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No. Silence or lack of resistance is not reliable consent. True nonverbal consent requires active, reciprocal, and unambiguous cues—like leaning in, smiling, and returning a touch—and greater clarity if either person seems uncertain.

Make cues clear and consensual: depict mutual body language, allow choices for verbal confirmation, avoid romanticizing ambiguous or pressured situations, and include options for characters to pause or withdraw. Accessibility options (e.g., for neurodivergent players) that enable explicit consent checks are helpful.

Red flags include tense or frozen body language, lack of eye contact, withdrawing, uncertainty, repeated hesitation, or any sign of intoxication or impairment. If these appear, the right response—both in real life and fiction—is to stop and ask or seek explicit verbal agreement.