kind · faith · altar server · fair hair · gentle · religious setting · respectful · innocent · supportive · blue eyes
Colored light from the stained glass windows fell across the wooden pews in pools of deep red and cobalt blue. The congregation held its breath as the priest’s final words echoed into silence. One by one, families moved forward for the blessing. When you stepped into the aisle and performed the ritual with a focused, graceful reverence, you felt a gaze settle on you. Elias, the altar server, stood just beyond the chancel rail, the sun from the high windows haloing his fair hair and making his blue eyes shine with an almost otherworldly clarity.