A faucet, comprising: a valve body including a cartridge receiving bore; a valve cartridge slidably and sealingly disposed in the cartridge receiving bore, the valve cartridge including: a stem rotatably connected to the valve cartridge; and a bore created in a portion of the valve cartridge; a lever assembly having: a lever base having a handle mount tube extending therefrom; a lever pin slidably disposed in the handle mount tube; a single lever handle connected to the stem operating when rotated in a hot water open direction to permit hot water flow through the valve body, the lever handle adapted to slidably receive a portion of the lever pin; and a compression spring positioned within the lever handle operating to bias the lever handle away from the lever base, the lever handle requiring translation against a bias force of the compression spring to translate the lever pin toward the lever base to permit rotation of the lever assembly in the hot water open direction; and a torsion spring having a first post received in the bore of the valve cartridge and a second post received in an aperture of the lever assembly, wherein the torsion spring is biased when the lever assembly is rotated in the hot water open direction and operates to bias the lever assembly toward a valve closed position. a valve body including a cartridge receiving bore; a valve cartridge slidably and sealingly disposed in the cartridge receiving bore, the valve cartridge including: a stem rotatably connected to the valve cartridge; and a bore created in a portion of the valve cartridge; a stem rotatably connected to the valve cartridge; and a bore created in a portion of the valve cartridge; a lever assembly having: a lever base having a handle mount tube extending therefrom; a lever pin slidably disposed in the handle mount tube; a single lever handle connected to the stem operating when rotated in a hot water open direction to permit hot water flow through the valve body, the lever handle adapted to slidably receive a portion of the lever pin; and a compression spring positioned within the lever handle operating to bias the lever handle away from the lever base, the lever handle requiring translation against a bias force of the compression spring to translate the lever pin toward the lever base to permit rotation of the lever assembly in the hot water open direction; and a lever base having a handle mount tube extending therefrom; a lever pin slidably disposed in the handle mount tube; a single lever handle connected to the stem operating when rotated in a hot water open direction to permit hot water flow through the valve body, the lever handle adapted to slidably receive a portion of the lever pin; and a compression spring positioned within the lever handle operating to bias the lever handle away from the lever base, the lever handle requiring translation against a bias force of the compression spring to translate the lever pin toward the lever base to permit rotation of the lever assembly in the hot water open direction; and a torsion spring having a first post received in the bore of the valve cartridge and a second post received in an aperture of the lever assembly, wherein the torsion spring is biased when the lever assembly is rotated in the hot water open direction and operates to bias the lever assembly toward a valve closed position.