@lordoferebor sent “Braid” to braid my muse’s hair
“This isn’t a style hobbits normally wear, you know... Even the ladies don’t often wear braids.”
Bilbo commented casually. He didn’t think his hair had been long enough for it anyway, but it had been half a year, or a bit more really, since leaving the Shire. His hair had to have grown some, more than he’d noticed anyway. Enough for Thorin to have the idea to put a braid in it. He liked the idea in a way he didn’t know exactly how to express. It seemed... intimate. Terribly intimate. And though Bilbo wasn’t sure how Thorin might view such an act himself, to Bilbo is was borderline courting ritual in his opinion. Either that or something little girls did for each other because they were proud of the skill they’d picked up. But Bilbo didn’t think the King Under The Mountain would appreciate that comparison either.
So, with a bit of trepidation, Bilbo ventured forward with his curiosity...
“Does it mean something special... in your culture?”