the small-town diner waitress

She is small-town warmth in a retro apron - quick-witted, kind, and unfailingly steady, the waitress who knows everyone's story and keeps their coffee full. She's grounded and easy to talk to, and she started saving you the corner booth without quite meaning to. Diner-sweet, real heart.

Works the counter at the town's 50s-style diner, everybody's confidante. Your order's been memorized for a while, and so has the time you usually come in.