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Reddish mane | Arthur Shelby

A/N:Hey I just wanted to say that I'm new to this and it's my first OS and what better than to do it from Arthur!

(Internal shouting)

I appreciate you guys taking the time to read this.♡♡♡

•English is my second language

You were running across the lawn on a weekday mid afternoon the first time he saw you. The weather was warm something very unusual in old Birmingham,your hair previously braided patiently by your mother was already fluttering wildly in the wind with some mud soaking into it,The flowers you had picked that morning were in her little hands somewhat dirty from playing and leaning on the dry grass.

The Shelby brothers were coming home with bruised faces after going to school, Arthur had gotten into a fight trying to defend Tommy from a boy bigger than them.

Clearly he had lost this time but he was proud to at least leave a little blood on his expensive clothes.

The conversation between them had stopped when they were interrupted by thunderous laughter coming from the crowd.

He moved a little closer to the place where all that racket was heard, then his gaze was diverted to a burst of fire that passed in front of him.

It wasn't fire at all, it was a tangle of hair he had never seen in his life,its Natural reddish color so vibrant that contrasted with its orange ripples made it look like they were moving of their own accord,as the girl ran her hair disarmed those precious ripples only to have them soon after return to their place in a continuous action.

It was almost mesmerizing to him.

The pirate hat that adorned his head was strange,it was worn from the years it must have been and the constant uses it was put to.

"That's right,we're almost ashore!" She exclaimed loudly extending his hand around his eyes as if it were an invisible spyglass.

Arthur bowed his head as he took in the scene "Strange girl" he thought.

Tommy ran towards her to introduce himself, seeing this the older Shelby brother felt a pang of jealousy to see them talking so confidently despite having met only a short time ago, he decided to walk back to resume his walk but stopped when called by his brother and turned around to watch him approach being followed by the girl.

Two blue eyes were watching him, a blue so beautiful that it reminded him of the ocean itself, his red-haired eyebrows were also slightly furrowed and finally he saw his freckles, thousands of them decorated his face.

Tommy elbowed him and he reacted by starting to introduce himself in front of the fire-haired girl.

"I'm Arthur" he said extending his hand hoping she would accept and return his greeting.

"I'm (Y/N)" she said accepting his hand cautiously trying to remember some of the lessons on how to behave and be a lady that her mother had put so much effort and dedication into but had predictably fallen asleep in the seat after playing for hours away from home.

Arthur smiled as he watched the pirate's hat fall down covering her eyes because of how big it was, he delicately released his hands still clasped together to shyly move a little closer to her taking the tips of his worn hat and raising it back up to his head exposing those completely beautiful eyes that stared back at him.

He cleared his throat taking a step back returning to the upright posture he had before.

"We've never seen you around here before" Tommy spoke after an awkward silence from everyone.

"I'm not from here I uhm we moved in together with nana a little while ago."

With unusual encouragement the Shelby brothers returned home,as they opened the door revealing a smoking Polly reading the newspaper and John eating a cookie, Thomas Yelled drawing everyone's attention;

"We met a girl today and Arthur fell in love with her!" said the boy noticeably emosionated.

"That's not true!" Arthur panicked trying to hide the crimson pink color that was creeping up his neck to his cheeks.

Polly listened intently to the boy talk about how they met her on their way home and added at length how her older brother was speechless when he saw her, his brothers started to scoff at his inexperience talking to girls but immediately shut up as they received an annoyed look from their aunt, she approached Arthur who was still standing by the side of the door with a kind smile.

"Aunt Polly I-

Polly laughed at her little nephew's babbling, soothing the situation she invited them to tea and cookies and they all made their way to sit down at the table. But before Arthur could even take a step she approached him and whispered "I want to meet her" watching him fiddle with the buttons of his coat and nodding his head.

The next day as they walked boredly to school Arthur told them to go on their way without him, his brothers didn't find it strange as he was an expert at skipping classes on a daily basis.

He decided to try his luck and went back the same way as yesterday finding (Y/N) standing on the trunk of an old oak tree extending your hand in the air like a sword, she hid behind some tall grasses watching you dance and jump, unconsciously her gaze traveled to the reddish hair that fluttered wildly.

She was different from the other girls brought up to be perfect in every way (Y/N) she was like a dream, a fantasy from which he prayed he would never be awakened, from the short time he knew her he deduced that she was fearless, even though you couldn't even reach her shoulder he didn't rule out that if someone insulted you you would fearlessly jump in and confront them.

Arthur stepped backwards stepping on a branch on the ground making it creak thunderously, (Y/N) she gave a startled jump making her left foot wobble on the hollow wood ending up on the ground in a loud thud.

The Shelby quickly came out of hiding approaching the girl on the ground extending her hand to help her get back on her feet.

"Thank you" she whispered after a moment of silence,her voice as sweet as honey was intoxicating to his ears.

"It was nothing" he replied with a hesitant smile.

From that moment on Arthur Shelby and her were completely inseparable,people who knew them got used to the fact that if they saw the boy (Y/N) he must not have been too far from there,she was by his side at all times supporting him and he did too,they were both there they were his safe place the one person they could count on no matter what.

Arthur was a loner before meeting him, a difficult temperament that no one could get to understand as he closed himself in his own bubble keeping everyone away for days, except for (Y/N), she was the only one who let him in and kept him with one foot in reality.

Entering adolescence, the boy's attachment became a pure and sincere crush on the red-haired girl, the boys of Small Heat began to pay attention to her, making Arthur's nerves grow as he feared that (Y/N) would abandon him completely when he realized that you could have something better than him, but she would always remind him that she would never leave.

For her part (Y/N)'s feelings grew with the same intentionality as he did but she was afraid that Arthur would only see her as a little sister condemning their friendship to be shipwrecked, she tried to make her feelings for her best friend change by focusing her attention on some boy in the area not knowing that Arthur's heart would break the times she had knocked on his door being answered by her grandmother apologizing because a boy had arrived hours ago to invite her to dinner.

He was there too when she was crying on his shoulder lamenting not being prettier like the girls in the magazines.

"If I became prettier do you think he would like me?"

Shelby's anger increased as he heard how (Y/N) was afraid to talk to a boy since he knew how a young girl had been cruelly rejected by the damn bastard, he tried to restrain himself he really tried but he couldn't hold back years of feelings for her any longer.

"Stop crying for him (Y/N) he's just a fucker who doesn't know how lucky he is, besides,Tell me what do you see in that idiot?" he asked.

She made a shoulder shake "I thought he was nice".

"Yeah, right" He said sarcastically, letting out a bitter laugh.

"I don't understand why it bothers you so much" she said standing up again.

"Because I love you,Damn it!" shouted Arthur making her eyes widen in surprise.

Neither of them knew what to say after that, (Y/N) she still didn't finish processing all the words accurately but when she did she let out a giggle, the Shelby already standing just watched her not being able to understand why she was acting like that.

"For God's sake, we're complete idiots Arthur Shelby" she said as she slowly approached him.

"Why do you say that-?" he managed to reply completely flustered by her approach,but being silenced as he was kissed by (Y/N).

He awkwardly continued the kiss taking it to a soft rhythm making both of their hearts beat faster as the other could hear their heartbeats.

"I love you too" she said as the kiss ended.

Arthur smiled in a way he had never smiled before, he was completely happy.

He took her by the waist lifting her up and starting to turn on his feet listening to the girl's laughter in the background.

After that loving confession both became inseparable, more than before, being able to formalize their feelings by asking to be his girlfriend some time later.

Everything was rosy until one afternoon while you were learning to knit with a hook with Polly, the letter carrier knocked on the door and was opened by (Y/N) who received the mail with a warm smile, the smile that was a typical symbol in her was erased when she read with Aunt Polly the call to the Shelby Brothers to join the ranks in France.

They both cried hugging each other for hours having for the boys' lives, she didn't want Arthur to go to that bloodshed but there was not much she could do as the weeks passed in the blink of an eye and it was time to say goodbye at the train station that would take the soldiers to France.

Arthur almost missed the train that morning as he didn't want to take off from (Y/N), she didn't want to say goodbye to him either but they had to sooner or later.

So she managed to get him to go quietly by handing him the ring the Shelby had given him days before they were drafted.

"(Y/N) What are you doing-?"

"Listen,You'll give it back to me when you get back...can you promise me?" she told him showing confidence even though going inside she was trembling with fear.

"I promise," he said looking into her eyes.

Those again beautiful eyes that only had their sight on him.At that moment he thought of the first time he saw her,her hair red as burning fire covered by the old pirate hat that was his father's as a child and her Thousands of freckles,which would take years to count if he set his mind to it but that task would be completely worth it if it was about her.

He never took off the ring hanging on a chain around his neck, the picture he had of her tucked in his uniform pocket at chest level, the constant letters they sent to each other reassuring them that the other was well and his silent promise to her before he got on that train that he would return to her, those were the only things that kept him sane until the war ended.

As he stepped off the train he fell to his knees at her feet (Y/N) wrapping his legs in an embrace, whispering that he would never leave her side again.

When he regained his composure, he kissed her effusively as he had not been able to do for so long, unhooked the ring from her neck and proposed to her for the second time, listening to the cheers of joy from his family and strangers at the train station.

The people who saw them continued to be amazed at the existence of a strength and a love as great as theirs, which lasted for a long time.