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.

"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