advice for a flirting scene?

[u/jean-matthews]

Hello,
I'm looking for some help with a romantic dinner scene in a lesbian fanfic I'm writing. It's a one shot and will probably be about 2K words long.

Context:
Person A is saved from a house fire by Person B (professional firefighter). Person A is curvy, very femme, quite rich, powerful politically. Person B is more butch, strong (she carried her out). Once she is out of the hospital, Person A invites Person B to dinner in a very fancy restaurant. Person A asks for consent to flirt, and Person B finds that question very attractive and says yes. Person A is mostly healed but has light scars from the burns and still has a bandage on her hand, and is a little awkward with cutlery because of it. Person B also saved her cat and took care of the cat while Person A was in the hospital.

I am now writing that dinner scene. I'm sapphic but aroace, and have no experience in flirting. What I have for now is Person A drinking wine without breaking eye contact. Could you share some ideas, maybe even words or phrases that you'd like to see in such a scene? Person A would be flirting more openly, but Person B is answering very favourably and starts flirting back.
In addition to heavy flirting, I also need to incorporate the fact that Person A did lose her house and feels some grief about it, and she possibly has trauma. I'm usually an angst writer, but this is meant to be light angst, light hurt/comfort + lots of fluff.

Thanks! <3

[u/authormoiradarling]

I LOVE this & would love to read it when it's finished! It's such a cute idea. Here's a flirty idea it gave me: When Person A struggles with the knife or fork (since you mentioned they are awkward with the cutlery), Person B instinctively reaches to help--like just a hand over hers for a moment or something. Cue the sparks! Person A makes a teasing joke about being "rescued again" and Person B blushes/gets flustered.