OVA 1 — At the Restaurant

Continuity: canon-compatible side story; exact placement flexible.

Vesper mentions a restaurant she has been curious about. The Master later arranges dinner there without framing it as a date, treating the decision as if it were merely efficient timing.

The comedy comes from the mismatch:

• Vesper understands exactly how the evening looks.
• The Master notices what she likes, remembers her habits, and quietly handles inconveniences before she asks.
• He remains almost completely oblivious to the romantic framing.
• Vesper never pushes hard enough to turn the scene into deliberate flirting from him.

The episode should show that their closeness exists even when there is no mission, crisis, or experiment to justify being in the same room.