Category: Ben / Joe
Stories centered on Joe and Ben
What a Fool Believes (by Wrangler)
Summary: Jennifer Burns was one of Little Joe’s best friends until the lie she told her husband almost got him killed. Beaten almost unrecognizable, Joe must now defend his honor in court. Rating T, WC 39,420
Forever in My Heart #2 (by Wrangler)
Summary: Pa’s point of view is highlighted as he puts his own spin on the story that Little Joe told in “Forever in My Heart” regarding his youngest son’s penchant for coming home late. Rating T, WC 6,402 Forever in My Heart Series Forever in My Heart #1 Forever in…
No Place That Far (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe hides the fact that he hurt his head in a fall, leaving everyone wondering why his behavior has changed. Upset by his actions, Joe leaves home forcing his family to find him before time runs out. Rating T, WC 34,347
Forever in My Heart (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe waits by the grandfather clock for Pa’s return. As the hours tick away, Joe grows fearful that something’s happened to Pa, while reflecting on the times he’s worried his father by coming home late. Rating T, WC 4674 Forever in My Heart Forever in My Heart #2
It Will Be Me (by Wrangler)
Summary: Ben discovers, twelve years after the fact, that he had hurt Little Joe and now must reconcile what happened that sad day to begin the healing process. Rating T, WC 4,980
I Am Your Child (by Wrangler)
Summary: When his relationship with Little Joe is strained, Ben reflects on his feelings towards his own father. A letter from the past reveals the true cause of the problem. Rating T, WC 22,323
In Between Heaven and Earth (by Wrangler)
Lorne Greene gets more than expected when Michael Landon suffers a break from reality and thinks he’s Little Joe while they are rehearsing up at Eagle’s Nest. Later, rallying the rest of the cast, everyone placates Little Joe hoping to snap Mike out of it. Inspired by “Between Heaven and Earth”. Rating T, WC 14,758
To Kill a Cartwright (by Wrangler)
Summary: Alone on the set of the Bonanza reunion, Michael Landon and Lorne Greene encounter a sniper who wants to kill a Cartwright. Now they’ll have to summon their inner Pa and Little Joe to survive. Rating T, WC 6226
Because You Loved Me (by Wrangler)
Summary: “Did Saunders shoot Little Joe, Ben?” The sheriff asked. “No, Roy, I did,” Ben answered succinctly, watching his youngest son glaring over at him from across the room. Rating T, WC 31,541
Killer (by Wrangler)
Summary: At fourteen the kids in school harassed Little Joe calling him “killer.” Now, at seventeen, that name comes back to haunt him, putting his life in jeopardy. Rating T, WC 34,374
Reaching Back for Yesterday (by Wrangler)
Summary: When a woman from Marie’s past helps Little Joe reconnect with his mother in a mysterious and dangerous way, Ben finds out and tries to stop her before it’s too late. Rating T, WC 31,959
The Trouble Magnet #3 (by Wrangler)
Summary: When Little Joe goes six weeks without getting into trouble Pa allows him to stay home alone thinking that he was no longer a trouble magnet. Pa was very wrong. Rating T, WC 16,585 Part 3 of the Trouble Magnet Series, links included within.
Through the Years (by Wrangler)
Summary: Ben gets word that Joe is lying wounded in Sand Dust after being chased through the desert by a psychopath and hurries to find him while reflecting on the lives of all his sons. Inspired by “The Hunter.”
Rating T, WC 28,821
The Trap–WHN (by Puchi Ann)
Episode summary: During what he believes to be a search for rustlers, Little Joe is fired upon and fires back in self-defense, only to learn that the man he has shot is his friend, Burke Shannon. Then Burke’s wife Hallie intimates to him that he did it deliberately out of love for her. When Burke’s twin brother Booth arrives, believing the same thing, he intimidates Hallie until she “confesses”. When Booth demands she repeat the story to the sheriff, she flees and apparently falls to her death. Booth then launches a campaign to convict Little Joe of both “murders” and to settle the issue, Little Joe challenges him to a duel in the Virginia City street. Shot down by the superior gunman, he is carried by his father to the doctor . . . and that’s the last we see of him. Adam and Hoss have also disappeared halfway through the episode. For this fan, at least, neither of these omissions was acceptable, so here is my take on what happened next.
Rating: T 11,100 words
The Trouble Magnet #2 (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe proves again that he’s his own worst enemy and a trouble magnet when he causes so much mayhem at the ranch that it leaves Pa stunned.
Rating T, WC 13,489
Part 2 of The Trouble Magnet Series, links included within
