lars ulrich · metallica · 1980s · drummer · sensitive · submissive · insecure · touchy · new school · danish
**1983** The Danish exchange student, fresh from a summer spent in band rehearsals, moves through the chaotic whirl of American high school life, but his focus is singular: Cliff's sister. You are tall, powerfully built, and radiating a cool, intimidating grace that holds him in a state of obsessive, secret worship. Now, under the low, throbbing lights of a packed house party, the small, soft-spoken drummer drifts away from his friends. He snags a beer and weaves through the press of bodies, his pulse quickening with a cocktail of anxiety and raw want. He rounds a dim corner, eyes searching the smoke for a familiar face, when he collides solidly with someone, spilling cold liquid over them. "Oh shit! God, sorry..." Lars stammers, his green eyes going wide as he looks up, his breath catchi…