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[lukin08]

The Name Game

Happy Kristanna Christmas in July @jill-knits-lace  I’m your secret Santa.  You said you liked friends to lovers, so I hope you enjoy this!

Modern AU

Rating: T (for minor swearing)

Words: 3400

“Jon.”

“No.”

“How about Erik?”

“Uh uh.”

“Oooh is it Thor?” Anna jumped in front of Kristoff with her hands excitedly balled up in front of her.  “Please tell me that’s what it is!”

“No!  Thank god.”  Kristoff laughed at Anna’s antics.  He watched her fall back walking next to him and scroll through her phone at the list of names she had.  After rattling off some more, each with the same response, Anna finally gave in. “Okay, one hint.  Please!”  She lifted her index finger as emphasis.  “That’s all. I’ll never ask for anything else.”

Kristoff shook his head. “Nope.  No way.”

“But why?” she whined.

“You’ll figure it out.”

“Exactly my point!” Anna threw her arms up in exasperation. “Kris,” she said using the nickname that only she was allowed to use, “how long have we known each other?”

“Ever since you showed up at my dad’s garage with that beater of a car.”

“Hey,” Anna stopped to jab her finger at Kristoff’s arm.  “Not a word about Steve, do you hear me?  That car got me through my first job out of college.”

“Yeah, because of all the work I did on it for you the last two years.   That poor thing limped its way to the junkyard.”

“Shhhh, the wound is fresh. I’m still not over giving that car up.” Anna wrapped her arms around Kristoff’s much larger one.  “I will be forever grateful for all that you did for me.  And to think.  We never would have been friends if it wasn’t for that car!  Yay for Steve!”

She leaned her head against him and the contact made every muscle in Kristoff’s body tense up at once. Anna looked up at him with a curious expression.   “Everything okay?”

He quickly snapped out of it, clearing his throat, but purposely looking only at the intersection ahead of them. “…yeah.  I’m fine.”

Thankfully Anna seemed more focused on this whole name nonsense to question him anymore.  Not losing a beat, she picked right back up. “So about that hint?”

“What about it?”

“Like I was saying, we’ve known each other for two years now and you’ve never told me your middle name.”

“So why the curiosity now?”

“Because!  I want to know!  Why does there have to be a reason?”

“Well technically…” Kristoff stopped himself, knowing that conversation would get him nowhere.  “Look, no one knows my middle name.  So can we drop it?”

Anna stomped ahead. “Ugh, what is the big deal?  Come on, one hint!  You only have to tell me if I guess it.”

“No.”

“Please.”

“I said no.”

Anna jumped in front of Kristoff and faced him, causing him to almost trip in his haste not to bowl over her.  She laid her hand on his chest, stopping him in his tracks instantly.  Kristoff’s head shot down fixated on her hand as his heart nearly jumped out of his chest.  When he finally tore his gaze away, only to be met with her pleading eyes, his mouth damned near betrayed him on the spot.  

“Please,” Anna said softly.

He threw his head back, accepting the partial defeat.  “Fine. What’ll it be?”

Anna thought for a second before coming up with her answer. “First letter.”

“Yeah, no.”

“Alright.  One letter- any part of the name.”

“Fair enough.   A.”

Anna reached up both her hands to his face and studied him. Kristoff watched her head tilt to the side, her bottom lip caught between her teeth.  He was fighting back all his urges to tug it free and bend down to kiss her right there on the sidewalk in front of everyone.

“Do I want to know what you’re doing?” He asked.

“Just sizing you up with this new bit of information.  Gotta see what fits you.”

“You aren’t going to guess it.”

The blue of Anna’s eyes sparkled as she gave him a sly smile.  “Wanna bet?”

He offered her a smirk in return.  “What’s the stakes?”

Anna let go of his face and went back to walking.  “Let’s see. Alright.  Ten tries and when I get it, then you have to take me to that play I’ve been talking about.”

“I’m already going with you.”

“Yes, but you have to wear a suit and smile the whole time and I’ll wear my dress that’s extra twirly and we will take pictures and look so very fancy.”

“Says the woman wearing my sweatshirt that’s three times to big on her,” Kristoff snorted.

“We are just going to see a movie and I am dressed for the occasion.  So what do you want if I don’t guess it?”

“All my sweatshirts back”

“Kris!”

“Okay.  You can keep that one.  But I want the other ones back.”

“Fine.  This is my favorite anyway.”  Anna went up and kissed Kristoff’s cheek.  He would have stayed frozen on that spot in the middle of the sidewalk if she hadn’t tugged on his hand pulling him along and out of his thoughts.

---

“So, how did it go?” Sven was sitting on the edge of the couch, leaning forward with his hands clasped together.  

“The play?  It was fine.”  Kristoff crossed the room and laid his jacket over the chair.

“No, you idiot.  How did she react when you told her?  What did she say?  Its late, so I take it went well?”

Kristoff flopped down in the chair. He closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose.  “She didn’t say anything.”

“What do you mean she didn’t… good god man, you didn’t tell her?”

“No,” he said, shaking his head.  “It didn’t…

“Seem like the right time… yeah, yeah.  Like I haven’t heard that before.  Tonight was the perfect time!  You even got dressed up in that suit.  I didn’t know you even had one.”

“Shocking isn’t it that I am capable of owning one suit?”

Sven shook off Kristoff’s comment.  “All I’m saying is you better do it soon or its really going to be too late.  I’ve known you’ve liked her for at least six months now, which means you’ve liked her a lot longer than that.  Probably since you first met her seeing that you actually talked to her outside of work.”

“Yeah, well, you know.”

“No I don’t.  Just go for it bud, before it’s late.  What’s the worst that can happen?  No wait.  Don’t answer that.”  Sven sat back on the couch.   “All I’m saying is life is too short.  Ask her out for god’s sake.  So what if she says no?  At least you know then.  And it doesn’t matter because she is going to say yes because it’s obvious she likes you anyway.”

“No, it’s not.”

“My friend.  You are great at a lot of things, but the one thing you cannot do is read women.”

“Oh, like you’re some kind of expert?” Kristoff scoffed.

Sven held out his finger. “One, she actually seems to like being around you.  Two, she asks you to do things with her all the time.”

“As a friend.”

“Shut it.  I’m not done.  Three, when we’ve all been out, she’s always talking about you or asking me things about you when you are out of earshot.  Four- pay attention because this is the most important one.  She has a look on her face when she watches you leave a room.  And you should see her when you come back.  It’s the same dopey look you have when you see her.”

Kristoff threw his hands up. “Well there you go.  Absolute proof.”

“You know I’m right. Deny it all you want, but it’s true. What’s the problem anyway?  For real?”

“I…I guess it’s not as much as her telling me she’s not interested as it is the possibility of her not wanting to see me again after I told her.  I’d rather have her in my life the way it is now and deal with it than not at all.”

Sven offered Kristoff a sympathetic smile.  “I get it.” He stood up and went to walk out of the room.  “But don’t forget that’s not the only possible outcome.  It could end up so much better.”

“Thanks.”

Kristoff’s phone dinged after Sven walked out.  He pulled it out and saw a picture from earlier in the night of him and Anna.  A huge grin came over his face.

‘Thought you might want this’

‘Yes, thanks’

‘You need to wear a suit more often.  It looks good on you’

‘Nah, you can’t beat jeans, but I’ll consider it for you. BTW, you looked beautiful’

Kristoff stared at his phone watching the bubble of dots.  It was taking too long for her to respond.  Why did he have to be so awkward around her about this all the time; never having the guts to say anything in front of her and putting his foot in his mouth on a stupid text.  

Finally, her response came up.

‘Thank you.  That means a lot coming from you’

Kristoff put his phone down, but heard it ding again.

‘Oh, since the play is done, I decided I get to guess again. What about these…  ‘Markus? Johan?, Andreas?’

‘Not even close.  Good night, Anna.  Go to bed’

“Good night!’

----

“Hey red, how’s it going?” Sven slid into the chair next to Anna at the table Anna was sitting at.

Anna lit up. “Great!  Thanks for inviting me.”

“Sure.  It’s a Friday afternoon, the weather’s great.  Perfect to sit outside at a beer garden and have a few.  We all cut out early at work.  Glad to see you and Kristoff could do the same.  Speaking of, where’s your partner in crime?”

Anna pointed across the courtyard.  “Cornered over there having to talk to someone.  I think it’s one of his clients from the shop.”

Sven followed her gaze and chuckled at how uncomfortable Kristoff looked.  He looked back at Anna.  She was still fixated on Kristoff.

He cleared his throat. “So, you two have been hanging out a lot lately.”

“What?   …Oh, yes!” she said when she registered what Sven said.  “It’s been fun.”

“Figure out his middle name yet?”

Anna groaned. “Noooo.  He won’t tell me and its driving me crazy.  You don’t know it do you?”

“No.  Have you tried his parents?  They may be the only ones that know.”

“I did actually!’

“You did?”

“Yes.  I stopped by the shop the other day and his mother was there.  I asked her and you know what she said?  That she didn’t name him so she wasn’t going to be the one to tell.”  Anna’s face morphed into concern.  “Do you think it bothers him that I ask?  He’s been so open about being adopted, but he never talks about his birth parents.”

“Don’t worry about it. If it bothered him, he’d tell you.”

“What are you talking about?”

Sven didn’t hesitate as he watched Kristoff sit down.  “Oh, I just found out Anna met your parents.  Sounds like things are getting serious.”

Kristoff’s entire face burned.  He prayed the ruddiness in his cheeks from his beer hid the flush that he was certain had spread down to his neck.  He scrambled to pick up his beer bottle to only to find it empty.  He had to resorted to feigning disinterest by looking out to the street and shrugging.  “You know Ma’s there all the time.”

Sven just grinned at him, out of Anna’s vision.

“Looks like we could use another round,” Anna said.  “It’s taking forever with the crowd to get a server at the tables.  I’ll go up to the bar and grab the next round.”

Kristoff went to stand to say he’d go, but Anna insisted.  He watched her shimmy past the crowded tables over to the outside bar.

“You are saying something tonight.”  Sven was leaning over the table, his arms outstretched with his finger tapping the table for emphasis.  “It’s perfect.  Great night. Everyone’s having a good time. She’s already met your parents…”

“Sven…”

“Tonight.”

“I don’t think...”

“Stop thinking and just do it.  Before something happens and you regret waiting for so long.”

Two bottles slammed down on the table.  Kristoff sneered at the server.  “We didn’t order these.”

“You may not have, but your friend over there did.” He nodded his head to the direction of the bar. “She asked if I could bring them over to you.  Looks like she got a little busy.”

Sven and Kristoff looked over towards the bar.  Anna was still over there but there was a guy next to her, talking with her and leaning entirely too close to her as far as Kristoff was concerned.  Anna must have caught him staring because she waved at him with a big smile on her face.  All he could do was offer a quick wave back then turn away and sink into his chair.

Kristoff spent the next twenty minutes sulking, trying to ignore Sven and his lecture about it not being too late.  He kept stealing glances over at Anna, only for her to catch him and he’d quickly look away.  He wondered if he could make a quick exit without her noticing.

“Here,” Anna said when she came back to the table, placing three beers down.  “Sorry I was gone so long.  I thought another round was in order.”

“Good talk?” Sven asked.

Anna shrugged, reached for her beer and looked at Kristoff.  “I was thinking that since I lost the first bet about your middle name, that I should have a chance to redeem myself.  How about another wager?   I even have a few new ideas for names that fit you.  Let me tell you!  Wait, where did I put my phone?  I left it at the table when I went to get our drinks.”  

She looked around, finally rummaging in her purse for it.  That’s when Kristoff noticed the phone number scribbled on the napkin by Anna. Kristoff’s head started to spin. Of course she had gotten that guys number.  Why else would she have been talking to him that long?  Sven had been right all along.  He had screwed up waiting so long and now it didn’t matter what he felt about her.

“Aha!”  Anna pulled her phone out of her person triumphantly. “Just a second.  Here.  Ok, what about Arn? Or Markas? Or Aksel?  You look like a Aksel.  I think I deserve another clue this…”

“I don’t want to play.”

Anna stopped, looking over at Kristoff.  “Why?”

“Because I don’t. It’s a dumb game and I’m done playing along anymore.”  Kristoff took a long swig of his beer and slammed it down on the table.  

“Oh,” Anna said.  

There was a heavy silence between the three of them.  Anna shrunk in her seat, picking at the label of her beer bottle.  “Did I do something?”

“What? No.”

“Then why are you so upset with me.”

“I’m not…”  Kristoff took a long breath.  “You didn’t do anything wrong.   It’s all me.”  He stood up from his seat.  “I’m going to go home.”

“What?” Sven exclaimed. “No way!  Sit your ass back down.”

“No I’m good.  I’ll see you later.”

Sven didn’t stop. “You’re leaving over that?”

“Over what?” Anna asked.

“Nothing,” Kristoff said before Sven could get a word out.  “And no it’s not because of that.”

“Bullshit.”

“It’s not.”

“Then tell her,” Sven challenged.  

“No.”  Kristoff looked at Anna.  “Have a good night, Anna.  I’ll talk to you soon.”

“Tell Anna,” Sven said again.  “Or I will.”

“Ok, this is getting ridiculous.  Tell me what?” Anna demanded.

“That he’s wanted to ask you out for the last six months.  At least.  But he’s been too chicken shit to do anything about it.  Then he sees you talk to one guy and freaks out about it.  That’s what!”

Anna’s eyes went wide. “Kris-“

Kristoff didn’t give her a chance to try to let him down easy.  He didn’t want to hear any kind words on how good of a friend he was to her. He glared at Sven.  “Thanks a lot.”

“Kristoff, wait!” Anna reached for Kristoff, but he was already heading for the exit.

---

Kristoff looked glanced back at her then back out to the pond.  He hadn’t gotten that far; too wound up to drive, Kristoff had settled for walking several blocks before stopping at the nearby park.  He just needed a little time to get his head on straight.  He hadn’t expected to be followed.

Anna approached slowly, coming up next to him and sitting down on the bench.  “Kristoff, I’m-“

He held up his hand and waived her off.  “Forget about it.  Forget about all of it.”

“But-“

“Please.”

Anna nodded and didn’t push for the moment.  They sat there in silence for a long time.  Anna picked at the laces of her shoes, trying to come up with something to say.

“Andrew.”

Kristoff’s voice cut through the silence, startling Anna.  “What?”

“My middle name… it’s Andrew.  My parents…well my mother told me when I was a boy that they had a hard time deciding what to name me.   I told you they were from Norway and they were worried about me fitting in.  Kristoff is a family name, so that’s where that comes from.  My father said to call me Kris if there was a problem, but my mother was still concerned.  Andrew was her idea.  She told me if I ever wanted to I could go by Andrew because it was my name.”

“But you never did.”

“No.  I was always proud of my name.  Then, when they died, it mattered even more to me.  I wouldn’t even let anyone call me Kris.  I know my parents loved me a lot to want to try to protect me.  It’s been that one thing that I still can just have with them.  That’s why I never told anyone.”

“You told me.”

“You’re really persistent.”

Anna slid her hand on top of Kristoff’s.  When he didn’t flinch away, she spoke.

“That number didn’t mean anything.”

“Anna, it’s okay.  I shouldn’t have acted like that.  You can see whoever you want.”

“No, listen.  You know when you waived back at me when I was at the bar.”

“Yes.”

“Well, you need to pay attention more.  I was trying to waive you over to come and save me.  But you just gave your little jealous wave back.  Then every time I’d catch your eye, you’d look away too quickly. You have no idea how pissed off I was at you.  I didn’t have my phone to tell you to come over.  I wanted you to save me from that jerk.”

Kristoff’s shoulders shook as he chuckled.  “Sorry.”

“But do you know what I really wanted?  To be able to look at that guy and point to you and tell him my boyfriend was sitting right over there.  Or even better, for you to come over and put your arm around me and scare guys like him away.”

“I guess I could… wait. Boyfriend?”

“Was what Sven said true?”

“What happens if I say yes?”

Anna squeezed Kristoff’s hand.  “I’ve never been good with the whole flirting thing.  I’ve been told I’m a disaster.  I’ve been burned with past relationships, but I liked you…almost from the beginning.  I just didn’t know what to do to let you know I felt that way.  I thought the more you got to know me, maybe you’d start to like me.  At least that’s what I hoped.”

“I think it worked.  I mean, you got me to get dressed up to go to the play.  My mom would never believe you if you told her.  You know, Sven called me an idiot for being afraid to talk to you.  He’s going to be so smug over this for a long time.”

“So it is true?”  Anna looked up at Kristoff with hopeful eyes.

“It is.  Has been for a long time.  You didn’t have to convince me of anything.  I would have done anything for you.”

Anna smiled as Kristoff turned his hand to lace his fingers with hers.  “So what do we do now?”  

When she bit at her bottom lip waiting for his response, he didn’t fight it this time.  “How about this?”  Kristoff tugged it free, seeing her smile before leaning down to kiss her in front of whoever could see.

[kristoffxannafanatic]

Second Chances

Happy Kristanna Christmas in July @epbaker. I am your Secret Santa. I hope you like this little modern au. Thank you to @lukin08 for proofing and helping to make it gift worthy.

 Kristoff hated bartending but, it was a job and he had to earn a living somehow.   Thank goodness his family always had jobs for him when he was in need. He was scheduled to take the civil service exam in a month. He already had points in his favor for his military service. Hopefully he would get onto a police force or fire department in the area. “Have faith, baby.” That’s what his mom always said. He tried to stay hopeful, but it was getting harder and harder.

During the day he did handy work for Dad’s contracting business and tended bar at Pabbie’s at night. He liked that it kept him busy. It’s not like he had any kind of social life since Rebecca left him while he was deployed. That had been a huge mistake and he regretted dating her. She was nothing like the one that got away from him 10 years ago.

 Anna couldn’t believe she was back in her childhood hometown. She thought she would never come back after her parent’s unfortunate accident. But life hadn’t turned out the way she dreamed when she was 15 years old.

Getting back in touch with her old high school friends seemed like a good idea when she first got to town.  She found out right away they were all too eager to catch up. But going to meet up with them, she wondered if they had changed at all.  Back in school, she had “ran in the right circles”.  It was what was expected of her, even if she never had much in common with her friends.  But she had changed more than she ever could have expected, and she could hope they had as well.

 “Anna, I can’t believe you are back here after 10 years in Europe!”

 “OMG! I know! What happened with that Danish prince?”

 “I read that you guys were engaged.”

 “Oh…yeah we were but only for a hot minute.”

 “Eeekkk!! Tell us about it!”

 “Sorry Christine, I had to sign a nondisclosure…can’t talk about it.”

 “Are you kidding?”

 “Brittany, these aren’t just rich people, they are royalty. Look at everything with Harry and Meghan!”

 Anna remembered quickly why she hated hanging out with these girls. They were vapid…. still! She was hoping they had matured since she left but…NOPE!”

 “Anna why are we going to Pabbie’s for drinks?”

 “Pabbie was close to my Dad. Plus, they charge a fraction of the price for the same top shelf cocktails and wine.”

 “Like money is a problem for us.”

 “Stop Christine, you’re such a snobby bitch.”

 Anna tuned out the two girls plus she couldn’t tell them one of the reasons she was moving home was because her trust fund was running low due to that damn Prince. She had to move back into her family’s home and was going to work with Elsa at their parents’ business, Arendelle Investments.

Christine and Brittany walked into the bar all loud and rude. Kristoff looked up at the unusual disturbance and saw the girls walk in. Bad tippers, he thought to himself and went to go back to work. But who came in after the girls is what nearly makes him drop the drink he is making.

 Anna Arendelle  

 She was even more beautiful than he remembered.

 Anna looked around the bar and saw an open table. “Come on ladies, I found a table.”

 “Anna seriously?! Let’s go clubbing in the city?”

 “I like it here plus the club scene is so played out.”

 “This place is so lame! The only one in our age bracket is Kristoff Bjorgman.”

 Anna’s head spun around. “Wait…what? Kristoff Bjorgman is here?”

 “He’s the bartender. I guess the Army didn’t find any use for him just like that skank that he dated. Anna, please don’t tell me you still have a silly crush on that loser.”

 “You know what, you guys are the losers! He was kinder to me than either of you ever were. You only looked me up because you wanted to find out about Hans and why I let it fall apart.”

 Kristoff watched the exchange go down. He was proud of Anna for telling off those idiots.

 “How dare you Anna? Everyone knows he cheated on you and your trust fund is nearly gone.”

 “Yeah! And you had to crawl back to your big sister. Go ahead and go lay in the gutter with your maid’s son!”

 “You know what…you’re not worth our time. You are a charity case. A broke has been hiding behind a good name.”

 Pabbie walked over and interrupted the tirade. “Young ladies, I can’t have this in my place.  You are going to need to leave.”

 “No problem old man!”

 Anna scampered off in the opposite direction to the ladies’ room. She was so stupid to reach out to her so called friends.  What made her think anyone in this town could have changed for the better? Pabbie walked over to Kristoff and gave him that an all-knowing smile.

 “Son, I’ve got the bar. Go check on your friend.”

 “Grand Pabbie, we were childhood acquaintance not friends.  I haven’t talked to her in ten years.”

 Grand Pabbie rolled his eyes and laughed at Kristoff. He pointed to the ladies’ room. Kristoff knew there was no point in arguing.  He gave up and headed in that direction.  Kristoff heard Grand Pabbie mumble,” acquaintance my ass.”

 Kristoff didn’t have a clue what to do.  He didn’t know what to say. He never knew what to say to Anna when they were younger, always stumbling over his words. He wasn’t good talking to girls but with Anna he was a complete idiot. Just being in her presence made him tongue tied.

 Anna sat there sobbing and feeling sorry for herself. She didn’t want to call Elsa because she would give her that I told you so speech. She had warned her that those girls had not changed one bit since she left. She didn’t know how she was going to get out of Pabbie’s without looking like a fool especially in front of Kristoff. Just then there was a tentative knock at the door.

 “Anna? Are you okay?”

 Anna covered an audible gasp when she heard Kristoff’s voice on the other side of the door.

 “Do you need me to call you an Uber or…”

 Kristoff wanted to be the one to take her home, but he didn’t want to sound like a creep.

 “Or what?”  Anna’s voice was soft, but she couldn’t hide her curiosity.

 Kristoff took in a deep breath.  “Uh…maybe…maybe I could drive you home?  That is…if you are comfortable with that.”

 Anna’s heart soared. She loved how he was always so shy for such a tough looking guy. She has had a crush on him since she was 10 and he was 13. The last ten years had been extremely good to him. He had grown at least 6 more inches and filled in nicely. While she still felt like that plain, freckly 15-year-old.

 She remembered the day they met. He had come with his mother, Bulda, to their house to give homework to Elsa when she had missed school for a prolonged illness. Bulda was their maid and cook, his Dad, Cliff was their handyman.  She thought back to how kind both of them always were to her. Pabbie even was a good friend of her Dad’s.

 “I would love for you to take me home, Kristoff.”

 Kristoff’s elation quickly changed as his heart dropped. Now he had to figure out what the hell he was going to talk to her about.

 “O…ok. Let me tell Grand Pabbie and we can go. My truck is parked out back, so you don’t need to walk thru the bar. I’ll meet you right here when you’re ready.”

 “Thanks, Kris.”

 His knees went weak when she called him Kris. She was the only one he ever let call him that. He rushed back to the bar to tell Grand Pabbie he was taking her home.

 “Good luck, son.” Grand Pabbie winked at him as he went back to the bathrooms.

 Anna washed her face and cleaned herself up before waiting for Kristoff outside the bathrooms. She fidgeted with her jacket while she waited. She had no idea how to talk to him.

 “Are you all set?”

 Anna looked up into those kind, brown eyes and nodded her head and he guided her out the back. They walked up to his black truck…. used but clearly well cared for and loved. He surprised her by opening her door for her and lending her a hand for her to climb up into the cab.

 “Thanks.”

 Kristoff shrugged like it was nothing. “It’s no biggie.”

 She looked at him with those big blue eyes and with all sincerity said, “No it is a big deal and you will never understand what your acts of kindness have done for me over the years.”

Kristoff was confused. He didn’t think a simple act of driving someone home and helping them into his truck was anything but basic human decency. It got him thinking that nobody ever treated her with manners and kindness. He jumped into the driver’s side and they headed towards uptown where Anna lived.

It was quiet the first 5 minutes. Neither of them knew how to start a conversation. Anna decided to jump right into the deep end.

 “So, I heard you were in the Army? Did you get sent overseas?”

 “Oh, yeah…yeah, I joined shortly after you left for Europe. I figured it was a good way to get money for college. I spent some time in the Middle East, but I was lucky. I got to help people and didn’t get involved in any squirmishes.”

 “Have you gone back to school?”

 “No, I haven’t had enough money to cover the balance but I’m taking the civil service test soon.  If I do well on that, I can get a job as a cop or firefighter.  I did a little bit of both in the Army. Then I will be earning enough to go to school. What about you? Did you go to college in Europe?”

 Anna was embarrassed to answer him because while he was keeping our country safe, she was partying around Europe with that Euro trash loser.

 “No…not yet. I was a little lost, but I think I am finding my way back into the light. I am going to work with Elsa until I figure out what I want to do.”

 “Good for you. Most people can’t admit when they have gotten lost. How is Elsa?”

 “Elsa is great…she is so happy that I am back. We have been having a lot of fun bonding again. So, I heard you have a girlfriend?”

 “Who, me?” Kristoff let out a sarcastic laugh. “UH...no. Rebecca dumped me while I was deployed. She said she needed someone that was going to be there to service her wants and needs. She also wasn’t a fan of the fact that I hated the club scene.  I got a nice letter all about it when I was in overseas.”

 “I thought the club scene was for me, but it got old really quick. I guess I am a home body, just needed to find my way back home. I can’t believe she Dear Johned you! How could anyone break up with you, you are the complete package!”

 Kristoff pulled up to Anna’s house, slammed the truck into park and looked at her. “wait…. what? I’m the complete package? Are you kidding me? You have it all…the sunny personality, radiant smile, great people skills, beautiful, intelligent, world traveled and the most amazing blue eyes I have ever seen.”

 “You think I am beautiful?”

 Kristoff couldn’t hold back anymore. He leaned in and captured her lips with his. Anna melted into his embraced. They slowly separated after a few minutes. Kristoff touched his forehead to her’s.

 “Sorry for being so forward but I have wanted to do that for ten years. Ever since you left, I have regretted the fact that I never told you how I felt about you.”

 Anna just looked at him in complete shock. She grabbed onto him and started to cry.

 Kristoff started to panic.  “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have expected that a girl as amazing as you could ever like a bum like me.”

 She pulled away from him and cradled his face.  “Oh Kris, these are tears of joy…I have loved you since I was 10 years old. I thought you only saw me as a dumb kid.”

 “Anna, may we, may I, could we…maybe go out on a date.”

 Anna leans in and kisses him again. “We may!”

 Kristoff gave her the biggest smile Anna had ever seen. “So, are you glad you came back?”

 She returned his grin.  “Best decision ever!”

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Hey there! It's your secret Santa and I was wondering what would you like me to illustrate for you.

Hello! I can never get enough of them embracing- kisses, hugs, stealing kisses. It’s all so good. Anything involving Kristanna family or wedding outfits are also great. Canon or AU is fine, new outfits too if you would like. You are welcomed to use anything from my fics for inspiration, but there’s no pressure at all to do that. These are all just suggestions. Please feel free to go with whatever inspiration that comes to you. I will love whatever you come up with!

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Thank you!!! I love the name Andrew! It does fit him. Hugs!!!❤️❤️❤️

The Name Game

Happy Kristanna Christmas in July @jill-knits-lace  I’m your secret Santa.  You said you liked friends to lovers, so I hope you enjoy this!

Modern AU

Rating: T (for minor swearing)

Words: 3400

Jon.”

“No.”

“How about Erik?”

“Uh uh.”

“Oooh is it Thor?” Anna jumped in front of Kristoff with her hands excitedly balled up in front of her.  “Please tell me that’s what it is!”

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