The ethics of a scene where the participants are inebriated?
Title. I'm writing some sword lesbian erotica, medieval fantasy style, and I'm enjoying it. Over 10k words so far between two chapters, got some plot going for at least five planned chapters and vague ideas of a second arc of chapters beyond.
In the second chapter, our characters have a drunken encounter. They've known each other a long time, had their first sexual experience together in the first chapter (duh) and in this second one the less experienced of the two is exploring her new partner. They are definitely drunk, but having a conversation and consenting.
As I've been writing it, the thought of the ethics of this situation keeps nagging at me, even as I know I've had plenty of drunken encounters myself irl. This is just a for funsies thing for me anyway, but as a writer who's literally in control of this, how would y'all handle it? Like it's not even an intox kink, its just what happens sometimes. No current plans on publishing, but curious anyway. Thoughts appreciated ✌🏻