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[cantdanceflynn]

my secret santa gift for @vinniedakotaismyspiritanimal! Sorry if its not great, I don't write heinz that often but I have it on good authority that its. Good. So I hope u like it:>

Perry took a deep breath, adjusting his hat to make sure he hadn't forgotten it. He usually spent all of Christmas Eve and Christmas itself with his family, only leaving if he really had to put up with one of Heinz's evil plans.

But, over the last year, the summer and holidays especially, he'd come to view the Doofenshmirtzes as family as well. Not literally his host family, Christmas Day would still be reserved for cuddling with his kids and cozying up by the fireplace with his parents. But for now, his kids were sleeping and his parents were probably finishing wrapping another round of gifts. So he had figured no one would miss him too much if he checked in on his other family.

Carefully, quietly, he rapped his knuckles against the door. A strange level of uncertainty, the kind he rarely felt with this part of his life, was squirming inside his mind.

Big, thumping footsteps gave Norm away before he even opened the door. Perry could hear Heinz from the open doorway, a half audible admonition towards Norm. Relatively unphased, Perry waved at Norm and walked on in. Norm waved back silently as he closed the door, the hinges rattling in place. Perry could hear another complaint from Heinz as he padded, or rather plapped, his way into the apartment's sort of living room.

"-And you better not have broken that door again! Hello, hi, no more carolers today, please, I've had quite enough of tho- oh!"

Perry waved awkwardly to him as well, teeth grinding into a chatter he knew Heinz wouldn't understand. Heinz waved back, tilting his head in confusion.

"Perry the Platypus? We had our weird truce thing, remember? I haven't made any inators or anything, and you don't need to break my stuff. You can... You can go, right?"

Perry glanced around the room, at the presents needing wrapping and the half busted tree and the odd Christmas decoration lazily plastered over the usual decor. He threw his thumb over his shoulder, pointing at them with a chatter that probably came off as more passive aggressive than he hoped for.

"Yes, I know that I have a lot that needs to be done! And I'm just sitting around, trying to figure out the right step to start, because if I don't then I can't start on anything else without knowing there's more to do and, well, you know what it's like! Or maybe you don't. I don't know, do platypi have mental illnesses?"

Perry had no actual response to that. Instead he raised an eyebrow and pointed at the unwrapped presents.

Heinz fiddled with his hands, clearly looking for something idle to occupy his body with. "The wrapping paper is still in the closet. Charlene is actually coming over with Vanessa this time, because she's, Vanessa, she's bringing her partners for once, and she wants it to feel like a full family celebration so I'm trying to go all out with the decorations and presents but I've never actually, you know, celebrated, before."

Perry knew perfectly well. He would not be attending that specific gathering for a number of reasons, not least of which was that there were about five aspects of his life that could not intersect present. But this, he could help with.

Owca agents were, inexplicably enough, meant to keep track of every holiday on the calender, and how to best celebrate it or stay out of the way, whenever possible. It was meant, apparently, to help them keep track of their family's schedule to avoid any potential holiday related host family mishaps. While Perry was sure it helped agents like Pinky quite a lot, for better or for worse, Christmas and sometimes Thanksgiving were the only holidays most agents actually tracked. Perry, of course, had a minimum of nine lovable kids who would be celebrating speak like a pirate day wherever they thought appropriate that morning, but it still helped.

Wasting no further time, he marched over to the closet. He could hear Heinz groaning as he stood up, although he didn't know if it was from tiredness or what Lawrence would affectionately call "your old man's back".

"Perry the Platypus, I'll have you know I can handle this all myself! And, well, I suppose Norm is "helping", with heavy, heavy air quotes! Do you see these, do you see how heavy they are? I mean, my arms are metal, so I guess they're guaranteed to be heavy, but I mean metaphorically, obviously."

Perry just rolled his eyes. The man could object all he wanted, but if Perry knew Heinz at all, he'd appreciate the head start if nothing else.

Not an hour later, Heinz was happily humming some version of the kinderlumper song he'd so... kindly relayed to Perry before as the two of them wrapped presents and put up admittedly astounding decorations. Perry didn't even know how you found an ornament of a reindeer mermaid, but he made a mental note to ask Carl about Heinz's shopping history so he could check.

The doorbell rang, an actual ringing this time, and Norm's thudding probably woke up everyone any floor below. Perry chuckled, the idea of how much the downstairs neighbors must hate Heinz occuring to him for the first time ever.

"Hey, Norm. Where's Dad?" Vanessa's voice was oddly warm, although if it was from festivities or just excited for tomorrow, it was hard to say.

Heinz was up before Perry even had a chance to react though, moving into the entrance and leaving Perry to finish up the last of the decorations. He could hear Heinz greeting her with surprise, but tuned most of it out. He was tired, and maybe it was careless, but he liked basking in the lights and humming to himself just a bit. It felt nice, to be able to do like this with people he cared about this time.

"Oh, hey... Perry?" Vanessa's voice came from behind, and he turned to greet her with another wave. "I'm just here early to spend some time with Dad and Norm without, like, fifty people around, if OWCA needs to know. Nice to get to see you though."

He nodded slightly, eyes flitting to the clock. He would have to leave soon, both for his parents not worrying about him and because he made sure to spend every Christmas Eve night cuddled up in his boys' arms.

Heinz seemed to actually catch this small cue, clapping his hands. "You know.... Since we're all here, how about we get to peek at one present each. That's a thing people do on Christmas Eve!"

Perry shot the man a dirty look. They just wrapped them, for crying out loud.

"Alright, alright, fine. No peeking, but you at least better come over tomorrow for your present," Heinz huffed. "It's a little more specific this year, don't worry."

Perry blinked. An actual present? For him?

Heinz put his hands on his hips. "Oh, don't look so surprised, Perry the Platypus! I can figure out more about you without breaking protocol, it just... Takes a while."

Vanessa scoffed, leaning down to Perry's level and ruffling his fur. She was particularly lucky she counted as one of his kids, because there was no way anyone else could get away with that outside of him pretending to be a pet.

"How about Perry takes his present home, Dad? That way he can still open it in time, and he doesn't have to come over on Christmas Day for it." She gave Perry a less than discreet wink, but one Heinz clearly didn't notice.

"Oh, that's it! Take it, take it! I insist! But you better tell me if you like it after Christmas!" A small box was quickly shoved into Perry's hands, properly wrapped this time. If he didn't know better, his eyes might've watered a bit.

He set down the present and, slowly, he wrapped his arms around Vanessa's leg in some approximation of a hug. Snorting, she ruffled his fur again. She was definitely lucky to be one of his kids.

Heinz scoffed, clearly about to remark on something when Perry moved over to hugging his leg too. The two of them just stood there for a bit, a silence that could be awkward or comfortable, and Perry didn't think anyone knew which. He peeled away once it definitely got uncomfortable, but Heinz was smiling down at him in a way that almost made him wish he kept it up.

"Do I not get a hug?" Norm's robotic voice broke the silence, causing Heinz to roll his eyes. Perry did the same, but moved over to attempting to hug the robot's leg. It was, admittedly, a bit too wide for his arms, but he figured the feeling probably got across to Norm.

"Thank you." For a typically neutral robot, Norm's voice sounded oddly self satisfied. Chuckling slightly, Perry picked his present back up and set up his paraglider. He typically didn't look back when he left the building's balcony, both because of wind resistance and because it just wasn't how it was, well, done. But this time, he made the effort to swivel his head just enough to see them waving goodbye.

Vanessa did head inside before he'd fully left view, but it was cold enough he couldn't really blame her. And he'd hear plenty about her later tomorrow anyways, so he just turned back around and steered himself in the direction of home. A path he'd taken hundreds of times, but always felt warm.

Back to pretending to be a mindless pet, he pushed the small box under the tree with his beak. He'd probably have to hide the gift after it was opened if he didn't want Candace to steal it or Linda to put it on top of the fridge(arguably his worst enemy), but for now? It was enough to just have parts of both his families close for Christmas.

[bringbackmaes14]

Something about this fucks with my perception of Doofenshmirtz because if he sees Perry completely without a hat, he doesn't know it's Perry until he sees him with a hat, but if Perry quick-changes his hat, Doof still knows it's him? He knows it's Perry even though it's a different hat?

And I know what you're saying: "Dot he literally watched Perry change hats he's not gonna forget who he is while he's right there in front of him" but I raise you the fact that Perry has literally escaped traps by taking off his hat while Doof was in the room but had his back turned and it makes Doof think Perry got switched out with a different helpless non-secret agent platypus and he'll let it out of the trap and then he gets upset when Perry puts his hat back on and he realizes Perry tricked him.

[residentdork]

similar to how Doofenshmirtz doesn't recognize Perry without the hat, I think it would have been funny if the Fletcher family didn't recognize Perry with the hat on. They stumble upon Agent P and there like 'WOAH WHAT? Is that a platypus with a hat on that's so cool. wait is he a secret agent wow.' hat gets knocked off 'Perry our beloved family pet! Omg it was you the whole time wow'

[buzzcutlip]

Ah okay so for context it’s a kids show and there’s a villain and pet platypus Perry is a secret agent/his nemesis

It’s a running bit in the show that the villain doesn’t recognise Perry without his hat.

So basically JAW and that beige cap

I see! Thank you for explaining :)

[zosonils]

maybe the building has a park/courtyard right out back so if they looked up they'd see Perry flying in. Candace sees him once in a while but has the same thing with the hat that Doof does so she doesn't ever recognize him. scene where Perry in his hat is in the elevator with Candace and Vanessa and V is like "that's perry the platypus my dad's arch nemesis" and Candace is like "that's funny we have a pet platypus named perry" but doesn't connect the dots bc. Hat. Perry is sweating

HAJSKNKNFKJBNKJGNF

[agoldengalaxy]

Being a Mindless Animal Must Get Tiring

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“Must get pretty tiring having to pretend to be mindless every day.”

Perry gives her a wry smile. He doesn’t even need to sign anything. She knows he’s thinking, You have no idea.

--

“What do you think it means when your sister can talk to bees?”

“…I have no idea how to answer that question, Stace.”

“Yeah, I didn’t think so,” she giggles, switching the phone to her other ear. “I guess we both have weird siblings.

Candace chuckles. “At least Ginger doesn’t drive you crazy.”

“She does. You just don’t see it. Maybe we should start an older sisters’ club.”

“That’d be nice.”

Stacy opens her mouth to respond, but the doorbell cuts her off. “Ah, sorry Candace, I gotta go. Good luck with busting today.”

“Thanks, Stace! See ya!”

The line clicks and Stacy sticks her phone in her pocket, heading to the front door. She knows better than to just open it without thinking, especially since she’s alone in the house today. She peers through the peephole, at first assuming one of Ginger’s friends must have ding-dong ditched her. Upon closer inspection, and looking a little further down, she realizes that isn’t the case.

Frowning, she unlocks the door and opens it, kneeling down. “Perry, you okay?”

The platypus, standing on his back legs, has his shoulders slumped, looking…really tired. It’s still strange, seeing Perry like this, but Stacy thinks she’s finally getting used to it. He’s just another member of the Flynn-Fletcher family…he just can’t talk and his biggest secret has been entrusted to her, of all people. He shrugs. Stacy nods, taking his hand.

“Why don’t you come in? No one’s home today.” She leads him into the house, shutting the door with her hip. If she thinks about it, Perry is basically just a tiny adult. Being a secret agent must have its drawbacks, too. So she situates him on the couch and goes to the fridge, taking out two boxes of juice and a plate of fruit her mother left behind.

When she sits down, she’s given a look she can only interpret as gratefulness. He takes the juice box in one hand and lifts the other, signing something.

“Oh, okay, give me a second, I’m a little rusty.” She’d been learning basic sign language, mostly to try and impress her mother, but also because it’s the one way she can communicate with Perry. He must have been taught it at the agency years ago. She turns her body to face him completely, nodding for him to go again.

Thank you. It’s been a rough week.

Stacy nods, popping a grape into her mouth. “Must get pretty tiring having to pretend to be mindless every day.”

Perry gives her a wry smile, bringing the juice box straw to his bill. He doesn’t even need to sign anything. She knows he’s thinking, You have no idea.

“Well, have you ever thought about telling them anyway?” He looks up in surprise, so she elaborates. “I mean, that guy with the monobrow and big mustache, he’s your boss, right? But if you told the boys and Candace about your secret, I bet they’d keep it like I do. Your boss doesn’t have to know.”

He shakes his head wistfully.

“Yeah, I guess that is a little too risky,” she agrees. “Have you ever thought about retirement? What’s even the policy for retiring as a secret agent?”

There’s a flicker of some expression on his face, but she doesn’t know what it is. He signs slowly so she can put it together. I can’t until my nemesis retires. And I love my job. I don’t think I’m ready to leave it yet.

“Oh, your nemesis. The pharm - I mean, the evil scientist.” He nods, and she smiles a little. “Well, I guess somebody’s gotta stop him from breaking into people’s houses with a weird bug machine.” That makes him smile, and she counts it as a win. It was completely by chance that she found out his secret, and she’s honored that he trusts her enough to keep it, and now, to confide in her. She reaches over, taking off his hat to rub the top of his head. He purrs. “Don’t worry. Things’ll all work out. At least, that’s what my mom says.”

Perry smiles, taking another sip of his juice box before putting it down to sign, Thank you, Stacy.

Placing the hat back on his head, she grins. “For what? The pep talk, or the juice?” He laughs at that - so that’s what a platypus laugh sounds like - and leans forward a bit. “Oh, do you want to go back home?”

He thinks for a moment, then nods. Outside, the sun is just setting; the boys must be worried by now.

“I’ll take you back,” she offers, and he smiles and thanks her again. It’s really no big deal to her, and she knows Perry would probably enjoy the company for as long as possible. She kneels down and he hops into her arms, removing his hat, and they head out the door.

She pets him quietly as she walks, teasing him gently about the way he purrs. He glares, but there isn’t anything to it. For a secret agent, he certainly is adorable. Pushing open the back fence door, she looks around the backyard.

“Hello? Phineas? Ferb? You out here?” Perry’s eyes are already crossed. She can feel his tiny heartbeat speed up. As tiring as it must be to be a mindless animal, it’s clear: this platypus loves his boys.

The kitchen door opens and they rush outside, relief clear on their faces. “Stacy, you found Perry!”

She smiles, carefully handing the platypus to Phineas, who holds him close. Ferb pets him. “Yeah, I did. He wandered all the way over to my house.”

“Perhaps he missed you,” Ferb muses, and Stacy catches Perry’s eye for a brief moment. He winks at her.

“Yeah. Maybe he did,” she says, smiling a little wider. “Well, I’ll leave you to catch up. Oh, and if you see your sister, tell her I say hi, ‘kay?”

The boys nod, still holding Perry close. “Okay! Thanks for taking care of Perry for us,” Phineas exclaims as they walk back toward the house.

“Any time. You need a pet sitter, let me know, Phineas!”

“We’ll keep it in mind! Bye now!”

Stacy waves until they close the door behind them, and she turns around, looking up at the setting sun. One day, Perry will be able to be himself. But until then, she’s happy to help him process his day-to-day life.

“Who would have thought,” she murmurs to herself as she takes one last look at the Flynn-Fletcher house, “you’d spend your afternoon talking to a platypus. It’s pretty cool, though.”

And with that, she heads back home before anyone can catch her talking to herself.

[woulddieforperrytheplatypus]

What're some of your favorite moments between Doof and Perry during Phineas and Ferb?

You have absolutely no idea how fucking long I spent making this video fhdsjahkjaf I’m gonna gush under the cut about why I liked each one so y’all don’t have to deal with me if you don’t want to lol

These are in no particular order. They’re just numbered to line up with the reasoning. I added lil descriptions to each of them but you’ll probably have to either watch the video first or have a pretty good memory of the show to understand them lol

1. “Dr. Wexler, you’re a platypus?” (A Hard Day’s Knight)

Literally just the way he says, “Dr. Wexler, you’re a platypus?”

2. “Is every platypus named Perry?” and then Perry bites him (AT2D)

M O N C H (also Heinz calls him cute) (also also “We do not bite the elderly!”)

3. Perry tries to fly him and Heinz home from the desert but Heinz flips the turbo switch and they lose the jetpack (Road to Danville)

“Like you didn’t know about my switch-flipping compulsion!” They’re literally an old married couple omfg I can’t even (also moment of appreciation for the fact that they’re close enough that Heinz just assumes Perry knows about his switch-flipping compulsion) (another moment of appreciation because Perry probably does)

4. The end of the Perry/Doof subplot of Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror

First of all, the way Perry decides to run under his giant floating head when going around would take two extra seconds? Beautiful. And, of course, Perry’s fucking smirk because that’s just not his problem lmaooo

5. The pause in the FIGHT FIGHT IT’S A PLATYPUS FIGHT (Doofapus)

I love that they literally just stop mid-fight to have tea. I firmly believe there is no other pair of nemeses that would do that and this is just how Heinz and Perry work. Also, Perry’s smile? He feels so understood? It’s so pure?

6. Vanessa lets Perry in before he can break down the door with his rocket launcher and then Perry accidentally shoots it through the wall (My Sweet Ride)

“This is why I can never have anything nice -_-”

7. Heinz doesn’t trap Perry (Road to Danville)

He’s so confused fjdahfksdhfak he literally goes out of his way to get trapped at that point (even if he pretends he doesn’t) and Heinz flipped the script on him without telling him and his lil shrug is so cute and I just jsfhkjadhsk

8. There’s a Platypus Controlling Me (Brain Drain)

You had to know this one was gonna be there

9. “In your letters, you said your nemesis was a suave, semi-aquatic personification of unstoppable dynamic fury” (Oil on Candace)

The fact that Heinz sent his ex-professor a letter gushing about his nemesis is just *chef’s kiss*

10. Perry and Dennis are fighting in giant puppets in the street and Heinz recognizes Perry piloting the puppet because of his fighting style (The Return of the Rogue Rabbit)

I’m pretty sure this is the only time Heinz ever recognizes Perry without his hat on (correct me if I’m wrong tho) and the fact that it’s literally just because Perry punched the fuckin camera kills me every time

11. Heinz is worried they won’t make his play in time so Perry tells him to flip the turbo switch (Road to Danville)

Perry just trusts him so much??? Flipping the switch was what got them into that mess in the first place??? But Perry cares so much about Heinz making his LOVEMUFFIN play that he’s willing to give it another go??? I love it???

12. DANCE BABY DANCE BABY HANDS IN THE AIR (Candace Disconnected)

I feel like we don’t get to see Perry just kinda hanging out like that a lot. He’s always doing that steely glare, even when they’re having fun. I don’t think Perry really realizes how emotionless he can look sometimes (the beginning and end of Sidetracked are from Perry’s POV especially at the end, the way he acts with the boys shows too much character for a secret agent, so even though he seems to think it’s obvious that he’s all lovey dovey with them, he does much too good a job at hiding his emotions) but it’s nice to see him drop the facade every now and then

13. Heinz calls Monogram because Perry hasn’t shown up (Perry the Actorpus)

I know Perry’s not technically in this one but I love that Heinz a) calls OWCA when Perry doesn’t show up and b) looks so nervous as he calls OWCA because Perry hasn’t shown up

14. Perry brings Heinz a glass of water (Road to Danville)

Half this episode is just them being mad at each other because they blame the other one for sticking them in the desert with way home, and I love that even though Perry’s been fuming pretty much the entire time, the second Heinz actually starts yelling at him, he’s immediately hit with a wave of guilt (also I love that he somehow found a glass of water in the middle of the desert?)

15. “YOU PEED ON MY COUCH!” (AT2D)

Not gonna lie, I mostly picked this one for shits and giggles BUT that doesn’t mean I can’t overanalyze it because that’s what I do best. Perry’s whole role in the show is to tie together the two completely unrelated plots, and that’s only so entertaining because not only does neither side know the other, but neither side knows what version of Perry the other side knows. This is the first time Heinz has really connected mindless pet Perry with Agent P Perry, and I feel like that was the most interesting part of the movie was that Phineas, Ferb, Candace, and Heinz all saw a side of Perry they didn’t know. 

16. Heinz invites Perry out for lunch (The Quietest Day Ever)

Heinz doesn’t even know he got hit with the de-handsome-inator. He literally just thinks he lost, and his immediate reaction is to ask if Perry wants to hang out. I just love those lil insights into their relationship when they’re not fighting. Also, perry.exe has stopped working.

17. Honestly just all of Father’s Day

I hate knowing that chronologically, Father’s Day had to happen probably less than halfway through the summer and not towards the end like it does in the episode order. It’s such a sweet turning point in their relationship. Perry’s head all these horrible backstories about Mr. Doofenshmirtz and I can only assume he hates the guy, but he’s still so supportive of Heinz trying to win his approval -- and he’s supportive when that fails and Heinz needs someone to lean on.

18. Perry Lays An Egg

T H W A R T   M E   P E R R Y   T H E   P L A T Y P U S 

19. Heinz proving he knows how to shut the fuck up by refusing to shut the fuck up (Road to Danville)

Perry’s literally about to fight a bitch and I can’t blame him. I also like the lil look into Heinz’s thoughts with the “it’s not like I have to fill the space” line because it really explains a lot about him.

20. Perry waiting for the New Year’s ball to drop and for Heinz to finish his scheme (Happy New Year!)

Once again, a beautiful look at how their entire relationship is based on their routine and knowing what to expect. It wouldn’t be Heinz and Perry if there was not punching and kicking involved. (Also, Perry’s smug face while he waits) (Also also, Perry’s lil shrug)

21. Heinz invites Perry to hang out in his house in the suburbs (Put That Putter Away)

GIVE PERRY A DAY OFF (but for real I love that Heinz literally just asked if he wanted to hang out, AND that he assured Perry that he’d make sure he didn’t get in trouble with Monogram for it)

22. The end of Sidetracked

THEY? HOLD? HAND???

23. “The thing that’s kept me from succeeding all these years is YOU!” *turns finger around* (Road to Danville)

PERRY IS SO DONE WITH HIS SHlT I CAN’T FDJAFHDJLSFHDSAKJ

24. Roger tries to say hi to sleeping Perry (Just Our Luck)

How often does Perry have to fall asleep around Heinz for the guy to know he gets testy when someone wakes him up?

25. The brief New Year’s dance break (Happy New Year!)

THEIR DANCING IS SO FAST AND SO IN SYNC EITHER THEY REHEARSED THIS OR THEY JUST KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL THAT IT JUST HAPPENS NATURALLY AND I WOULD DIE FOR THEM OKAY

26. Perry accidentally became famous for advertising tools and then shows up at DEI (Perry the Actorpus)

He’s so happy to see his nemesis again :,)

27. “You think I’m evil, right?” *finger guns* (Oil on Candace)

Perry is at least partially responsible for how horribly that day went, but that’s his job is to make sure evil scientists don’t impress other evil scientists. You don’t want, like, an evil scientist team up or whatever. But I’m decently sure there’s nothing in the job description that says Perry has to stick around and assure his nemesis that he’s good at being evil, so that’s all Perry’s doing.

28. Perry pulled an all nighter and shows up at DEI asleep and Heinz has to try not to wake him up (Just Our Luck)

The amount of respect it takes for Heinz to see his nemesis sleeping on the job and go out of his way not to wake him up (but to make sure he’s still included, of course; he’s not a disrespectful guy, even if he is evil) warms my heart

29. Perry shows Heinz a bunch of their pictures together (This Is Your Backstory)

a) I love that Perry carries those pictures in his wallet 

b) I love that those pictures exist at all

 c) I love that Heinz has enjoyed his nemesisship with Perry so much that it basically negates every tragic backstory

[perryshmirtz-shipper713]

Perryshmirtz Week

Day three

Confessions

Close Call

Perry sighed. Another Day.

Another day fighting Heinz Doofenshmirtz.

Perry couldn’t believe how long this assignment was taking. When he was first assigned to monitor Heinz Doofenshmirtz, a recently new villain, for any evil activities, he was sure that it would only take him a day. Usually the new villains couldn’t wait to show off whatever “evil plans” they’ve come up with and Perry would figure out how to stop them, give a good fight, and arrest them. That’s what happened most of the times.

But Doofenshmirtz proved to be more of a challenge than he thought.

Every time Perry would be close to arresting Doofenshmirtz, an explosion would distract the agent or give a chance for the villain to escape. It was nice that most of Doofenshmirtz’s inventions had a self-destruct button on it, since Perry would sometimes see it and press it for an easy job done, but Perry felt it was a bit too dangerous for Doofenshmirtz to use. That guy was more clumsy than anyone he has ever met.

Perry looked over the details for today’s mission. Doofenshmirtz is up to something today. Yet again. How long was this going to take?

A thought passed through Perry’s mind saying Forever.

That answer should have filled Perry with more grief for that would mean he would be on the same mission for years. Instead, it kind of filled him with joy.

Perry took a step back. What is going on in his mind? Joy? For continuing his fights with Doofenshmirtz?

Well, he was OWCA’s best agent. Maybe he just enjoyed fighting that much now.

No. That wasn’t it. True, fighting evil brought excitement to his life but, with Heinz Doofenshmirtz, it was different.

He was different in the way Perry felt for him. He still like punching the villain but it wasn’t out of hatred. Maybe it was just for fun?

Perry shook the thoughts out of his mind. He had a mission to do. He can’t be thinking of his feelings for Heinz.

Feelings for Heinz?

Perry dashed out of his cubicle. He really needed to stop thinking these things.

As he was on his way to the elevators, he overhead some whispers from agents as he was passing by.

“Did you hear he is on his way to fight that new villain again?”

“He usually doesn’t take this long.”

“Think there’s something dangerous about this guy?”

“It could be the great Perry just doesn’t want to arrest him.”

Can’t they just mind their own business, Perry grumbled in his thoughts. It’s nothing too unusual that he was taking this long to arrest Heinz Doofenshmirtz. It’s not like...

“What? Do you think he likes him?”

Upon hearing that, Perry felt his face getting red. His fur covered up the blushing but Perry could still feel the heat raising on his face.

He rushed to the elevator.

What was going on with him? He kept asking himself as he made his way to Doofenshmirtz Inc.

......

Today was a typical day with Heinz Doofenshmirtz. The villain would trap Perry, give a detail backstory of why he made his evil inator, than Perry would fight him and manage to thwart Doofenshmirtz’s evil plans.

Everything was going on as usually and Perry had finally escaped Heinz’s trap. Today Doofenshmirtz had Perry trapped in a ton of ribbons. Apparently ribbons have been quite a burden for Doofenshmirtz throughout his life but only because of how hard they were to tie and get to look so pretty and the fact that shopkeepers would not allow him to play with them before buying them.

In fact, the inator today was ribbon based as well, threatening to shoot out many ribbons and tangle the whole town in an annoying mess.

Perry saw that Doofenshmirtz was distracted with loading ribbons in the inator that he took this as his chance to look for the self destruct button.

Perry saw it. Just underneath the inator. Now to get Doofenshmirtz out of the way.

Perry jumped on Doofenshmirtz’s back and pushed him away from the inator. Doofenshmirtz was surprised by this and fell back. Perry quickly dived under the inator and pressed the button. The countdown was starting.

Doofenshmirtz saw this and whined. “Oh man, so quickly? But I barely got to use my inator.”

Perry rolled his eyes and started to make his way away from the soon exploding inator. He looked back for a moment to see where Doofenshmirtz might be running off to so he could hopefully arrest him later.

However Doofenshmirtz wasn’t running.

Apparently when Perry had surprised Doofenshmirtz, the villain had accidentally got some of the ribbons wrapped around his arms and since the ribbons were attached to the inator-

He’s trapped!

Perry panicked. The inator was down to its last seconds. Doofenshmirtz couldn’t escape and it was all his fault.

He rushed to his nemesis. He couldn’t let Doofenshmirtz get badly hurt or worse! If that would happen...

He’d never see him again. He’d never hear his tragic backstories again or get to know him better or get to fight him or spend the day with him or just see how actually of a nice and wonderful guy he really is despite his clumsiness and sometimes annoying manners.

Knowing that would all be gone in a manner of seconds made Perry feel absolutely terrified.

He got to Doofenshmirtz and tried to pull the ribbons off him but they just got more knotted.

Five seconds

“See, this is the problem with ribbons,” Doofenshmirtz started to complain even though this wasn’t the right time. “Either they make you late for parties or for trying to get away from explosions.”

Three seconds.

Perry grew desperate. He didn’t have anything sharp in his hat today and he had no time to look around for something. He grabbed ribbons that were tying Heinz to the inator and used his teeth to cut them. It hurt but it managed to work.

“Wow, you have some strong teeth Perry the Platypus,” Heinz complimented.

One second

Perry quickly got Heinz on his feet but before they could make a run for it, the inator exploded.

Perry prepared for a great deal of pain but it actually wasn’t that bad. After the explosion, when the smoked clear and everything seemed to have settled down, Perry looked up and saw that Heinz was covering Perry with his hands and keeping him close to his body.

Heinz was trying to protect him.

Perry was filled with so many mixed feelings. Appreciative, relaxed, content, and very happy. It caused him to feel confused and even scared. What could this all mean? Wasn’t Heinz his enemy? Shouldn’t he be hating him?

Was he actually in love with Heinz Doofenshmirtz?

Heinz looked down to Perry. He looked relieved that Perry wasn’t too badly injured.

“Wow, that was a close call, huh?” Heinz chuckled. “Um, I really appreciate that you came to save me and all but don’t put yourself too close to explosions for me. Trust me, that wasn’t my first close explosion and I’m certain it won’t be my last or worst.”

Perry chuckled. Heinz was a lot stronger than he thought. Strong and brave and..

Perry grabbed tightly onto Heinz’s lab coat.

So very kind. Very loving.

Perry came close to Heinz’s face.

How couldn’t he fall in love with him?

Heinz looked quite curious on what Perry was doing but he did nothing to stop him. Perry could even see Heinz was blushing a bit.

Could Heinz feel the same way like him?

Maybe he could find out right now.

Perry leaned closer to Heinz only showing love and affection in his eyes for him. So close now. If Heinz won’t stop him, Perry was going to-

Beep beep beep beep

The sounded startled the two. Perry realized it was the sound of his watch. The two looked at each other for a moment but than turned away, both blushing quite a bit.

Perry answered the call.

Major Monogram appeared on the screen. “Perry the platypus. We heard from the surveillance cameras that an explosion went off in Doofenshmirtz’s building. Course this wasn’t what surprised us but we got a warning that your heartbeat was more rapid than usual and wanted to check that you were okay or if you needed any medical attention right away.”

Perry was really glad his fur covered up his blushing face or else both his boss and his nemesis would be able to tell something was up with him.

That’s right. Heinz Doofenshmirtz was his nemesis and he was a secret agent. Even if he really felt something for Heinz, how could he ever act upon it? It would not only be very unprofessional but unethical. It wasn’t just their job status that separated them. Heinz was a human being and Perry was a platypus. Sure Perry thought and acted like a human, even worked hard like one, but would Heinz think that would make them an acceptable couple?

Perry gave Major Monogram a thumbs up to show he was okay.

“That’s good. Any chances of capturing Heinz Doofenshmirtz?”

Perry looked at Heinz. Heinz looked a bit worried that Perry was going to arrest him right away but Perry looked back at the screen and gave a thumbs down.

“Oh, no matter Agent P. These things happen sometimes. Can’t get them all. Guess you’ll have to stop Doofenshmirtz the next time he comes up with something evil. Most likely tomorrow.”

Perry smiled. He liked the sound of that.

Perry saluted and signed off. Now it was just Heinz and him.

Heinz smiled at Perry which Perry realized made him very happy. “Thanks for not arresting me and all. I mean, eventually I would have gotten out. Weird explosions happen to me a lot and out of nowhere even in jail but the wait time is kind of uncertain so it definitely saves me a lot of time. So thanks a lot Perry the Platypus.”

Perry also realized he loved when Heinz said his name. He smiled happily back at his nemesis.

“Wait a moment,” Heinz said as he looked around at the aftermath of the explosion. “You know this mess wouldn’t have happened if you would have just let me use my inator and not press the self destruct button and ruin everything like you always do.”

Perry crossed his arms. Way to ruin a moment. He dusted off the remaining debris and went towards the balcony to fly off with his jet pack.

“And now you’re just leaving without helping me clean up?” Heinz complained more.

Perry looked back at Heinz and winked at him. He noticed Heinz blushed from that which filled Perry with a bit of hope.

He jumped off and went soaring to his way back to OWCA.

Another day without arresting Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Before that would cause him so much frustration, from having to work again to the the whispers of the rest of the agents, but now that stuff wasn’t important. What mattered to him now was getting to see Heinz again. And stopping Heinz’s evil plans to keep the town and his boys safe, of course, but seeing Heinz was now an added bonus for him.

“Curse you, Perry the Platypus!”

Perry heard Heinz’s shout and smiled contently from hearing his nemesis call his name again.

He wondered if there would ever come a time he would be able to confess these feelings to Heinz one day. For sure he was glad it was not today.

He was driven by the heat of the moment and the realization that he was actually in love with his own nemesis that he almost felt compelled to kiss Heinz right than and there for the sake of love.

But that would have probably been a bad idea. After all, he wasn’t sure if Heinz did feel the same way. Though now that he thinks of it, there were some clues that he did.

Either way, a kiss was too early. For now, he would just keep seeing Heinz and seeing how their relationship will progress. Today was just a close call.

[camelottree638]

Perryshmirtz - Whatever It Takes 

Thank you to @forgottenpnffacts for helping me find a clip and to twixremix and Vozhan and the fanmade Doof 101 intro that inspired me to the outfit swap manips. - the hug between Heinz and Vanessa was originally a nighttime scene and I recolored it frame by frame.

INFO: The outfit changes in the Agent Heinz scenes (black shirt without the hat) were drawn by me on each frame, as is the teacher outfit in the backstory-blackboard clip, which was inspired by this great video I mentioned earlier: youtube.com/watch?v=7FMk8ueijmg

PLOT: The story follows both Perry's secret life between protecting his boys while being their pet platypus and Heinz' life after the show when he quit Evil to become a teacher/OWCA agent in Perry's team. Despite Perry's sense of purpose he gets in the agency, the extra hours and cut hollidays are waering him down. But to protect Phineas and Ferb he will do whatever it takes, even blowing his cover. Now that Heinz is part of the Good Guys and uses his inators to fight evil scientists, he still has a talent for causing trouble. Maggie and Henry are mocking him for his incompetence. He was never enough, starting from his childhood when he was neglected and abused by his parents, forced to guard the garden as a lawngnome, while his brother Roger was loved by his mother. Perry is the only one who believes in Heinz and even trusts him with his collar locket, which is a secret key to the replicator. Not being official Nemeses anymore, Heinz misses his daily battles with Perry and he arranges an arena training fight to get rid of the pent up energy. All the agents watch and see the romantic tension the two are not even aware of, yet (This part was inspired by LooneyMooney's fanfic: archiveofourown.org/works/8400685/chapters/19247275). While being an agent, Heinz also works as a High School teacher in the class of his daughter Vanessa as social service to not be sent to prison for his misdeeds as a evil scientist. It is hard to let go of old habits and he still teaches backstories to the students. While his poor planning usually leads to catastrophes, Heinz's experience in the evil scientist organisation L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. gains him insiderknowledge to construct gadgets to fight Evil, which is where his genius can finally come to light. He was always a failiure when it came to evil inators anyway. Just like Perry, Heinz' work as an agent is inspired by his instinct to protect his family. His daughter Vanessa is an OWCA intern now and helps her father and his boyfriend on missions behind the scenes. One night after a tiring mission Perry is called by Heinz to meet him for an urgent meeting. Perry is quick to comply and pleasently surprised to find that Heinz prepared a platypus themed date in the Park. (The backyard would have been too close to his host family to discover Perry's secret). Heinz proposes to Perry, who accepts with a kiss. Afterwards they go on a date, Perry wearing his ring proudly.

[perry-the-deer]

Rogue Agency

Phineas and Ferb fic Gun usage, threats, child being shot Human Perry the Platypus

For, gods sake.

The platypus hadn't even put on his hat, it was nearly one in the morning, what was happening, why was this happening. All he heard was screaming and Lindas voice saying to 'get out of her house' and he was up faster than he could properly think.

It went by in a rush, the gunshots, the fact Perry saw the OWCA badges on these people, it clicked.

His boys were considered a threat thanks to the things they had built. *Somebody* was going to die for this. Someone was going to have to fucking pay. He- he couldn't focus on that, he was rushing Linda and Lawrence out the back door, telling them to run to Isabellas house, get her car, meet him at the block down the street.

And then he had his own gun out, ready to do anything to defend his family, as always, it'd always had been like that.

Why was this happening. The boys were *nine*, they couldnt hurt anybody, Phineas could barely emotionally hurt someone without breaking down apologetically.

A scream broke from the basement. The panic room. Perry looked at the ajar rug and thrown open trapdoor, and slid down the ladder without a second thought. The basement was dark, but he could clearly see the outline of somebody staring down the hole.

He tackles them.

He's covered in blood.

He's got a long cut in his arm and he is ignoring it as much as he can, perks of being trained for this kind of stuff. But Ferb got shot, in the stomach, and Phineas got grazed quite a bit, for god's sake where was Candace. Perry rushed back up the ladder, put Ferb in his brothers arms and told Phineas to run, run to the block, don't look back, if he hears anything than *hide* and *don't fucking move.*

And Perry is searching the house. He finds Candace in the garage, holding onto a teddy bear tightly and staring at nothing with a broken look on her face.

His heart hurts.

This was his fault, not paying attention to his family. He- couldn't protect them all quick enough. God- where would they even go?

He picks up Candace and runs to meet with the family, hopping into the car and shoving Lawrence out of the drivers seat. He's racing down the road. Don't stop. Don't stop. Don't think, can't think, don't quit moving, don't *fucking stop Perry the platypus you are a secret fucking agent improvising is your WHOLE deal COME ON*

He turns a sharp corner, doubles back, until he's sure he lost whoever may have been following, and he stops two blocks away from a certain place, placing dynamite in the car and telling his family to run as fast as they can towards the big T-shaped building.

He sets it off. He's blown back by the blast, knocked down, but he's taken enough explosions to get right back up, despite the pain, the smoke in his eyes, his contacts are probably fucked up now, god dammit. He's still covered in OWCA agents blood, its. He. His *team* betrayed him, how could-

Don't think about that.

Perry races down the street to catch up with the Flynn-Fletchers, getting them into the building as quick as possible before taking all their identification. Wallets, drivers license, phones, *everything*, nothing could be left of them. and he knows exactly how to dispose of them. He shoves them into the elevator and takes a quick machine from his hat, one of Doofs inators.

He hits the items, and they vaporize.

Instantly.

and he clicks the red button on the inator, dropping it before joining his family in the elevator. It explodes as the door closes, and Perry leans against the elevator wall, panting and evaluating everyone.

Linda looked exhausted, she was leaning on Lawrence, who carried Ferb. Lawrence looked worried out of his mind, and his hands were slick and red with his sons blood, face wet with fresh and old tears. Ferbs stomach was bleeding too much, his shirt was coated in it, Perry feels a shiver run through him, his job isn't done. He had to save one of his kids. He doesn't know if he can do that-

Fuck that thought. He's had medical training, he's a secret agent, he's saved dying people before and he can do it again.

Candace is holding her teddybear still, one arm wrapped weakly around Phineas, who had his brothers blood on him, and Perrys, from when the agent had grabbed him. Phineas, looks bad, some kind of broken mental state, staring off into space... he'll handle that later.

The elevator stops, and Perry is pushing them all out the doors, down the hall, and Perry simply knocks on the door, he didn't have the key, lost it before this mess. He hears footsteps and thanks the stars, waiting for the door to open.

[kaitlynpcallmebeepme]

Food and Wine Festival

Food and Wine Festival

Tom Holland x Reader 

Warnings: Fluff and Food

Summary: A trip to Disney World, but seeing it in a new light. 

A/N: This is my first of two works I have for @peeterparkr and @marvelousxtsh (now @lovestrucktom) for their Rom Coms writing challenge. Both of them are separate from one another. I am VERY LATE on this, but I had to get my college readings annotated before band camp starts because I know I will have no time then to work at all.

#mandnchickflicksummer

I’ve only been to Epcot once on a band trip and I realized why I don’t like it (or maybe it’s just my family). I tried to do some research before writing this. Comments and feedback are always appreciated. Requests are open and Messages are open if you want to chat. I’m trying to make these shorter because I’m behind on some of my writing. Also, sorry for not really putting the events in order by where they are in the park. I haven’t been there in years and forget how it’s set up. P.P.S. As I was googling stuff, the question came up on what phd does Dr. Doofenshmirtz have on reddit? The person who asked had a username of u/SEND_ME_YOUR_D1CK and that made me laugh at 5 a.m. I’m going to link the two videos that helped me out. One is from Disney Food Blog which gives great coverage on disney snacks in all parks and one is a vlog from one of my favorite youtubers, Syndicate (on his Life of Tom vlog channel)

Disney Food Blog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNk550AeBuY

Life of Tom vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG1-M-EqdLo

P.S. Ok, I’ve now seen Far From Home because I won a bet and my mom said she’d take me to see my first Marvel movie in theaters. I’m going to write something else about what happened that day. ♡

Tag list: Send me an ask if you want to be added. 

@trashinaglass and @peter-pan-hoe ( @definitely-not-black-cat and @nnatasha you two seemed to like my stuff so I added you, tell me if you want me to take you off) 

Song Prompt:

1. I see the light – Tangled

Word count: 1,383

This ended up being so much longer than I intended.

"Tom. Please. I've been to Disney World a million times. I can probably make it around Magic Kingdom without a map that's how well I know it." It was late summer, before the hussle of school and work swept everyone away, Tom wanted to get away for a mini vacation with you.

“Please come with me. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy it. And you know how much Disneyland freaks out when there's a celebrity there. Also, you can go on different things that you wouldn't normally go on.” You don’t like to admit when he’s right. Your family can be a little controlling when it comes to vacations. Like why does a baseball game need to be involved in every one.

“You know that won’t stop people from coming up to you.”

“We’ll just wear our matching bucket hats and be that couple. Please.” You couldn’t resist his puppy pout anymore, and you both needed a break.

“Ok, as long as we don't go on roller coasters if I get sick from one.” 

“I won't make you go through that. Especially the amount of stories you tell me about someone being sick on vacation.”

After a long plane ride and a good night's rest, you two are ready for a trip. You got your backpack with the old school Disney World logo ready to get your weekly tickets. You got the tickets while Tom was spending time with a couple people who noticed him. You both never minded it as long as they were respectful. You thank the lady as Tom heads back to where you’re standing. 

“Ok, you want to head to Epcot first?” 

That five letter word made you choke on your own spit.  You followed Tom up the railway to the monorail. As you waited in line, you felt the need to tell Tom what's been eating at your mind. “Tom, you know I don't really like Epcot that much.”  

“What! Why?”  

“Well, the only other time I've been here was with my family once we went on the band field trip here. You know my dad never keeps his opinion to himself about how he thinks all of this ozone layer and eco saving thing is bullshit and how he hates culture. He just kinda complained that whole day, so I've never liked the park. Also, there's more food than rides here and you know I’m not a big food guru.” 

“Is your dad coming with us?” 

“What?”

“Is your dad coming on our vacation with us?” 

“No. But what does that-.” 

“Then his opinion and voice should not affect our judgement.” To be fair, Tom has changed your opinion on a lot of things, football (English kind) being one of them. You just didn't know if you could shut up that annoying tick in the back of your head that repeats all the things your Dad would say about this place, but you were willing to give it a shot. You grabbed a food passport and map in front of the golf ball and off you two went.

Before entering the park, you booked fastpasses for the one thing you knew you loved at Epcot, and that was Sorin’. It felt like you had wings and earth with its gravity could never take hold of you again. Even with the fastpasses the line wasn’t too long because people wanted to be the first to get the food in all the countries. It reminded you how Harry would have his drones to get the cinematic videos of the ocean washing up on the beach that look gorgeous. But alas, you had to touch ground again and continue. 

You two went to have a good time eating stuff. Like you wanted to order everything from the Irish stand, except the alcohol which Tom took so you could keep the decorative cup (best boyfriend ever), so you settled on chocolate pudding with custard and the two of you split the Irish sausage with potatoes and gravy. You two weren’t worried about overfilling yourselves because 1) everyone does that at the food and wine festival and 2) there weren’t many rides that could make you throw up afterwards. 

You grab a Light Lab Phosphorescent Phreeze (you secretly wanted to collect all the cups you could) and signed up to do a Perry the Platypus adventure in the UK (just to see if Tom liked their stereotyping). “Okay, well this is from and American Disney Show Phineas and Ferb where they do a bunch of crazy stuff during the summer, and the subplot is their pet platypus is a secret agent that stops this not-so-good supervillain every episode. Dr. Dofesnberg-something was his name. You basically have to go to different shops within the country, follow the story video on our phone, and some objects will move as you interact with stuff. Basically stopping this guy from carrying out his completely elaborate and unnecessary evil scheme to rule the world.” 

“Okay, and of course it’s about golf. How can you get more British than that.” Apparently the adventure included tea once you told the cashier a secret word phrase, so yes, it got more British than golf. 

You guys stopped by Canada and you could not stop doing impressions of Ryan Renolds as you stopped for a quick snack as the Perry the Platypus mission took an hour. You ordered a Canadian Cheddar Cheese and Bacon soup with pretzel rolls to split (of which you only at the pretzels because even Tom doesn’t know why you don’t like bacon).

After the Frozen ride and a couple more snacks along the way you settled in China and watched some acrobatics and get out of the heat. You couldn’t do everything in Mexico, but the San Angel Inn would be a place you save for a different trip. You got your faces painted to be half skulls with decorative details. It definitely helped you get recognized less. 

Last stop of the night before the fireworks/water show you traveled to Japan. The architecture was realistic and you just thought of the time it took for someone to design and construct that. You both waited in line to try to see if you could get a pearl out of an oyster. You both end up getting one with the lady being very excited for you two. “Mine was 7 ¾ mm, and what was your Tom?”

“7 ½ mm. But you know size doesn’t matter.”

It wasn’t long before the fireworks and lights danced on the water’s surface and you two were heading back from a long day. Tom wanted to take the ferry boat back complaining that the line for the monorail was too long. It always is but the boat was very slow. You gave into his wishes because he was the one who made you enjoy the park today. You stood over the bow of the ship looking at your reflection upon the water until Tom broke you from your thoughts.

“So, didn't I say you would have a good time?”

 “Yes you did. My dad's opinion did not affect my judgement as much as I thought it would. It’s still hard to see things with my own opinion, but I’m getting better at it. Thank you Tom.” 

“My pleasure princess. Maybe next time we can crack some oysters and keep the pearl” You two share a sweet kiss and the fireworks in Magic Kingdom across the water started going off. Nothing could make this moment more romantic. “But there's still one more thing to do tonight.” 

“Thomas Stanley Holland. Do NOT follow that statement with ‘when we get back to the hotel’.” 

He laughed so much that he leaned back and his eyes crinkled in the corners. “Not what I was going to say darling.” You’re still confused at his intentions, until he starts playing music from his phone and holds your arms out while you two are on the tip of the boat; keeping his hands on your hips.

“Only you could turn this into a Titanic moment. “I'm flying Jack. I'm flying.”

The moment had gotten better once you realized Tom had asked a crew member to take your picture, and now you have a new phone background and a new perspective.

[themurphyzone]

Oneshot: Truth in Television Soaps

So, my mom watched a lot of dramas back when we used to have her Filipino channels (she has switched to streaming on the Ipad thank goodness). For my readers who have never seen a Filipino soap opera, just know there’s a lot of screaming, crying, and catfighting. The majority of dramatic moments are so overacted that it becomes hilarious. 

“So, what did you think?” Heinz asked as Perry put the borrowed boxset of El Matador de Amor on the shelf. “Selena deserved so much better than Jose. He completely shirked his duties as royalty just to go bullfighting! She deserves a guy who’s actually ready for a commitment.” 

Perry nodded, though privately he felt that the plot with Selena and Fernando should’ve taken a backseat to the intrigue of Esmerelda falling in love with the corrupt police chief’s son, Juan, who used the nickname El Matador when in the bullfighting ring to avoid being caught by his father. 

“So then I was thinking, if this is how engaging a Spanish drama is, there’s gotta be some gold from other countries,” Heinz continued, handing Perry a brightly colored DVD case. The title was in a foreign language. There were two women, one in a wedding dress, tugging a man between them with angry looks on their faces. “I was thinking of going for Italy next, but Philippines works too. One of my neighbors ordered it, but it got delivered to my door by mistake. But hey, I’m not turning down a free opportunity to watch something I’ve never heard of before.” 

Perry folded his arms. 

“Sheesh, you good guys have to be so uppity about this whole stealing is wrong thing,” Heinz complained. “I’ll give it back after I watch it.” 

Shaking his head, Perry grabbed the delivery information off the table and shoved it into Heinz’s hand. Then he forcefully pushed him out the door. 

“Alright, I’m returning it! I’m returning it, hold your horses. Or tail. I don’t know why we even say that when there aren’t any horses around here. At least let me check the door number first,” Heinz said. “And quit shoving. That’s just rude.” 

He stopped pushing, figuring that he’d better start setting a precedent for being the good guy. 

Heinz checked the paper, then pointed down the hall. “Oh, it’s just two doors down. At least we don’t need the elevator. That thing is slow even on the best days.” 

He knocked on the door, tapping his foot as he waited. Perry could see him mouthing numbers as an excuse to dash away if no one answered in the short timeframe Heinz was giving them. 

Finally, a man in a white undershirt opened the door slightly. He didn’t bother unlatching the chain. “Oh, it’s you. The crazy neighbor,” he mumbled. “Whaddya want?” 

Heinz made an indignant noise at being called a ‘crazy neighbor’, so Perry gave him a nudge to remind him of why they were there. Better to just get this done and over with. 

“A DVD was delivered to my door by mistake. Something from the Philippines,” Heinz said. “I was gonna keep it for myself, but my former nemesis is now forcing me to return it cause that’s in the good guy manual. Apparently.” 

“Tom? Who’s that?” a woman called from inside the apartment. 

Tom paled, quickly checking over his shoulder. Then he dropped a ten dollar bill through the crack. “That money is for keeping quiet. My mother ordered that DVD, but I don’t want any of that trash anywhere near me,” he shuddered. “Take those and leave. Now.” 

“Is that my DVD?” the woman asked. “I’ve been looking forward to watching it....” 

“Just a salesman! It’s nothing!” Tom called to her. Then he shook his head, glaring at Heinz and Perry. “Well, get out!” 

The door slammed shut. 

Heinz grinned, scooping up the ten bucks triumphantly. “Wow, I guess this good guy stuff pays off. Literally! Can I get a rimshot?” he asked. “C’mon, I deserve a rimshot for that pun!”  

Perry didn’t mention that the money was only a bribe. But it was definitely one of the strangest bribes he’d ever seen. While Heinz gloated over his victory as they headed back to his living room, Perry couldn’t help but wonder if the show was as bad as Tom claimed it would be. 

Three hours later, they were sobbing into tissues while Angela claimed she didn’t really love Manuel, and that he was an emotional crutch while her poor family tried to scrape up enough funds to send her ailing father to the United States for a life-saving heart transplant. 

“How could she say that?” Heinz cried, blowing his nose loudly. “He was loving and supportive! If she doesn’t stay him, he’ll have to go back to his arranged marriage with Emilia!”

Perry wiped away a stray tear. Sure, there was a bit more screaming than necessary, but a good chunk of the dialogue was understandable to him and didn’t require any subtitles. 

Though he found Angela hard to enjoy since she kept wailing like a banshee at the drop of a hat. Her reaction to discovering that her beloved necklace was stolen was so overblown that Perry had to bite back the urge to laugh since Heinz was so invested in the story. 

But Manuel’s actor was decent. 

Heinz didn’t have a scheme lined up on Saturday, since they’d planned to begin the 3-part finale. Brightly colored tissue boxes covered the coffee table. 

Perry figured he’d better start doing some research to find a foreign drama that wouldn’t be an emotional trainwreck. He could handle a few crying spells, but it happened so often here that he just didn’t react to it anymore. 

Besides, he doubted this was healthy for Heinz. 

Heinz popped the DVD into the player. Then he grabbed a tissue box and settled next to Perry on the couch. “I’m really glad Manuel gave Angela the money to cover the cost of the transplant. I mean, he may be a rich pretty boy but he’s got a heart at least. Though the guy needs to grow a spine to Emilia and her domineering mother. It’s kinda obvious they just want his money. You’d think he’d pick up on that.” 

Angela was excited to finally be marrying the love of her life, while Manuel was a bit more pensive as his best friend helped him with his tuxedo. So far, eight minutes without crying and screaming. It was a new record. 

“We are gathered here today to celebrate the union of Manuel Jonah Salonga and Angela Mary Quinto,” the priest announced to the crowd at the church. “If there is anyone who objects to this marriage-” 

“I OBJECT!” a furious woman with her hair spilling out of a messy bun stormed down the aisle, her equally severe mother behind her. They glared furiously at Angela, who quickly grew teary-eyed at having her perfect day ruined by unstoppable envy. 

Heinz gasped, his hands flying to his mouth. “You go away, Emilia!” he shouted. “You always ruin the moment!” 

Perry lightly smacked his leg to keep him quiet so he could hear. 

“Emilia, please-” 

Emilia cut Angela’s choked cry off, her face completely red with rage. “Please?” she scoffed, cruelly mocking her. Her voice rose to a fevered pitch. “Please what? Please don’t ruin my wedding! Please give me my necklace! Please don’t kiss my crush when I haven’t made a single move and have done nothing to claim him! Let’s get one thing straight here, poor, naive, precious Angela.” 

Heinz and Perry were both on the edge of their seats.

Angela trembled from head to toe as Emilia approached her with a malicious smirk. “You are nothing but a lowly maid girl. Manuel only pities you.” 

“That’s not true!” Manuel protested, when the mother suddenly shoved him to the ground. 

“Do you really think you have a choice in the matter?” the mother hissed vehemently. “You are marrying my daughter. It was decided long ago. Boys, surround him. Don’t ruin his face.” 

A group of men surrounded Manuel, completely cutting off his access to Angela. 

“ANGELA! ANGELA! DON”T HURT HER! SHE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING TO YOU!” Manuel screeched. 

“MANUEL!” Angela wailed. 

Honestly, Emilia was standing on the edge of the stairs. Just push her down, Perry thought. She was completely open for an attack. 

Emilia laughed. “You see? And you want to know something else?” She leaned closer to Angela so that her mouth brushed her long, black hair. “I stole the first stack of bills you peasants bent your backs to earn to send your father to the states.”

Heinz gasped. “I knew it was her! I told you so, Perry the Platypus! And you didn’t believe me! See, I can be right sometimes! Take that!” he gloated loudly. Perry threw a pillow at him to shut him up so he could hear. 

Which wasn’t necessary, since Angela was now screaming loud enough to wake the entire Tri-State Area. 

Angela’s face contorted in rage. “YOU ALMOST KILLED MY FATHER! YOU’RE NOTHING BUT A GOLDDIGGER! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A STUPID, JEALOUS GOLDDIGGER!” 

She slapped Emilia across the face, her head turning from the force of impact. 

Heinz cheered. “Yeah! Let her have it, Angela!” 

Perry threw another pillow. Heinz glared at him for that one, but his attention quickly returned to the TV. 

The congregation was silent. The mother’s eyes bulged out comically. “She...she dared to strike my daughter, a heiress of the Santos resort! Someone call the police!” 

“YOU...YOU WENCH!” Emilia screeched, charging at Angela and knocking her down. “YOU DON’T DESERVE HIM! YOU DON’T DESERVE HIM!” 

Angela and Emilia screamed and fought like wildcats, rolling across the floor as they forgot everything but beating the stuffing out of each other in their blind rage. 

The choreography wasn’t the best, but Perry was more interested in who would come out on top. It had to be Angela. It just had to be. 

Then Heinz blocked his view of the television, and Perry threw the final pillow at him. Heinz scowled, scooping up all the displaced pillows and dropping them on Perry. “I tolerated the first two times, but three is just too much!” he complained. “How do you like it when I turn the tables on you?” 

Perry held two pillows by the corners, narrowing his eyes at the challenge. 

She only wanted a soda. 

Vanessa sighed as she walked past Perry and her dad, fighting in the exact same way as the two women on the television. 

Secret agents were too easily impressionable. 

[puppetmaster55]

Thace/Coran au but it's like Perry the Platypus and Dr Doofenshmirtz. Coran is an evil, eccentric scientist who thinks he is evil but is actually a minor inconvenience at best, is petty, sings off key and over shares his deepest trauma while Thace is a silent secret agent with a fedora and yes Coran will not recognise him without said fedora

Coran: a galra?

Thace, putting on hat:

Coran, surprised and overjoyed: Thace the galra!

they’re all but married, and at least three of Coran’s plots happen at a fine dining establishment that are definitely dates but they’re not admitting to it

[random-stuff999]

Hope you don't mind me writing a little something for this!! Inspiration hit me over the head with a baseball bat and I had to write this xD

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It wasn't until the second dimension fiasco was over that Heinz finally understood.

He had to admit he'd been slightly hurt that Perry didn't trust him enough to tell him who he was and who he luved with. Heinz had given him insight on how he was when he wasn't plotting to take over the Tri-State area, he'd introduced him to his daughter and ex-wife, he'd had him over for lunch... Why couldn't Perry do the same?

He'd respected his wishes, hoping that with time he would talk to him. He'd feigned confusion every time he appeared without his hat even though it was obvious it was him, because why would a platypus that wasn't Perry appear before him?

But as time passed, Heinz realised little by little that no, Perry would never tell him anything. And it hurt, that he didn't trust him.

But now. Now he understood.

It happened before they shoot them with the Amnesia-inator. Heinz was tidying things up a little, just so the OWCA people wouldn't trip and potentially fire one of his inators up when the moved the unconscious people to their respective places (it was a flaw of the new model Heinz hadn't found how to fix yet), when one of the more unstable inators fired on him when he pucked it up. The Perfect Memory-inator, made so he could memorize a longer and more difficult poem than Roger so he could beat him at the annual poetry recital and humiliate him. He'd always lost at it, Roger perfectly memorising the poems while he could never remember them whole — but that was a story for another time. The important thing was that he'd been hit with it.

At first Heinz didn't give it any importance. It wasn't a finished invention, it would likely do nothing to him. But after he woke up from the effects of the Amnesia-inator, he realised the Perfect Memory-inator had countered the effects, and he could clearly remember everything.

It was an interesting discovery, and he would go over it later. Right now, he was a bit busy sitting on his couch and realising and no, it wasn't that Perry didn't trust him. If he had ever found out about the secret agent's private life, Perry would have been transferred. He would've had another nemesis — and if that thing with Peter Panda taught him anything, it was that no one could understand him like Perry did, he was his perfect nemesis and didn't want any other.

Losing Perry... That was something he never wanted to happen. And Perry must feel the same way even a little, right? If he'd never told him. Of course it was more likely he didn't want to be separated from those kids, but Heinz could hope.

Well, no matter his reason, he understood why now. And if the only way to keep Perry the Platypus as his nemesis was to never have insight to his personal life, to maintain this distance between them... Then he'd do it. He will try and forget what he'd learnt about his family (though he would have to find how long the Perfect Memory-inator's effects lasted before he could do so) and never try to find out anything personal about him.

They would stay like they were, and Heinz would still invite him over and include him in his life. And maybe one day, Perry would talk to his boss and get permission to include Heinz in his life, too.

HEY UHHHHH

A Thought. About Phineas and Ferb. Specifically Doof and Perry.

So, Doof had to have been introduced to Perry at some point, either there was a buissness card or a pamphlet or an email from owca

Right? Correct.

And he had …. some familiarty with OWCA, like with my vauge memories, he at least knew who Major Monogram was.

So, theory, whenever Doof wouldn’t recognize Perry as Perry until he put his hat on…. that was on purpose?

Like, he was informed, at some point, that if it got out that Perry the Platypus was Perry the Platypus, secret agent for the OWCA, Perry would have to be relocated and loose his family.

And, man, Doof and Perry are friends! They have movie night! Doof is like, Chaotic Good at best, and never really aimed to actively harm Perry. From what I remember, most of his plots would only, like, mildly inconvenience other people. ANd I’m pretty sure Perry is his only friend.

So whenever this platypus comes around he goes “A platypus?” even if he knows that’s Perry the Platypus, because why else would a platypus be in his house? Or on the street. Or wherever. They aren’t exactly native to the tri-state area.

He says “A platypus?” “A platypus plumber?” “A banjo playing platypus?” even though he knows full well it’s Perry coming by for their regularly scheduled song and dance. To protect him. If Perry hasn’t revealed himself as Perry the Platyps, agent for the OWCA, Doof keeps his mouth shut. Who know’s who’s around that might hear him? Who might see? Might talk? Even within the comfort of his own home.

Because unless Perry feels comfortable revealing himself, Doof isn’t going to do it for him. Not with everything at stake. Not for his petty revenge plots.

[woulddieforperrytheplatypus]

Let's say Perry is allowed to reveal his secret identity now that Doof has given up being evil. As we all know, the last time he revealed his was an agent to the boys, they were all in an insanely dangerous situation and it was too much to take in at once. How does Perry do it this time? He sets up a "scavenger hunt" for the family. One by one, he leaves clues for the kids to find and pick up on, like his human-like expressions, his har, his lair entrances, the pamphlets, the 2D slideshow, etc.

OOH NOW THAT IS AN IDEA 👀 if I wasn't already writing a fic that's on a deadline I would totally write this as an actual fic right now like I'm not even joking (but since I don't have time to write a whole new fic atm I'm gonna do that summarizing-my-ideas-in-seven-million-incoherent-paragraphs thing I do way too often and then maybe write a fic later (unless someone else wants to write it *wink wink nudge nudge*))

First of all, I think it's worth noting that the reason Perry can't reveal his identity is that it would put his family in danger and OWCA's insurance wouldn't cover it if they got hurt, so for Perry to be allowed to reveal his identity, he'd probably have to leave OWCA entirely. Given his reaction to being replaced by Peter the Panda in It's About Time, I can absolutely see him deciding that if he's not thwarting Heinz, he doesn't want to work for OWCA anymore. If he was willing to hang up his hat all the way back in season one, by the end of the summer, there's definitely been enough development in their relationship that he'd probably consider his job entirely Heinz-centric and not want it any other way (does this make sense idk what are words)

That's important for three reasons. One: it's just cute that he likes Heinz so much. Two: it means he probably won't be sneaking away as much during the day (though I'd assume he does still visit Heinz every few days). Three: it's a great opportunity to plug my fic about Perry retiring from OWCA and revealing his identity to his family (but it's via kinda a family meeting and Carl's there bc Carl's Best Boi™ which I'd thought was cute until I saw this idea and now I think this one's cuter lol)

Now, onto the show! or, you know, the long rant. same thing.

I think he'd probably start with subtle facial expressions. Maybe Ferb would give him some belly rubs and he'd smile a little, or Candace would tell at him and he'd glare at her — enough that they'd definitely notice, but not necessarily enough that they'd know they saw it. And it would be entirely situational, too — I don't think he'd acknowledge words yet; he'd acknowledge actions and tone of voice, but that's about it.

And then after a couple days, when he knew Phineas and Ferb (and maybe Candace; I'm not sure when she's pick up on it) were keeping an eye on him, he'd make it a little more obvious. He'd give slightly bigger smiles or more aggressive glares, so the kids wouldn't just think it was them picking up on more of his body language now that he's home now — they'd have to realize it's a genuine change at this point.

And maybe that's around when he starts reacting to words. Linda would ask if Perry's been fed yet, and Perry immediately runs to his food bowl (whether he's been fed or not; he would gladly accept an extra meal). Or Candace makes a sarcastic remarks, and Perry growls at her. Things that he'd obviously have to understand the words for because there's no obvious tone of voice for an ordinary pet to pick up.

And when everyone's thoroughly confused (not suspicious yet, but confused) he moves on to the hat. He'll be sitting out in the yard with the boys over the weekend while they're trying to think of an invention for the day, and when they both look away for a split second, he slips his fedora on and pretends nothing happened. The boys definitely wouldn't take it from him — they saw him on the chimney with a pair of binoculars once and shrugged it off — but they'd get a good laugh out of it.

And then they're hanging out in the bedroom and the boys look away and Perry puts his hat on again, and this time it's still funny, but it's weird. Where does this fedora keep coming from? He didn't have it a second ago. It definitely wasn't lying around the room. It just appeared on his head. And then the next evening during dinner, it happens again. Perry has no hat, he walks under the table, and walks out the other side with a fedora on. Ferb points it out, and Perry just smiles.

I feel like he'd have to go a little further before showing them the lair. Maybe he starts "standing on his hind legs," but with his butt on the ground so he's still technically sitting but more upright than usual. Maybe he uses his hands more, picking things up or hitting things around. Maybe Phineas is about to do his homework and realizes he doesn't have a pencil, and Perry throws one at him and then immediately drops to all fours, but purposely does it slow enough that Phineas and Ferb notice that he did it. 

I'm gonna kinda switch the order up on you here. A week or so into this, Perry starts walking away. Perry never walks away. He's always either there or he's not; they never see where he's going. So Phineas and Ferb follow him, and they see him take the tunnel in the side of the house down to his lair. Now, Perry has absolutely no idea whether he should expect them to follow him, but he's hopeful. And, sure enough, they do, only to realize it's yet another entrance to the spy lair that Ferb built over the summer — except this time, Ferb finally gets to say that he didn't build it. They both look at Perry like they're expecting him to come out and say something, but he just starts walking up the stairs to leave (which admittedly is a pain in the ass but it's not like he can take the hovercar)

And maybe that night, Perry decides to take it a little further. He waits until the kids are asleep and then hops off the bed and just stands there, waiting for someone to wake up. And it takes a while -- long enough that Perry’s starting to debate just giving up and going back to sleep -- but then Ferb opens his eyes just a little... and then sits up and rubs his eyes because there is no way he’s seeing that. And this time, because it’s dark and it’s late and Ferb’s tired, Perry just stays standing there and looking at him, and, because he’s feeling particularly daring, he waves. Ferb just stares at him for a solid 30 more seconds, so Perry gives him an awkward smile. Without taking his eyes off the platypus, Ferb stands up, walks over to Phineas’s bed, and wakes him up. Phineas is just like ??? and Ferb’s like, “Do you see this, too?” and Phineas looks over and Perry just walks over to the bed (on his hind legs), hops up, and curls up next to him like nothing happened. And, like, what do you do in that situation, right? So Ferb just goes back to bed, and Phineas closes his eyes again, and they both go back to sleep.

And in the morning, the first thing Phineas and Ferb do when they wake up is look at Perry, who’s now snuggled up on Ferb’s bed (because his bed-switching isn’t going to change just because he’s slowly giving up his cover). Perry doesn’t do anything at first, so the boys look at each other and Phineas is like, “Last night, did he...?” and Ferb just nods and they both look back at Perry who just gives them that small smile that you’re never really sure if you see.

And I wanna get Candace in on the action so let’s say this time when Perry walks away, it’s right after the boys’ Sunday invention, and Candace is all annoyed that she couldn’t bust them and Perry looks up at her and then walks away, and usually she wouldn’t care but she’s bored and annoyed and what can it hurt, you know? And Perry leads her to the staircase and picks up the handle to open it in his mouth and then drops it to let Candace get at it, so she opens it and sees the staircase and immediately runs back to the house like “MOM THE BOYS BUILT AN UNDERGROUND STAIRCASE IN THE BACKYARD” and Phineas and Ferb are like “No we didn’t?” so they follow her out there and Perry’s still standing there and Phineas wonder aloud if it leads to the same spy base as the tree and the house and Candace is like ?!?!?! 

And Perry hops on the railing and slide down the stairs (because he is not climbing down all of them) and the kids have to follow on foot because they would absolutely not fit on the platysized railing. That gives Perry extra time to get set up, so when they get to the lair (again), Perry’s standing on his hind legs, wearing his fedora, and using his computer. 

I feel like Candace would be the one to ask what’s going on because a) she hadn’t been paying as much attention as the boys, b) she didn’t see Perry standing the night before, and c) she hadn’t seen the lair before. And Perry just walks over and hands them each the “So You’ve Discovered Your Pet Is A Secret Agent” pamphlet and they’re just like 0_0 and as they’re flipping through it Perry goes back to working on his computer.

There has to be some sort of conversation here, but at this point, they’ve been seeing so many clues that I don’t think they’re too surprised, which was the whole goal -- they were never supposed to figure it out, but they were supposed to have some idea that he was more than what meets the eye. So let’s say the first question is from Phineas, who asks if Perry can talk, and Perry shakes his head. So Candace asks, just to double check, that he can understand them, and Perry nods. So then she asks if he’s always been able to, and he nods again. And Phineas asks why he’s never told them, and that’s when the computer comes in.

Perry opens the folder full of second dimension pics and he flips through them slowly so the kids can see them, and at that point there are way too many questions for him to keep up with so he doesn’t bother. And eventually they’re done looking at pictures, and Phineas asks when that was and why they don’t remember it, so Perry takes his pamphlet and circles the line about host families and memory erasing and relocating and then he hands it back, and Phineas reads the line out loud so Ferb and Candace can hear, too. Ferb’s the one to connect the dots and realize that the reason they don’t remember those pictures is that they had their memories erased, which Perry confirms, and Phineas asks why he’s telling them now if they’re either going to have their memories erased or lose him (and then proceeds to get very nervous about losing him) and Perry takes the pamphlet back again and adds a little carrot in the title between “your pet” and “a secret agent” and writes “used to be” and they realize that means they get to keep him as a pet and know everything and it’s a happy reunion and nothing like the second dimension and everyone lives happily ever after! 

... that was the least coherent thing i’ve ever written in my life

[woulddieforperrytheplatypus]

If the boys got another secret agent pet, I think they'd act as a foil to Perry: while Perry is serious-minded and professional, the other pet is silly and smiles more often; while Perry is antisocial around other agents, the other pet is chummy with them; and while Perry prefers to act as mindless as possible around the family, the other pet tests the limits of how much intelligence he can show. For the sake of the argument let's just give them a capybara due to meta reasons (I'd call him Coby)

oh my goddd sjdfhsdkjhkjs if someone wants to write a fanfic about this I would so read it

Okay this was originally gonna be like a brief headcanon and it lowkey turned into a whole fic outline but here's my take on it: Perry and Coby meet at OWCA HQ and Perry basically decides right off the bat that he can’t stand this guy. He’s loud and obnoxious and overly social and why is he so fucking happy all the goddamn time? And he’s new to the agency so Monogram is still working on finding him a host family, and Perry is just praying that the family that takes him in moves away immediately after the adoption goes through because if he gets lucky, that will mean they take Coby with them. 

But for some inexplicable reason, Coby finds Perry fascinating. Most of the agents tend to be wary of him, and that goes double for the new guys, but this little fucker is determined to figure him out. Perry likes to stay away from HQ on a normal day, but with Coby around, he’s avoiding it with a newfound intensity that shocks even Monogram and Carl, and they’ve dealt with his antisocial ways for years. 

But all in all, it’s just a minor annoyance, and in the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t affect Perry’s life too much. And then Coby just happens to be walking by the Flynn-Fletchers’ just in time to see Perry take off his hat and rejoin his family, and, being the ever-social agent he is, Coby decides to head over and check out what’s going on. It doesn’t take a genius for him to figure out that this must be Agent P’s host family, and that he really shouldn’t be here with them...

and that just makes him want to stick around more, because the adrenaline rush that comes with unnecessary risks will never get old.

Ferb is the first one to notice him lurking by the gate, and, because the Flynn-Fletchers have never been the type to ignore an animal, he crouches down and holds out a hand, which is all the invitation Coby needs. He trots in, and now all the kids want to hang out with him, and Coby is in paradise. Even when Perry gives his warning growl, Coby just snuggles closer to Isabella’s hand because wow, this girl can give some good pets (and hc that there’s a Fireside Girl patch to thank for that lmao). 

Linda realizes that none of the kids followed her inside so she heads out to see what they’re doing that could possibly be more important than eating pie, and when she sees everyone petting this mysterious wild animal that would very easily have rabies... she doesn’t care because let’s be real, she let her boys get a platypus and she didn’t even bat an eyebrow when she saw Dennis in the house, so Coby isn’t gonna bother her in the slightest. But the reminder that there’s pie inside draws the kids’ attention away, so they head inside, Perry at their feet and Coby following not far behind. Phineas decides to ask if they can keep him since he clearly wants to stay anyway, and Linda gives the okay because that’s just the kind of responsible parent she is.

And then to make matters worse, Coby reports this to OWCA, and Monogram decides that this is the perfect host family for him. It’s not easy to adopt out an animal like a capybara, but the Flynn-Fletchers are no stranger to weird animals. Plus, he’s sure having Agent P around will help Agent C become the best version of himself.

Now poor Perry is stuck on damage control, because Coby is making a mess of everything. He’s messing up the house. He’s messing up their now-shared lair. He’s messing up Perry’s sleeping arrangements because now that Coby is sleeping on one bed, Perry can’t get up and switch beds when he can’t sleep. And, as you said, he’s getting very close to blowing both their covers because he's an adrenaline junkie with no common sense, and Perry cannot let that happen. 

Perry is pretty defensive of his relationship with the boys, and Coby picks up on that really fast. Perry can’t step in without blowing his cover, but he does his best to subtly give Coby the boot and take the snuggles for himself, which proves a little difficult because the boys love this new capybara because he’s new and he’s exciting and he’s everything Perry’s not and it almost starts to feel like he’s being replaced. And if that’s not bad enough, Perry knows Coby, and he knows Coby only “joined the family” because he wanted to see what Perry was up to and he gets off on annoying the guy. He’s not family; he never has been and he never will be.

And then maybe something goes wrong on a case or something and puts the Flynn-Fletchers in danger, and Coby saves their asses in one way or another without even coming close to blowing his cover, and Perry gets to see it happen. That’s the wakeup call he needed that even if Coby is a bit reckless, when it comes down to it, he’s going to do whatever it takes to keep this family together, and that maybe he and Coby have something in common after all. 

From there they start becoming semi-friends, and it still annoys the hell out of Perry that Coby is so bright and bubbly and reckless, but at least they get along. And now everyone at OWCA is shook because how did this Coby guy befriend the Agent P? But they have been known to come to work together every now and then, and Perry does occasionally give him the time of day at HQ, which makes Coby even more popular around the agency. He tries to get Perry to join the social circle, too, but tbh, they all know that’s never going to happen so Coby might as well make his peace with it now lmao