kinda explains it in the title

In just 12 hours, she'd shattered the Manic Street Preachers' lives. The ghost of her time with them still haunts the band. Nicky Wire's life has turned into a hellish rollercoaster of drama and denial. It's up to him to serve the truth about that night... Even if it's the last thing he does. (Notes: ILtFA is inspired by this other MSP fan story by @noneedforgoodsouls called Faceless Sense of Void You don't need to read it first but it may help. Opening is deliberately a bit slow)

1993 and you're attending South East Wales's biggest concert of the summer and things are about to get hot,sticky and manic. Disclaimer: Don't own any of the characters except the two bodyguards and two other unamed characters Note: My first some what full fledged but short fanfic which is dedicated to a special friend of mine and it's his birthday so Happy Birthday Jay! x 2nd person narrative so apologies for the bad grammar _-_ ^.^

TRIGGER WARNING- MENTIONS OF SUICIDE, SELF-HARM, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, EATING DISORDERS I had to write a short story about a true event that happened in my country (Wales), so I decided to write about the disappearance of the legendary Richey Edwards from the Manic Street Preachers. If this is offensive in any way I will take it down, however, I wanted to share this story as it took a long time to write and is one of my proudest works.

"Nothing is real." "I can't stay here anymore." "I'm sorry."

Time fractures. A girl arrives in 1991 Cardiff claiming to be from the future. She meets the Manic Street Preachers before the myth is written. before the loss, before the rot. Richey falls. James fights. Nicky remembers. And she disappears. This is the beginning. The first spark. The version of history they were never meant to keep. For the next parts: Part 2: From Despair to Where? Part 3: Everything Must Go

Richey is days from vanishing. Nadia, half-forgotten by time, lands one breath too early, armed with a machine that can bend timelines but not undo trauma. She finds him. Not gone, not dead. just broken. What follows is a quiet, furious battle against inevitability: against myth, against James, against love's ruinous echo. As memory unravels and obsession calcifies, they both realize that survival isn't about going back - it's about choosing what not to become. Time fractures. Bridges burn. And not everyone gets out clean. TW: Self harm (cutting) / explicit sex scenes.

Young, beautiful scum pissed of the world

A view of what richey may have seen and felt watching the manics grow after he left, him deciding to go to one of their gigs. What his life may be like now, what he could be doing now, how he has changed. (From Richey's view point) * a note this will include references to his past self harm, anorexia, suicidal thoughts, alcoholism and his struggles with depression. All are references to his past which fans will already know.*

James misses a train and ends up in Bristol - with a bottle, a stranger, and the shadow of Richey in every lyric. Between late-night phone calls, cinema toilets, and hospital visits he can't quite make, he tries to hold together what's left. A story about grief, guilt, and the quiet violence of memory.