felix.

birth name felix cameron penzik date of birth july 14th, 1986 (28) birth place chesterfield, derbyshire, uk current residence 2 bedroom in manhattan occupation surgeon sign ♋ cancer personality ESTJ status kinsey 1, divorced offspring sophie(5)

Felix doesn't remember much of his life in England, but he was born in the county of Derbyshire to Bill and Thea Penzik and lived there until he was eight. His father, a fairly renowned general surgeon, received a job offer in New York at the NYU Langone Medical Center and the family moved to the United States under his work visa. Everything before this point in time has always felt like something of an unusual dream to Felix, bits of memory of the countryside and even a trip to London when he was six all feel like a different life to him. As far as he's always been concerned, his life began when he touched American soil.

That said, being the new kid in town with a funny accent wasn't easy for Felix in the beginning. Third grade was the point of childhood where segregation began, friendships and groups formed and that hankering to fit in started to develop and he'd come in half way through the school year. He spent his first couple years trying to adjust to new rules, new people and a new way of life, which left him by himself more often than he had been used to.

Over time, Felix began to find his niche with his classmates and began to develop friendships. By the time he reached junior high, he had settled in well with the popular crowd, became really good at soccer (which he still lovingly refers to as football as homage to his birth country) and started gaining the attention of the girls in his class. He still talked funny, with English mannerisms slipping in out of habit from home, but instead of it deterring people from getting to know him, it became a gimmick, an ice breaker and set him apart from the other boys.

His first girlfriend, a volleyball player by the name of Tiffany Larson, set the standard by which all of his relationships followed. She was pretty, popular, nice to everyone but in a relationship she was possessive, needy, whiny, greedy. Felix did everything to try to make her happy and six months into their relationship, after the sophomore winter formal, she made a man of him. The relationship carried on into the second semester of their senior year, but with her acceptance into UCLA, they decided to call it rather than go through the pain of trying for a long distance relationship.

Felix knew that he wanted to go into medicine like both of his parents. His mother had been a nurse while in the UK and his father was still a practicing surgeon. They urged him to do whatever made him happy, but he felt pre-med was the only choice for him. Through the first few years of college at NYU, he experienced disappointment after disappointment in love and his personal life. Every girl just a carbon copy of his first but with his focus in school, he didn't have the ability to dote on and spoil any of the girls he tried to be with, which caused quick dissolutions. He had fewer friends, seeing more of his classmates than anyone else in his life.

This changed when he met Amber Wright, one of the resident doctors at the hospital where he was doing his clinical hours. They understood each other on a professional and personal level and the friendship soon sparked into romance. In April 2009, three months after they started dating, Amber fell pregnant and they felt the best thing to do was get married. Without telling anyone, they rushed off to Nevada to elope and their daughter Sophie was born seven months later.

Parenthood did the relationship no favors. They realized quickly that had jumped headfirst into the marriage without thinking things through or even considering their compatibility. They were too different, barely got along and motherhood was never in Amber's plans. Accepting the reality, she took a job in Los Angeles without consulting Felix and told him a few days before she was set to leave. She broke the news with divorce papers and a custody agreement that gave him full legal and physical custody.

He is currently learning to balance his residency at Langone with being a single parent to his five year old daughter.

facts
  • one
    • He still speaks with a slight British accent. Though he's been in the US long enough to carry with him a very distinct New York accent, his parents never lost their dialect and he picked it up from them out of habit.

  • two
    • He became an American citizen when he was seventeen years old, barely making the cut off to be naturalized through his parent's when they became Americans.

  • three
    • Despite being born there, he's only been back to England three times in his life to visit family. His parents just never had the time or the funds to make the trip often.

  • four
    • Almost considered going into pediatrics after his daughter was born, but decided to stick to cardiology after realizing that he wouldn't emotionally be able to handle the negative aspects of pediatric care.

  • five
    • Regrets his marriage, but not his daughter. He didn't expect to be a father so early in his life, but he wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. He's still in contact with Sophies mother, but mainly through social media and the occasional phone call.

  • six
    • Hobbies include: bowling, word games, crosswords, cooking, concerts, microbrews. He loves trying new things but he's cautious about how he lives his life because he wants to be a good influence on his kid.

  • seven
    • Has a sister that he's very close to. She's his best friend and has saved him on more than one occasion with babysitting duties when he's had to work long shifts. In fact, his family as a whole is fairly close and it's been team effort raising Sophie.

  • eight
    • Doesn't work weekends. The hospital caught on to the fact that he was unwilling when he started switching shifts every weekend and working murderous hours during the week because of it. That's his time away from his field to either spend with his daughter or out with friends, when she's staying with relatives.

    personality ESTJ
    organized, group oriented, focused, conventional, leader, emotionally stable, anal, attention seeking, planner, realistic, fearless, responsible, finisher, decisive, norm following, respects authority, punctual, hard working, stiff, self confident, thinks rules and regulations are important, follows the rules, clean, outgoing, social, content, does not like being alone, normal, regular, does not like weird or strange people / things - intolerant of differences, strict, disciplined, aggressive, assertive, content, happy, proper, formal, strict with self, meticulous, strong sense of purpose

    CANCER
    Cancerians love home-life, family and domestic settings. They are traditionalists, and enjoy operating on a fundamental level. They love history, and are fascinated with the beginnings of things (heraldry, ancestry, etc.). The moon is their ruler, so they can be a bit of a contradiction and sometimes moody. However, they are conservative, so they'll be apt to hide their moods from others altogether. They have a reputation for being fickle, but they'll tell you that isn't true, and it's not. Cancerians make loyal, sympathetic friends. However Cancerians need alone time, and when they retreat, let them do so on their terms.

    ENNEAGRAM TYPE 9
    The Peacemaker
    The easy-going, self-effacing type. Nines are accepting, trusting, and stable. They are usually grounded, supportive, and often creative, but can also be too willing to go along with others to keep the peace. They want everything to go smoothly and be without conflict, but they can also tend to be complacent and emotionally distant, simplifying problems and ignoring anything upsetting. They typically have problems with inertia and stubbornness. At their Best: indomitable and all- embracing, they are able to bring people together and heal conflicts.
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