Boys like us

The first Czech queer Advent calendar is here!

Kryštof is sixteen and has spent the last few years in a children's home. When he finds out that foster parents want to take him in, he feels empty inside. No, that is a lie. Kryštof is happy, but also terrified. Suddenly, he finds himself in a new environment, sharing a home with three other boys who are now essentially his stepbrothers. But he does not want to think of them that way. Especially when he finds one of them so incredibly attractive.

Julián does not care about the arrival of the new boy. He has his own life and plenty of his own worries to deal with, like a past that keeps catching up with him at the worst possible moments. So, when he first sees Kryštof, he feels absolutely nothing. No, that is a lie. He feels everything. And if life has taught him anything, it is that strong emotions only lead to trouble. The most sensible thing would be to keep his distance, but… when you share a house, it is just so easy to end up close to one another.

Enjoy a festive story filled with the scent of Christmas biscuits day by day! Four boys, one bearded dragon and a traditional Czech Christmas with all the trimmings. How easy is it to fall for the boy you live with…?

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This boy did not make it easy for me, as if even I had to break through his outer shell to discover what he is truly like: loving, mysterious, self-deprecating, carrying a lot of hurt, obsessed with apple juice… and so much more.
— Eva on writing Julián

At first, Kryštof is terrified and quick-tempered, struggling to trust anyone. But he works on it, learning to open up, love himself and also let himself love others.
— Klára on writing Kryštof