This is not a tutorial, but a basic idea

First off, you need a house. Second of all, you need to be ready to spam screenshots.
/petplant is such a useful one. If you quickslot hide helmet, you can hide the plant. This makes it so whatever is in your hand looks like you are holding it! I did this to simulate someone stroking someone's hair/face. Or looking in their eye. Or, petting a pet! Its a shame we cannot actually hug our pets. Yes I did make this post on reddit but I wanted to share here in hopes someone might see and add hugging non combat pets as a feature