Many young men resort to writing shayari (poetry) to woo their partners. The dialogue is often steeped in metaphors of the valley—comparing a lover’s eyes to Dal Lake or their resilience to the Chinar. The storyline is rarely linear. It is a saga of waiting: waiting for the family to sleep so the phone can ring, waiting for internet services to be restored after a government shutdown, and waiting for a future where they might meet face-to-face.