Category: Hurt/Comfort
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
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
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
Candy’s Knife (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: Missing scene from The Running Man after Little Joe got shot.
Rating: PG Word count: 1900
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
Dr. Miles (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: What they should have shown us: Missing scene of Gideon the Good, for those who wished for another SJS scene.
Rating: PG Word count: 14400
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 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
The Trouble Magnet #1 (by Wrangler)
Summary: All Ben Cartwright wanted was one day without Little Joe getting hurt in some way. Pa learns never to tempt fate again once he returns home that night.
Rating T, WC 10,618
Part 1 of the Trouble Magnet Series, links included within
