Three men. One room. Only one will get out alive... but then only one went in that way.

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Spike relaxed just slightly at Wesley's words, although he was still just one rude comment away from launching himself at Angel's throat.

"I don't think I'm ever going to be able to get used to the idea," Angel said. "I know you're upset about what happened, but that doesn't mean you should settle for - "

"You are such an arrogant prick, you know that?" Spike interrupted before Angel could get any further into uncomfortable territory. "I know it's hard to get new thoughts through that thick skull of yours, but one of these centuries you're going to have to face the fact that other people actually like me. Some of them even love me."

"I'm just saying he has a pattern when he's unhappy of getting involved in relationships that can't go anywhere." There was a satisfied gleam in Angel's eyes that Spike didn't like at all.

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Angel leaned back, looking defeated. "It'd take a dozen to get anywhere close to drunk enough to forget," he said, and Wesley couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Again.

"It's going to be fine," he said. "It will mean a lot to them that you're willing to come clean, I know it will."

"Too bad I missed out on that chance with you," Angel said, his eyes looking into Wesley's with enough emotion that Wesley thought he felt his heart skip a beat.

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"Your loss is my gain," Spike said seriously, and when Angel met his gaze for a moment he knew that they agreed upon where Wesley would be if Angel hadn't done what he had.

"If you ever want to come back," Angel said, looking into Wesley's eyes again and showing remarkable sensitivity in not listing all of ways things might go wrong for them, "your job will always be open. I'd like to try to make things up to you."

Spike had to look down, unable to watch the connection between them that he knew he'd never be able to touch. As much as he hated that someone else had such a draw on Wesley's heart, it also made his stomach twist not quite in revulsion to see Angel caring about someone so deeply.