Author's Note: One of the fun requests from Howdy Ya'll which was "Parker with a flamethrower." This was hard to explain for some odd reason, still I hope you enjoy! Also, there are a few references to Buffy in this drabble so you might want to Google it to get the gist of parts of this drabble. To all who requested requests, I am slowly working my way through them all. Please be patient and I apologize for the delay! Please enjoy!

He supposes that he could blame Hardison for this mess.

The hacker was the one who had let Parker watch TV unsupervised. After the incident in Chicago where Parker had watched an episode of Law&Order and decided that Nate's apartment had to be searched—and all his stuff destroyed or thrown out the window—there had been an unspoken rule that Parker couldn't watch TV without supervision.

So, what does Hardison do the moment the rest of the team is gone?

He lets Parker watch a few episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Specifically, the episodes where there is a flamethrower involved.

You can see where this is going, right?

Parker + flamethrower = Huge problems for Eliot.

"Eliot," She greets cheerfully, as if nothing is wrong. "Did you see my new toy?" Smiling brightly, she shows him her homemade flamethrower. Eliot doesn't ask how she got the material or how she even learned how to make it, but he simply holds out his hands and waits.

"Give it," He orders silently. Parker frowns and seems like he's ordered something utterly ridiculous. "Parker, come on."

"Buffy got one," She protests, clutching the flamethrower. "And Giles never complained." Eliot sighs. He really doesn't have time to explain to Nate why their headquarters caught on fire and because of that, Parker needs to give in.

"Buffy is a TV show," He reminds her gently. "TV shows don't play in the normal realms of reality, Parker, you know that." She smirks and laughs softly.

"And we do?" She challenges which causes him to smirk a little bit. A bunch of ex-criminals doing illegal things to take down other bad guys was pretty farfetched.

"I don't want you to hurt yourself," He confesses as he gently pries the weapon from her hands. "This is dangerous."

"Live a little, Eliot!" She exclaims, her voice bubbly and full of happiness. "Everything is ok!"

He knows he's being hard on her. He knows he sounds more like an overprotective dad than one of her friends, but he can't help it. When it comes to Parker, he just can't help himself. He wants her safe at all times. He needs her to be protected. Losing her . . . hell, he couldn't even finish the thought—it was that painful.

Parker prances off, the flamethrower forgotten for now.

No one told Eliot that she also watched the home gardening channel.

"Crap!" He curses as he walks in on Parker knocking down Nate's bedroom wall. She looks at him innocently and says:

"I was trying to help."

From then on, Parker was forbidden from watching TV.

Author's Note: Review please! And request as well!