To her definite upperhand, he visibly balked, turning away for just a second before shaking his head in her direction. "It isn't like that, Faith. Buffy and me..."

It was painful to talk about, even if he knew she was just trying to get a rise out of him. It sucked, but he had been the one to make it suck, so he would just have to deal.

"It's not like that."