#zablife housekeeping

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I hope my followers will understand I must ✨ bless and release✨ the fics I'm unable to write this year. It's not that any of these suggestions were lacking, only my ability to imagine them. The asks will be posted soon for other writers to view. Sometimes sharing an idea with the fandom sparks collaboration and I look fwd to seeing what my talented moots might do with the inspo!

[evita-shelby]

Hunt

prequel to Chase and sequel to Stay

cw: implied sex, mentions of racism, intrusive fans, secret relationships, after effects of a bad break up. idk what else

@justrainandcoffee @zablife @mischievouslittlecreature @call-sign-shark @thegreatdragonfruta

He has never cared to be serious about any woman in his life, not the girl he had been arranged to marry before he seized his chance to leave Canton nor any woman that he took to his bed.

And yet Brilliant finds himself ruminating over the witch’s words.

Exclusive devotion.

One woman for the rest of his life in exchange for the entire universe.

Billy had meant it when he called Shelby a fool for not taking such a good deal.

The businessman then does something he’s never really done before: he sends the chorus girl away without fucking her. Before morning word on the street was that Brilliant Chang, the so-called Dope King, is off the market.

The girls do not give up, why would they when it could be any of them that he’s singled out for this next part of his life? They throw themselves at him even harder, hoping they are the one and the driving themselves mad to know who the lucky woman was.

And so the hunt for this mystery woman began.

The people in his entourage knew, but nothing could ever get them to reveal the identity of the woman who had captured his heart before he had even known it. It was a good game, to see how long until the fanatics hounding him would piece the puzzle together and solve it.

“Why are you so sure they won’t tell?” Eva asks sprawled over his chest as they celebrate the new development in their relationship by lounging in bed all day. The housekeeper had been surprised to learn Brilliant’s mystery woman had stayed the night and had hidden her disdain when he paid her for her silence when she brought them breakfast.

He would get a new place, hire the right help and stop the dirty looks he gets for fucking his woman in every way he wants. Billy had never considered settling down even at his thirty-five years.

It was high time he moves from a bachelor’s apartment and into one for a family. Eva rented her own home, paid with her own money, but Billy wanted to start this new chapter in their lives properly.

“They trained with a Shaolin Master just as I did. It would take more than a few wild girls to get them to break.” He answered with a smirk before pinning her under him for a post breakfast indulgence.

Chang Chan Nan could have made it as a fortune as a fighter had he not had a knack for business. The witch had seen him spar a few times in his dojo, mastering new forms from a master from Japan with ease.

Eva gets as wet as the Thames from watching him thrash his opponents, if she didn’t have her array of potions to help them, they wouldn’t be able to carry on like this.

“Sometimes I wish we didn’t have to hide it.” The witch admits in between kisses. She is as insatiable as him, compatible in ways that make the rest of the women he’s been with forgettable and dull.

“I want to enjoy being with you without the whole world harassing us every moment of the day for a little longer.” Chan Nan has never desired peace until this fucking year.

He liked the attention when he was the smooth-talking refined entrepreneur, but now he is the wicked chink seducing white girls into ‘white slavery’.

Eva had some notoriety, the rumors of sleeping with the Prince of Wales had been true and her status as the divorcee providing consulting services for things of this world and the next paled in comparison to his. She’s never been accused of murder, even her former fiancé’s suicide is framed on his father for ordering her execution.

“Please, if you didn’t run for the hills the moment you learned Tommy Shelby was my husband, what makes you think I would run the moment the whole of England learns I took you off the market?” she uses his real name to show how much she means it. “I am far stronger than you give me credit for, Chan Nan.”

He never uses his Chinese name with his women, and then Eva convinced him to tell her his name and teach her how to pronounce it correctly. She has never gotten it wrong.

“I know, it’s one of the many things Ilove about you, Evita.” Billy in turn calls her Evita, he doesn’t feel comfortable calling her Evie as that is what Tommy Shelby continues to call her. Just as he doesn’t feel comfortable in her townhouse even if Shelby doesn’t actually own it.

“Mhm, what else do you love about me?” the witch loves him, and he loves her. The words do not slip easily from their tongues as it would’ve been had they met before Shelby broke her heart, but they have and the wait had been worth it.

“Why speak when I can show you?”

It is always a chore to leave.

Carefully and through the service entrance of the home so no one can get hide nor hair of the mystery woman who’s making an honest man out of Billy Chang.

His driver would take her to Billy’s office where she’d take a cab home or to wherever her client would meet her. The only people they encounter are the housekeeper and her son who acts as a footman and even valet for the guests.

Even she had not seen the rabid young woman with the portable camera. By evening Eva and Billy are on every tabloid from London to Acapulco.

By evening she is subjected to another screaming match with her ex-husband. It always ends the same way these days.

“I could make you happy, just like you wanted me to.” His eyes are glassy from the tears he refuses to shed.

He is heartbroken, just as she was and just as Lucy was when she decided that she needed time away from Small Heath to find herself. Perhaps the thing Eva loathes of their situation is that while they have a rught to feel what they feel it is still a fucking nuisance to deal with them.

“You say that now, but the moment Lucy returns I would lose you again.” Eva reminds him, knows well enough that they would be in a worse bind than the first time around. As tempting as it was, Eva had a real chance at happiness now and she wasn’t going to squander it for a man who will only make her unhappy. “The three of us would be miserable, I would be your bitter wife who hates the two of you, you would hate me for keeping you from her and she would hate me for the woman I would become because of you.”

She could make him forget her and ensure she has that picture perfect life she saw in Brighton. Eva knows the words and the ingredients for the tonic, in fact, she nearly did when he finally gave up looking for Lucy and came on his knees to beg for her forgiveness. But she is not that sort of person, to bind him to her like that would remove his free will and make him her puppet.

“You wouldn’t lose me, not this time, I promise you.” Tommy hates being alone, cannot sleep at night without a warm body in his bed to remind him the war is over. “I will not have other women, no whores no Lucy, no one else but you.”

The words she had wanted to hear the day he told her he loved her and wanted to marry her. Too bad they came too late for them.

“But you will always want Lucy, and I will never be enough for you. I need a husband who has no space for anyone else in his heart or his bed.” If she sounds resentful of him telling her exactly what the witch once wanted to hear, it is because she is. She has every right to be, just as Lucy deserves to be angry at Tommy for putting them in this situation in the first place.

But Lucy never went against him, it was the one thing Eva can actually say she hates about the woman. A woman as free and as independent as Eva will always look absolute loyalty like that as a defect in the person. They may be friends, have some in common, but deep down they would never work.

Eva has never lied to Tommy. He knows that when he fucks up she will tell him even if it hurts and should their son or Finn or any member of their families is put in danger because of him, she will turn on him and he will regret ever making her do that.

Tommy Shelby knows not to push her to her limits, even he barely knows what she is truly capable of.

“And is Chang that man?” he responds in like, anger that now he is the one not enough for him,

Good. Now he knows how she felt every second of their marriage.

“Yes. I do not know if will be, but chances are he could be that man.” Eva loves Billy, the man he is with her, the man who treats her as his equal and does not try to constrain her in any way because his family does not find it proper she be as involved as she needs to be.

She is more herself with him than she was those scant months she was with Tommy and Lucy.

The Shelbys had their heart in the right place ---most of the time--- but they had the tendency to think her as Tommy’s wife and not their equal. Esme has no place at the table even if she is the reason the Lees are in their corner and manages the Betting Shop as good as Polly does.

Don’t even get her started at how well the family took their divorce.

They blamed Lucy for staying even if Tommy was the one who asked her to stay in the first place. They blamed Eva for being ‘too weak’ to handle having a disloyal husband and letting him have Lucy live with him and continue working for him. They blamed Tommy for allowing both women to leave and not force them to endure their awful words any longer.

Eva had refused to set foot in Small Heath even after the necessary apologies had been made, she won’t unless she has to. Too many people are not minding their own business in this world.

“I can’t let you go.” Not you too, he means to say.

“But you must. You are my soulmate in other lifetimes, just not this one, Tom. You have to let me go.

Just as I have.”

If only her words had not fallen on deaf ears.

Not that Tommy will succeed in ruining her new love, not when Eva’s willing to brave the world for Brilliant Chang.

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Lovely moots, I'm getting behind on my reading bc I've had a burst of inspo so I'll be writing this weekend. Pls know I'll return to commenting next week.

@peakyswritings, @look-at-the-soul, @darklydeliciousdesires, @mischievouslittlecreature, @brummiereader

@lunarubra, @mrsalwayswrite

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I'm Back!

I had the most incredible holiday, but it's good to be home settling in again. I'll slowly be answering messages and catching up on all the amazing work I missed. Tysm for the kind notes I've yet to respond to esp on my "accidental series" Now You Know the Truth. I'm working on the last part to it now along with another chapter to my ongoing series Partners in Crime! Looking forward to interacting with everyone again. I've missed you 💕

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Zablife WIP Update

Hi lovelies, I have one Corrupt a Wish fic to write (for Ada and Tommy) then I'm moving on to other WIPs (see below). I'd love to hear what you'd like to read next or any general encouragement bc I'm lacking sufficient motivation atm 😫 Sending positive energy to my other writer moots who are also in need of some love ✨💗

→ Dark!Bonnie enraged by the decision to throw a fight

→Part 3 of Ada series Green Gloves

→Providing Tommy an heir

→Tommy's music festival romance

→Troy inspired Tommy fic

→Holiday movie themed Tommy fic (taking suggestions for the film!!)

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✈ Hiatus

I'll be traveling until the beginning of March with little free time to check in. I've set up a queue so I don't disappear from your dash completely tho! And I hope you'll continue to tag me in your fics, GIFs and anything else you think I'd enjoy. Love and light ✨

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3K will likely coincide with my 3 yr anniversary here. How should we celebrate??

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Hi, I'm Lee! I'm an adult who enjoys reading and writing fanfiction in my spare time. Sometimes that includes dark themes or nsfw. Please read all warnings carefully.

Characters I write for can be found on my Masterlist . Fandoms include: Peaky Blinders, The Bikeriders, Top Gun Maverick, The Last of Us and The Bear.

My requests are currently CLOSED. When open, I respond if you're polite and follow a few simple rules:

‣ MDNI (I block blank and ageless blogs)

‣ I reserve the right to decline any request

‣ Tell me if you've sent the request to another writer

‣ Comment and reblog fics you enjoy!!

I do not give consent for my work to be copied, translated or posted on any platform, including Tumblr.

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Tagging Issues

It's come to my attention that tagging might not be working for me?!?! 😫 If you've missed some of my recent work I'm posting it again here.

A Night Like Tonight Tommy Shelby x gf

Partners in Crime - New part added A Small Favor John Shelby & Solomons sister reader

Now You Know the Truth- New Part 5 and Part 6 added Tommy Shelby x wife reader

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Zablife Update

Quick post to let all my beloved Peaky/Cillian moots know I haven't lost my mind, I'm just a bit distracted atm with a new fixation so I've not been reading or commenting on your work as usual. I would apologize for all the Bikeriders spam, but it's actually lovely to feel so inspired again, along with discovering new writers whose work makes me positively giddy.

With that being said, I'll be slowing down after next week bc I'm gainfully employed once again! So for anyone bored of me, don't worry you'll be seeing less. It's actually a good thing tho as I get my life back on track, happier and healthier (60 days and counting, Yay me!)

Last bit of housekeeping, I know there are at least 3 requests to finish for my 2.5K celly and I promise to return to them soon! If you'd like to catch up on what I've already posted, you can read them here. Love and light ✨

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Hey lovelies, taking an unexpected break to do some adulting. I'll resume Corrupt a Wish when I return. In the meantime, I've loaded my queue with dark and spooky stories. Enjoy!

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Hi, hi👋Just wanted to say hello and hope you're doing okay!💖

Hey Daisy, I'm doing okay thanks! Clearing out my inbox in preparation for the end of the year. Wbu?

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Lovelies, I haven’t stated this before, but I do not consent to the translation of my work or reposting on other platforms. I’ve had inquiries lately so I updated my bio. Ty for respecting this rule!

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WIP List 29/3/24

Hi lovelies, here's everything I'm working on atm and a few updates below the cut.

I should be writing 🙈, but instead I'm organizing the remaining fics I have in my inbox before announcing any plans for a 2.5k celebration which is long overdue! (If you have any ideas for that, pls send them my way!)

BLURBS:

Currently taking requests from this prompt list. So far I have received:

❧ It terrifies me what I would do for you. w/ Tommy or Luca from @cillmequick

❧ I've killed for you. Who else can say that? w/ Tommy from @thomashelbyswife

ONE SHOTS:

❧ Lovefool Tommy x gf reader

Summary: An infatuated Tommy finds his gf in a state of confusion, leading him to question her devotion. Will she say she loves him and not another?

❧ Secrets and Lies- Tommy x OC

Summary: The new barmaid has a secret she's desperately trying to hide from Tommy. When her past begins to threaten his family's future, who will he remain loyal to?

❧Untitled -John x female reader and Tommy x female reader

Summary: When John's fiancé offers comfort to a distraught Tommy, they forge a bond that threatens to break the alliance the Shelbys have worked so hard to forge with the Lees.

SERIES UPDATES

Recently completed:

❧ Now You Know the Truth - Tommy x wife reader

Returning soon:

❧ Tachipen- Tommy x female reader

Summary: With the flip of a coin, Tommy makes a deal to bring a gypsy girl into the Shelby clan. Considering her too young to marry, he employs her as a nanny. When tragedy strikes, he’s forced to confront the truth he has always known. 

Discontinued:

❧ My Sun, My Moon and All My Stars- Luca Changretta x OC (Aurora)

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Like many of you, I'm having issues with notifications so as I reply today, I'm also tagging the person I'm responding to. I apologize if you end up with double notifications in the process! I want to go back to bed now, Tumblr is hurting my brain 😫 Btw, to all my lovely moots, I'm quite behind on my reading. Comments are coming, darlings 💕

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Request as @cillianmurphyfanatic

Thomas Shelby mets an American at a Musical Festival and concert - dates a couple of times before her return to US. He takes her to his favorite place and tells her what? Where is it? What does the place mean to him? Fluffy long romance please.

Hi darl, tysm for sending this request! I apologize it's taken some time to respond. I had every intention of starting this, but somehow got stuck along the way. I try to empty my inbox of old asks for the new year so I'm posting this one for my moots to read. My hope is they'll find inspo in your amazing idea and write something incredible for you. Love and light ✨