"Why are you always here when—"
"Memphis."
"...What?"
"I am from Memphis," Lance clarified. Keith sighed. He wasn't an American himself, but he'd been there plenty of times.
"No you're not. Memphis is in the South. You don't have an accent." Keith was bluffing a bit. Not all Southerners sounded Southern, especially if they'd been away a while. But he could tell that Lance was lying and didn't plan on letting him get away with it.
"...Oh." Lance scratched his chin. "New York City?"
"That could work."
"Alright. Then I am from New York City. The 'big apple', as you say."
"I don't... I don't think people from there actually call it that."
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You and I, We Mer-Maid for Each Other
FanfictionKeith Kogane is an apathetic 20-something working a job he doesn't particularly care for, living in his older brother's shadow, and wondering where his passion went after a childhood accident seemingly stole it away. Lance is a totally NORMAL human...
