"You don't know that, Felix. You are clearly too stubborn to die." His heart hurt, of course it did. He didn't want to even imagine a world without Felix in it. Holden reached for Felix's hand and threaded their fingers together. "You'll keep taking care of yourself and you'll keep proving those doctors wrong. I know you will."

He had to have faith in that too. "As long as you eat a nutritional breakfast, at least."