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Up In The Air Chapter 2

Kristanna Modern AU

Rated: T

WC: 2568

Summary: Tired of her nomad lifestyle, traveling nurse Anna Arendelle on a whim picks Pensacola Florida as her new town to try find a sense of home. Meanwhile, Navy Pilot Kristoff Bjorgman has accepted a dream position at the Naval station in the same town. After a chance encounter goes south, the two of them find their lives entwined, with neither of them all that happy about it!

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“So have you given it any thought?”

Anna opened her locker smiling and shaking her head as her co-worker, Camila, sat down near her. “Not really.”

“Come on, it will be fun. Everyone’s going.”

“Everyone?” Anna quickly threw her things in the locker. She really needed to tidy it up soon. She had a bad habit of throwing whatever in there until it was an unorganized disaster. But that would have to wait until another day as she glanced quickly at Camila. They had been walking out of the hospital together whenever they were on the same shift, sometimes even grabbing a coffee afterwards on particularly hard days. The one thing she already knew about Camila was she did not want to stay a second longer at work than necessary.

“Yes, everyone,” Camila said, standing to leave. “And you should be there too.”

Anna grabbed her purse, slamming the locker closed. A lone piece of paper flew out from the force and floated down, sliding when it hit the floor directly into Camila’s foot. She picked it up, starting to look it over before Anna snatched it back.

“What’s that?”

“Nosey, aren’t we?” Anna said, giving a little smirk so Camila would know she wasn’t upset.

“Anything in the common area is fair game. Seriously that looked official. What is it?”

“It’s nothing really. I was asked if I was interested in representing the nursing staff on the community outreach team. I have prior experience from other hospitals that line up with what they do here.”

“Sounds like extra work without the extra pay. Are you going to do it?”

“I don’t know yet.”

They made their way down the corridors heading to parking garage. Camila took a sudden turn at a door when they made it to ground level. She had shown Anna this route on the first nice day. A direct walk outside to the parking garage. Anna smiled as the sun hit her face. November hit different down here than the cold dreary Northeast fall and winters she had grown up with.

“Are you really thinking about not going?” Camila said, bringing up the topic again.

Anna paused, trying to think of an excuse. “I don’t really know anyone that well yet and- “

Camila stopped in her tracks, turning to Anna. “And everyone on the team already loves you.”

“Really?” Anna cocked an eyebrow. “Even Sue?”

Camila let out a loud laugh. “Especially Sue! She may be a little…outgoing, but she has the best heart and she’s had nothing but nice things to say about you. Seriously Anna. I know you’ve only been working here less two months, but it’s like you’ve always been here. You fit in so great.”

A warmth spread across Anna’s chest at those words. She had been searching for so long for a sense of belonging and this was the first hospital she had worked at in years that felt right. “That’s really nice to hear.”

It really had been that long. After spending the last five years as a traveling nurse, Anna had grown tired of the constant moving. Sure, the pay had been great, and she got to see different parts of the country, but it had also started to wear on her. A growing part of her also knew that for her, being a traveling nurse was as much running away from her lonely past as it was wanting to see the country. She finally agreed that “doing the sensible thing”, as her sister always suggested, and finding a permanent location was for the best.

Going home was out of the question for her. So, she figured out areas of the country that were most in need of nursing staff, narrowed it down to ten, wrote the cities on pieces of paper, threw them into a bowl and blindly grabbed one. Pensacola it was. It really had been that simple. Luckily her first choice in hospitals in the area had an opening in the department she wanted, and the rest all fell into place.

“Alright, tell me where everyone is going,” Anna said as they began to walk again.

Camila flashed the largest grin. “Does that mean you’re going?”

Anna held out her arm toward Camila. “Twist my arm.”

Camila giggled. “Rocklin’s. Towards the naval base. It’s a center point from where everyone lives. Nothing overly fancy, but it’s good food, good people, good music. You’ll love it!”

“Sounds…wait, did you say by the naval base?”

“Yeah, so what?”

“So, there’ll be military there?”

“Yes. It’s Pensacola, where don’t you see the military?”

“Point taken. But I know Sue is going to be on a mission to set me up at the bar.”

“Definitely.”

“…with a sailor.”

Camila laughed again. “I don’t think Sue is that particular. And to be fair, it’s not that big of a Navy bar. I think it’s mostly officers that do show up. At least it could be someone with rank.”

“No thank you.”

“Was it really that bad?”

“Ugh.” Anna thought back to the one date she’d been on since moving down to Pensacola. “If you like going out with a pretentious know it all that doesn’t stop talking about himself the whole time, then no. I swear Camila, that was enough. I’ve had my fill of dating anyone in the military, officers included.”

“I don’t know. Some of them aren’t too bad looking and you don’t have date anyone. Nothing wrong with having a little fun and done.”

“Camila!”

Camila grabbed Anna’s arm. “Tell you what. I’ve got your back. You don’t have to talk to anyone, no matter what Sue says. We’re here to have fun. That’s it. I promise. So, it’s set. You’re going! I’ll even drive.”

“Thank you, but I’ll have to meet you. I’m working the afternoon at Dr. Intilli’s.”

“Again? Girl, if you aren’t at the hospital, you’re there! When do you take time to relax?”

“I like to stay busy.”

“Stay busy at the beach! It’s called taking a break.”

Anna thought about Camila’s words. She had been working in her free time at one of the ob/gyn offices. She adored working with the patients there and seeing some of them full circle when they came on the maternity ward, but Camila did have a point. Maybe she should cut down on the number of hours she was working and take the time to explore her new home.

“I will. Maybe after they hire- “

The roar shook Anna to her bones. She jumped and threw her gaze to the sky in time to see two blue blurs pass by. A few seconds later four more, slower and higher jets in a tight diamond pattern passed over the hospital. Everyone stopped to look up. A few cheered before the formation disappeared past the tree line.

“Looks like practice for the next season has started.” Camila said, nonchalantly.

“What was that?” Anna asked as she tried to assess the state of her hearing.

Camila tilted her head with a confused look. “What do you mean, ‘what was that?’ It’s the Blue Angels.”

“The who?”

Camila looked almost disgusted at Anna’s question. “You cannot be serious. The Blue Angels? You know, the Navy demonstration team? The ones you see at shows? The big blue fighter jets? Ringing any bells?” Camila stopped and stared at Anna waiting for some recognition.

“No bells, just ears.” Anna tugged at her ear. She had a vague idea of what Camila was talking about. But not to the level she was expecting of Anna. “What are they doing here?”

The look of bewilderment on Camila’s turned to understanding. “That’s right, this is new to you! The team ended last season before you moved here. Get used to them. They are stationed at NAS here. It’s an institution around these parts.”

“Is it always this loud?”

“They don’t usually fly that close to the hospital. It must be a welcome back flyby. The patients get a kick out of seeing them out the windows. Anyway, we should be done now with the noise. What were you saying?”

Anna waved her off. “It wasn’t important.”

“Oh, I remember. Less work, more play.” Camila bumped Anna's shoulder playfully.

“Something like that.”

“Hey, who knows. Maybe you’ll meet a handsome airman on Friday.” The twinkle in Camila's eyes looked like trouble.

Anna rolled her eyes and said definitively. “Absolutely not.”

#‘The twinkle in Camila's eyes looked like trouble.’#lol YES #I’m excited #and I love Anna’s reaction to them flying over too #I’ve seen Jets fly over events plenty of times but never the Blue Angels #it’s probably so freakin cool #and just imagining Kristoff piloting one is 💯#I love this so much

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"this too shall pass" well can it fucking get on with it

#THIS #sometimes you feel you’ll never get out #but if life does one thing constantly #it changes #so in the end it will pass #and then you’re left with the scars #and depending on how long it lasted #is how deep they are

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Up In The Air- Chapter 1

Kristanna Modern AU

Rated: T

WC: 1234

Also available on AO3 here

Happy Birthday @kristoffxannafanatic! This is as much her story as it is mine and please consider her the co-author. I just managed to write down all our ideas! Hope you enjoy

10:50

There really was no point in checking the time, he already knew before he looked. Kristoff sat his phone down and leaned forward on the bench at the foot of the bed, elbows on his thighs as he scrubbed at his eyes with his thumb and forefinger of one hand. He hated this. Only ten minutes to go and it felt like an eternity. Five months of hustling, mostly on his own dime in the hopes that he would even get noticed had all boiled down to the longest ten minutes of his life.

He sat up and looked around. It was oddest feeling whenever he was back home, sitting in his old room with almost all the remnants of his childhood stripped away. It was a neutral color now, with a new bed and bland as any guest bedroom you would imagine. But there still were the nicks on the closet from where Kristoff used to lean his hockey sticks against and a couple trophies his mother didn’t have the heart to throw out were on the dresser. A few remaining snippets of a simpler time.

A week had gone by since he first graced his parent’s doorstep. It was the longest stint he’d been home since the summer before his senior year of college. That was well over ten years ago and he’d been a nomad the whole time since. He had to admit it was comforting to be back home. It had been an anchor for him during the chaos of the week and the thought of wanting to stay had started to creep up on him. Now he was stuck between the desire to escape from the reminder this wasn’t his room or even his home anymore and the intense pull that was calling for a sense of some permanence. In ten- no, eight- minutes he’d know if he’d be able to answer that pull.

This was better than the other candidates had for sure. While the others went back to their temporary barracks, Kristoff came home to a comfortable bed and most importantly, his parents. One of the many benefits of being local, a piece of information Kristoff had kept close to his chest the entire process. His days and nights had been long, but he always took the time to sit with his mom and dad for a bit before heading upstairs and collapsing into bed. He felt bad he hadn’t been able to spend more time with them. Regardless of the outcome of the call at 1100 hours, Kristoff was going to take the next week off to decompress and spend some real time with them before heading back to Norfolk.

He thought about going downstairs since no one was home. His mother promised she’d be out of the house until after lunch, but he knew her too well. It would be all too convenient for her to have “forgotten” something and come home and he really didn’t want an audience for what most likely was going to be a polite rejection. There were only eight pilots after all that flew for the Navy’s Blue Angels, and four were returning from the previous season. Four open slots for the 90 candidates that started officially with him in April. Now they were down to 20 vying for those 4 positions. He knew the odds, had rehearsed what to say to sound professional when the rejection came. But still…there was something that also told him to plan for what to say just in case it was a yes. He would want to sound excited, but not like some idiot screaming and jumping up and down. Kristoff shook the thought from his head, accepting the impending rejection.

10:55

Kristoff sat and reflected on the events that led him here. He had officially put his formal application for the Blue Angels in February through his Naval chain of command. By March his application had been accepted and he was on his way to his first airshow. Spring was a blur, with his everyday duties during the week, followed by a rush to an airshow whenever he could to shadow the team by sitting on team briefs, post show activities and social events all to haul it back to base Sunday night to start the week again.

The application process was described to him like rushing a fraternity. Something Kristoff knew nothing of except that he probably wouldn’t be good at it. But he did understand the game. The process objectives were clear: meet the candidates and find out if they were the type of people you want to be part of your organization. The team needed to get to know the individual and Kristoff’s personality wouldn’t get him there attending one or two shows. So, he showed them his tenacity attending as many events as he could, talking to each team member on an individual basis, meeting the fans, showing them what he could do.

10:57

Whatever he did worked because by June he received an invitation to Pensacola for finalist week in July. Now he was at the end of the time that had consisted of a dizzying number of activities – dinner with the team only, dinner with team and families, social beach party with team and families, strength tests, the briefs/shows/debriefs, and the dreaded interview.

All 16 Blue Angels officers from the different departments were at the interview and they each asked him one question. He had taken the time to prepare for it, just by thinking about some things that were important to him. It didn’t matter how many flight hours he had or the combat missions he flew. Everyone sitting on the interviews had the same qualifications as him. Kristoff told himself to be honest at all costs. It was the only way it would work. He had once made a promise to see this through and he was going to keep it.

10:59

He came out of the interview feeling good about it. At the very least, if he didn’t get the job, he knew he had given them everything he could. His dad casually mentioned that evening the officer who was renting his place had been transferred and the family were leaving by September and maybe they should hold off putting a listing up.

It was all too convenient and too hopeful. He wasn’t sure if he was ready to have that conversation yet.

Kristoff’s alarm went off. He grabbed the phone and took a deep breath. The moment of truth was here. He had a five-minute window to call the Boss. His commanding officer at his base in Norfolk had let him in on a little secret. If the Boss put you on speaker, you were in, otherwise you were out. Kristoff placed the call trying to keep his hands from shaking too much.

“Lieutenant Commander Bjorgman,” he identified himself and was asked to hold.

A minute later Boss Kesselring answered then said “hold on a sec.” Kristoff heard the unmistakable change in background sound of being put on speaker. His heart raced as he only had an instant of prep for what the Boss was going to tell him.

“You there Bjorgman?”

“Yes, sir.”

There was a moment of silent before a group of voices yelled in unison, “Welcome to the team asshole!”

#LETS GOOOO!!#😍😍😍😍😍#holy shite am I ever excited for this #Edin I adore your writing #KP 👏👏👏#great collab you two!!#this is amazing #I love it

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The Hike

Kristanna Modern AU - oneshot Rated: T WC: 2374

~I totally saw something adorable on the interwebs. Headline read as follows; "She sent an office email about a weekend hike and ended up in love with the only guy who responded". So of course I thought this is a adorable meetcute and wanted to write it :D

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Anna sat at her computer, furiously typing away. She had only been at her job for about two weeks and she was itching to meet more people. The small building had two floors, and having not much reason to go up to the second floor, or the warehouse for that matter, she wanted to send an invite to everyone to join her for a weekend hike.

And being the new receptionist – the lowest level position – didn’t discourage her from sending the memo to everyone, her bosses included.

It read;

Hello Rolling Rock Inc.,

I hope this memo finds you well. I am Anna, the new receptionist. I would like to extend an invitation to meet me for a hike this Saturday! I would love to meet everyone and we can have a wonderful time enjoying the gorgeous weather forecast for this weekend.

There is an easy trail up North Mountain (just forty-five-minute drive out of town). It has a big parking lot at the trail base and great views when you get to the top. You can google the directions or come ask me directly!

Meet up time is 7 a.m.. Bring a lunch and plenty of water!

Hope to see you there!

Anna Arendelle -Reception

Anna read it over two more times and sent it out with a smile on her face.

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Anna woke bright an early on Saturday morning. No one had asked her for directions so she assumed Google did its job to guide people where they needed to go.

She’d asked around of the people she already knew if they were going to come, and about half of them said that they would probably see her there. It sounded to Anna like they were going to have a good group for the hike.

She got up extra early and packed a big lunch; sandwiches, enough trail mix to share, an apple, an orange, and a carefully packed cupcake. Excited, she placed everything in her car, grabbed her hiking boots and hit the road.

The drive was refreshing with the sunrise at her back, casting its golden light on the pointed peaks of the mountains. Anna sung along to every song on the radio, huge smile on her face, excited to meet some more people and have a wonderful day outdoors.

*****

Kristoff drove with the windows of his truck cracked. It was a little chilly, but the early morning air was fragrant and rejuvenating.

He loved the mountains. There was hardly a weekend in the summer and fall that he wasn’t in them. At first he’d been a little apprehensive about the memo, not knowing who the hell the new receptionist was, then he asked some of the people in the warehouse and they said they were thinking about going. He decided to commit his Saturday to it, even though it meant leaving his best friend hanging at the bar the night before so he could go home and get a good sleep.

He saw the sign for the parking lot and turned left, crossing the other side of the highway which was unbusy at the early hour. He glanced at the clock in his truck, noting he was a little late. There was construction by his house getting out of town that had held him up nearly fifteen minutes. Even if they’d taken off up the trail, he was sure he could catch them quickly.

Navigating his truck through the treed entryway, he soon turned right into the large parking lot. At first he wasn’t sure he knew what he was looking at, then it all started to click into place as he slowly made his way to the trailhead sign.

There were three cars off to the left, no one in sight around them, and a lonely car off to the right with a copper headed woman sideways in the front seat with her feet on the pavement looking highly disappointed.

“Shit,” he muttered. Either he had the wrong day and that was some rando woman, or he was the only asshole from their whole company that had shown up for this hike.

He took a calming breath and parked beside her. It wasn’t like he was going to turn around. That would be such a dick move. And he really did want to hike.

He rolled up his windows and hopped out of the truck. No sooner were his boots on the asphalt and she as beside him, smiling up at him. He was taken aback by her big blue eyes, and they nearly took his breath away.

“Hi,” she said tentatively. “Are you from Rolling Rock?”

Kristoff swallowed, still flustered by her beauty. “Uh, yeah. You’re Anna?”

Her face lit up with a brilliant smile. “I am!” She held out her hand. “It’s so nice to meet you.”

He shook her hand. “You too. I’m Kristoff.”

“I’m so glad you showed up, Kristoff,” she said, dropping his hand.

He immediately missed her touch. “Not many takers, huh?”

Anna put on an exaggerated pouty face and crossed her arms. “It appears not.” She smiled again. “But that’s okay! You showed up, so I guess the two of us get to enjoy this beautiful sunny day in the mountains.”

Kristoff smiled, his stomach fluttering with butterflies. “Their loss,” he agreed.

*****

Anna’s legs were sore by the time they got back down to their vehicles in the late afternoon. They’d hiked to the top rather quickly, being just the two of them, then decided to take another trail to take them a little closer to the peak where they would have their lunch. It proved to be more difficult, and the incline left Anna’s leg muscles burning by the time they reached the top. It was worth it though, looking out over the valley and the sparking glacier-fed lake nestled below them.

And Anna had an absolutely amazing time talking to Kristoff. He worked in the warehouse, which was why she’d never seen him before, and he was a wonderful person. Not only had he been the only one to actually show up, he’d entertained her rambling stories with actual interest, and she was rewarded by hearing his gorgeous laugh a couple of times. And that was not the only gorgeous thing about him.

If she had known there was such a looker lurking in the depths of the warehouse, she would have made a point to go in there more often. He was tall, broad, blond, and hunky as hell. His soulful brown eyes were nothing like she’d ever seen, and as they ate lunch perched on the outcropping of a rock, she found herself mesmerized by them.

They stopped when they reached their vehicles – the only ones left in the parking lot now – and Kristoff took a moment to stretch out his back. Anna was unable to tear her eyes way, watching how every one of those muscles of his moved under his clothing. When he was done and looked back at her, she had to catch herself and cover for the fact that she was ogling him.

“Thanks for the invite for the hike, Anna,” he said, sliding his pack back off his shoulders to dig out his truck keys. “I’ve never been up this trail and I had a great time.”

Anna found herself nodding. “I’m glad. I did too. Thank you for showing up.”

He chuckled. “I can’t believe none of those other assholes did. They sure missed out on a nice day.”

She nodded absentmindedly, focused on every movement as he unlocked his truck and threw his backpack in the back seat and turned back to her.

“I mean it,” she said quietly. “It was a pretty shitty feeling sitting in my car and realizing that no one showed up. Then you pulled in and it was like… I don’t even know. I just felt…” She shrugged, looking down.

It’s okay, Anna. I get it.”

Her eyes came up to his. “You do?”

“Sure.” He shrugged. “It’s like throwing a party and no one shows up. Although I guess an early Saturday hike is a little different.”

Anna smiled at him. “Maybe it was too early?”

Kristoff laughed. “Maybe. But like I said, their loss.”

She nodded slowly, unable to stop her eyes roaming over every inch of his face. “Their loss indeed,” she agreed.

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Anna was head over heels in love. Kristoff was the one.

They’d left the mountain that day with plans for just the two of them to meet up again the next weekend on another trail in the area. By the end of that second wonderful hike, Kristoff had asked her if she had any dinner plans, and they ended up driving home and meeting later at a Pub near his house, which was coincidentally incredibly close to Anna’s own apartment.

That dinner had changed everything. Or rather, it was the chaste kiss he’d given her at the end of it that changed everything. From then on, Anna knew she was a goner. While dating wasn’t even on her radar after moving to a new town and starting a new job, Kristoff was without a doubt, the love of her life. She felt that spark of love as soon as their lips met for that first beautiful kiss.

After that their love blossomed. They are their lunch together at work, they hung out every chance they had, the went on many other hikes and adventures in the mountains. Kristoff introduced her to camping and fishing and Anna had no idea she could have so much fun sleeping in a camper on the back of a truck with only his body for warmth.

It was on one such camping trip that he first told he that he loved her. Anna’s response had been quick and heartfelt that she was head over heels in love with him too. Her sincerity must have been so profound that Kristoff suddenly asked her to move in with him as well. Anna, of course, was thrilled, and they spent the rest of the evening by the fire talking about how excited they were to live together.

Never in a million years did Anna think she was going to fall in love so quickly and thoroughly. To think, if more people had shown up for that hike, she might not have talked to Kristoff. Perhaps he didn’t show up either. But however you sliced it, they were the only two ones on the mountain that day, which meant to Anna that it was destiny. Kristoff was her soulmate and no one could change her mind on that.

15 YEARS LATER

Kristoff’s smile got wider the closer they got to the mountains. He looked over to his beautiful wife in the passenger seat, nodding her head along to the song on the radio and singing under her breath while she scrolled her phone looking for things to do around the new campground they were going to try. Glancing in the rear-view mirror, he saw that his daughter was listening to her own music and staring out the window, while his son was playing on his Switch with his headphones to pass the time for the drive.

His heart was full. Never in a million years did he think attending a hike sent out in a memo from the receptionist would get him everything he had ever wanted in life, and here he was, relishing in the happiness that his family brought him every day.

Their daughter and son, twelve and ten respectively, adored the mountains as much as him and Anna. It was special to Kristoff that they got to spend time as a family having fun in the outdoors without the distractions of screens for the entirety of the weekend. A lot of the places they went to didn’t even have cell reception.

Suddenly, Anna’s hand shot towards him and gripped his bicep.

“There’s some falls we can hike to!” she said, excitement all over her face.

“Yeah?” he chuckled. “That sounds awesome.”

“I love waterfalls,” their daughter piped up from the back.

“Me too!” Anna agreed. “Bud, you want to hike to some falls?”

Silence from their son.

Kristoff kept his eyes on the road but turned his face towards the rear seat. “Dude, headphones,” he said loud enough to be heard.

His son slipped them off his head. “Huh?”

“You want to hike to some falls?” Anna asked.

His face lit up in a smile. “Oh, yeah for sure.” With that done he slipped the headphones back onto his head and resumed his game, knowing the only time he was allowed to play it over the weekend was to and from camping.

Anna shook her head and looked at Kristoff with a smile on her face. He knew that smile very well. Their kids were typical kids of course, but they were both damn fine kids. Him and Anna were beyond proud of the amazing people they were raising.

Kristoff glanced in the mirrors again to check their rig. They had come a long way from the little camper he had on the back of his dad’s old ’78 Super-Cab. Now he hauled a modest travel trailer with his newer truck; a small queen in the front, little kitchen and table, and bathroom and bunk beds in the back. Perfect for the four of them. They had the little fridge stocked, the cooler full of ice and drinks, their fishing gear, and the bicycles in the bed of his truck. The perfect combination for a fun filled weekend with gorgeous weather in the forecast.

Anna heaved a very happy sounding sigh, setting her phone down in the console between them. “I can’t wait to get there, set up, and crack a cold one.”

Kristoff grinned. Damn this woman was without a doubt the love and light of his life. “Same, baby.”

They glanced at each other with smiles that were only meant for each other. Kristoff thought back to that hike all those years ago often because he had met his soulmate, and he was thankful for that every day of his life since.

#the hike #cee wrote this mess #kristoff #anna #kristanna #oneshot #kristanna modern au #I saw this yesterday and wrote it real quick so i didn't edit it #I just thought it was too cute and really wanted to write this little thing for my otp

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