A/N: This new collection will be where I put short stories I've written for Frozen AUs (hence the name; "variations" on the Frozen canon). It will be rated T, just to be safe.

I finally found the inspiration to do a little thing for Frozen Fandom Month AUs Week (just in time for it to be over). It is set in the "Domestic Assassin" AU (created by Ultranos, and contributed to by many others), which is a modern AU where Elsa is an affably-amoral assassin-for-hire, taking hit jobs to pay for Anna's med school. In this 'verse, Kristoff is a police officer who is dating Anna, and becoming suspicious of Elsa's behavior. The stories generally take place either before Anna discovers her sister's secret life, or after; this one is post-reveal.

"Dazed and Confused"

It was a lovely Saturday, and Anna Arendelle had hoped she could take her dorky sister out and do something fun, for a change. Between med school, worrying about Elsa's health, and worrying about her cop boyfriend Kristoff discovering Elsa's secret life, Anna needed a change of pace once in a while.

But it was two in the afternoon, and Elsa was just now coming downstairs, bleary-eyed and blinking. She had one of their numerous cats draping on one shoulder, looking much more awake than his owner. She hadn't even changed out of her blood-stained clothes yet!

"Good 'morning'," Anna said drily. "Rough night?"

"Mm-hmm," Elsa mumbled, clearly half-asleep as she poured herself a cup of coffee, nearly missing the cup.

Every time that Anna had to deal with Elsa having pulled an all-nighter, she wound up talking to someone who was so oblivious to her own surroundings, that Anna wondered why Elsa hadn't mistakenly come home to the wrong house. (Hence the fresh-brewed pot of coffee.)

And she claims to be an assassin, Anna thought. "You know, it's bad enough that you... you..." Even now, knowing her secret, it was hard for her to say.

"Just say it," Elsa muttered, putting the steaming cup to her lips.

"Kill people," Anna blurted, exasperated. "I can deal with you getting back home at dawn, and sleeping half the day." True, she was at med school most of those times, but... "But for you to come home looking like that, and not even changing...!"

"Like what?" her sister asked. The cat gave a soft meow and hopped down onto the table, before jumping down to the floor to go find his friends.

"Like that!." Anna said, pointing at Elsa's soiled clothes.

"What's wrong with it?" Elsa said, apparently not comprehending.

"You're covered in blood, Elsa," Anna said, annoyed at having to spell it out for her. "And I'm afraid to ask whose it is!"

"Mostly... mine," Elsa managed to get out, between sips of coffee. "May have tripped over a rose bush... or three..."

"Oh, Elsa..." Anna said, rolling her eyes. "Come on. Let's get you cleaned up, and then maybe we can go do something fun, with what's left of the day." And maybe Kristoff won't ask too many questions, Anna thought, thinking of the blond-haired police officer.

"Mm-kay," Elsa mumbled. She kept a tight grip on her coffee mug as Anna led her away from the dining room to change.