#ju jihoon

[seodongjae]

THE TRAUMA CODE: HEROES ON CALL Episode 5: Code Black

[ellieinink]

Collision Course

Baek Kang-hyuk x Reader

Genre: Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Workplace Romance, Heated Tension

Warnings: Strong language, unresolved tension, intense kissing, workplace teasing, mentions of injuries

Word Count: ~8,500

Synopsis: After months of teasing and unresolved tension, a grueling shift leaves you vulnerable—and Baek Kang-hyuk too close to resist. One reckless challenge shatters the distance between you, igniting a kiss that changes everything. With nosy coworkers watching, there’s no turning back now.

It was a game you had both been playing for months.

The lingering glances. The teasing remarks. The almost-touches that never quite happened.

Baek Kang-hyuk had a way of getting under your skin like no one else. He was arrogant, effortlessly skilled, and far too good at making your heart race at the worst possible moments.

And the worst part?

He knew.

Every time he smirked at you across the trauma center, every time his hand lingered just a second too long on your wrist, every time he leaned in too close just to see you react—he knew.

It was infuriating.

It was intoxicating.

And it was going to break you.

It started with little things. The way he’d brush past you in the hallway, just close enough that your shoulders grazed. The way he always had a comment ready—sharp, teasing, just enough to get a rise out of you.

"You look exhausted," he’d say, smirking as you rolled your eyes. "Try not to pass out on me, yeah?"

"Worried about me, Kang-hyuk?" you’d fire back, arms crossed.

"Hardly," he’d reply, but his eyes told a different story.

Then there were the moments when the teasing softened—when he’d find you after a difficult case, standing in the supply room with your head pressed against the cool metal shelves. When he’d linger just long enough to ask, voice quieter than usual, "You good?"

And it was those moments—the rare glimpses of something unspoken—that made your pulse stutter.

Because it wasn’t just a game, was it?

Not anymore.

The shift had been brutal.

An accident on the freeway had flooded the trauma center with critical patients, and you’d been running on pure adrenaline for hours. There was no time to think, no time to breathe.

It was only after the chaos settled that you realized—

You were bleeding.

A deep gash ran across your arm, likely from a sharp edge on a gurney, and you hadn’t even felt it.

"You’re an idiot."

The voice came from behind you, low and too familiar.

You turned just in time to see Kang-hyuk standing there, arms crossed, his gaze flickering to your arm with something dangerously close to concern.

"It’s nothing," you muttered, brushing it off.

Kang-hyuk’s jaw ticked. His expression darkened in that way that always meant trouble. "Sit down."

"I’m fine."

"Sit. Down."

There was no room for argument in his voice, and for once, you didn’t fight him.

You sank onto the nearest chair as he grabbed the first aid kit, kneeling in front of you.

His fingers were careful as he cleaned the wound, his touch surprisingly gentle. But the problem wasn’t the wound—it was him.

The way his hands felt against your skin. The way his expression softened, just slightly, as he focused. The way his thumb brushed against your wrist, sending a slow, deliberate heat crawling up your spine.

You swallowed hard. "I can do it myself."

Kang-hyuk smirked, but there was something else in his gaze now—something unreadable. "Sure you can."

Neither of you moved.

The tension had been there for months, simmering beneath the surface, but now—right now—it was unbearable.

Your pulse was hammering.

And he knew.

Because of course he did.

"You keep staring," Kang-hyuk murmured, not bothering to look up.

You scoffed. "I am not staring."

He glanced at you then, slow and deliberate, the corner of his mouth curving. "Mm. Sure."

You were going to kill him.

Or kiss him.

Probably both.

And then, just to make it worse, he leaned in—so damn close you could feel his breath against your skin.

"Are you blushing?"

That was it.

That was your breaking point.

"Shut up and kiss me."

The words were out before you could stop them, before you could think.

And for a single second, Kang-hyuk froze.

Then—

His lips crashed against yours.

It wasn’t soft. It wasn’t tentative. It was desperate. Like months of tension had finally snapped, and neither of you could hold back any longer.

His hands slid to your waist, pulling you against him, and you barely had time to gasp before he deepened the kiss. It was dizzying, overwhelming, the way he kissed—like he had been waiting for this just as much as you had.

Your fingers tangled into his hair, and he let out a low sound that sent heat curling in your stomach.

This was dangerous. This was reckless.

And you didn’t care.

Because Baek Kang-hyuk was kissing you like he never wanted to stop, and you were absolutely, completely gone.

You didn’t realize you had an audience.

Not until—

"Oh my god."

You jerked away from Kang-hyuk just in time to see Jang-mi, Gyeong-won, and Jae-won standing in the doorway, looking way too entertained.

Jang-mi beamed. "I KNEW IT!"

Gyeong-won smirked. "Well. That escalated quickly."

Jae-won crossed his arms. "I feel like we should be charging admission."

Your face was burning. "You—how long have you—"

Jang-mi waved a hand. "Long enough."

Kang-hyuk, the asshole, just smirked. "Enjoy the show?"

Jang-mi gave him a thumbs-up. "Ten out of ten. Would watch again."

You groaned, burying your face in your hands. "I hate all of you."

Kang-hyuk chuckled, low and amused. Then he leaned in—voice dropping just enough for only you to hear.

"You didn’t hate it that much."

And damn him—

Because he was right.

taking a short break from writing code blue, heart stolen, anybody want to be in my permanent taglist? let me know!!

i’ll also accept requests if you guys have any!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻

[urlocalnctstan]

In The Quiet Between Us - Ju Ji-Hoon X Reader X Choo Young-Woo

CHAPTERS: ONE | TWO | THREE | FOUR | FIVE | SIX | SEVEN

Main Characters:

Ju Ji-hoon (CEO) - 45, enigmatic, poised, dominant. Public image: calm, refined, untouchable. Private self? Caged chaos, precision, hunger. Has a strict no-dating policy… until her.

You (Reader!Employee) - 25, a corporate strategist at an enterntainment company. Vanilla, career-obsessed, cautious. Never knew submission could feel like liberation. Until him.

Choo Young-Woo (Employee) - 32, empathetic, poised, comforting, Public image: Career focused, sweet, shy, ambivert. Private self? Soft, yearns in silent, patient. Wants nothing but to care for her, protect her.

Themes:

Age gap (20 years and 7 years)

Power imbalance (celebrity x corporate staff)

Forbidden workplace romance

BDSM x vanilla dynamic

Soft to intense smut

Emotional unraveling

Public facade vs private surrender

ANGST ANGST ANGST

SLOW BURN

YEARNINGGGG

So much miscommunication

Red flag Ji-Hoon (I know he's far from it I am sorry yall)

A/N: This story is completely fictional with absolutely no relevance to the characters' real life persona or personal lives. It is meant for enterntainment purposes only and is not to be taken literally. Thank you.

You were warned.

"Don't stare." "Don't engage unless spoken to." "And never—never—flirt with Mr. Ju."

Which was fine, really. You had better things to do than pine over your new boss, even if he was obscenely sculpted in a black turtleneck, his bone structure seeming engineered in a lab. You were there to finalize the budget approval for a global campaign shoot, not drool over his fingers as they leisurely swirled his espresso.

But he noticed.

He noticed everything.

"You work in finance?" His voice was velvet over marble, smooth but cold.

You nodded, startled that he’d spoken to you at all. "Strategy team. I'm here for the contract review."

“Hmm.” His eyes didn’t waver. “And yet you look like someone who’d rather control people than numbers.”

Your pulse stuttered.

"I'm sorry?"

“Apologies,” he said smoothly. “You just… hold yourself like someone who’s never been told what to do.”

That was the first crack in your shell.

[sonaramen]

Ju Jihoon as Kang Hyunjo | Jirisan (2021)

[wheegurl]

Baek Kanghyuk x Kim Haeil

The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (2025)

The Fiery Priest 2 (2024)

[andaniellight]

The Light Shop being the parallel to a hospital, ICU in particular, is kind of mindblowing to me. It's genius in the most bizzare way. Both as a transit spot for souls detached from their bodies. Both guarded places that will ask whoever is visiting without any appointment to make sure the visitor have a solid purpose to even enter at all. Both the brightest place to reach to through possibly darkest paths in some souls lives. One warms the freezing cold and the other drains the warmth out while also attaching lines of life support until it's time to depart. They're both never the place to let go, forever, despite remaining as two consistent places full of lights for as long as time allows them to, until they welcome another one of the lost ones

[dailykyungsoo]

251115 Doh Kyungsoo, Ju Jihoon and Woo Dohwan via blitzway_reporter instagram post.

[purplemountain]

Trauma Code: A Hero in Love

genre: workplace romance, comedy, mutual pinning, slow-burn, banter, suggestive

A series of one-shot stories between Dr. Baek Kang Hyuk (Ju Jihoon) and Dr. Song Hye Joo (Song Hyekyo)

When Dr. Baek’s former med school rival, Dr. Song Hyejoo, joins the trauma center team, his usual composure is shaken—just a little competitive, and maybe a little shy. As they face emergencies together, they learn to work in sync, and they rediscover something they never dared explore before.

This will be a series of one-shot stories between Dr. Baek Kang-hyuk and Dr. Song Hye-joo (my OC; played by Song Hyekyo, because why not. Also I badly need the casting directors to pair them for a romcom or melo drama together 👉🏻👈🏻).

It’s not a story where everything is in chronological order or a continuation of what happened to the previous chapters. It’s like a series of moments.

Might include a chapter with their backstory in university and when they met again after many years when Dr. Song is introduced as the new addition to the trauma center team before I upload a series of chapter moments between them ><

I tried to keep Dr. Baek Kang-hyuk’s character as similar and accurate as I can, but you know what, 🎀 I’m just a girl 🎀 who wants to see him be a little clumsy and shy around his (secret) crush. So if it’s a little inaccurate or if you think it’s out of character, then I’m so sorry asdfsghjkg ;—; but isn’t it fun to imagine the cool (sexy) hot-tempered doctor become a fool in love for someone? Like a total loser. Frankly it’s my favorite character trope. He’s all mean and scowly with other people, and then he absolutely melts and malfunctions when a beautiful, strong, and intelligent woman (a.k.a his long-time crush) comes near him.

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy it!!🥹 I’ve already written A LOT of random chapters. And I might also include a little bit of nsfw, or maybe just suggestive, IDK I have no experience in writing sensual scenes, I feel like it’s gonna sound cringey when I do it wish me luck🥲👍🏻

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Chapter List:

1.1 Early Symptoms of Trouble 1.2 Side Effects May Include... 1.3 Cardiac Complications

Flashback 1: Brief Encounters at Med School Flashback 2: Reunion in the Trauma Bay Flashback 3: Check His Vitals— She's Back

2.1 Diagnosis - Obvious 2.2 Late Night Consultations - Catching Up

3.1 A Prescription for Lunch 3.2 White Coats & Warm Blankets

4.1 The Mom & Dad of the Trauma Center 4.2 Code Blue - Parental Unit 4.3 When Dr. Dad Noticed 4.4 When Dr. Mom Noticed