A/N: I don't quite know where this one came from, but it was bugging me to be written, so here it is. It's just the result of me thinking about the Anna, Nina and Lee 'triangle' in the Tekken anime, so I'd say it takes place somewhere around the second tournament. I don't usually write about these three, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated. And most importantly, I hope you enjoy this little ficlet.

COLD SNAP

Family ties were the only connection between them. Other than that, the Williams sisters had absolutely nothing in common. The older sister had long golden locks and a beautiful but unfriendly countenance, while the younger was a glossy brunette with expressive eyes and a teasing, provocative air. Where Nina was reserved, Anna was uninhibited, while Nina was standoffish and unapproachable, her sister possessed an easy, carefree manner. Anna wore her heart on her sleeve, but not even when enveloped in the deepest haze of passion would any real warmth creep into Nina's expression. Afterwards she would never stay with him, preferring to get dressed, slip her stilettos on and leave.

Anna would rest her head on his chest, listen to his heartbeat, talk dreamy nonsense about love and being loved, and Lee would reassure her that they were kindred spirits and that she was the one. Perhaps it was true they were kindred spirits, though. Both of them were the failures of the family. Perhaps that was why Lee preferred Nina over her sister. Anna may have understood him, but he had never felt the need to be understood.

Anna had already surrendered everything she could to him; there was nothing left to take from her. Nina, on the other hand, had taken from him and surrendered nothing of herself. Her utter indifference frustrated and confounded him like nothing else ever had, and he was determined to find a way to force her emotions to the surface, to disrupt the icy calmness of her demeanour. He had always felt the need to be admired, and how better to win admiration than to achieve something thought impossible?

That determination led him to make a decision as he lay in sheets lightly scented with Anna's perfume, resting on the pillow that Nina's hair had fanned across the previous night.

He told Anna first, and her reaction was as swift as summer lightning. He didn't even reach up to rub his stinging face when she struck him, stayed silent while she screamed, remained impassive as her fury at such an unforgivable betrayal gave way to tears and disbelieving whispers of "I loved you". He'd been in this situation before, it was nothing new or special. It was her sister's reaction to his confession that Lee was more interested in. He was confident that it would at least spark some anger in her, considering her hatred for her younger sibling.

"You and your sister may have your differences, but you both like to be touched a certain way, I've noticed."

It was while Nina was dressing that he made this casual comment. She stopped, straightened up, and he waited with anticipation, eager for the opportunity to catch a glimpse of her heart. This would prove it, prove she felt something for him, that he had managed to chip away at the ice, do what no one else could. When she turned to face him though, it was only to fix him with a glacial stare. There was no detectable change in her air whatsoever.

"...And?"

"And?" Lee repeated, incredulous, forgetting himself. "Were you even listening to what I just told you?"

"Of course I was listening."

"And you have nothing to say? You don't even care that me and your sister---"

"My sister..." she interrupted, "...has a habit of picking the wrong men."

That was all the attention she saw fit to grace the matter with. Turning back to the task at hand, she finished getting dressed, slipped her stilettos on, and left.