If you wanna create something with that intimacy collection - what about a short with the warm jacket OR the tattoo prompt? 👀
Ages ago I got this ask. Ages ago I started writing it.
Today I rediscovered it and decided it was time to finish it and set it free.
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The prompt was: The intimacy of borrowing a jacket still warm from their body heat.
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Moscow’s outskirts, November, pummeled sky, as cold as ever.
The perfect conditions to stay inside with a warm drink, may it be tea or vodka or a bit of both. There was apparently no reason for Boris to leave the comfort of their living room and submit once again to the cold evening air.
No reason apart from the cigarette he was now holding between his teeth while he zipped up his dark blue jacket, trying to retreat as much skin as he could in the collar.
The annoyed huff materialized as frosty breath.
Why the hell Yuriy had decided not only to quit smoking but also to banish smoking from the house?
Why did Boris have to suffer the cold just to have a nicer atmosphere in the apartment? They just reached the gambling den vibe once after all. And it only took one week to get rid of the smell.
Boris sat on the steps of their apartment building to finally savor the nicotine filling his lungs. He wasn’t even trembling that much, better suffer the shivering rather than admit he should have accepted the coat Yuriy, the traitor, had thrown at him before going out.
His lips had dried out, the tips of his ears were almost burning, and his legs and joints were stiff when a silhouette appeared in the front yard. A very well-dressed silhouette, with warm, expensive clothes.
Kai crossed his gaze while getting closer.
Boris could read the resigned, almost amused look he dedicated to him.
He expected the usual cold banter, instead, Kai got past him without stopping.
How dare he deny a run at his skilled insult set.
The harsh words were almost getting out of Boris's mouth, his head starting to turn to face his newest opponent when soft, warm fabric covered his sight.
The spat died down. A hint of sandalwood reached his nostrils, returning him to the image of Kai’s routine of applying his fancy cologne on his wrists, tapping them under his ears, and ignoring Boris’s whining about how long it always takes for him to get ready.
Kai’s arms were wrapping the scarf around Boris’s neck, a glimpse of dark and deep eyes reserving him another quick amused look.
The thud of the door closing behind him snapped Boris out of his trance. A last hissed insult left his mouth while he returned to his cigarette.
If the little brat expected a thank you from him, he was wrong.
He lingered a few minutes more on his cigarette, eyes closed, tightening in the embrace of the long scarf and letting the warmth and the scent still lingering on the fabric transport him. And he could only look forward to placing his mouth on that same piece of fair skin under Kai’s ear.
The cold was not unbearable anymore.
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So how old is Boka János??
Let's address an issue here. I don't know if I should write this in Hungarian instead, but it feels like that would make me sound a hundred times more awkward, so here goes:
In his letter to Nemecsek, Geszti Péter writes "Képzeld, a jó Boka még 1916-ban meghalt [...] Boka János cs. kir. hadnagy – élt 30 évet". I've also found a version where it says that he lived 26 years, but most sources quote 30, and it's beside the point anyway, as it doesn't make it that much better. Because consider this:
In the novel, it is explicitly stated that Boka is 14. Since the putty gang's (i.e. the Putty Gathering Society's, but I can't be bothered to say their name properly in English, plus, do they really deserve to have the association's name capitalized? Hm??) flag reads "Gittgyűjtő Egyesület, Budapest, 1889," I have always thought that the plot takes place in 1889, which would mean that Boka was born in 1875 (or perhaps 1874 if he just hasn't turned 15 yet). However, it's also possible that the plot takes place in 1906, the year the novel was originally published. After all, it is plausible that the putty gang was established years before they had to defend the grund, and it would make sense that they didn't make Csele's sister make a new flag for them every year. (That would also mean that technically, the putty gang was founded before the boys' birth, but I wouldn't put it past them that they just chose 1889 because it made the association appear older and more established. That's probably something I would have done as a kid.) This would then mean that Boka was born somewhere around 1891/1892.
So, to sum up, canon compliant birth years for Boka are 1874/1875 or 1891/1892. Knowing this, it is somewhat puzzling that Boka lived 26 or 30 years when he died in 1916, because that would put his birth year around 1890/1891 or 1886/1887. It's not too bad in the first case, as it almost matches up with the theory that the plot of the novel takes place in 1906, but I am inclined to think that the original version of the letter had 30 years in it, as the number of sources that quote that number are outweighing that one 26-years-source by far. Either way, the math isn't mathing, and I'm just wondering what happened there?
Or are we just assuming that the plot could take place anywhere between 1889 and 1906? Because if so, we could use the letter as a reference and say that Boka was born around 1886/1887 (or 1890/1891), which puts the plot around 1900-1902 (or 1904-1906). However, I am still more inclined to think that the plot is supposed to take place in 1889, so I am still confused.
I'd liked to point out that I am by no means trying to poke fun at Geszti Péter's letter, as I find that it's beautifully written, and I respect it highly. My message is rather that I have found a plot hole of sorts, and I'm having fun theorizing about it. I'd love to hear any thoughts about this, i.e.: Is there something wrong with my reasoning?/Is there a possibility that the plot does not take place in 1889 or 1906?/Have I missed something? If there's literally anything, please just give it to me. I love overthinking meta details.
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Szokatlant boka
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