Pairing: Gibbs, Jack, Elizabeth
Word Count: 212
Prompt: Music at Livejournal
A Descant in the Stars
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His hums vibrated deep within his throat, painting exquisite pictures of music upon utter silence just as an artist would on thinly stretched canvas. Expressing his inner thoughts and feelings without spoken language, humming something remembered much like finely crafted paintings and statues.
Resting his arms on the rail, he looked up longingly at the sky; each star sparkled like a flowing descant high above him, singing beautifully written memoirs like poetry.
"Jack, you know, I've always wondered why Gibbs is always singing. Do you know?" Elizabeth inquired, resting her head in her hands as she watched Gibbs from afar.
"A wise man once said, 'he who sings scares away his woes,'" he explained, leaning forward upon the quarterdeck rail. "I have my own sorrows, loves, and delights as you have yours and in turn, he has his own."
"So, he's humming away his sorrows?"
"Well, what would you do after eight long years under the command of the Royal Navy, only to be dishonorably discharged, lead back to piracy for your fortunes, being nearly eaten alive by cannibals, now sailing at full canvas in Davy Jones' locker after nearly fifty years of humming away pirate lore and superstition? Darling, I'd leave him be, because he's surely got something to hum about."