Chapter 1: The Order on Zoom

"Cameras on," barked Moody.

"My camera's not working," called Emmeline.

"Fine," Moody grunted. "Everyone else, turn on your cameras now! No exceptions!"

"Mad-Eye, I can't hear you," Tonks called.

"Yeah, Mad-Eye, your sound's frozen," said Sirius, winking at her.

"I can hear him just fine," Molly said unsurely.

Tonks and Sirius both rolled their eyes. Remus watched in amusement. He wasn't surprised that the two of them were going to use technology issues to their advantage.

Moody left and rejoined the meeting. "How about now?"

"Nope," called Sirius and Tonks in unison.

"Fine, then. Both of you, restart your devices," Moody grunted. "The rest of us will get started."

"CH! CH! CH!" Arthur's device was making a lot of background noise, and he was unmuted. Moody growled and frowned at the screen.

"Who's making all that noise?" he barked.

Nobody said anything.

Hey Moony, Sirius private chatted Remus. Good thing he hasn't disabled this yet

Remus smiled and typed back up, Don't jinx anything

Yeah, Sirius said. Also Tonksie's been watching you

Remus rolled his eyes. Shut up. That's not even true. How would you be able to tell anyway? We're all on Zoom

But she keeps looking over at you, Sirius said. Just watch her eyes. They keep darting back to your screen

How am I supposed to know whose screen she's looking at? Remus responded back, but just then, the chat went away.

"A-ha. I figured out how to disable the chat. Now, let's get to some work." Moody looked pleased.

"Why did you do that?" Tonks complained. "What if people's microphones aren't working?"

"The main chat is still open," Moody grunted. "It's just private messaging that I've disabled."

Tonks scowled. Remus found it adorable.

"CH! CH! CH!" Arthur's audio was still making a lot of noise.

"Could someone please turn off their microphone!" Moody shouted.

"Arthur!" Molly hissed. "Turn off your mic!"

"Oh, sorry!" Arthur fumbled with this computer for a bit, and then he was muted.

"Right, then," Moody growled. "Today, we'll be discussing the Death Eaters' plans."

Remus rolled his eyes. What else did they discuss?

As Moody started harping on about Death Eaters and constant vigilance, Remus could tell that everyone was getting really bored. Tonks, he noted, kept doing her hair, tying it up into a bun, undoing it, and doing it back up again.

Sirius winked from his camera, and Remus wanted to hide his face in embarrassment. Why was Sirius like this?

"Oi, Black!" Moody snapped. "Something that you'd like to share with everyone?"

"You sound just like a teacher, Mad-Eye," Sirius remarked. "It's a bit surprising that you never really taught at Hogwarts."

"Be quiet!" Moody continued talking about Death Eaters. "Hestia, what do you say?"

Nobody answered.

"Hestia? Speak up!"

"There's something in the chat," Emmeline piped up helpfully.

sorry, cant

my mic isnt working

Moody growled in outrage. "Fine, then. Tonks, you answer!"

"Yeah, Mad-Eye. Sounds great." Her hair shifted to a pretty shade of dark pink, and then green as she stuck her tongue out at him.

"Severus, what about you?" Moody asked.

"Everything sounds fine," Snape answered icily. He was the only one actually dressed for the meeting, wearing his formal robes and sitting up straight in his chair. The rest of them were all slouching and wearing t-shirts.

"Dedalus, does that sound fine to you?" Moody continued, obviously not getting the message that nobody was paying attention.

Dedalus unmuted. "My microphone isn't working, sorry," he said, before muting himself again.

"I see," Moody grunted. "Lupin, what about you?"

"I think it's great," Remus answered. "A lot of thought, and commitment, and dedication for sure."

He saw Tonks and Sirius smirking at him.

"Good," Moody growled. "Next item on the program is Death Eater plans."

Remus rolled his eyes.

A/N: This will be a short, four-chapter fic about Remus and Tonks navigating a relationship through quarantine, complete with the Order and all of the typical Zoom excuses! Review if you like it! :)