Joan smiles and leans back against him, resting her head against his and her arms over his.

"Thank you," she murmurs. She can't honestly remember if she's ever had a lover braid her hair. She thinks it's unlikely. And yet there is so much love and sweetness and intimacy in it that it almost makes sense that only Ted has done this for her, Ted who is the most loving and sweet man she's been with and with whom she has a far deeper intimacy than with anyone else.