#mark denton

iBoy (2017)

My rating: 5/10

Around 2013

Luna locked her office door behind her and walked through the corridor toward the exit, when she saw Mark standing next to the reception desk, blocking her path.

“Why are you still here?” She asked, exhausted from the long day at the clinic.

“There’s someone here to see you.” He said with a nervous voice.

“I told you no more after-hours clients,” she dismissed him. “Unless it’s urgent-“

“It’s… different.” He played with his hands, not sure what to do with them.

Luna wrinkled her forehead.

“Urgent different or we-can-deal-with-it-tomorrow different?” she asked suspiciously.

Mark turned a little pink and murmured- “Just different.”

“Fine.” She didn’t have the energy to get into one of their little argument now; the faster she puts up with him, the faster she can go home.

Mark made a gesture toward the entrance hallway that was hidden from sight and a woman in her early twenties came forward from behind the wall.

Luna almost choked the second she laid eyes on her, when the only thought the echoed in her head was – ‘Olivia!’

Luckily, she learned from her father, years ago, how to maintain a perfect poker face, so her surprise wasn’t visible to the other two.

However, the moment passed quickly as she was able to use her reason again. Of course that wasn’t Olivia. Luna held her little sister in her arms when she found her dead in their house years ago. There is no doubt about her passing. Also, if she were magically alive, she’d be older than the woman standing in front of her. And as the thought of her sister slowly faded away from her mind, she started noticing all the differences between them. The woman was shorter than her. She had bleached blond hair, blue eyes and her skin was prominently tan.

After a long silence, Luna finally opened her mouth to speak.

“If there isn’t an emergency, I’m afraid we’re closed for the day.” she said coldly, the feeling of unease still holding onto her, forcing her to create a distance between her and the unknown woman.

“I’m not… I mean...“ The woman blushed and lowered her gaze. Her accent was foreign. After a few seconds of silence, she looked like she mustered the courage to continue- “My name is Lily Walker, but when I was a little girl, it was Lilia Silver.”

Luna’s body has stiffened and she remained silence. Could that really be Lilia? There is a family resemblance, of course, but these kind of things can be easily altered with magic.

She saw Mark’s gaze from the corner of her eyes, burning with curiosity for any type of reaction from her, but she kept a blank expression.

Lilia continued – “I found these-“, she got a pack of letters out of her cloak. “My mom wrote them, but never actually sent any.” She offered them to Luna that briefly looked through them. She recognized her mother’s handwriting, same as in the last letter she got from her after the Second Wizarding War, telling her that she took Lilia and fled to the US to start a new life.

She wasn’t convinced yet, but was willing to go along with it for now.

“It’s been…” Luna’s voice sounded uninterested, but it’s just because she wasn’t sure how to react.

“Fifteen years.” Lilia finished the sentence. “Mom wanted to send them, but after you didn’t response to her first letter, she assumed you didn’t want anything to do with her.”

“She wanted a fresh start.” Luna said calmly, her expression was still unreadable. “That is what I gave her.”

For a second it looked like Lilia lost her nerve again, but then she shook her head and said- “She missed you very much. You and Jacob.”

Luna ignored the mention of their brother. A vague memory of her mother’s face came to mind. She threw away all the pictures of her, so she barely remembered how she looked after all these years. It’s been so long since she thought of her.

Mark opened his mouth, but closed it before any words came out. Luna shook her head, as if she’s trying to physically get rid of these memories. It’s all in the past, Luna’s moved on years ago. None of it is her concern anymore.

“All right, so how may I help you?” she said, keeping an emotional distance between her and her long lost sister.

Lilia was clearly taken aback by it. Red blush covered her cheeks while she turned to look at Mark, seeking for any kind of help he has to offer.

Mark clear his throat and said with a slightly cracked voice – “You look tired, do you have anywhere to stay?”

Luna narrowed her eyes.

“Oh, yes. Thank you.” Lilia said quickly and turned back to Luna. “I wasn’t trying to pry; I just wanted to meet you.” Somehow, her skin managed to turn even redder. “It’s just that I have so few memories of you and I… I wanted to make sure… you were doing all right.”

“I am, thank you for your concern.” Luna’s tone was even colder than before. “I’m afraid I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow, so if there isn’t anything else-“

“We would love to have you over for supper, are you free tomorrow?” Mark interrupted.

Lilia was surprised by the offer and sneaked a look at Luna, who was clearly annoyed by him, before she said- “I really don’t want to intrude-“

“Nonsense, the more the merrier.” He smiled softly and handed her over a piece of paper, the text appeared on it while he was handing it over. “This is our address, shall we say eight thirty?”

Luna remained quiet.

“Sure.” Lilia said and took the piece of paper, still surprised but clearly relieved. “I’ll see you then.”

“See you soon.” He said kindly and escorted her to the exit.

When she was gone, Luna crossed her arm and stared at him angrily.

“Oh, spare me.” he shook his head. “That’s you sister! We can’t just ignore her. I wasn’t even aware she exists!”

“It is not a part of my life I wish to revisit.” Luna said irritably, but he stood his ground.

“She still came all this way to meet you.” He said dismissively. “You’ll thank me later, trust me.”

“Oh, you are just the nosiest little prat, aren’t you?” She sighed. “Fine, but you’re in charge of making the damn supper.”

“So, same as usual, then.” He laughed and put his arm around her. “Oh, come on, Mum. It would be a blast. You love having guests over!”

“Invited guests.”

“She WAS invited.”

Luna sighed again and a yawn sneaked out of her mouth. Her body reminded her why she wanted to go home in the first place, she had such a long day today and tomorrow is going to be just as long. “Fine, you win. But you’re working over-time for this little stunt.”

“You were going to make me work over-time anyway, admit it.”

Luna gave him a faint smile and they both turn toward the exit.

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Luna was never close with her baby sister (she was born when Luna was in her 5th year at Hogwarts), because she was barely home at that time, so she never really spent time with her. And after her mum fled the country with her, Luna just suppressed all thoughts about them.

So I thought it would be interesting to write about them meeting after all those years.

Writing about Luna and Rowan was always my favorite part of the headcanon and now that I quit (at least for now) the game, I no longer have any reason to hold myself back from thinking about Future AU scenarios for these two.

(I didn’t mean to make Rowan such a snack, but... it is what it is.)

The year is 2020 (thank you title for revealing it already), it’s around February-March, Luna is 46 and Rowan is 47.

Hope you’ll like it!

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“Doctor Silver, there’s someone here to see you.”

Luna thanked the nurse and went toward the oddly dressed man. He was two meters tall with a top hat that added at least 10 cm to his height, he wore a Hawaiian shirt with a yellow cardigan on top, baggy three quarter pants with black tights underneath and flowery pink shoes.

He straightened up his glasses and gave her a warm smile when he saw her heading his way.

“Hello there-“

“What are you doing here?” she dragged him to the side and gave him an annoyed look.

“Careful, my back.” He said and rubbed the muscles of his lower back.

“And what, in the name of god, are you wearing?” she ignored him and gestured at the unfitting combination of clothes.

“What, no good?” he was surprised. “My students told me top hats are all the rage.”

“Rowan.” She tried to remain calm. “Why are you here, mate?”

“This is a nice hospital-“

“Rowan.” She frowned.

“I’m glad to see you too, Rowan.” He did a bad imitation of her voice. “It’s been so long, how are you doing?”

“I’m working.” Luna reminded him.

“But you were taking a little tea break, weren’t you?”

“I had a three minutes break!” she said defensively. “I’ve been on call for 38 hours now, I think I deserve a bloody break.”

“38 hours?” he raised an eyebrow. “Aren’t you the chief physician?”

“We’re short on stuff these days.” She said. “So I took the load off my colleagues, since I can manage with little to no sleep.”

“Are you sure?” he looked at the bags under her eyes.

She nodded – “I’m fine.”

“Well, since you’re fine and also on a break,“ he gave her a teasing smile when she sighed. “How about a chat?”

“Aren’t you supposed to be at Hogwarts? It’s the middle of the school year.”

“Yes, but it’s also Saturday.”

“It is?” she looked exhausted when she checked her watch. “But I’ve been here since Tuesday.”

“Wow, you are tired, aren’t you?” he gave her a concerned look. “I don’t think I have ever seen you tired before.”

“What do you want, Rowan?!” she snapped at him, then immediately added- “Sorry about that.”

“I was wondering, this whole COVID-19-“

“Oh my god.” Luna rubbed her temples. “Are you seriously still hung up on that?”

“It’s just that you never explained exactly what it is and-“

“Rowan, read the fucking paper! This can’t be the only reason you’re here.”

“Well,” he gave her a guilty look. “There might be something else. You see-“

But before he finished the sentence, Luna was called back to the ER.

“I have to go, we’ll talk about it later.” She said and hurried down the corridor without saying goodbye.

“When? When are you done?” he called after her, but she disappeared behind the ER doors. “Yep, let’s talk later, shall we?” he murmured to himself and sat back on the bench next to the reception.

Markus Kenneth Denton.

Luna met Mark for the first time at the Battle of Hogwarts - where he helped her tend to the injured while the fight was ongoing. (I’ll make a specific post about the battle in the future.)

Mark is a muggle-born from London, that was in the same year as Harry Potter.

His parents died in a car accident when he was a kid and his wizard-uncle raised him. He has no siblings or cousins, it was just him and his uncle.

In Hogwarts he was in Hufflepuff. He was also a member of Dumbledore’s Army.

(17 y.o. Mark.)

During the Second Wizarding War, his uncle was murdered while he was in Hogwarts (his 7th year), leaving him with no living relatives.

After the battle was over, he joined Luna as her apprentice.

Since Luna doesn’t have children (up until her mid 30′s at least, though she probably won’t have any at all.) - Mark was the closest thing she had to a son, since he viewed her as a mother figure, and sometimes even called her “Mum.” even though their age gap was more fitting for siblings. (~7-8 years)

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