One-shots can sometimes be lower stakes. I feel like I didn’t know how to do this until I played Ribbon Drive and a few other things about that speed, which showed me that the kind of play I suspected was possible was actually possible. Now it’s one of my favorite modes of play. The downtime phases of games like Bliss Stage and other games (even Blades, potentially) is another good place for it to show up. Have a scene where a couple characters are just hanging out and doing something innocuous.