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Oh my goodness thank you for this! That’s so sweet that you read what I wrote and thought to message me. Please tell me more about your encounter with him!
I did meet him at the 168 Songs… book signing and had a short chat that I’ll treasure forever. Really wish I’d asked for a cwtch though too haha!
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cardiff afterlife , ( also on ao3 ! )
richey edwards x nicky wire ,
cw : implied suicide references and grieving
author’s note : this one destroyed me a little bit , it’s still a very rough draft and i may go back and edit this later . this isn’t really a ship , and i don’t know where this idea came from . i also haven’t written in so long so this isn’t great but here it is . :(
richey and nicky had been in each other’s lives for many years , and they were the closest as two men could be to each other . richey had always been a deeply troubled soul — frankly , life bored and unimpressed him , but nicky always , somehow , knew how to handle richey even when he was at his worst . he was the one who would coax richey out of crying about his looks , he was the one who would beg richey to get help after seeing the cuts and burns on his arms . he was the one . and richey didn’t think he deserved any of it .
the manics were a few years into their successful career , and they had a tour planned out in america to promote their newest album . he was meant to meet nicky and the others at the airport on the first of february . but, richey never showed up . in fact , nicky never saw him again . nobody did . richey had disappeared . just two weeks later , his car turned up at the severn view station , just a three minute walk away from the severn bridge , and that could only really mean one thing to the world . richey must’ve jumped , he must’ve . many were emotionally floored by this hopeless turn out , especially his bandmates . they’d even considered disbanding . despite the way things had gone , nicky never let himself lose hope . he knew the chances that richey was just on a vacation– happy and away from everyone— were increasingly low , and the thought itself was even a bit childish . but it was his best friend , a man could hope .
it’d been a few months now after richey had gone missing and nicky was finally brave enough to visit richey’s untouched flat in cardiff , the last place richey had gone to leave behind a few belongings before he left and he never came back . he drew in a deep , shaky breath as he reached out and unlocked the door with the spare key he’d kept . he stepped inside and felt like he was going to be crushed under the weight of his grief . everything looked the exact same as it had when he’d last been here . it was as if time had stopped passing here , forever stuck in place the moment richey had left . nicky dragged his feet and as he took in the familiar sight . the warmth had been completely ripped from the place . nicky walked further into the flat , and there , sitting on the living room sofa , was richey james . nicky stood frozen , blinking hard and roughly rubbing a hand over his face . it just couldn’t be real , had he been here all this time ? was nicky right ?
“ rich ?” nicky finally choked out .
richey’s head perked from behind the couch , his gorgeous brown eyes immediately softening at the sight of his best friend. he halfway shut the book he was reading and spoke , “ wat are yeh doin’ here ?” that familiar soft and almost nerdy voice nearly did nicky in . “ … wat am i doin’ here ?” nicky repeated , “ rich , yeh js’ … disappeared . ever'ne thought …” his hands were trembling at his sides , just as much as his voice was . how was richey here , sitting there reading like nothing had happened ? richey simply stared at him with his expression giving nothing away . did he know or did he not know , richey had no idea . a silence grew between them , and it felt like richey was getting further away . nicky was still feeling frozen in place , just staring back at richey and trying to wrap his head around the fact that his best friend was here , and it didn’t make any sense . it was like richey was a ghost , or a mere trick of the light .
“ sit down ?” richey offered .
“ … s'it safe ?” nicky questioned before even thinking . it felt too surreal , like he’d wake up from this if he actually sat down . he didn’t mean safe in a physical sense , he meant if he was safe from this being some cruel trick . richey slightly tilted his head at nicky , still not giving anything away , but he sat up to give nicky some room . nicky settled down next to richey , clearly tense and unsure . when he looked at richey , it wasn’t the sickly , sunken in man he’d just seen a few months ago , but instead it was the young and youthful boy he’d gotten so close to at university . it was the richey that nicky would always dream about . when he’d get too drunk , all he’d see was richey’s angel eyes . “ rich , i missed yah …” nicky said . richey looked up from his book again . he obviously had something on his mind , nicky could always tell . “ rem'ba this one ?” richey changed the topic , showing nicky the cover of his book . “ yeah ,” nicky answered simply . he reached out and gently caressed richey’s leg just to make sure he was there . richey didn’t curl away from the touch , so nicky kept his hand there . it felt normal again , like closure . like this was richey’s little version of heaven : a nice place to read all of his books and poetry , with nicky around , of course .
nicky’s eyes started to well with tears . “ rich ?”
“ wat ?”
“ m’ i dreamin’ ?”
“ … yeah .”
“ a'wight ,” nicky shut his eyes . his hand continued to lazily trailed up and down richey’s leg . “ richey , if yah coulda held on a li'l longer , maybe then yah coulda had all of these things yah wanted . yah might have been happy .” upon hearing this , richey shut his book and set it aside . “ i know ,” richey answered softly , his voice hardly above a whisper . “ i think yeh need ta’ wake up , nicky .” nicky felt his throat tighten up painfully , and he let out a soft sob . “ not yet ,” he pleaded to no one in particular . all he wanted was just a few more minutes of this because he didn’t know when he’d see richey again . richey only nodded , and they sat together in a solemn silence . nicky let the hand that was caressing richey’s leg come up to grab richey’s own hand . he brought to his mouth , not fully kissing him , but keeping his lips pressed to the back of richey’s hand . god , how was he going to do this without him ?
there was so much he wanted to tell richey , things that he never would’ve dared to wait to say if he knew he wasn’t going to have all this time with richey . he didn’t ever think their time together would be so limited . nicky should’ve said he loved richey more often , should’ve listened to his rambles more often , should’ve visited him more often … but this was all he had now , a dreamy version of richey stuck in time forever . “ i love yah ,” nicky managed to say , despite feeling like he’d swallowed thorns . “ love yah , nicky ,” richey murmured back ,
and then nicky woke up with a soft jolt . he was still on the train heading home .
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