Camilla and Jaehyun walked out of the OR, Jaehyun throwing his gloves in the waste bin."Alright... I'm going to go speak to the family. I just need a minute" He said, whipping his surgical cap off. Camilla shook her head.
"You need a break. Just go sit or eat or sleep. I'll take care of that" She said. He sighed, looking over at her.
"Are you sure?" He asked. She nodded, forcing a tired smile. He placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Thank you" he mumbled, before limping out of the room due to exhaustion. Camilla followed, walking out into the hallway. She found herself over to the nurse's station where Laura sat doing charts.
"I'm sorry... I know it must be hard losing all these patients" She said. Camilla sat down, placing her head in her hands.
"I've called the time of death more times in this last week than I ever have since I started working here" She mumbled, swallowing the lump in her throat.
"Jaehyun is tired. He isn't happy anymore. He isn't smiling. I knew that this trial would be emotionally exhausting for me. But I never thought he would be affected this bad." She explained.
"Does it affect your relationship?" She asked. Camilla nodded.
"It hasn't been the same. I mean I try to talk about other things but we can't seem to separate work life and personal life." She said. Laura sighed, rubbing her back.
"Don't worry, Camilla. You two are going to figure it out soon" She encouraged.
"Dr. Janssen. I need to have a word with you" A voice said. She looked up to see her uncle standing in front of her.
"I'll catch up with you later," Laura mumbled, patting her back before walking towards the elevator.
"What's going on, Chief?" She asked
"I got a call from the Institutional Review Board, the national board that oversees clinical trials. You've had 11 deaths. They are giving you one last patient. You get it done by tomorrow under the wire and hope for the best. At midnight tomorrow, if you lose them, they're going to shut it down. One last patient, Janssen" he said. Camilla widened her eyes.
"One- But we are so close!"
"I don't make the rules. One last patient" He repeated. Camilla stood up, storming off in anger.
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Jaehyun walked into the room as Camilla was charting.
"Hello" Jaehyun greeted, walking into the patient room.
"Dr. Janssen, is this him?" The patient asked. Jaehyun raised an eyebrow.
"Him?" he asked.
"Oh yeah. She has a pet name for you" Camilla mumbled. Jaehyun looked up.
"Yeah... I call him the Mass Gen Brain Butcher." She said. Her mom scoffed.
"Michelle."
"No no, it's fine. That is what I am. I'm Dr. Jung. It's nice to meet you." He said, holding out his hand. Michelle couldn't raise her hand or the whole left side of her body.
"No, that hand is just for show. But tell me. How does this work?" She asked.
"You are going to inject a live virus into her tumor?" her dad asked. Jaehyun nodded.
"And is it safe?" her mom asked.
"Well the virus is still in testing stages, but I have made some adjustments that I hope will destroy the tumor." He explained.

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Rules || Jaehyun Jung
Fanfiction"You have more authority than I do! You are my teacher. there are certain rules that need to be followed!" I explained. He scoffed. "Well, Camilla if there is one thing you should know is that I'm not really good at following rules" he claimed, ling...