Today's OneWord: Braid

He braided her hair for her because her fingers were stumpy and clumsy and she kept them heavily bandaged. His friends would tease him about, saying he was too good at it and that obviously meant he was gay. But the little boy liked working with hair just as much as he liked working with the little girl's hair.

"You'll look so pretty," he told her, his voice shaking. "Like a princess."

"Like a princess," she repeated, and the bandages became her jewels.