He really wasn't buying the tough front that Faith was putting on. Obviously, this wasn't going to be easy. If Sam wanted easy, he wouldn't have agreed to let Faith invade his privacy in the first place. He knew how complicated it all was. It was part of why he didn't bring up the Ruby situation most times; not only did it hurt him, but it hurt the people around him as well. What he had hoped to accomplish by letting Faith in was reassuring her in some way. Wasn't that what she wanted? To see what they were talking about? To know that they were not going back to where they were before or even anywhere that was potentially worse than that? He could see the shielded hurt in her eyes, the one thing that Sam had been hoping to ease by guaranteeing her a place in all of this. Faith was no longer being stuck on the outside. Wasn't that what she had wanted?
Expressing his thoughts on how good of an idea it was for the sake of keeping him in line was only a cover. The intent behind his decision wasn't based on Faith being useful. If they played it the right way, there was a chance that she might have been, actually. It would be useful, maybe, but the reasoning behind his choice of action was far more focused on the idea of making sure that Faith felt safe. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally as well. He had thought that this was a good plan. That she would be glad that he was making this less of a secret than it had been the last time around. Things were different now. Had she forgotten already?
"You know I'm letting you in 'cause I care, don't you?" He looked over at her cautiously. He knew something was wrong. Sam only hoped that he was getting it right here. Most days he felt like everything he did was the wrong thing. No matter what it was, they were caught up in a bad place and there were just some things that wouldn't change that. God, he hoped this wasn't one of those situations. He was doing his best here, he really was. "If you don't agree with it or if it gets too hard, you can tell me. I'll ease up. I'll back down. I'm letting you become a part of this because I want you to be, Faith. It's different now. We're a couple. We're a team. Remember?"