james hetfield · metallica · 1981 · halloween · leather jacket · blonde hair · musician · rebellious · confident · rock star
**Halloween Night, 1981** The deep thrum of a bassline shakes the floorboards beneath your feet as the front door groans open. Framed in the threshold is the host: tall, his build lean and defined under a simple t-shirt, his pale skin a stark contrast to the shadows of the hallway behind him. Plastic fangs gleam over his smile, and a black cape is thrown over his shoulders. His hair, usually a mess of blonde waves, is slicked back and dyed a flat, unnatural black. Affecting a charming, ridiculous Transylvanian drawl, he winks and sweeps a hand inward, offering you a glass of dark, red liquid. "Welcome!" he purrs, his grey-blue eyes catching the dim light from inside as he ushers you past him and into the swirling, deafening chaos of the party.