keys. You heard Tommy let out a soft chuckle and before you could turn around and cuss him out for laughing at you, he reached around you and into your bag, pulling out your keys.
“Oh…” You stared at them for a moment before grabbing them “Found them!” You cheered, earning another chuckle from Tommy, he was finding this whole display quite amusing. You finally got the key in the lock and opened the door, throwing your coat on the ground as soon as you entered.
“Where’s your room?” Tommy asked casually, this took you by surprise.
“Being very forward aren’t we Tommy?” You turned to face him, maybe a bit too quicky causing you to become quite dizzy. Tommy smiled and leaned down so his face was only inches from yours, you very quickly forgot how to breathe.
“So I can put you to bed” he explained, bringing you back to your senses.
“Oh right, of course” You quickly turned back around again, making you dizzy once again, this time you stumbled slightly but Tommy quickly caught you, holding you by your shoulders. “Down the hall to the left”
Tommy guided you down the hall and into your bedroom, the first thing he noticed was hour empty it was, it only held and bed and a dresser with a chipped mirror sitting atop it. He knew you didn’t live in luxury, neither did he but he expected more maybe more photos or perhaps more plants, he wasn’t sure. He guided you to your bed and helped you sit down on the edge.
“Where to you keep your night dresses?” He asked, you pointed to your dresser, and he made his way over there.
“Top draw” You quietly called out, now starting to realise the extent of you situation. Tommy grabbed a garment from the top draw and brought it over to you, you took it from him and looked up to see he had turned his back. You got up slowly and started to undress, highly aware of the gorgeous man starting only a few steps away from you. You pulled on your nightwear and looked over at Tommy.
“You can look now” He turned and found you trying to pull the covers of you bed down to get in, but you were struggling. He came over and pulled them up for you, allowing you to slip in underneath them, once you were in, he pulled them back up and pretty much tucked you in, you watched him with hooded eyes the whole time.
“You have very pretty eyes” You whispered before your eyes fluttered shut, before you were fully asleep, you felt a slight pressure on your forehead, making you scrunch your face up slightly in response. Tommy smiled seeing your reacted to the kiss he placed on your forehead, he stood there of a moment processing what you had just said to him. He watched as you drifted off to sleep, peaceful and oblivious to the way you just made him feel. He hadn’t been complimented on his eyes for a long time, the only and last person to compliment them was his mother. She always loved his eyes and as a boy he hated it, no young boy wants to be called pretty and he would always complain when she brought them up but after he lost her, he found himself longing to hear her say it. but instead, it was you, a persistent woman who he knew had been trying to find a way into his life, he swore he wouldn’t let you; he didn’t want the world he lived in to ruin you, but maybe he needed you to fit it, maybe he needed you to fix him.
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That night was six years ago, five years ago Tommy asked you to be his wife and not long after you were married, you fell pregnant with your first child Charlie, then nearly two years ago you fell pregnant with your second child, your daughter Anna. You never knew the moment Tommy Shelby fell in love with you, you had asked a few times but he usually just shrugged it off, you had always wondered why, it wasn’t until your wedding night that he told you it was when you called his eyes pretty, you were baffled because you didn’t remember telling him that but then he told you the story and you had never felt more shame but you also never knew the impact those five small words had on Tommy. One night while the two of were getting ready for bed he suddenly spoke.
“Do you know the moment I realised I couldn’t live without you?” The question took you by surprise.
“When I told you your eyes were pretty?” You asked, looking at him in the mirror as you brushed your hair.
“No, that’s when I realised I loved you, I’m talking about when I realised my world revolved around you and I vowed to myself to never lose you” He explained as he came up behind you, nuzzling his head into your neck, his wet hair from his bath brushing your cheek.
“No?” you didn’t quite know what to say. He lifted his head from you neck, meeting your eyes in the mirror.
“I went to see a fortune teller” he said simply.
“You did what?” you spun around it your seat to face him, he smiled and grabbed your face in his hands, looking down at you.
“A friend of Polly’s, it was not long after Anna was born, some lowlife gangster had threatened your life and I was having second thoughts on if I was doing the right thing, putting you in danger by loving you and I just needed any kind of advice, I don’t know why I went to her, but I did” He explained.
“What did she say?” you asked, still looking up at him.
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“If I told you that your life was supposed to turn out differently, to change, would you want it to?”
In that moment Tommy saw you, lying in his arms, looking at him with that look of adoration that you only reserve for him, then he thinks of his children, the ones you blessed him with, the way his son smiles at him, how he sees his father as a normal man and not a monster and his precious daughter, how she lights up whenever he is around her, how she cries to him when she’s upset, knowing that her father will always protect her from her fears.
“No” was all Tommy said.
“That is why I won’t read your fortune, there is no point. You’re where you’re supposed to be already, you’re a troubled man and you can’t lose what keeps you grounded”.
Tommy knew she was right, he was scared to lose you but if he pushed you away, he’d lose you anyway, your safest place was with him, he belonged with you and he wasn’t going to let anyone change that, not even himself.
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“She’s a wise woman” You joked, smiling up at him.
“Of course you would think that love” Tommy leaned down, placing a kiss on your forehead before heading over to bed. You finished brushing your hair and joined him.
“I want you to feel safe” You lifted you head from its resting place on his chest and rested your chin there instead, looking up at him.
“I am safe with you” You whispered, looking into those pretty eyes your adored so much.
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laedback-taurus · 2 years
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Holy smokes! Thank you so much for over 1000 notes! I never thought any of my pieces would get over 100 so this is insane, thank you so so much! 💙
What Did You Say?
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Pairing: Tommy Shelby x Fem!Reader Word Count: 1.6k A/n: I’m so sorry that I’ve been MIA lately, work and life have been crazy lately and I haven’t had a spare moment but I’m hopefully back now! I hope this piece is alright. I hope you don’t mind but I changed it from Kimber to a random gangster as I just couldn’t get Kimber’s character right for how I wanted the scenario to pan out, I just couldn’t get a good grasp on him. I also mixed in some wholesome family and dad Tommy.
Request: Hey love, me again. I have a tommy request..again I know. But can you do something where Kimber says something bad about the reader, who's Tommy's wife, and Tommy doesn't put up with it and defends his wife knowing his wife can stand up for herself. You don't have to do it right now. It's just a thought. Much love. 💞
Someone has the nerve to insult Tommy’s wife leaving him with no choice but to defend her. His wife however isn’t overly thrilled to see blood on her husband’s white shirt.
This was one meeting that Tommy was ready to see the end of. Some wannabe gangster was trying to rise up in the ranks but clearing wasn’t ready to, he couldn’t hold Tommy’s attention and he was starting to realise that. Completely disinterested now, Tommy lit a smoke and took a drag before exhaling deeply.
“Am I boring you Tommy?” The man suddenly asked, catching Tommy's attention again.
“I can’t say I’m very interested” Tommy wouldn’t lie. It was obvious that he didn’t care.
“So what do I have to do to keep you interested then Mr Shelby?” The man asked, sarcasm lacing his words.
“Threaten your business?” he tried, Tommy just stared, flicking the end of his cigarette into an ashtray on the desk in front of him.
“Threaten your family? Your brothers here?” He tried again, gesturing to Tommy’s brothers sitting either side of him, still not getting a reaction out Tommy he grew more annoyed, Tommy just kept eye contact while lifting his cigarette to his lips again
“What about your whore?” Tommy paused just before the butt of his cigarette reached his lips.
“What did you just say?” Tommy asked, with an earie calm tone.
“What if I threaten that whore of yours? She can’t be that hard if she married you, reckon she’d give me a good time” At that Tommy simply cleared his throat, straightening up as he placed his cigarette in the ashtray on the desk, his brothers watched him closely. He picked up his whiskey glass, throwing back the last of its contents before throwing it right into the face of the idiot in front of him. Nothing had to be said, Tommy’s brothers leapt into action, wailing on the now cursing man’s goons. Tommy got up and made his way around his desk to the man that had the nerve to insult his wife, he grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and threw him against the wall.
“You want to call the mother of my children a whore? You want to call my wife easy? You have the fucking nerve to insinuate that you’d fuck my wife? Then you face the fucking consequences” He spat, there were few things that make Tommy loose his cool and insulting his woman was number one.
“I’m sorry Mr Shelby, it won’t happen again, we’ll leave quietly” Tommy chuckled at how quickly the cockiness left the man.
“The meetings not over until we come to an agreement, right?” The man didn’t answer Tommy.
“Isn’t that right Arthur?” Tommy called out to his older brother who was throwing back a drink while the goon he attacked was groaning at his feet.
“That’s right Tom” He agreed.
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Your day had been quite a quiet one, you had decided to stay home with your children rather than accompanying Tommy to the office. You had spent most of the day out in the Garden with your son Charlie and your daughter Rose.
You and Tommy had Charlie very early into your marriage, so he had been an only child for 5 years before you feel pregnant with Rose, you had worried through your entire pregnancy at how Charlie was going to react to having a sibling but the moment he met her, all worry you had felt, completely vanished. Tommy had brought him into your bedroom a while after you had given birth, you wanted to wait until your daughter was settled and cleaned up before she met her big brother. Charlie crawled onto the bed and knelt on facing you so he could see his sister.
“Charlie, this is your little sister, Rose” Tommy introduced him as Charlie just continued to stare at her.
“Hello Rose” He reached out slowly and held her little hand in his “I’m your big brother Charlie” He confidently introduced himself, making you and Tommy laugh.
Rose was now just over a year old, and Charlie loved her even more, he was always by her side and always watching out for her. They had a very special bond, and you couldn’t be happier. They had spent the last little while playing in the sitting room while you sat and watched them, Rose wanted to play dolls, so Charlie had to play along. You perked up slightly when you heard the front door open and close quickly signalling that your husband was home which was odd, he wasn’t due home for a while longer.
“Is that you love?” You called out, the only response you received was the sound of his footsteps ascending up the stairs. You immediately knew something was off and called Frances into the room to watch children.
“Is daddy, okay?” Your son asked, looking over at you.
“I’m going to go and see; will you watch your sister for me?” You asked, he liked to feel like her was looking after her even though Frances was there.
“Okay!” at that, you left to find Tommy.
You found him in your bedroom, stripping off his jacket, as he did you saw the blood staining the cuffs of his white shirt.
“Tommy” you sighed, making him turned to you.
“No one is dead” He stated, undoing the buttons of his sleeves.
“Then what on earth happened?” you questioned, he paused for a moment and sighed.
“A cocky idiot I was in a meeting with insulted you” He explained.
“So you beat him up? Tommy that’s no reason t- “He cut you off, obviously still irritated.
“He called you a whore, said you were easy and that you’d show the fucker a good time” You winced slightly, not at Tommy's slight outburst but at the foul man’s words. “He called the mother of my children a whore, I had to take care of him”
“Well I appreciate it Tommy, but do you have to do it so violently?” You already knew the answer, of course it was no.
“How else am I supposed to?” He asked, unbuttoning his stained shirt before slipping it off. Even after years of marriage this man still managed to fluster you and he knew it too. He saw your reaction and smirked, deciding to drop the subject, his beautiful wife was flustered in front of him, and no overconfident fucker could ruin that for him. You noticed his smirk and rolled your eyes.
“I hate you” You breathed out with a laugh.
He hummed and approached you, cupping your cheeks in his cool hands, you noticed that they weren’t stained like his shirt meaning he must have washed them before coming home.
“No you don’t” He smiled before resting his forehead against yours.
“Thank you for defending me Tommy” You whispered.
“Always love” he said before leaning down and catching your lips in a loving kiss. Suddenly there was a small knock on the door followed by a faint voice.
“Daddy?” You heard Charlie call out, you smiled as Tommy quickly made his way to the door at the call of his son, you however quickly picked up Tommy’s stained shirt and hid it away for now. Tommy opened the door and there stood his son, holding his little sister’s hand as they waited patiently for him. Tommy wasted no time in scooping them up and bringing them into the room, making them giggle as he did. He flopped down on the bed with them, and you joined them, it was these moments that Tommy enjoyed most, the valuable little moments where his family seemed like any other, where could forget about everything else and pretend to be a normal loving husband and father. He smiled and he watched Charlie climb off him and over to you, engulfing you in a hug that knocked you onto your back. He laughed before he felt a soft pat on his bare chest, he looked to find his daughter sitting on him and patting his chest softly. She was the one person in his eyes that could rival your beauty, he’d never admit it, but his little girl had him wrapped tightly around her little finger.
“I missed you daddy” She smiled, sitting patting his chest.
“I missed you too sweetheart” He returned her smile.
“You need to stay home more often, okay?” She said with a sudden stern frown on her face, an expression that Tommy found absolutely adorable.
“Yes Ma’am” He laughed, she seemed happy with his answer as she gave him a big smile, one that matched her mothers.
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laedback-taurus · 2 years
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Ack! Not really a question... I just really admire your fics. My mental health has been quite poor lately, and reading anything about Tommy/Peaky Blinders really does something cleansing for my soul, makes it easier to breathe, if even for a moment.
Your writing style hits all the right nerves and heart strings, and I never tire of reading your stories.
Thank you. 😅
Aww thank you so much hun! I’m so sorry to hear about your mental health, I know the struggle well. I’m so glad that my work can give you a little escape and your kind words just warm my heart! 💙
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laedback-taurus · 2 years
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Oh my gosh! This is so incredibly sweet! Thank you so much hun, your kind works mean so much and I’m so so glad you enjoy my work! My heart is full, thank you so much 💙
TOMMY SHELBY MASTERLIST
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His Safe Space / Here
After the shocking week Tommy has had, he just wants to be in the embrace of his wife but first he has to say goodbye a beloved horse and then, in a panic, he has to find her.
Babies and Plotting Death / Here
You've spent most the evening talking about babies. Tommy has spent most of the night plotting a mans death.
The Newest Shelby / Here
Tommy thought that motherhood would change his wife, make you want to be more cautious and maybe even give up your side of the gangster lifestyle. Throughout your pregnancy Tommy saw a more dependant side of you emerge and then after his child was born, he quickly realised that nothing was going to change you and he was glad.
Threats and More Threats / Here
You and Tommy were very close and unknowingly loved each other, one day Tommy just stop communicating and you didn’t know why. Once you found him again you find out the truth about what your father had done so many years ago to keep Tommy away.
Best Present Ever / Here
Tommy confesses to you that he won't be home for the morning of his son's birthday, you're very upset at this but you understand once he surprises both you and your son with a very interesting present.
Hiding His Wife / Here
Tommy tried to hide his wife from his family after the prison incident but accidently lest it slip when he thinks she's in danger
She's Last / Here
"Y/N Shelby" As soon as Luca said your name, Tommy's heart stopped. The thought what that bullet could take from him was too much and the only one that could even slightly calm him down was his wife and son
Just a Cut / Here
You think you've ruined any chance you might have had with your boss but when you get hurt and he patches you up, you discover just how he really feels.
Just Say the Word / Here
Tommy’s night goes from bad to horrible when you enter the Garrison. The sight of you sends him into a rage but he still wanted to be there and comfort you before asking for your permission to kill a man.
Mothers Instinct / Here
Tommy didn’t realise how scared he was of losing you until he almost did, he also didn’t realise the lengths that his wife would go to protect their family.
The Worst Sound / Here
Jealousy causes Tommy to almost lose you and your unborn child, making him realise how much he couldn’t live without you. He decides he needs to do something about that.
Kneel / Here
When you don't return to the betting shop at the end of the day, Tommy begins to panic. When he finds you he's met with a question, you or his pride?
What Did You Say? / Here
Someone has the nerve to insult Tommy’s wife leaving him with no choice but to defend her. His wife however isn’t overly thrilled to see blood on her husband’s white shirt.
Words / Here
When Tommy gets blamed for the death of a young man, it hits him hard and all he needs is the comfort of his wife and children.
Hidden Feelings / Here
After spending years of trying to hide your feelings for Tommy Shelby, your son decides to make the move for you and kickstart your relationship.
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laedback-taurus · 2 years
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Hidden Feelings
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Pairing: Tommy Shelby x Fem!Reader Word Count: 2.4k A/n: Proof read but may have missed a few things as i had to use a different computer and it threw me off a bit. Thank you so much for over 900 notes on my last story, I’m so glad it's being enjoyed!
Request: (Anon) Hi love, hope you’re having a great day! Just dropping by with a request if you’re taking any. Could we get one where reader is a close friend of the family and has a little boy with her deceased fiancé (maybe died in the war?) tommy in particular is close with the 2 (esp reader ;) lol) and one day her son calls him dad in front of everyone? Do what you will with this lol
After spending years of trying to hide your feelings for Tommy Shelby, your son decides to make the move for you and kickstart your relationship.
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Your family had been close friends and allies of the Shelby’s since long before you or the Shelby children were born. You had grown up with the Shelby’s but you had always been closer with the second born, Tommy. Everyone thought you would be closest with Ada considering she was the only Shelby daughter and you were close with her but for some reason you were drawn to Thomas Shelby. As you grew into a woman you began to discover more serious feelings for Tommy, feelings of love and admiration but you never decided to act on them. Your families were close and the last thing you wanted to do was ruin the relationship of you were hurt over rejection, you know your father would pull away from the Shelbys if one of them hurt you. You decided to love him from afar, no matter how much it pained you.
After years of loving only Tommy you decided that if you were not going to act on your feelings then it was time to try and move on. You met a kind and wealthy man, one who loved and adored you, he was sweet and everything a woman could ever want but you still could not get Tommy Shelby out of you heart. You stayed with this man however and get guilty everyday of your relationship, he gave you all of himself but there was a small portion of you that you just couldn’t give him, a small portion that belonged to a blur eyed gangster. You knew it was wrong to let this sweet man love you but he was safe and that was what you needed. A few years later that same sweet and kind man asked you to be his wife, with a smile on your face and guilt in your heart, you said yes.
“He did what?” Ada asked, in complete shock, she was sitting on the couch opposite you in your sitting room.
“He asked me to marry him” You replied quietly, Ada paused for a moment.
“You did what?!” She asked, even more bewildered as she replayed your previous conversation in her head.
“I said yes” You confessed, looking down at the shiny ring on your finger, it was a perfect fit yet it felt conformably tight.
“Why would you do that? You love mother man Y/n, you love my brother, that not fair to James” Your heartache at the sound of his name.
“I do love him Ada” You assured because you did.
“Just not as much” Ada added, you nodded slowly.
“Tommy is off limits Ada, I can't have him and even if I could, he wouldn’t want me so what else am I supposed to do” you said, exacerbated.
“Tommy is not off-limits Y/n and he would want to you, I believe he does” You scoffed at that but she continues “You are the only person that can make his smile reach his eyes, ever since I can remember when you’re around, there's a smile on his face, he cares about you and you need to tell him before you end up hurting James further”
“I can’t” you sighed.
“Yes, you can” She encouraged.
“I’m pregnant” You smoke quietly, your eyes glassing with tears “I can't leave James because I’m carrying his child”
“Oh Y/n” she sighed as she got up and came to sit next to you “It’ll be okay” she reassured.
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It had been two years since the day you announced you were pregnant; your son Henry was one and a half and he was the sweetest little boy. You and James still hadn’t married, every time you decided on a date you just couldn’t do it, so you kept postponing it until one event put it on hold all together, the war. James had been drafted along with the Shelby brothers and you hated the fact that you were more worried for Tommy’s safety.
“Are you sure you don’t just want to just get married this afternoon? It would be just us a quick but at least we would be married” You suggested, watching your fiancé finish packing his bag.
“No, my sweet, when we get married, we are doing it properly, you’re getting the wedding you deserve” He declared with a smile, you didn’t think you deserved a big wedding at all.
“But what if you don’t come back?” You knew it was harsh but you had face reality, he could die out there.
“I will come back Y/n, I will come back to you and Henry and we’ll live out the rest of our lives as a happy family, okay?” He looked at you with a playfully stern look.
“Okay honey” You surrendered, getting up to help him fix the tie of his uniform.
“I will be back” He promised.
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You were sitting at your kitchen table after the news had been delivered, your son was at your mother's house and you were grateful for that because he didn’t need to see his mother in such a state. You were seat at your table, your head in your hands as you sobbed over a letter, a letter that informed you that your fiancé was dead. How were you going to tell Henry? Would he understand? Could you raise him on your own? A million questions were running through your head but one always stood at the front, was Tommy, okay?
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Tommy had been home for a few months now, he was a changed man but they all were, no man that left all those years ago came home. He may have changed but his care for you didn’t, the first place he went when he arrived home was to you.
“I heard about James” he started “I’m so sorry Y/n” the look in his eyes told you that he was being genuine.
“I don't know what I’m going to do Tommy” you confessed. The two of you were sitting in your sitting room, sharing a couch, Tommy was sitting on a slight angle she he could talk to you front on.
“It will be alright, you’ve got us” you looked up at him, his eyes had darkened significantly, the shine was left behind in the tunnels. “You’ve got me”
“How am I going to raise Henry on my own? He was his dads shadow”
“You’re not on your own Y/n, you’ve got support” you watched to of the corner of your eye as. Tommy’s hand gently moved towards yours but before he could do anything you heard a small voice from the doorway.
“Mama?” Your now five-year-old called out, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
“Hey sweetheart, why are you out of bed?” You asked as you got up and approached him.
“I had a bad dream” He confessed in a small voice, Tommy shuffled slightly on the couch behind you, he knew very well what the young boy was going through.
“Well let's get you back to bed a we’ll chase the bad dreams away, okay?” You suggested softly.
“No, daddy used to do that, only he could do it” You could the tears starting to form in your boys' eyes and it broke your heart, you were too busy trying to figure out what to say that you didn’t notice Tommy approaching you both.
“I get nightmare too you know” He confessed as he knelt to meet your son's eye, his confession shocked you for a moment.
“You do?” Henry sniffled
“I do, I get them every night”
“How do you make them stop?” Henry asked, Tommy looked up at you for a moment before turning his attention back to your boy.
“I think about your mother” now that, you weren’t expecting. Tommy thought of you when he had bad dreams?
“About mama?” You could tell that Henry didn’t quite believe it.
“Your mother is very dear to me Henry, so when I think of her, it reminds me of home, I feel safe because I feel safe with her” You wanted to cry, the man that you have never been able to get over just told your son that he feels safe with you.
“Maybe I’ll try that then, mama is home, shell keep me safe from the bad dreams”
“She will, so how about we get you into bed now aye?” Tommy asked, standing up straight again.
“Could you carry me up?” Henry asked with hopeful eyes.
“Oh, Henry don't ask that of Tomm- “You were cut off by Tommy looking at you.
“I don’t mind” He smiled before scooping Henry up and walking him to his room. You couldn’t help but smile at the sight, your little boy had nuzzled his head into Tommy’s neck, you had watch him do it his father many times before but it never gave you the butterflies you had now.
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After that night Tommy came around a lot and you and Henry sent a lot of time at the shop, you would help where you could and Henry would spend the day bothering John and Arthur which Tommy found quite amusing. You had noticed lately that Tommy’s gaze held on you for longer amounts of time, he would take every opportunity to brush his hand with yours and place his hand on the small of you back while standing beside you and Tommy had noticed that you had stopped wearing your engagement ring. He couldn't lie to himself and say that he wasn’t falling for you, deep down he always had loved you but after being at war and living with the thought of never seeing you again, he decided he needed to act, he knew you had loved another and had a child, but he didn't care and he was quite fond of your boy, he was a charming young kid.
It was a normal day at the shop, everyone was finishing up for the evening before heading to the garrison, you didn’t go often but the nights that you did, you would drop Henry off at your parents, the adored him so they didn’t mind. Tonight, was one of these nights where you had planned for your parents to watch Henry. Tommy had just finished for the day and left his office, finding his family and you waiting in the shop.
“Right Tommy, we off?" Arthur asked, ready for a dink after a long day.
“In a minute Arthur” Tommy answered as he approached you, placing his hand on the small of you back like he now always did “Are you coming tonight?” He asked you.
“I am, I just have to drop Henry off at my parents” he told him.
“No, I don’t want to go to granny and gramps” Your son huffed in annoyance.
“It’s just for tonight, Henry, they really want to see you” You reassured him, but he was still upset.
“No!” He cried “I don’t want to”
“Henry” Tommy warned, you had learned that Henry would listen to him when he put a stern voice on.
“I don’t want to daddy” in that moment you felt sick, your son had just called Tommy his father in front of the other Shelby’s and you were mortified. You didn’t waste any time, you didn’t want to see their reactions, you just scooped Henry up and raced out of the shop, you heard Tommy call after you but you couldn’t face him.
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Not long after you arrived home, you put Henry to bed, you would talk to him about it all in the morning, right now you just wanted him to sleep. Just as you shuttle door to his bedroom, a soft knock fell upon your front door. You sighed, knowing it was going to be Tommy. You paused at the door for a more t before opening it and stepping aside so he could come in and he did, he went straight to your sitting room and you shut the door and followed him. He was attending int her middle of the room before he turned to face you.
“I’m so sorry Tommy” you started.
“If he wants to call me that he can” Tommy said suddenly.
“What?” You asked shocked.
“If you want him to call me that he can, if you want me to be a father to him then I want to, I want to be with you and it took me facing death to realise that. I thought of you every day, it is the only thing that got me through and I know you loved James and I am not trying to be him or replace him but I want the chance to love you Y/n, I have wanted the chance since I was a boy but I have always been too afraid” He confessed.
“Tommy” You said as you approached him, stopping when you were just in front of him “You have always had the chance, I have always loved but I have never felt I could love you. I loved James but I never love him the way I do you, when you touch me, I forget how to breathe. You have the chance Tommy, take it” He didn’t need to hear anything else; he cupped your cheeks in his hands and leant down, placing a sweet kiss to your lips. He pulled away for a moment and looked into your eyes and you noticed that the shine in them was back. This time, you grabbed the collar of his jacket and pulled him down into another kiss, this one was filled with years of hidden feelings and admiration, this one was to make up for lost time.
“So, he is my daddy now” a small voice from the doorway called out once again, causing the two of you to pull away and laugh slightly.
“If you’ll give me the chance Henry” Tommy smiled, Henry smiled right back at him.
“Yeah, you make mama happy” and with that, you had your five-year old's approval.
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Hi love, hope you’re having a great day! Just dropping by with a request if you’re taking any. Could we get one where reader is a close friend of the family and has a little boy with her deceased fiancé (maybe died in the war?) tommy in particular is close with the 2 (esp reader ;) lol) and one day her son calls him dad in front of everyone? Do what you will with this lol
Hey Darl! Oooo I love this idea, I’ll get working on it soon! Thanks hun! 💙
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Aww thanks hun! I’m so glad you liked it! 🥰
What Did You Say?
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Pairing: Tommy Shelby x Fem!Reader Word Count: 1.6k A/n: I’m so sorry that I’ve been MIA lately, work and life have been crazy lately and I haven’t had a spare moment but I’m hopefully back now! I hope this piece is alright. I hope you don’t mind but I changed it from Kimber to a random gangster as I just couldn’t get Kimber’s character right for how I wanted the scenario to pan out, I just couldn’t get a good grasp on him. I also mixed in some wholesome family and dad Tommy.
Request: Hey love, me again. I have a tommy request..again I know. But can you do something where Kimber says something bad about the reader, who's Tommy's wife, and Tommy doesn't put up with it and defends his wife knowing his wife can stand up for herself. You don't have to do it right now. It's just a thought. Much love. 💞
Someone has the nerve to insult Tommy’s wife leaving him with no choice but to defend her. His wife however isn’t overly thrilled to see blood on her husband’s white shirt.
This was one meeting that Tommy was ready to see the end of. Some wannabe gangster was trying to rise up in the ranks but clearing wasn’t ready to, he couldn’t hold Tommy’s attention and he was starting to realise that. Completely disinterested now, Tommy lit a smoke and took a drag before exhaling deeply.
“Am I boring you Tommy?” The man suddenly asked, catching Tommy's attention again.
“I can’t say I’m very interested” Tommy wouldn’t lie. It was obvious that he didn’t care.
“So what do I have to do to keep you interested then Mr Shelby?” The man asked, sarcasm lacing his words.
“Threaten your business?” he tried, Tommy just stared, flicking the end of his cigarette into an ashtray on the desk in front of him.
“Threaten your family? Your brothers here?” He tried again, gesturing to Tommy’s brothers sitting either side of him, still not getting a reaction out Tommy he grew more annoyed, Tommy just kept eye contact while lifting his cigarette to his lips again
“What about your whore?” Tommy paused just before the butt of his cigarette reached his lips.
“What did you just say?” Tommy asked, with an earie calm tone.
“What if I threaten that whore of yours? She can’t be that hard if she married you, reckon she’d give me a good time” At that Tommy simply cleared his throat, straightening up as he placed his cigarette in the ashtray on the desk, his brothers watched him closely. He picked up his whiskey glass, throwing back the last of its contents before throwing it right into the face of the idiot in front of him. Nothing had to be said, Tommy’s brothers leapt into action, wailing on the now cursing man’s goons. Tommy got up and made his way around his desk to the man that had the nerve to insult his wife, he grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and threw him against the wall.
“You want to call the mother of my children a whore? You want to call my wife easy? You have the fucking nerve to insinuate that you’d fuck my wife? Then you face the fucking consequences” He spat, there were few things that make Tommy loose his cool and insulting his woman was number one.
“I’m sorry Mr Shelby, it won’t happen again, we’ll leave quietly” Tommy chuckled at how quickly the cockiness left the man.
“The meetings not over until we come to an agreement, right?” The man didn’t answer Tommy.
“Isn’t that right Arthur?” Tommy called out to his older brother who was throwing back a drink while the goon he attacked was groaning at his feet.
“That’s right Tom” He agreed.
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Your day had been quite a quiet one, you had decided to stay home with your children rather than accompanying Tommy to the office. You had spent most of the day out in the Garden with your son Charlie and your daughter Rose.
You and Tommy had Charlie very early into your marriage, so he had been an only child for 5 years before you feel pregnant with Rose, you had worried through your entire pregnancy at how Charlie was going to react to having a sibling but the moment he met her, all worry you had felt, completely vanished. Tommy had brought him into your bedroom a while after you had given birth, you wanted to wait until your daughter was settled and cleaned up before she met her big brother. Charlie crawled onto the bed and knelt on facing you so he could see his sister.
“Charlie, this is your little sister, Rose” Tommy introduced him as Charlie just continued to stare at her.
“Hello Rose” He reached out slowly and held her little hand in his “I’m your big brother Charlie” He confidently introduced himself, making you and Tommy laugh.
Rose was now just over a year old, and Charlie loved her even more, he was always by her side and always watching out for her. They had a very special bond, and you couldn’t be happier. They had spent the last little while playing in the sitting room while you sat and watched them, Rose wanted to play dolls, so Charlie had to play along. You perked up slightly when you heard the front door open and close quickly signalling that your husband was home which was odd, he wasn’t due home for a while longer.
“Is that you love?” You called out, the only response you received was the sound of his footsteps ascending up the stairs. You immediately knew something was off and called Frances into the room to watch children.
“Is daddy, okay?” Your son asked, looking over at you.
“I’m going to go and see; will you watch your sister for me?” You asked, he liked to feel like her was looking after her even though Frances was there.
“Okay!” at that, you left to find Tommy.
You found him in your bedroom, stripping off his jacket, as he did you saw the blood staining the cuffs of his white shirt.
“Tommy” you sighed, making him turned to you.
“No one is dead” He stated, undoing the buttons of his sleeves.
“Then what on earth happened?” you questioned, he paused for a moment and sighed.
“A cocky idiot I was in a meeting with insulted you” He explained.
“So you beat him up? Tommy that’s no reason t- “He cut you off, obviously still irritated.
“He called you a whore, said you were easy and that you’d show the fucker a good time” You winced slightly, not at Tommy's slight outburst but at the foul man’s words. “He called the mother of my children a whore, I had to take care of him”
“Well I appreciate it Tommy, but do you have to do it so violently?” You already knew the answer, of course it was no.
“How else am I supposed to?” He asked, unbuttoning his stained shirt before slipping it off. Even after years of marriage this man still managed to fluster you and he knew it too. He saw your reaction and smirked, deciding to drop the subject, his beautiful wife was flustered in front of him, and no overconfident fucker could ruin that for him. You noticed his smirk and rolled your eyes.
“I hate you” You breathed out with a laugh.
He hummed and approached you, cupping your cheeks in his cool hands, you noticed that they weren’t stained like his shirt meaning he must have washed them before coming home.
“No you don’t” He smiled before resting his forehead against yours.
“Thank you for defending me Tommy” You whispered.
“Always love” he said before leaning down and catching your lips in a loving kiss. Suddenly there was a small knock on the door followed by a faint voice.
“Daddy?” You heard Charlie call out, you smiled as Tommy quickly made his way to the door at the call of his son, you however quickly picked up Tommy’s stained shirt and hid it away for now. Tommy opened the door and there stood his son, holding his little sister’s hand as they waited patiently for him. Tommy wasted no time in scooping them up and bringing them into the room, making them giggle as he did. He flopped down on the bed with them, and you joined them, it was these moments that Tommy enjoyed most, the valuable little moments where his family seemed like any other, where could forget about everything else and pretend to be a normal loving husband and father. He smiled and he watched Charlie climb off him and over to you, engulfing you in a hug that knocked you onto your back. He laughed before he felt a soft pat on his bare chest, he looked to find his daughter sitting on him and patting his chest softly. She was the one person in his eyes that could rival your beauty, he’d never admit it, but his little girl had him wrapped tightly around her little finger.
“I missed you daddy” She smiled, sitting patting his chest.
“I missed you too sweetheart” He returned her smile.
“You need to stay home more often, okay?” She said with a sudden stern frown on her face, an expression that Tommy found absolutely adorable.
“Yes Ma’am” He laughed, she seemed happy with his answer as she gave him a big smile, one that matched her mothers.
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Pairing: Tommy Shelby x Fem!Reader Word Count: 2k A/n: Thank you so much for over 500 followers! I honestly can’t believe it, thank you again! This is roughly proofread as I’m incredibly tired and most likely missed some things,
When Tommy gets blamed for the death of a young man, it hits him hard and all he needs is the comfort of his wife and children.
Words never really effected Tommy Shelby, he’d had some interesting words spoken at and about him over the years, but he was never really phased by the names people would whisper behind his back. He never thought that they would have an effect on him at all, until they were spat in his face after a horrible week.
“What have you done?!” the shriek of a heartbroken mother rang through Tommy’s office.
“What have you done to my baby?” She whispered this time, her voice giving in to the despair in her heart.
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Tommy knew it was his fault, he sent the boy, her son to his death. He didn’t mean to, but he should have known, he should have seen the danger.--Tommy hired a young man, about Finn’s age after he begged Tommy for work, he stated that he’d tried everywhere but no one would take him. Tommy initially declined but the boy persisted, He started rambling about how his father had died in the war and how his sister is gravely ill, and his mother need to look after her, so she couldn’t work, which left him. Tommy couldn’t help but feel a bit sympathetic for the boy so he offered him a small job as a runner, someone who could inconspicuously deliver important messages that Tommy couldn’t trust the mail with or that he just needed passed on quickly. The young man worked for Tommy for a few months before Tommy sent him off on another job, it was meant to be a quick and easy one, but Tommy was so very wrong. The news came back to him quickly that the young messenger had been intercepted and killed for the information Tommy was passing on. They strung the poor boy up as a warning, a warning for what, well Tommy didn’t know yet. Tommy had told his brothers to pass on the dreaded news to his family and that is how Tommy found himself feeling helpless as a devastated mother screamed at him for answers, answers she deserved.
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“I should have been more carefu- “He started but was cut off.
“I told him not to work for you, told him we’d figure something else out, but he refused, said you’d take good care of us, what a load of shit that was” She continued to cry as she spoke, glaring at Tommy, he couldn’t meet her eyes.
“I’m sorr- “he was cut off again.
“Do you have children Mr Shelby?” She asked suddenly.
“I do” he said, finally meeting her eyes, catching the anger and sorrow filling them. He immediately thought of his children, safely at home with you. Home, somewhere that boy would never go again.
“Would you put them in position you put my boy in? Would you send them off to do your dirty work? Would you do to your wife what you’ve done to me? Take her baby away?” She asked, firmly holding eye contact with him, she was a mother full of fury and right now, she wasn’t scared of him. He couldn’t bare to think of losing his children let alone your reaction. Your children meant the world to you, you loved them more than you ever thought you could love something, this also made you extremely protective of them, you wouldn’t hesitate to kill anyone that hurt them, including Tommy.
“No, I wouldn’t” He answered honestly.
“Then why did you do it to my boy? To my family? To me?” She asked, her shoulders slumping in defeat. Tommy couldn’t find an answer and she noticed this, only making her angrier.
“You can’t even pity me with an answer” She laughed, disgusted.
“You���re a monster” She spat before storming out of his office, slamming the door behind her.
Those were the words, the words that finally got to Tommy Shelby.
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You had enjoyed a lovely day with your children, 6-year-old Charlie and 3-year-old Anna. The three of you had spent some time in the garden, you sat under a tree reading while Charlie and Anna ran around playing. Then you spent some time in the stables, Charlie loved Tommy’s horses and just had to go out and see them daily. Anna also liked them but mainly because she liked to play with their manes.
It was now late afternoon and the three of you had set up in the sitting room, the children were playing nicely together while you looked over the guest list for an upcoming event Tommy was planning. The house was lovely and quiet until the front door burst open, welcoming your husband.
“We’re in the sitting room Tommy” You called out, knowing he’d been looking for the three of you. Not long after, he appeared in the doorway, your children instantly lit up at the sight of him.
“You’re home early!” Charlie exclaimed as he ran over to his father, crashing into him and nearly knocking Tommy over.
“That I am” Tommy replied with a smile that you noticed, didn’t quite reach his eyes. Upon noticing this, you placed the guest list aside and watched him as he interacted with your children.
“Daddy!” It was now Anna’s turn to call out to her father.
“There’s my precious girl” He smiled as he approached her and scooped her up, making her giggle with delight.
“I missed you” she said before pressing a gentle kiss to his cheek, then patting his other cheek with her small hand, something she had always liked to do.
“I missed you too my darling, I just couldn’t stay away any longer” He exaggerated before placing her back down, the two children quickly went back to playing with Tommy’s attention turned to you.
“Hello love” he greeted, leaning down to give you a quick kiss.
“What’s wrong?” you asked, with your brow slightly frowned in worry. Of course you would know something was wrong, Tommy was silly to think he could hide this from you.
“It’s uh- “He cut himself off and you noticed his eyes glaze over just slightly. Without hesitation you called for Frances to watch the children before getting up and leading Tommy upstairs to your bedroom. You shut the door and Tommy sat on the edge of the bed, removing his jacket and tossing it aside.
“Talk to me love” You whispered when you reached him, running your fingers through his hair. His hands found their place on your hips, he began to run his fingertips over the seams of your dress.
“I got a boy killed” He admitted, he kept his gaze down, not wanting to look at you.
“What happened?” You asked, you desperately wanted him to look at you, but you wouldn’t pressure him.
“I fucked up is what happened, I wasn’t careful enough and I sent a boy to his death” You felt his hands begin to shake to your sides.
“That’s not your fault Tommy” You assured him, he didn’t know the boy would be hurt and you didn’t know the anger your words filled Tommy with.
“It is my fault!” He looked up at you now and the look on his face made you want to cry. He looked completely defeated.
“I sent him, I thought that he would be fine- fuck!” He pulled his hands off your hips, too disgusted with himself to feel worthy enough to touch you. You went to speak but he kept going.
“He had a sick sister” Your heart dropped “He wanted a job so they he could help her, help his family and I gave him one that took him from them, I took that girls brother away and his mother…” He trailed off, bring his hands to his face and burring it in them for moment before then dragging his hands down his face. He couldn’t get the look in that mothers eyes out of his head.
“I’m a monster” He slumped, his shoulders falling and his hands falling into his lap.
“Oh Tommy” Your heart broke at the sight of your husband, you pulled him into you and as soon as you did, he buried his face in your chest and reach up, his hands gripping the fabric of your dress at your hips.
“You thought you were doing the right thing by helping him, how were you to know it would lead to this? You couldn’t, he knew it was a dangerous job, he went to you himself, but he was desperate to help his family and you gave him the chance when no one else would and I’m sure he was grateful” You tried to flush out the words you knew would be running through that mind of his, you knew that he had been called much worse but today, this just got to him.
“His mother came into my office” He pulled his head from your chest and looked up at you “She asked if I’d do what I did to her child to my own? She asked if I would you put you through what she is going through and the thought alone broke me so how can I even comprehend what she’s feeling” You knew that the thought of your children getting hurt because of him was something Tommy couldn’t bear, he adored his children.
“She is heartbroken and devastated love, she needed to take it out on you, she needed that. Our children are well loved and safe, you don’t need to worry” you were trying to find the right words to say.
“They’re in danger just because they’re mine, because of me they will always be a target” He whispered.
“A monster shouldn’t be a father” You couldn’t bare it anymore, that comment and the pain in his voice broke you, tears spilled down your cheeks as you cupped his.
“Don’t say that” You whispered “Don’t you ever say that Thomas, your children think the world of you, they ask me all day when you’ll be home, they wait by the door every evening to greet you when you come home, just to see you before they go to bed, Charlie always talks about how he wants to ride horses just like his father and I know that because of your love, Anna will never settle for anything less than what her father has shown her. I am forever grateful to you for making me a mother and a mother of such beautiful children, and they are beautiful because they are ours, they are as much of you as they are of me. So please don’t ever say you shouldn’t be a father because those children out there wouldn’t change you for the world” You both waited in silence for a moment, tears were silently falling down your cheeks and you saw similar tears forming in Tommy’s eyes.
“I’m sorry Y/n” He didn’t know what he was apologising for in particular, maybe everything.
“It’s alright love” You held him for a moment before speaking again “Maybe you could offer to help out his family? I know money doesn’t fix everything but if you could help save her daughter, maybe that would help” You suggested softly, and he nodded slowly.
“I’ll arrange it tomorrow, see if I can pay for funeral arrangements as well” You could tell by the tone of his voice that he was think straight again, he was looking forward.
“that’s a good idea” you leant down and caught his lips in a sweet kiss.
It was in this moment that Tommy realised that the only words that will ever matter were yours, you would always drown out the whispers of others, the names and the blame. The only words he cared about where that of his wife, the mother of his children.
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Omg I love your Tommy Shelby fics so so much!!! I get so excited every time I see you’ve posted🥰 I appreciate you❤️
Ahhh! Thank you so much that’s so sweet! That means so so much! 💙
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Hey, I just wanted to let you know how much I love your peaky blinders fics! You’re one of my favourite authors🥰
Awww thank you so much darl! That means a lot! 💙
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Pairing: Tommy Shelby x Fem!Reader Word Count: 1.6k A/n: I’m so sorry that I’ve been MIA lately, work and life have been crazy lately and I haven’t had a spare moment but I’m hopefully back now! I hope this piece is alright. I hope you don’t mind but I changed it from Kimber to a random gangster as I just couldn’t get Kimber’s character right for how I wanted the scenario to pan out, I just couldn’t get a good grasp on him. I also mixed in some wholesome family and dad Tommy.
Request: Hey love, me again. I have a tommy request..again I know. But can you do something where Kimber says something bad about the reader, who's Tommy's wife, and Tommy doesn't put up with it and defends his wife knowing his wife can stand up for herself. You don't have to do it right now. It's just a thought. Much love. 💞
Someone has the nerve to insult Tommy’s wife leaving him with no choice but to defend her. His wife however isn’t overly thrilled to see blood on her husband’s white shirt.
This was one meeting that Tommy was ready to see the end of. Some wannabe gangster was trying to rise up in the ranks but clearing wasn’t ready to, he couldn’t hold Tommy’s attention and he was starting to realise that. Completely disinterested now, Tommy lit a smoke and took a drag before exhaling deeply.
“Am I boring you Tommy?” The man suddenly asked, catching Tommy's attention again.
“I can’t say I’m very interested” Tommy wouldn’t lie. It was obvious that he didn’t care.
“So what do I have to do to keep you interested then Mr Shelby?” The man asked, sarcasm lacing his words.
“Threaten your business?” he tried, Tommy just stared, flicking the end of his cigarette into an ashtray on the desk in front of him.
“Threaten your family? Your brothers here?” He tried again, gesturing to Tommy’s brothers sitting either side of him, still not getting a reaction out Tommy he grew more annoyed, Tommy just kept eye contact while lifting his cigarette to his lips again
“What about your whore?” Tommy paused just before the butt of his cigarette reached his lips.
“What did you just say?” Tommy asked, with an earie calm tone.
“What if I threaten that whore of yours? She can’t be that hard if she married you, reckon she’d give me a good time” At that Tommy simply cleared his throat, straightening up as he placed his cigarette in the ashtray on the desk, his brothers watched him closely. He picked up his whiskey glass, throwing back the last of its contents before throwing it right into the face of the idiot in front of him. Nothing had to be said, Tommy’s brothers leapt into action, wailing on the now cursing man’s goons. Tommy got up and made his way around his desk to the man that had the nerve to insult his wife, he grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and threw him against the wall.
“You want to call the mother of my children a whore? You want to call my wife easy? You have the fucking nerve to insinuate that you’d fuck my wife? Then you face the fucking consequences” He spat, there were few things that make Tommy loose his cool and insulting his woman was number one.
“I’m sorry Mr Shelby, it won’t happen again, we’ll leave quietly” Tommy chuckled at how quickly the cockiness left the man.
“The meetings not over until we come to an agreement, right?” The man didn’t answer Tommy.
“Isn’t that right Arthur?” Tommy called out to his older brother who was throwing back a drink while the goon he attacked was groaning at his feet.
“That’s right Tom” He agreed.
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Your day had been quite a quiet one, you had decided to stay home with your children rather than accompanying Tommy to the office. You had spent most of the day out in the Garden with your son Charlie and your daughter Rose.
You and Tommy had Charlie very early into your marriage, so he had been an only child for 5 years before you feel pregnant with Rose, you had worried through your entire pregnancy at how Charlie was going to react to having a sibling but the moment he met her, all worry you had felt, completely vanished. Tommy had brought him into your bedroom a while after you had given birth, you wanted to wait until your daughter was settled and cleaned up before she met her big brother. Charlie crawled onto the bed and knelt on facing you so he could see his sister.
“Charlie, this is your little sister, Rose” Tommy introduced him as Charlie just continued to stare at her.
“Hello Rose” He reached out slowly and held her little hand in his “I’m your big brother Charlie” He confidently introduced himself, making you and Tommy laugh.
Rose was now just over a year old, and Charlie loved her even more, he was always by her side and always watching out for her. They had a very special bond, and you couldn’t be happier. They had spent the last little while playing in the sitting room while you sat and watched them, Rose wanted to play dolls, so Charlie had to play along. You perked up slightly when you heard the front door open and close quickly signalling that your husband was home which was odd, he wasn’t due home for a while longer.
“Is that you love?” You called out, the only response you received was the sound of his footsteps ascending up the stairs. You immediately knew something was off and called Frances into the room to watch children.
“Is daddy, okay?” Your son asked, looking over at you.
“I’m going to go and see; will you watch your sister for me?” You asked, he liked to feel like her was looking after her even though Frances was there.
“Okay!” at that, you left to find Tommy.
You found him in your bedroom, stripping off his jacket, as he did you saw the blood staining the cuffs of his white shirt.
“Tommy” you sighed, making him turned to you.
“No one is dead” He stated, undoing the buttons of his sleeves.
“Then what on earth happened?” you questioned, he paused for a moment and sighed.
“A cocky idiot I was in a meeting with insulted you” He explained.
“So you beat him up? Tommy that’s no reason t- “He cut you off, obviously still irritated.
“He called you a whore, said you were easy and that you’d show the fucker a good time” You winced slightly, not at Tommy's slight outburst but at the foul man’s words. “He called the mother of my children a whore, I had to take care of him”
“Well I appreciate it Tommy, but do you have to do it so violently?” You already knew the answer, of course it was no.
“How else am I supposed to?” He asked, unbuttoning his stained shirt before slipping it off. Even after years of marriage this man still managed to fluster you and he knew it too. He saw your reaction and smirked, deciding to drop the subject, his beautiful wife was flustered in front of him, and no overconfident fucker could ruin that for him. You noticed his smirk and rolled your eyes.
“I hate you” You breathed out with a laugh.
He hummed and approached you, cupping your cheeks in his cool hands, you noticed that they weren’t stained like his shirt meaning he must have washed them before coming home.
“No you don’t” He smiled before resting his forehead against yours.
“Thank you for defending me Tommy” You whispered.
“Always love” he said before leaning down and catching your lips in a loving kiss. Suddenly there was a small knock on the door followed by a faint voice.
“Daddy?” You heard Charlie call out, you smiled as Tommy quickly made his way to the door at the call of his son, you however quickly picked up Tommy’s stained shirt and hid it away for now. Tommy opened the door and there stood his son, holding his little sister’s hand as they waited patiently for him. Tommy wasted no time in scooping them up and bringing them into the room, making them giggle as he did. He flopped down on the bed with them, and you joined them, it was these moments that Tommy enjoyed most, the valuable little moments where his family seemed like any other, where could forget about everything else and pretend to be a normal loving husband and father. He smiled and he watched Charlie climb off him and over to you, engulfing you in a hug that knocked you onto your back. He laughed before he felt a soft pat on his bare chest, he looked to find his daughter sitting on him and patting his chest softly. She was the one person in his eyes that could rival your beauty, he’d never admit it, but his little girl had him wrapped tightly around her little finger.
“I missed you daddy” She smiled, sitting patting his chest.
“I missed you too sweetheart” He returned her smile.
“You need to stay home more often, okay?” She said with a sudden stern frown on her face, an expression that Tommy found absolutely adorable.
“Yes Ma’am” He laughed, she seemed happy with his answer as she gave him a big smile, one that matched her mothers.
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laedback-taurus · 2 years
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I thought the same thing after I wrote it 😂
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Pairing: Tommy Shelby x Fem!Reader Word Count: 2101 Warning: Mentions of guns A/n: I finally got over my writer’s block! I have just not been motivated and really haven’t felt good about my work lately, but I’ve finally gotten this out and I’m so sorry it took so long @/bee03 (won’t let me tag you for some reason) thank you so much for the request and for being so patient.
Request: Hi lovely! I have a Tommy request. So I was thinking back to when Klaus had knelt down for Haley when Lucien had her in The Originals. And I was wondering if you could possibly do that same scene. Maybe like Tommy has always loved the reader and it took time for the reader to fall in love with him. And the reader is the only woman that Tommy listens to and is soft for. And his enemy (could be Kimber or Changretta or someone) figured that out and got a hold of the reader to fuck with Tommy and made him kneel down. Idk lol. But yeah that's all! Appreciate it 💞
When you don't return to the betting shop at the end of the day, Tommy begins to panic. When he finds you he's met with a question, you or his pride?
Many people believed that the only woman who could even attempt to tell Tommy Shelby what to do was his Aunt Polly but that wasn’t the case. Y/n L/n was the only woman who Tommy would listen to, he’d drop everything to give her his full attention, he was smitten with the woman, but you were somehow oblivious. You couldn’t deny that Tommy was a handsome man, he was gorgeous but gorgeous men like him go for rich and classy women, not their childhood friends from Small Heath. So you vowed to not catch feelings for the blue-eyed gangster, you were content being his friend and a friend of the family, that would have to be enough for you. You were so focused on not falling for Tommy that you didn’t notice him falling for you. You didn’t notice to long glances, the sweet smiles, the warning look he’d give other men that even looked your way, you didn’t notice any of it, until you had a gun pointed at your head.
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The day started out like any other, you were working your desk at the betting shop, checking in on Tommy occasionally to make sure he was taking breaks and running errands for the Shelby’s when needed. You had just finished your work at your desk when Polly approached you.
“Hello Polly” You greeted with a sweet smile.
“Hello darling” She greeted you in return. Unlike you polly wasn’t oblivious to her nephews’ feelings, she knew he was mad for you and she’d be lying if she said she didn’t approve of you.
“What can I do for you?” You asked, assuming she had a job for you.
“Tommy has asked for this letter to be delivered Charlie at the yard, something to do with horses and that May woman, she’s coming to town, but Tommy wants her be careful with the Changretta situation we have going on” She explained, handing you the letter.
“Of course, I’ll take it right away” you said, taking the letter from her grasp.
“Get one of the boys to drive you, it’ll give them something to do” She offered, but you shock your head as you pulled your coat on.
“I think I’ll walk thanks Polly, I’ve been sat behind this desk for hours, a good walk will do me good” You smiled before making your exit.
“Be careful” She called out after you.
“I will” You called out in reply.
As you exited onto the street, you slipped the letter for Charlie into the pocket of your coat and started on your walk. It was a decent way, but you knew a few short cuts that would help cut off some time. The majority of your walk was quiet and calming, you loved a nice stroll after been cooped up for hours, but that all changed when you turned the corner to your last short cut, it was through a back alleyway that you had walked many times before, without a care in the world you started strolling down the alley when a silhouette of a man stepped into the light at the other end, you believed he was facing your direction but you couldn’t quite see his face. Immediately you felt uneasy and quickly opted to leave the alley and go the long way around. You went to back away before turning when your back bumped into a solid surface, you froze, and your eyes grew wide.
“The boss would like to meet you” an Italian accent spoke, before you could say anything, a hand roughly clamped over you mouth an other wrapped around your waist.
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Tommy had finally finished after a long day, he got up from his chair and stretched before leaving his office. In the betting shop he found Arthur and aunt finishing their own work for the day. Tommy looked over to your desk to find you weren’t there. He knew Polly had sent you to deliver a letter to Charlie’s yard but that had been hours ago, that’s when he noticed your bag still tucked under your desk.
“Hey Poll” he started, catching her attention.
“Yes Tommy?” She prompted him to continue.
“Has Y/n returned yet? She left hours ago, and her bag is still here” He couldn’t help the uneasy feeling bubbling in his stomach.
“She decided to walk but she still would have been back by now” Polly noted.
“You let her walk there? With the threat on our family?” Tommy was trying to stay calm, but Poly could see the growing worry in his eyes.
“She wanted to walk so let her, have Arthur go and check Charlie’s yard” She suggested, he quickly turned to his brothers.
“Arthur” He addressed his brother, making him look over at Tommy “We’re going to Charlie’s yard” He stated, shrugging his coat over his shoulders.
“Why? What’s happened Tommy?” Arthur asked.
“Y/n hasn’t come back from there yet” He nodded and followed Tommy out of shop without another question.
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You had always tried to deny your growing feelings for Tommy, push them aside and ignore them completely but the truth was that they were there. It definitely took a while for them to develop, they had started to surface for the first time when Tommy returned from war, it was something about seeing him again that made your heart flutter but then he met Grace and you pushed them far down again, brushed them off as just admiration, just friendship but a small part of you knew they weren’t. After Grace’s death you kept those feelings very firmly down, the last thing he needed right now was you falling in love with him, but a crack began to form in the cage you had locked them in when he came to you one night seeking your comfort from his raging mind. You sat up with him till the early hours of the morning, most of that time was spent in silence but it was a comfortable one, one you thought you could get used to. That small crack began to run over the next few months, and it wasn’t until this moment, when you were surrounded by Tommy’s enemies that you finally unlocked the cage. You wanted Tommy to come for you, you wanted the man you had slowly come to love, to save you.
Tommy on other hand never denied his feeling for you, he was simply good at hiding them, he knew how he felt about you but no one else did, no one else but Polly. To anyone else he just seemed like a good friend that would always look out for you but really that was Tommy keeping other men away. Tommy truly didn’t know how you felt, you were kind to him, but you always had been, as far back as he could remember, like when you would run to him when he fell or stick up for him whenever anyone picked on him, you always protected him but as you grew, he began to take on the protector role. However right now, he felt like he’s failed that role, he feels he’s failed at protecting the woman he loves, and he can’t stand the idea. The whole way to Charlie’s yard he can’t stop thinking about what could have happened to you, his mind immediately going to worst, and he hated the thought of any of it. He couldn’t stop his hands from shaking, only you could do that.
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As the brothers entered Charlie’s yard Tommy immediately noticed the absence of Charlie and Curly as well as how quiet it was. He was about to walked further into the yard when a voice stopped him.
“Tommy” Your voice was small and scared, the sound alone made Tommy’s heart ache but when he turned the sight before him made it stop entirely for a moment. Luca Changretta stood in his uncle’s yard with a gun point the temple of the woman he loved. The way you looked at him made him want to kill the man immediately, but he couldn’t risk your safety and he couldn’t tear his eyes away from the scared look in yours.
“What are you proving by killing her, it’s me you want” Tommy asked, finally looking at the man behind you, a man who Tommy believed deserved a bullet between his eyes.
“Was I not clear when I had John killed?” Luca started, you let out a soft sob at the thought of John, would you end up like your dear friend? “I don’t care who dies, but since you do, indulge me” he said, clicking off the safety of the gun pressed against you heard making you jump slightly. Tommy’s hands began to tremble now, he couldn’t lose you like this, he couldn’t lose you at all.
“And I just might spare the woman that holds your heart” His words made you look up at Tommy who was looking right back at you, you didn’t believe Luca in the slightest and Tommy could tell.
“Kneel” Luca commanded, Tommy just stared at him now “Get on your knees” He snarled out, grabbing you neck with his free hand, squeezing slightly but not hard enough stop your ability to breathe you but enough to make you choke and to scare Tommy even more.
“I can feel her heart pounding” He stated, making Tommy look away, he couldn’t bare the scene, this action annoyed Luca “Do you really want to measure your pride against my mercy?” Tommy looked back at Luca staring him down, the sounds of your soft choking filled the tense air, you thought this would be it, Tommy wouldn’t kneel for a woman he didn’t love, he couldn’t risk anyone thinking he was weak. But your eyes widened, and all doubt left you when he locked eyes with you and began to kneel, he wouldn’t kneel for Luca, but he would kneel for you. One thing Luca had managed to forget was the presence of the eldest Shelby brother who vowed to avenge his little brother’s death. Luca didn’t notice Arthur approach him from the side, shooting him immediately. You screamed at the sound, feeling the presence of Luca leave you and quickly be replaced with the presence of Tommy. He pulled you to him and you clung to him, burying your face in his chest.
“Are you hurt?” He asked concerned, pulling away from you to check you over but before he could get a reply you reached up and cupped his cheeks, pulling him down to meet you in a passionate kiss. The man that you had been repressing your feelings for had just knelt before his enemy to save your life, you thought that Tommy wouldn’t return your feelings but that act and the fact he was currently pouring all his love and admiration for you into a simple kiss, changed your mind completely.
“You threw away your pride for me?” You asked softly after you pulled away. Tommy cupped your cheeks, rubbing his thumb gently over them
“I have no pride when it come to you” He whispered, making you smile at him, a smile he is so glad he can still see.
“That is not what I had in mind when I thought about kneeling for you” He confessed.
“You’ll get another chance” You smiled.
“With a question at the end, not a murder” He assured you, you laughed and took his hands from your cheeks, holding them in yours, they weren’t shaking anymore.
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Pairing: Tommy Shelby x Fem!Reader Word Count: 2.1k Warning: Mentions of guns A/n: I finally got over my writer’s block! I have just not been motivated and really haven’t felt good about my work lately, but I’ve finally gotten this out and I’m so sorry it took so long @/bee03 (won’t let me tag you for some reason) thank you so much for the request and for being so patient.
Request: Hi lovely! I have a Tommy request. So I was thinking back to when Klaus had knelt down for Haley when Lucien had her in The Originals. And I was wondering if you could possibly do that same scene. Maybe like Tommy has always loved the reader and it took time for the reader to fall in love with him. And the reader is the only woman that Tommy listens to and is soft for. And his enemy (could be Kimber or Changretta or someone) figured that out and got a hold of the reader to fuck with Tommy and made him kneel down. Idk lol. But yeah that's all! Appreciate it 💞
When you don't return to the betting shop at the end of the day, Tommy begins to panic. When he finds you he's met with a question, you or his pride?
Many people believed that the only woman who could even attempt to tell Tommy Shelby what to do was his Aunt Polly but that wasn’t the case. Y/n L/n was the only woman who Tommy would listen to, he’d drop everything to give her his full attention, he was smitten with the woman, but you were somehow oblivious. You couldn’t deny that Tommy was a handsome man, he was gorgeous but gorgeous men like him go for rich and classy women, not their childhood friends from Small Heath. So you vowed to not catch feelings for the blue-eyed gangster, you were content being his friend and a friend of the family, that would have to be enough for you. You were so focused on not falling for Tommy that you didn’t notice him falling for you. You didn’t notice to long glances, the sweet smiles, the warning look he’d give other men that even looked your way, you didn’t notice any of it, until you had a gun pointed at your head.
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The day started out like any other, you were working your desk at the betting shop, checking in on Tommy occasionally to make sure he was taking breaks and running errands for the Shelby’s when needed. You had just finished your work at your desk when Polly approached you.
“Hello Polly” You greeted with a sweet smile.
“Hello darling” She greeted you in return. Unlike you polly wasn’t oblivious to her nephews’ feelings, she knew he was mad for you and she’d be lying if she said she didn’t approve of you.
“What can I do for you?” You asked, assuming she had a job for you.
“Tommy has asked for this letter to be delivered Charlie at the yard, something to do with horses and that May woman, she’s coming to town, but Tommy wants her be careful with the Changretta situation we have going on” She explained, handing you the letter.
“Of course, I’ll take it right away” you said, taking the letter from her grasp.
“Get one of the boys to drive you, it’ll give them something to do” She offered, but you shock your head as you pulled your coat on.
“I think I’ll walk thanks Polly, I’ve been sat behind this desk for hours, a good walk will do me good” You smiled before making your exit.
“Be careful” She called out after you.
“I will” You called out in reply.
As you exited onto the street, you slipped the letter for Charlie into the pocket of your coat and started on your walk. It was a decent way, but you knew a few short cuts that would help cut off some time. The majority of your walk was quiet and calming, you loved a nice stroll after been cooped up for hours, but that all changed when you turned the corner to your last short cut, it was through a back alleyway that you had walked many times before, without a care in the world you started strolling down the alley when a silhouette of a man stepped into the light at the other end, you believed he was facing your direction but you couldn’t quite see his face. Immediately you felt uneasy and quickly opted to leave the alley and go the long way around. You went to back away before turning when your back bumped into a solid surface, you froze, and your eyes grew wide.
“The boss would like to meet you” an Italian accent spoke, before you could say anything, a hand roughly clamped over you mouth an other wrapped around your waist.
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Tommy had finally finished after a long day, he got up from his chair and stretched before leaving his office. In the betting shop he found Arthur and aunt finishing their own work for the day. Tommy looked over to your desk to find you weren’t there. He knew Polly had sent you to deliver a letter to Charlie’s yard but that had been hours ago, that’s when he noticed your bag still tucked under your desk.
“Hey Poll” he started, catching her attention.
“Yes Tommy?” She prompted him to continue.
“Has Y/n returned yet? She left hours ago, and her bag is still here” He couldn’t help the uneasy feeling bubbling in his stomach.
“She decided to walk but she still would have been back by now” Polly noted.
“You let her walk there? With the threat on our family?” Tommy was trying to stay calm, but Poly could see the growing worry in his eyes.
“She wanted to walk so let her, have Arthur go and check Charlie’s yard” She suggested, he quickly turned to his brothers.
“Arthur” He addressed his brother, making him look over at Tommy “We’re going to Charlie’s yard” He stated, shrugging his coat over his shoulders.
“Why? What’s happened Tommy?” Arthur asked.
“Y/n hasn’t come back from there yet” He nodded and followed Tommy out of shop without another question.
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You had always tried to deny your growing feelings for Tommy, push them aside and ignore them completely but the truth was that they were there. It definitely took a while for them to develop, they had started to surface for the first time when Tommy returned from war, it was something about seeing him again that made your heart flutter but then he met Grace and you pushed them far down again, brushed them off as just admiration, just friendship but a small part of you knew they weren’t. After Grace’s death you kept those feelings very firmly down, the last thing he needed right now was you falling in love with him, but a crack began to form in the cage you had locked them in when he came to you one night seeking your comfort from his raging mind. You sat up with him till the early hours of the morning, most of that time was spent in silence but it was a comfortable one, one you thought you could get used to. That small crack began to run over the next few months, and it wasn’t until this moment, when you were surrounded by Tommy’s enemies that you finally unlocked the cage. You wanted Tommy to come for you, you wanted the man you had slowly come to love, to save you.
Tommy on other hand never denied his feeling for you, he was simply good at hiding them, he knew how he felt about you but no one else did, no one else but Polly. To anyone else he just seemed like a good friend that would always look out for you but really that was Tommy keeping other men away. Tommy truly didn’t know how you felt, you were kind to him, but you always had been, as far back as he could remember, like when you would run to him when he fell or stick up for him whenever anyone picked on him, you always protected him but as you grew, he began to take on the protector role. However right now, he felt like he’s failed that role, he feels he’s failed at protecting the woman he loves, and he can’t stand the idea. The whole way to Charlie’s yard he can’t stop thinking about what could have happened to you, his mind immediately going to worst, and he hated the thought of any of it. He couldn’t stop his hands from shaking, only you could do that.
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As the brothers entered Charlie’s yard Tommy immediately noticed the absence of Charlie and Curly as well as how quiet it was. He was about to walked further into the yard when a voice stopped him.
“Tommy” Your voice was small and scared, the sound alone made Tommy’s heart ache but when he turned the sight before him made it stop entirely for a moment. Luca Changretta stood in his uncle’s yard with a gun point the temple of the woman he loved. The way you looked at him made him want to kill the man immediately, but he couldn’t risk your safety and he couldn’t tear his eyes away from the scared look in yours.
“What are you proving by killing her, it’s me you want” Tommy asked, finally looking at the man behind you, a man who Tommy believed deserved a bullet between his eyes.
“Was I not clear when I had John killed?” Luca started, you let out a soft sob at the thought of John, would you end up like your dear friend? “I don’t care who dies, but since you do, indulge me” he said, clicking off the safety of the gun pressed against you heard making you jump slightly. Tommy���s hands began to tremble now, he couldn’t lose you like this, he couldn’t lose you at all.
“And I just might spare the woman that holds your heart” His words made you look up at Tommy who was looking right back at you, you didn’t believe Luca in the slightest and Tommy could tell.
“Kneel” Luca commanded, Tommy just stared at him now “Get on your knees” He snarled out, grabbing you neck with his free hand, squeezing slightly but not hard enough stop your ability to breathe you but enough to make you choke and to scare Tommy even more.
“I can feel her heart pounding” He stated, making Tommy look away, he couldn’t bare the scene, this action annoyed Luca “Do you really want to measure your pride against my mercy?” Tommy looked back at Luca staring him down, the sounds of your soft choking filled the tense air, you thought this would be it, Tommy wouldn’t kneel for a woman he didn’t love, he couldn’t risk anyone thinking he was weak. But your eyes widened, and all doubt left you when he locked eyes with you and began to kneel, he wouldn’t kneel for Luca, but he would kneel for you. One thing Luca had managed to forget was the presence of the eldest Shelby brother who vowed to avenge his little brother’s death. Luca didn’t notice Arthur approach him from the side, shooting him immediately. You screamed at the sound, feeling the presence of Luca leave you and quickly be replaced with the presence of Tommy. He pulled you to him and you clung to him, burying your face in his chest.
“Are you hurt?” He asked concerned, pulling away from you to check you over but before he could get a reply you reached up and cupped his cheeks, pulling him down to meet you in a passionate kiss. The man that you had been repressing your feelings for had just knelt before his enemy to save your life, you thought that Tommy wouldn’t return your feelings but that act and the fact he was currently pouring all his love and admiration for you into a simple kiss, changed your mind completely.
“You threw away your pride for me?” You asked softly after you pulled away. Tommy cupped your cheeks, rubbing his thumb gently over them
“I have no pride when it come to you” He whispered, making you smile at him, a smile he is so glad he can still see.
“That is not what I had in mind when I thought about kneeling for you” He confessed.
“You’ll get another chance” You smiled.
“With a question at the end, not a murder” He assured you, you laughed and took his hands from your cheeks, holding them in yours, they weren’t shaking anymore.
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laedback-taurus · 2 years
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Hey love, me again. I have a tommy request..again I know. But can you do something where Kimber says something bad about the reader, who's Tommy's wife, and Tommy doesn't put up with it and defends his wife knowing his wife can stand up for herself. You don't have to do it right now. It's just a thought. Much love. 💞
Hey Darl, so sorry I haven’t done you previous request yet! I have started it but I’ve had a lot going on and just haven’t had the motivation to write but I’m slowly getting it done. I’ll definitely give this request a go as well because I love it! 💙💙
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laedback-taurus · 2 years
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Hi lovely! I have a Tommy request. So I was thinking back to when Klaus had knelt down for Haley when Lucien had her in The Originals. And I was wondering if you could possibly do that same scene. Maybe like Tommy has always loved the reader and it took time for the reader to fall in love with him. And the reader is the only woman that Tommy listens to and is soft for. And his enemy (could be Kimber or Changretta or someone) figured that out and got a hold of the reader to fuck with Tommy and made him kneel down. Idk lol. But yeah that's all! Appreciate it 💞
Ooo! I love this idea!! I haven’t seen the originals but I’ll watch the scene! Thank you for your request, I had run out of ideas so this is perfect timing 💙💙
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laedback-taurus · 2 years
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no u don’t understand *just* found ur account and i am MADE UP😍😍😍😍 can’t wait to read ur work😊😊💘💘💘💘
Awh! Thank you so much hun!! Your kind words mean a lot! 💙💙
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laedback-taurus · 2 years
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Pairing: Tommy Shelby x Fem!Reader Word Count: 3.6k Warning: mentions of a gun attack A/n: This is longest piece I’ve written , I just couldn’t stop. It’s roughly proofread so sorry for any mistakes! Thank you so much Anon for requesting this, I really enjoyed writing it and I hope I did your request justice!
Request: Hiya! I have a tommy request! The reader and Grace don't like each other, simply because tommy and the reader have been dating since before the war and is now 4 months pregnant. The moment the reader steps foot outside the betting shop Grace shoots her. Tommy panics and doesn't want to leave her side, not even when the doctors tell him the reader is in good hands. Please end it in tons of fluff. Also baby lives and is perfectly fine. Thank you <3. Also I love your stories and the way you write! Absolutely love your page! 💞
Jealousy causes Tommy to almost lose you and your unborn child, making him realise how much he couldn’t live without you. He decides he needs to do something about that.
No woman had ever been a threat to you before, you knew Tommy loved you dearly and only had eyes for you, but one barmaid planted a tiny seed of doubt in your head, and you didn’t like it one bit. You and Tommy had been together for a long time, before that you had been friends as teenagers. You fell for him straight away, however it took Tommy a little bit longer to fall for you, but when he did, he fell hard. Before the war he was an extremely romantic young man, he didn’t mind showing his love for you in public, he wanted everyone to know that he believed he had the most beautiful woman in Birmingham by his side. After the war, his love didn’t waiver, but he became more of a private man, everyone still knew you were his but there were some people he worked with that he didn’t want to know, and when you fell pregnant, Tommy's need to protect you doubled, it wasn’t just you he had to worry about now.
You hadn’t been with Tommy the first time he met Grace, in fact it took quite a while for you to be introduced to her, something else that didn’t help your growing doubt. You hated that you felt this way, you knew Tommy loved you and your unborn child, he was thrilled when you told him you were expecting, there was a light in his eyes that you had never seen before. Over time you found yourself going to the Garrison more often with Tommy, you only really went if the Shelby women were but you just couldn’t shake the odd feeling you had about the new barmaid, you knew what the look she gave Tommy meant, it was same look you held for him, one of love and admiration, but she had no right to look at him that way and so carelessly at that. You also hadn’t missed the looks she would give you; they were the same look you reserved for her, one of hatred and jealousy.
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It had been a busy day at the betting shop, you had called in a few times to see if anyone needed you to fetch them anything like lunch, you would normally be working with them, but Tommy refused to let you work while carrying his child.
“Afternoon Poll” You greeted Polly as you approached her desk, she looked up and gave you an amused smile.
“You just can’t stay away can you Y/n?” She teased.
“I’m trying Poll but I’m just so restless, I’m used to working, not sitting around waiting for Tommy to come home” You sighed dramatically making her laugh.
“Enjoy it while you can darling, you’ll have a babe to look after soon then you’ll have no free time at all” She pointed out, you knew she was right but being at home was lonely, at least here you had company.
“You back already Y/n?” Arthur asked as he approached you both, John just behind him.
“You were just here weren’t ya?” John pointed out with an amused smile.
“I just can’t stay away from you boys for too long, I go mad” You joked, making them laugh “I just popped in to see if anyone needed anything” You explained.
“You’re too kind to us” John pointed out, draping his arm over your shoulder.
“I think we’re alright y/n, but maybe go check on Tommy, he hasn’t had to best day” Arthur suggested.
“Maybe a visit from you will lift his spirits” Polly added, they just wanted you to improve Tommy’s mood, so they didn’t have to deal with him.
“I’ll see what I can do” You laughed, leaving John’s grasp, making your way to Tommy’s office. You knocked lightly before inviting yourself in. As you entered Tommy looked up with an annoyed expression until he realised it was you, he immediately relaxed at just the sight of you.
“Tough day love?” You asked as you approached his desk.
“Something like that, I don’t think I’m going to be home till late” He sighed, you have to admit, that upset you slightly, but you could tell by the state of his desk that he still had a lot of work to do.
“Can I help at all?” You offered, perhaps you could take some of his workload for him.
“Thank you love but it’s all documents that I have to read and sign, I don’t know where you’d be able to help” He craned his neck back after he spoke, visibly tense and sore from sitting over his desk all day, if you couldn’t help him with work maybe you could help him relax a bit. You made your way around his desk, he watched you as you walked behind his chair, disappearing from his view. He was about to question what you were doing when he felt your soft touch on his shoulders, slowly massaging his tense muscles. He sighed as he shoulders dropped slightly, almost instantly relaxing at your touch. You had always been able to calm him with a single touch, the effect you had on him became present after he had returned from war, the only way Tommy could sleep without those dreadful nightmares was if he were in your arms, you were his anchor, and he would drift away without you. After a short while, Tommy spun his chair to the side, pulling you around to face him, you stood in front of him, hands now playing with the collar of his white shirt. One of his hands travelled down to you bump that had just started to show through your clothes, he placed his hand atop it and caressed the spot gently with his thumb. He was already smitten with the child and he hadn’t even met it yet.
“What do you think it will be?” He asked suddenly.
“I haven’t really thought about it, I suppose I don’t mind” You suggested.
“I will love it either way, but I think I want a boy” He confessed, making you smile, it was like a Shelby tradition to carry a boy at this point.
“We could always ask Polly” You suggested, Polly had confirmed your pregnancy, she had asked you then if you wanted to know what you were having but you wanted to decide that with Tommy first.
“Maybe we will” He was able to pull you down for a kiss when there was a knock on his door.
“Come in” He called and stood up; his hand that once rested on your belly was now secured around your waist as you both faced the door. It opened slightly and in walked Grace herself to ruin a lovely moment between the two of you.
“Good evening, Tommy, I hope I’m not interrupting” You knew that was a lie, she couldn’t care less if she did.
“You are” You stated, staring her down as you did.
“Is it important Grace?” Tommy asked, he noticed your change in demeanour and knew he wanted Grace out for causing it, he wouldn’t have his woman stressed while carrying his child.
“I was hoping to talk with you in private” she said, looking over to you with her last word.
“Then you can schedule a time with Lizzy to do so” He stated simply.
“But I really do need to speak with you Tom” She nearly pleaded, making you quietly roll your eyes.
“It’s Tommy” you said simply, she chose to ignore you which only annoyed you further.
“Does she always speak for you?” She asked Tommy harshly.
“No but if my woman wants you to leave then you need to leave” He excused her but yet she stayed.
“I don’t care what she wants, I need to speak with you” her tone was firmer now but so was Tommy’s.
“Leave Grace” he warned, she sighed in defeat but turned to leave, not without shooting you one last dirty look. When the door shut behind her Tommy instantly sighed in annoyance, letting go of you and dropping into his chair.
“On that note” you began “I’m going to head off before I explode, do you need anything? Want me to bring you something for dinner?” You asked, you needed something to distract you from the anger boiling in your gut.
“No thank you love, I’ll just see you when I get home aye” He smiled, pulling out a smoke and lighting it, he didn’t bother offering you one, knowing that you believed it wasn’t good for the baby.
“Okay love” You turned to leave but were immediately stopped.
“Hey, do I not get a goodbye? You might be asleep when I get home” He pointed out, exhaling a cloud of smoke. You approached him again, leaning down you place a sweet kiss upon his lips, so sweet that you had him chasing your lips when you pulled away. He might be one of the scariest men in Birmingham but he was love stricken boy when it came to you.
“I’ll try and wait up” You stated, making your way to his office door.
“Please don’t love” He called out before you shut the door behind you. You made a quick stop to Polly’s desk before you left.
“I saw her” She spoke before you even got a chance “What did she want?” she asked, looking up from her work.
“To talk to Tommy alone, who knows why” You rolled your eyes, still visually annoyed.
“She’s and odd woman, going after at taken man, a father at that” She motioned to your belly.
“Speaking of the baby, we were wondering if you could tell us the gender?” You asked deciding to change the subject before your anger resurfaced.
“Of course darling, I can come around tomorrow and tell you both” she said, not bothering to hide her excitement, why wouldn’t she be excited, it was Tommy’s first child after all.
“Sounds perfect, I better be off before Tommy tells me off for not resting” you joked, and she waved you off with a smile.
As you exited the betting shop you noticed Grace standing by the door, you were about to ask her what she was doing when she pulled a gun out, pointing it directly at you. All you could think about was your baby when she pulled the trigger and all you could think about was Tommy when you hit the stone ground in front of the betting shop, watching Grace retreat with blurred vision.
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Tommy had heard many gunshots in his life, he’d heard too many in the war and still hears many to his day, most of the time he’s the one firing the gun but for some reason this gunshot caused Tommy breath to hitch, it was close, awfully close and you had just left the shop. Without a second of hesitation he raced out of his office and into the shop, Polly and his brothers stood, looking at him for direction but he had no time for them. He ran across the shop to front door and flung it open, what he saw caused his heart to stop for a moment. The mother of his unborn child was lying on the dirty stone ground in a small pool of blood, that he prayed wasn’t yours. He collapsed beside you, immediately noticing how you held your stomach in a protective manner. He gently rolled your over, so you were in his arms, you were still conscious but barely. His ears were ringing but he could make out the sound of Polly shouting for someone to call for help. All he could do was hold you, mumbling over and over again, begging you not to leave him. His chest hurt and his eyes burned but he kept them on you, watching as your eyes slowly closed, they held contact with his until the very last moment when you lost consciousness. Tommy was so fixated on you that he didn’t realise that help had arrived. Arthur was the one that tried to pull Tommy away from you, causing him to instantly panic.
“Get the fuck off me” He yelled, pulling away from his brother, clutching your body closer to his, your blood seeping into his shirt. He was too frantic to even figure out where you were bleeding.
“Tommy, come on, you have to let them help her” Polly explained gently, tears rolling quietly down her cheeks.
“I’m not leaving her” Tommy whispered, tears softly rolling down his own cheeks now “I’m not leaving them” he continued, referring to you and your child.
“She’s in good hands Tom, they both are, the doctors can help if you just let them” Arthur placed his hand on his brother’s shoulder. Tommy seemed to have a moment of clarity, his brother was right, Tommy couldn’t help you both, so he had trust someone else to, he leant down and placed a soft kiss to your hot forehead before letting you go and collapsing back against Arthur. All he could do was watch as some men he didn’t know took you away from him.
Tommy and the Shelby family waited at the hospital for hours, the shop had closed, mainly because all of them wanted to be there for you but the other reason was the entrance was now a crime scene. Polly had a pretty decent idea who had done it, she had put the pieces together almost immediately, but she spoke none of it to Tommy, right now he needed to be there for you, not off killing barmaids, she knew he too would figure it out eventually, when you were safe, and his head was clear.
The only update they had received so far was that you had been shot in the shoulder, the bullet had passed through, meaning that was better for you, not having to fish a bullet out. It also meant that the coppers should find it at the scene making finding the shooter easier.
“Thomas Shelby?” a nurse called out, making Tommy immediately stand up straight from his spot leaning on the wall.
“Yes?” Tommy asked, the nurse spotted him and made her way over, Polly noted the small smile on her face.
“Ms L/n, made it through her procedure just fine, she should be waking up shortly, then you can go and see her” She smiled at him, everyone let out a sigh of relief, Tommy felt like weight had been lifted, you were alright and you’d be waking up soon but just as quickly as that weight had lifted, it crashed back down again, she hadn’t mentioned the baby.
“What about the baby” Tommy asked, his family collectively tensing again, worried for the unborn Shelby.
“The baby is fine” for the first time in hours, Tommy sat, he had been pacing and standing the entire time, unable to rest for a moment until he knew his little family was safe. “She will need to come in again in a few weeks just for some checks, but we will talk more on that when she’s awake, I’ll come back when she’s awake” She excused herself.
“Thank god she’s alright Tom, your baby too” Arthur sighed, relieved.
“His son” Polly stated, making everyone look at her
“What?” Tommy whispered.
“Your son is alright Tommy, a healthy, strong Shelby boy, tough as nails they are” She smiled at him.
“You know it’s a boy?” John asked his aunt.
“I’ve always known, she carries like she’s growing a boy, she has the cravings off a boy pregnancy, and I had feel of her breast one night when she fell asleep on my couch” She confessed.
“Poll! You groped my girl?” Tommy laughed, finally about to relax a bit.
“I told her about it after, she didn’t mind” She shrugged making the boys laugh.
“Anyway, I’ll call Ada and update her, she’s been worried sick” Polly said as she grabbed her bag and made her way out of the room.
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You were having a lovely dream about a little family you had made with Tommy, in your dream Tommy, yourself and your children where sitting in a green field, you laid against Tommy as your children ran around squealing with joy, suddenly your son ran up to you gave you a big smile.
“It’s time to go back mummy, daddy needs you” He spoke softly.
You woke with a start, you attempted to sit up but the pain in your shoulder kept you in your lying position.
“Ah you’re awake Ms L/n” you didn’t notice the nurse standing beside your bed until she spoke.
“Where’s Tommy?” You asked, voice croaky.
“I’ll go and fetch him for you” She smiled, scurrying out of the room. After a moment, your hands instinctively rested on your stomach, a numbing feeling of worry took over you as you thought about your baby, were they alright? You didn’t feel any different but that could just be your body protecting you. What would Tommy say if you lost the baby, would he leave you. You found yourself fighting the urge to curl into ball and mere thought of Tommy leaving you. No, Tommy wouldn’t leave you over this, he wouldn’t leave you when you needed him most, because you didn’t leave him when he needed you.
Just as you calmed down, the door to your room opened quickly, not forcefully but not careful either and there he stood. You noticed how his once white shirt was now stained with what you presumed to be your blood; you could tell that he hadn’t had an ounce of sleep in God knows how long.
“Hello love” As soon as those words left your lips he rushed over to you, taking the hand of your not injured arm. He said nothing as he leant down, placing a gently kiss to your forehead, he lingered there for a moment as if making sure you were really there, the tremble of his lips didn’t go unnoticed by you, he had been terrified.
“Tommy, please tell me-“ He cut you off almost immediately by moving his lips from your forehead to your lips, catching them in a sweet kiss, you could feel all of his sadness, worry and relief.
“He’s okay” He whispered as he pulled away, resting his forehead against yours “Our boy is okay”
“Boy?” You whispered, your own lip quivering now.
“It’s a Shelby boy” He smiled “Polly told me” You returned his smile and closed your eyes in content. A boy, a strong Shelby boy.
“And a Shelby boy,” Tommy started, making you open your eyes to look at him “needs a Shelby woman to keep him in line”
“What do you mean Tommy?”
“Will you take my name?” He asked, letting go of your hand and placing his on your stomach “Will you take our name?”
“Of course Tommy” You didn’t even have to think about it, you’ve loved this man since you were a young girl, he was your first love, the father of your child, of course you’d be his wife.
“Tommy” You started, your tone changing to one of nervousness, making him sit back and observe you “About who did this”
“I know who did it, it wasn’t hard to figure out who” He pointed out.
“Just let her go Tommy, let her leave town, I may hate her, but I don’t want her blood on my hands” You looked at him with a pleading look in your eyes.
“If that’s what you want love” He sighed, obviously annoyed at your plea.
“It is, I need you now more than ever” That was true, you did need him, and he knew that, it was a miracle that you were still here, and Tommy needed to cherish that.
“You’re right, there are more important things I need to do” He smiled, taking your hand again “I need to look after my wife”
“Your wife” You mused “I do like the sound of that”
“So do I love” He lifted your hand and placed a soft kiss to your knuckles.
“My husband” you tried, a sweet smile formed on your lips, a smile Tommy loved so much, a smile he would be able to see for years to come and has so glad that he can.
All Tommy could do was return your smile, after the war he never thought that you’d stay with him, he thought he’d scare you off, but you were stubborn and in love, you refused to leave him, and he’ll be grateful for that as long as he lives. He swore in that moment to get you and your boy out of Small Heath, his wife deserved the best and that’s what he’d give you, he’ll spend the rest of his life treating you how you deserve.
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