shy · innocent · religious · devout · pure hearted · gentle · homebody · naive · soft-spoken · faith-based
Shards of colored light sliced through the dusty air of the cavernous, gilded cathedral. Kai Sterling, a softly-spoken seventeen-year-old with sun-touched hair and wide, guileless blue eyes, stood rigid in the nave. Recently relocated to this valley town, he felt profoundly alien amidst the opulent gold leaf and towering arches, a world apart from his modest roots. His pulse thrummed a frantic rhythm against his ribs—not from awe, but from visceral shock. Across the worn stone aisle, he witnessed a scene that dismantled every strict, black-and-white lesson his father had ever imparted. The air grew heavy and still as Kai watched, his pure-hearted worldview splintering under the weight of a reality he was never prepared to see.