i think one of the most romantic things ever is leaving and passing notes with your partner.
in high school there’s passing notes in class because you’re bored and who’s going to use the words of the wise annotations when they’re 28 and working a 9-5?
little doodles and games… tic tac toe, a string of would you rather questions, you draw one thing and i’ll draw another and together we’ll make art
the notes getting folded into origami butterflies and cranes and frogs
a confession note. an impulsively written “i like you” on a bright pink post it note, followed by “i like you too”
more notes passed throughout class, but long with games and questions and silly jokes, there we hearts nd i love yous
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in college/married life, there’s leaving notes around the house/apartment.
they could be simple, mundane things. shopping lists, appointment reminders, and schedule dates and plans
“i love you” written on the refrigerator for when they wake up to get their food, followed by “we’re out of eggs” right underneath it
or they could be a note left on the bedside table in the morning when you wake up earlier than your partner and want to say “have a good day” in any way you can
breakfast left out on the table, a yellow sticky note reading “here’s your breakfast! lunch is in the microwave <3” with a little doodle next to it
that lunch in the microwave with a note reading “here’s some pasta for lunch… have a fanpastac rest of your day!!”
fights ending with a truce, a note slipped under the bedroom door simply reading “i’m sorry.”
them coming out of the bedroom to find you and say “it’s okay.”
keeping all the notes safe and then one day, years and years and years from now, someone finds all of them safely kept in a box and as they read and relive your love story it lives on.
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Organization for Transformative Works
Summary: Inspired by the line “I grew up hearing your evil scheming down the hall” in Vanessa’s song: Not So Bad A Dad. The series will focus on Vanessa, but may have a few stories in Perry & Heinz's perspectives.
For as long as Vanessa could remember, her father, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, had always been evil. She was used to hearing him build, monologue, and explode from a few rooms down the hall.
Thinking back on it, that wasn’t the only thing she remembered from her dad’s weekends.
(Now has a comic, drawn by Kim-Kiwi! <3)
For as long as Vanessa could remember, her father, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, had always been evil. She ignored it when she was young because she was still sour about her parent’s divorce, but she was used to hearing him build, monologue, and explode from a few rooms down the hall.
Thinking back on it, that wasn’t the only thing she remembered from her dad’s weekends. She always knew he had a nemesis. When her dad met his nemesis, she was the first person he told. He ran into her room looking the absolute happiest he’d been since receiving the divorce papers from Charlene.
She never got to meet his nemesis as a kid, she was too busy locking herself in her room, but she did know of his existence, and he knew of hers.
Young Vanessa enters the living room to find her father passed out on the couch. Next to him on the coffee table is a handwritten note addressed to her. The handwriting is beautiful, and the paper looks like it’s from a gourmet restaurant that serves paper instead of food.
To Heinz’s Daughter:
You are most likely unaware of my existence, but I am your father’s acquaintance .
“Acquaintance” is weirdly scrawled onto the paper, almost as if the person who wrote it had been unsure of themselves.
He passed out during today’s meeting , so I placed him on the couch. As of late, he has been visibly exhausted.
Please refrain from waking him unless there is an emergency. There is a salad in the fridge if you get hungry.
- P
Sure enough, when Vanessa checked the fridge there was a homemade salad in there. It had a sticky note with the same signature. So the agent made her dinner, huh?
She doesn’t understand how he got the ingredients; her dad is a total junk food lover. Regardless, she eats the salad and wonders what kind of secret agent helps their nemesis like this. No wonder her dad is so happy.
Now that she thought about it, her dad had been awfully exhausted lately. Maybe she’ll talk to him about it later. She’ll try to convince him to take better care of himself. Although, it’s reassuring that two people are looking out for him now.
When Vanessa finally meets Perry-the-Platypus she remains nonchalant, but on the inside, she remembers that this is the agent who’s been helping her and her dad. He may seem stoic on the outside, but he’s alright in her book.
Me last night: You know, with everything I have to do in the morning I might forget to check the car tires. I better make a note, ‘cause I don’t want to drive on a flat! I’ll just use this paper towel and magic marker. I won’t miss it in the middle of the stove.
Me today, just before a line of storms come through: I need to wipe a few drops of milk I spilled. I’ll just use this paper towel that’s under the breakfast plate. Now to toss this waded up thing away and....hey, there is magic marker on it.... OH!
Made me loose a teeny bit of hope but hope is mainly and strongly still there considering everything. These are what happened to the 9 total notes I left for the Doctor to find:
{{Note: I tape these notes up good. Top and bottom. Sometimes twice on the bottom at each side}}
1) at the back of my garage, it was a 2 part note. The first part was completely gone, the second part ripped off at the top but still there. The one gone, I couldn't find or see anywhere, daylight or dark. I obviously know the sides of my house , my house and both front and backyard like the back of my hand. I took the 2nd part and put it elsewhere I think the Doctor could find. Of this note, the first part is gone.
2) One of the ones at the start of the woods, was a ways away from the tree. It would have had to be deliberately removed, like all other notes, and what dropped from hand/forgotten about. I took the note and put it elsewhere in the bigger part of the woods, where I think the Doctor could find.
3) The other one at the start of the woods, it wasn't light out but it wasn't full black dark night either. Plus I had a flashlight. I thought it was gone because I couldn't see it anywhere on the ground and it obviously wasn't where I left it. I ended up finding it today, Where I put the note in the start of the woods, like the one before this {3) } one, was away from the edge/start of the woods, a little bit inside. It was far away from where I left it. It would have had to be deliberately removed. I put it up somewhere, again, where I think the Doctor could find.
4) The starting note at the front of the bigger area of woods, still not in sight as all other notes, was not where I left it, ways away from the tree. I re-attached it where I think the Doctor could find.
5) further down, a little ways away from #4, #5 was also a ways away from the tree. Also reattached it where I think the Doctor would find.
#6 , #7. #8. and #9 where all still there but also a ways away from where I left each one, one of them even so far from where I left it, all of these as well as the ones before #6, had to have been deliberately removed. I reattached them where I think the Doctor would find.
Reasons why the Doctor had to have gotten/touched/took off the notes/etc:
1) If it was the rain to take off the notes, it wouldn't explain how some look ripped or punctured in places or how they ended up away from the tree to where someone would have had to put it there?? Half of one note gone completely???
2) If it was the wind that made it be a ways away from where I left notes, it still doesn't explain how coupled with the rain, it looked ripped and punctured. Half of one note gone completely??
3) It did rain but there was no wind at all, and even if there had, I don't recall it being bad enough wind for a note to rip itself off where I leave them, a ways away, and ripped with punctures.
4) I know my house and the front and back yard; sides of each house like the back of my hand and I didn't see the first part of the first note I left anywhere, light or dark and I go over all of it every day seeing as I have a dog to take to the restroom and mail to get.
5) I have been in the smaller and bigger area of my woods ever since I was little. I have been in both countless times, all over both. I know them like the back of my hand.
Reasons why for notes being gone obviously by the Doctor and reasons for weird things that happen:
1) I always think logically first. When it doesn't work or make sense in a logical way because there is no way it is logical, then I go for the strange and the weird and the unexplainable.
LONG STORY SHORT:
Out of the 9 notes? Only part of 1 was gone. The other 8 and other half of one, I reattached where the Doctor could find. I will update on those ones.
I may lose hope at times but it always comes back and sometimes if it falters, mainly it still stays. If that makes sense.. However, I also never give up on people. I persist with anything. To do otherwise is just not the kind of person I am so , hopefully when I check the reattached notes at a later day, any or all of them will be gone and after so, I can leave more notes for the Doctor to find.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Summary: (Series inspired by Vanessa's song: Not So Bad a Dad.)
This is the same story as Down the Hall parts 1 and 2 but from Heinz's perspective. It can be read as a stand-alone.
Heinz wakes up to find that Perry has done nice things for him and his daughter.
(Now has a comic, drawn by Kim-Kiwi! <3)
Heinz Doofenshmirtz was beyond excited when he got his very own OWCA issued Nemesis.
He’d been through so much: abuse, neglect, abandonment. Things had been good when his precious baby girl was born; but then Charlene handed him the divorce papers.
Heinz was fine with the divorce, things weren’t working between them, and he didn’t want to subject his little ray of happiness to parent arguments, but it also meant he was alone again. He only got Vanessa for half of the time.
This Nemesis-ship would be a new start. OWCA’s agent would become someone he would see regularly. Sure, they’d be trying to hurt each other, but maybe it didn’t have to be like that all the time. Maybe the agent would listen to him.
When Heinz formally meets Secret Agent Perry-the-Platypus he thinks he is a little stiff and quiet, but otherwise, he is sure they can make this work. He just has to help the agent warm up to him.
He tries some comfier traps, he offers him food, and he remains patient with Perry’s refusals. He thinks this is going well, he just needs to make sure he doesn’t mess up.
That’s why he stays up so late to work on evil schemes. Perry-the-Platypus is only here because Heinz has been bumped up to a High-level threat. If he loses that status, he’ll lose the agent that he’s worked so hard to have a chance with.
Heinz wakes up early to work on his -inator, spends the day on their routine, and works late into the night, planning to do it all again with new gadgets. He repeats this process several times.
That’s why exhaustion catches up to him mid-monologue, and he collapses.
It’s nighttime when Heinz wakes up. He’s on the couch with a blanket covering him, and there’s a light rain shower going on outside. He’s comfortable, but he has no clue what happened.
Vanessa!
Heinz shoots up off the couch. If it’s nighttime, then his little girl has spent the whole day without him! Had she been frightened? Had she eaten? Oh Gott, he’s neglected her!
He bounds down the hallway to find her bedroom door closed. When he opens the door, he finds her asleep.
It’s late. He should leave her be. But what if she’d been scared? What if she’s furious? What if she’s starving?
Heinz approaches the bed and gently shakes Vanessa awake.
“Vanessa, my little doonkleberry, did you eat?” He tries to whisper through the fear.
“Mmm, w’at? Ye’h, your agent fed me. Lemme sleep.” She rolls back over and snuggles into the blankets.
She’s so cute—wait what? Who did what now? Completely dumbfounded, he exits her room and closes the door. He stands there in silence, trying to come to terms with what she said.
This is going to end up like the American movie, The Hangover. He needs to piece together what happened.
He remembers giving a monologue over there for his T.V. Glare-inator, then he must have passed out. Heinz notices a note taped to the unscathed T.V. Glare-inator. It reads:
Try again tomorrow. Go sleep.
-Perry the Platypus
The words may sound brash to an outsider, but this is the first time his Nemesis has ever communicated with words. Heinz is ecstatic. On top of that, he’s heard that OWCA agents are supposed to thwart and run; if Perry-the-Platypus has left this for tomorrow, it means that he’s trusted Heinz enough to leave the -inator fully intact for the night!
Well, that or he thought he’d sleep through the night. Either way, it puts a little pep in Heinz’s step. His Nemesis cared enough to leave a note.
Heinz practically bounces into the kitchen. He’s going to look around for evidence pointing to what Vanessa said. It isn’t that he disbelieves his little girl, he’s just curious.
He finds an empty bowl in the sink with little bits of lettuce on the sides. Lettuce? He’s certain he doesn’t have lettuce. He goes to his fridge to check. There’s a shopping bag in his fridge with leftover salad ingredients.
No way. No. He wanted Perry to warm up to him, but this is more than he’d ever expected. His new Nemesis had gone to the store to get food for his baby.
Certainly, he did it for her though—which is good! It’s just a little shocking. A smile warms its way onto his face, his cheeks hurt from the width of it.
He re-enters the living room and spots a note he hadn’t noticed before on the coffee table. It’s a note from Perry addressed to Vanessa, and it reveals that Perry was the one who placed him on the couch.
It feels like Christmas morning right now. Today alone his OWCA agent has taken care of him, communicated with him, trusted him, and above all else, put the needs of his daughter first.
As Heinz treads down the hall to get some sleep, he realizes he doesn’t need to worry anymore. He can tell that this is the beginning of a beautiful Nemesis-ship.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Summary: (Series inspired by Vanessa's line "I grew up hearing your evil scheming down the hall" from the song: Not So Bad A Dad.)
This is Perry's POV of my first fic, Down the Hall, but it can be read as a stand-alone.
Heinz passes out from exhaustion mid-monologue, leaving Perry concerned for both him and his daughter.
(Now has a comic, drawn by Kim-Kiwi! <3)
Perry became an OWCA agent at a very young age. He had a knack for martial arts, he was at the top of his class in training school, and he surpassed some of the greats during training exercises. It’s no wonder he became Danville’s top agent after only a few months in the field. He was everything he was “supposed” to be: suave, secretive, silent, stoic. A perfect soldier.
That changed quicker than he’d like to admit. After spending two weeks with the Flynn-Fletcher family Perry became absolutely whipped for their kids. He would do anything for them in an instant.
They weren’t the only ones to melt his heart though.
He had been given his nemesis assignment in the same week: Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Perry read the case file until he knew it by heart. There wasn’t much there:
Name: Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Threat level: High
Age: 41
Height: 6’2
Nationality: Gimmelshtump, Drusselstein
Blood type: AB+
Affiliations: Mother—unknown, Father—unknown, Mayor Roger Doofenshmirtz (Brother), Charlene Doofenshmirtz (Ex-wife), Vanessa Doofenshmirtz (Daughter).
Note: Heinz Doofenshmirtz has split custody of Vanessa Doofenshmirtz.
At first, Perry thought OWCA misjudged Heinz’s threat level. The man spent way too much time monologuing, his schemes were petty and full of holes, and he was way too nice. There were several occasions that Heinz offered Perry food to be a good host/nemesis. The food wasn’t even poisoned, Heinz would take a bite after Perry “refused” with silent glares. There was no way this man was a “high” level threat.
That opinion changed in record time. Heinz is a very capable scientist, his petty backstories prove he can be triggered by the smallest things, and his machines can be beyond deadly. Perry now admits that Heinz is a high-level threat, yet somehow the man still seems safe to be around. Heinz is interesting, smart, kind, caring, dorky, clumsy, and considerate all in one.
That’s why Perry worries when Heinz collapses mid-monologue. He quickly escapes the simple leg snare trap before running to his nemesis. Heinz is sleeping. Perry has seen the growing dark circles under his eyes these past few days.
Sighing, Perry heaves Heinz onto the couch before covering him with a blanket. He goes to exit through the front door, thinking that his jet pack may wake the scientist. He stops when he sees little shoes at the front door.
Perry knows the shoes belong to Vanessa. His nemesis has never spoken about his daughter, but that’s exactly how Perry knows she’s his world. As nemeses, Heinz only tells him about the people he dislikes: the people who’ve wronged him. Vanessa has never been brought up because Heinz adores her.
It’s late. It’s “Linda-served-pie-hours-ago” late, and Heinz is passed out on the couch. Judging by the size of the little shoes, he would guess that Vanessa is around Candace’s age. She’ll need dinner.
Perry wars with himself for two minutes. Vanessa doesn’t know him, it’s weird to eat something that a stranger made. Then again, maybe Heinz talks about him? No, how do you explain this? “Oh yeah sweetie, I’m evil and I do evil things. The guy that beats your dad is actually good, don’t mind the terrifying bruises he gave me.” Just no. Heinz is also passed out and Perry doesn’t know if he’ll wake up tonight, will his daughter get scared? That’s it, he’s making her dinner.
Perry storms off to raid the fridge, only to find it full of junk. Heinz lets his daughter eat this garbage? Whatever, he has no right to tell his nemesis how to raise a kid but since he’s “in charge” by default, he’s gonna make sure she has the option of healthy food.
The agent walks to the produce store a block away to purchase salad ingredients. He makes an aesthetically pleasing and healthy salad before covering it with plastic wrap and leaving it in the fridge for Vanessa.
Before leaving Perry leaves three notes in the house, one is next to Heinz on the coffee table, one is on the salad to label it, and the other is on Heinz’s undestroyed -inator. Perry admires his work before leaving to see his family. He doesn’t know it yet, but he’ll eventually consider Heinz and Vanessa as part of his family.
one of many, i promise okay? i have a busy life to an extent, lol
i wrote notes again, any of them which contain private information i felt that THEY deserved to know. This kind of information which i will reveal happily here on the 9th of April.
All in all? i wrote, 2/3 to the Doctor, 2/3 to the Master, 2/3 each to the Rani, Corsair and Romana as well as 2 to each of Rose/River/Clara and the others, AND Jack Harkness.
I was debating on having it in the Gallifreyan language but instead, i chose to put it in Norwegian for all of them and any additional to them in ENglish but the notes in ENglish dont have the private info in it.
I will give any updates to this in particular if there are any.
to those dreams i had, where in one in different locations and among a solid full one that either or, im moving around to look at each one and see what they say
that there are multiple of notes here and there addressed to me by the Doctor, bc thats who im getting vibes on
which outside these few dreams, i almost wonder if its a sign that all the ones that i wrote to him, wrote in general, if he has seen and taken them. Taken the ones that disappeared completely and the others they have also seen but not taken for whatever reason but were found by me and looked weird than how i left them
all the same, i thought it was interesting to mention :)
