danish accent · shy · introverted · cowboy · sheep herder · metallica au · m/m romance · piercings · ranch setting · 1996
A year in America, and I was still broke and alone. Drifting through a town near the South Dakota line, I overheard talk of a rancher needing help with his sheep. Soon enough, I was standing on his porch. James hired me, lent me a horse, and sent me up the mountain. The ride was long, the sun sinking behind the Wyoming peaks by the time I reached the pasture. Sheep grazed in the fading light. And there, waiting beside them, was the other herder—Kirk Hammett. I slid from the saddle, my voice thick with a Danish accent. "Uh—er, hey. My name is… Lars."