Cheyenne Roof (SC) $4-7k

PLACEHOLDER {AWAITING FINAL VOICENOTE}

[COLD OPEN, music already up, 2 sec: Cheyenne the moment it all lands, hand over her mouth, breaking down. Cut before she fully reacts.]

VO: "This is our waitress, Cheyenne. And she had no idea we spent the last four days changing her entire life."

[Back to the restaurant. Cheyenne on the floor in her apron, taking our order, laughing with us.]

VO: "Because a few days ago, we were just three guys who walked in for dinner. She waited on our table, and we got to talking."

[Paint her here. Cheyenne, or the other staff, telling her story. Let her talk, don't VO over her. (FILL FROM FOOTAGE: her mom, the two jobs, the shifts she picks up, how long the house has been like this.)]

VO: "And what we found out is that Cheyenne just lost her mom. That this is her second job. That she's been picking up every shift she can and still barely keeping her head above water."

[Beat on her, quiet. Then the leaking house, the empty spot where a washer should be.]

VO: "She takes care of everybody else. And she never once asked anyone to take care of her."

[The washer/dryer being wheeled out at the restaurant. Her face.]

VO: "So we left her a tip. But what Cheyenne doesn't know is we're not done. Not even close."

[Fast cuts: the yard, the plants, the crew on the house. Then hard to a half-obscured frame of everything finished, her walking up to it.]

VO: "Over the next four days, that tip is going to turn into something she never saw coming. Stick around, because you have to see her face at the end."

[Smash to day one.]

A. Cheyenne's strongest reaction face (tears, hand over mouth), still in her apron or work uniform, transformed house visible behind her. The apron silently tells the "waitress" half of the story so the image carries the whole concept with no text. Cole in the red polo.

B. Left: tired at the restaurant, apron on. Right: crying happy in front of the finished house. Reliable fallback if the single apron-reaction shot doesn't exist.

Cheyenne has spent her whole life taking care of everyone else. She just lost her mom, works two jobs, and picks up every shift she can just to keep her head above water. And she's never once asked anyone for help.

We were just three guys who walked into her restaurant for dinner. She waited on our table, we got to talking, and by the end of the night we knew we couldn't just leave a tip and walk away.

So we spent the next four days secretly changing her entire life. New washer and dryer. The leaking roof, fixed. The yard, completely transformed. She had no idea any of it was happening, and her reaction at the end is something I'll never forget.