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Leyelle
Apr '24
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I can't stress this enough, only sfw guys.

Also did anybody notice that the more times you say flirting the weirder the word sounds?

Anyway, somebody had an old dead topic on how to write believable flirting. How do you write flirting in your stories? Or does nobody flirt at all? Are some of your characters just so suave that everyone thinks they're flirting when they're not?

My character Alicia is not typically much of a flirt, but there's a lot more flirting in the second book than in the first as she's gaining the confidence to flirt with her crush a little bit. Meanwhile her crush doesn't have to do virtually anything to make her blush, his flirting is pretty subtle.

He hesitates for a minute with a quick glance at my outfit.

“Are you sure you’re alright in those heels?”

“I’m fine,” I smile, “you practically live in heels when you’re as short as I am. It’s easier than yelling when you want to get someone’s attention.”

“I can’t imagine you’ve ever had trouble getting attention,” he smiles playfully, “You’re just Venus condensed.”

“-I’d like to plan you a little birthday something if that’s okay with you.”

He’s still looking at me like I’m out of my mind, but there’s a hint of interest in the dark eyes, behind the expression he keeps blank enough to completely - almost completely - mask what he’s thinking.

“Have at it if you like, but I’m warning you, my mom’s set a high bar. She made me a little bit of a party connoisseur, you know. You think you can impress me?”

“Oh yeah,” I smirk, crossing my legs with a diva-ish air, “That’s not a concern.”

I dare to smile a little teasingly and watch the poker face waver, just a tad -

“-I have a certain secret weapon that your mother didn’t make.”

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TheBlacKat333
Apr '24

Kinda wish I could participate in this, but my characters flirting is divided into
A: just existing next to the other person
B: very exaggerated actions that are easily misinterpreted as a joke
C: years of pavloving your significant other into being both desensitized to your bullshit, and simultaneously finding it endearing

TheBlacKat333
Apr '24

Pavlov guy has rizz to one very specific character. Everyone else avoids him like the plague.

Leyelle
Apr '24

does that mean he has rizz or that that character is just susceptible to him? if everyone else avoids him that probably means he has no rizz

TheBlacKat333
Apr '24

The character has been used to him for years now, and has practically no other friends to compare it to. Canonically thinks he’s a perfectly normal dude, that’s just a bit socially awkward.

Leyelle
Apr '24

yeah, that is so not the same thing as rizz, it's just called living under a social rock

TheBlacKat333
Apr '24

Idk how relevant it is, but this reminded me of a crummy doodle I did a while back lol

BoomerZ
Apr '24

Most of the flirting that happens in my comics involves insults. These are small, harmless insults in which both players are in on the joke. They are to tease, not actually harm. Look at most relationships, most are actually built on this in real life.

Leyelle
Apr '24

I want to say something, but my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, as he just beams at me glancing up from beneath the dark lashes with a slight, bashful smile.

“It’s my fault,” and he means it, “I’m all yours.”

Now it’s my turn to flush scarlet, from my cheeks to my hair.

Don’t phrase it like that.

He’s teasing me.

But there’s something about the shy light in his eyes that is so much sweeter and more honest than the roguish, devil-may-care confidence, that I almost lose my sensibilities.

He’s not teasing me. And that’s…

“Never mind, go back to being distracted.”

He smirks, raising one eyebrow as the waiter comes over with our plates.

“I am.” He mouths, and I nearly choke on my water.

Lensing
Apr '24

I´m currently writing a story with people flirting all the time.
The flirting and the conflict phase are my favourite parts of writing

Leyelle
Apr '24

i enjoy writing flirting too, though my character's certainly aren't flirting all the time lol

Leyelle
Apr '24

I lean over the armrest and quickly plant a kiss on the end of his nose, watching his eyes round out into those endless oceans - ebony full moons in his scarlet face.

He immediately moves to hide his embarrassment behind his hand again, but I don’t let it go.

“Oh for heaven's sake.” He says it halfway between a laugh and a shudder, more embarrassed than I think I’ve ever seen him yet.

“That means yes, in case you were wondering,” I smile, folding my sleeves over the upholstered arm even as I keep his right hand clasped in my own.

“Oh does it?” He laughs just slightly, “I couldn’t tell.”

I roll my eyes, but can’t resist the smirk.

“Do you need me to say it again?”

He doesn’t even try to hide the flush this time, though his smile is anything but shy, as he brushes the hair from his neck with his newly freed hand, tossing me a teasing smile.

“I’ll pass for now. I promised my mom I'd be on my best behavior while she was in San Diego, you know.”

justanothernerdling
Apr '24

I'm aroace so writing flirting is just stupid fun for me. my character Corym is a huge flirt and he's sofun to write that way

Milo's eyes caught Coryms again. He soon caught himself staring at him. "Sorry... have a good evening".

Corym grinned up at him. "Oh and for your own sake, usually the blue sweater suits you but now it clashes with the red in your cheeks." He said, before leaving with a wink.

Leyelle
Apr '24

I don't know what this means lol.

But I have a lot of fun writing flirting too lol

16 days later
Leyelle
May '24

A teaser for the episode coming out May 24th:

Here we have Kattar flirting with his fans lol:

To my surprise I receive a notification that Kattar is ‘live’ the instant I turn on my wifi.

At this hour?

Clicking on the notif, my screen is washed out by murky-dark footage of Kat laying on his back drowsily with one hand over his face answering the barrage of comments coming in hot and heavy from a little more than seventeen hundred fans.

“Siiii, lo siento. I know. I promised to do the live stream today, but I ended up getting home a lot later than I thought I would.” pause “No no, I didn’t forget. I’m here aren’t I?” pause “I’m sorry. But thank you for waiting for me.”

He blows a kiss to the phone and I feel myself redden involuntarily.

So that’s why people enjoy watching these.

there's some rather coquettish flirting on Alicia's part in the chapter coming out this week too lol

I'll just tease this one part:

At that, his smile evaporates into sullen stone-faced suspicion.

“Aish, so this was all just an elaborate ploy to steal more of my sweaters?”

Leaning his cheek on his left hand, elbow on the sofa arm, he sighs, shading his eyes as if the ugliness is giving him a headache.

“Fine, fine. Anything to get you out of that monstrosity. You can borrow anything you like.”

“Anything?”

“Anything within reason,” he says dryly. “I have a few garments I prefer to keep personal.”

“You’re always adding extra rules,” I pout as the idea creeps up on me slowly.

Just one flush…

“How about that sweater you’re wearing right now?” I tease.