Okay actually, to add onto this, and a metric I use to make sure a scene is working, and you could use variations on this but to pull from the above example:
If im writing a love story, you should know the characters are in love without me having to write the word love.
If a story is about navigating consent, you should know the characters are hashing out the details without me dropping the word.
I should know an archnemesis without ever dropping the word.
I think this largely boils down to textural, immersive writing. Are you close enough to the characters to get the emotional beats? Is the dialogue evocative enough in both text and subtext to let you read the relationship? Can you see the struggle without having to spell it out??
Its genuinely such a good check imho