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1. The kindest of kisses break the hardest of hearts by down_by_the_river

   Fandoms: Peaky Blinders (TV)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   01 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Tommy Shelby/Original Female Character(s)
   • The Shelby Family (Peaky Blinders) & Reader
   • The Shelby Family (Peaky Blinders) & Original Female Character(s)
   • Tommy Shelby
   • Arthur Shelby
   • John Shelby
   • Polly Gray
   • Ada Shelby
   • Original Characters
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Happy Ending
   • Inspired By Peaky Blinders
   • Mentioned Grace Burgess
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • Romance
   • Tags May Change
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • I Wrote This While Listening to Hozier's Music
   • I Wrote This While Listening to Florence + the Machine
   • Greta Jurossi mentioned
   • Attempted Sexual Assault

   Summary

   !Begins at the start of season 1!

   Tommy Shelby needs help with something that's become quite a big issue for him recently, upon Polly's suggestion he goes and visits a certain family. The Cortesi's - one of the most prolific crime families in England. The deal is risky but when has Tommy ever cared about that. However what will happen when Tommy ends up liking the daughter of his new business partner more than he thought he would?

   (I'm horrible at writing summaries please spare me some grace and the title comes from a Florence and The Machine song)

   Language:

   English

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   20,410

   Chapters:

   7/?

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