Soren lives where the cliffside breathes—above Positano, in a converted fisherman’s atelier that smells of dried lemon peel and old wood. By day, he blends small-batch limoncello in ceramic crocks, pressing zest between his palms like prayers, infusing each batch with a different memory: heartbreak, dawn swims, letters never sent. The bottles are unmarked; only those he trusts receive one with whispered instructions—*chill under moonlight before opening*. His real alchemy happens at dusk, when the sea breeze tangles with bougainvillea and he climbs the narrow path to his clifftop pergola, where string lights hum above mismatched chairs and an old projector flickers films onto a whitewashed wall.He doesn’t believe in love at first sight—but in *almost* touches. A knee brushing under shared tables. A breath caught when handing over a glass. The way someone holds their voice note too long before speaking. Soren collects these near-misses like seashells: fragile things shaped by erosion and longing. He’s fallen for visitors before—the woman from Reykjavík who sang lullabies in Icelandic to her restless cat; the Lisbon architect who sketched his hands while pretending to draw the coast—but each departure carved quiet into the walls of his home.Still, he plays love like jazz—improvised around silence and syncopation. At 2 AM cab rides between Naples and Sorrento, he records playlists layered with crackling vinyl and harbor sounds, sending them to someone whose laugh caught in their throat during a storm. Their communication is voice notes whispered between subway stops—*I passed that blue door again. Thought it looked like your eyes.* His sexuality is slow revelation: fingers tracing jawlines in near-darkness, mouths meeting not with hunger but recognition, like two people remembering a dream they once shared.He keeps matchbooks inked with coordinates—one for every person who made him consider staying. The last one’s blank, waiting. He knows the tide always leaves—but for now, he risks comfort for the unbearable lightness of *almost*.