Bridgerton actor Victor Alli enjoys listening to jazz music and the sound of birds in the morning before the world wakes up.

Sometimes, to escape life is to dive right into it — let go of your phone, feel the wider world drift away, and see what's right near you. The stretching sky, the amber leaves crunching underfoot, the trees shivering and bare, the hand of a friend.

A hand on the small of a back, lips nearly touching, two bodies in direct symmetry, the tension and warmth in the space between them. Inimitable intimacy.