What do you want from Romance?

Like, I myself tend to enjoy romance stories with pre-established couples who tend to act more silly with one another like best friends as opposed to stories focused on dramatic affairs or tooth-ache sweet meet-cutes between strangers. Of course, this doesn't make these stories better than the other's. It's only preference, because I read stories like that and see a little of my own life in them. And you could get a thousand different answers in this line of thinking alone! Hell, some people even lean way opposite from this- they want romance stories that are nothing like their own experiences and go beyond their fantasies of what true love must be like.

Should you ever get assigned romance, and with your aversion to the genre in mind, I think you might find success in looking inwards. You could remember dates that left you floating on cloud nine, gestures that made you feel truly understood and appreciated for the individual you are. Or even thinking back on negative experiences with heartbreak- How do you wish it had gone? What could they have done differently so it was something wonderful as opposed to heartbreaking?

 Using your personal well of experience might make the story easier to write than trying to piece together some grand, sweeping romance that transcends all expectation of reality and what people really do for one another. You know, like better to write a more grounded, believable romance than one that's too cheezy or over the top. (Something I find a lot of romances suffer from, unfortunately.)

I don't want to ramble on here when you're just asking for basic advice, so I'm gonna stop here lmao!  TLDR; If you're unfamiliar with romance as a genre- stick to what's familiar about romance to you from personal experiences and go for something more grounded than cheezy