26 Seized Moments
A/N: Hello, everybody! I've been wanting to write some Phineas and Ferb ficlets and apparently there's a little challenge in this fandom where you write one story for each letter of the alphabet, so I figured why not?
(You may have previously seen this posted on my old account. It's being transferred to my new one and I'm getting back on this challenge, because the series ending gave me all the feels. All of them.)
Critique and suggestions for future installments are more than welcome.
A is for Anger
Trust.
It was his one uncertainty. His one weakness. It was the one button you could press to truly make Phineas angry, and Perry had managed to mash the button to breaking point in a matter of seconds. And by trying to protect the boys, no less.
Did the word's on the pamphlet Phineas had tossed in a fit really justify everything he'd done? It wasn't the first time he'd felt guilt for leaving his family out of the loop, but every other time he'd quickly dismissed those feelings with truth: he needed to protect his loved ones. To protect the boy standing enraged before him now. And Ferb. And even Candace.
He'd never really thought this deeply about how his family might feel if they knew. They weren't supposed to know. And if they did find out, they were supposed to read the pamphlet. And the pamphlet was supposed to fully vindicate him. But he didn't feel like it would have vindicated him even in a best case scenario. But maybe Phineas could stand to trust him more too, and... It was a complete mess, and Perry could only look away from Phineas as the boy lambasted him with a mess of questions.
What would he have said if he could have spoken? Perry wasn't sure himself.