CHAPTER 1

He was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. There really wasn't anything left for him to do. There was no reason for him to do anything today, not without her there with him. He felt a wet nose slip under his hand and heard panting.

"Hey Sven," Kristoff said, sitting up to pet the dog.

"Looks like it's gonna be just you and me this year."

Sven's ears fell at the words, as though he knew exactly what his owner was talking about. Sven then looked at Kristoff with a confused look, like he was wondering where she was.

"Sven, I told you, Anna's still deployed. They sent my division home last month, but she's not coming home until January. That's why you stayed with Bulda for 4 months, because neither of us were here to be with you."

The dog whined in reply.

"Yeah, I miss her too, buddy."

He looked over to his side table at the picture in the frame. It was his favorite picture of the two of them. She had jumped into his arms as he lifted her off of her feet. There were tears in her eyes, and a brand new ring on her finger. He had just proposed to her, and, though he denies it around his family, they were both crying like babies. He was so happy that she had said yes.

The picture next to it was their wedding picture, and he picked it up and looked at her, still in disbelief that he had gotten so lucky to have such a beautiful wife. Her soft cheeks, bright blue eyes, rounded face, long auburn hair, warm lips. But right now he didn't care about how beautiful she looked in the pictures, he just wanted her home. They had only been married a month before he was deployed, and she was deployed two months later. They were both only going to be gone for 6 months each, but God, 8 months without her was too much for him. They had skyped as much as their time and Internet plan allowed, but it was never enough. Christmas was tomorrow, and he couldn't even spend his first Christmas as a married man with his wonderful wife. He lied back down in bed, staring at the ceiling, wanting to do nothing but lie there in his sorrow, and he would've if his phone hadn't rung.

Bulda's picture appeared on his screen.

"Hi mom," Kristoff said. She could hear the sadness in his voice.

"Kristoff, baby, please come over tomorrow! The whole family's going to be here and it's not going to be the same without you! I know you miss Anna, but I am not going to let you spend Christmas all by yourself! We'll call her tomorrow and we can all send her our love. Please, Kristoff, come over."

"Mom, I don't really feel like-"

"Kristoff, you can't forget about Elsa."

He sighed. She was right. He was being selfish to think that he was the only one who missed Anna, but Elsa missed her too. As soon as he got back he had tried to visit her as much as he could to keep her company, and he knew she was just as miserable as he was. Kristoff had his mom and his whole family, but all Elsa had was Anna. Elsa had spent thanksgiving with his family, which he was sure was a bit of a culture shock, especially because he wasn't even home yet to be there with her. Kristoff's family had basically adopted Elsa and Anna, but he knew Elsa felt awkward there without her.

He sighed. He didn't want to have to lie and try to put on a happy face for his family, but he figured it would probably be for the best of he came over, for him and for Elsa. Besides, if he didn't go he'd only find himself at the liquor store again.

"Alright mom, I'll come," he replied.

"Thank you, baby," she said back, "be here by 4:30, I'm making ham, potatoes, your favorite carrot casserole, pumpkin pie, Apple pie, oh, and Pabbie even made his famous-"

"Ok, mom, I get it! I'll be there, promise!"

"Alright baby. I'll see you tomorrow. Love you."

"Love you too, mom," he said, and hung up the phone. He gave a small smile, thinking about how crazy his mother was. He leant over to the side table to put his phone down, and his smile faded as he saw Anna's picture again. He began to tear up, but then rolled over and went to sleep. He was still fully clothed, but he didn't care. He just wanted to make his days without her as short as possible.

**Author Note**

Thanks so much for reading my second fic! I had seen so many fics of Kristoff coming home just in time for Christmas, so i figured why can't it be Anna who's deployed? I hope you like it! This will obviously be more than one chapter, and new chapters will be posted soon. Please feel free to leave comments and reviews!

Disclaimer: I do not own Frozen or any of its characters, they all belong to Walt Disney Animation Studios. :)