So this was utterly adorable. Obviously, two women falling in love would try to show it by insistently making things for each other and then insistently complimenting each other.
My main quibble with this story is that it almost entirely avoids my least favorite trope - the drama that could be avoided if people actually used their words - only to fall into it near the end. But it was only for a chapter or two, so I'll forgive it.
I do wonder whether I should start shelving these as Fantasy - welcome to the world where change is possible, where if you just do the work then you will EVENTUALLY get the recognition and the world will shift. Obviously, stories need a denoument, but sometimes I think I read them for the ease with which the villains (misogyny, racism, poverty) are vanquished.