Category: Hurt/Comfort
Legacy’s Promise (by southplains)
Summary: A What-Happened-Instead for ‘The Legacy’
Rated: T WC 7000
Invincible (by southplains)
Summary: An Adam/Joe story. Thrown together for the day to work out a disagreement between themselves, Joe and Adam suddenly find themselves struggling to survive.
Rated: T WC 13,800
Invincible Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Heroes (by southplains)
Summary: What makes a hero? Sometimes the answer isn’t what you’d expect. A bank robbery goes bad; in the midst of the chaos Joe and Adam are badly injured, and the Cartwrights struggle to find a way out.
Rated: T WC 16,200
A World of Hurt (by southplains)
Summary: Failing to heed Adam’s advice, Joe leads his brothers and himself into harm’s way.
Rated: T WC 15,600
About His Mother (by DBird)
Summary: An argument, an impasse, and the truth that really matters.
Rated: K+ WC 2700
Aftermath (by DBird)
Summary: The Cartwright brothers struggle to put their lives together, after surviving a brutal Indian massacre.
Rated: K+ WC 17,500
Heat (by DBird)
Summary: Ben blames himself for the condition of his two desperately wounded sons.
Rated: K+ (6,590 words)
Passages (by DBird)
Summary: From tragedy to laughter, a family’s life is made up of many passages.
Rated: K+ (11,680 words)
Reckoning (by DBird)
Summary: Adam tells a story of redemption and loss, while Little Joe lingers between life and death. A WHN story for the episode “The Tin Badge”
Rated: K+ (7,680 words)
Slack Reins (by DBird)
Summary: The Cartwrights struggle to come to terms with tragedy.
Rated: K+ (3,265 words)
Taking Leave (by DBird)
Summary: Adam’s decision to leave the Ponderosa is interrupted when the Cartwright brothers are forced to embark on a grim journey. Thanks to Jo for the encouragement.
Rated: K+ (19,205 words)
The Strong One (by DBird)
Summary: Fighting to save his family from a deadly fever, Hoss learns that there are many kinds of strength.
Rated: K+ (5,065 words)
Too Soon (by DBird)
Summary: After Ben is gravely injured, will his love for his sons be enough to save him?
Rated: T (4,630 words)
Fine (by pjb)
Summary: WHN for “The Last Viking.” Sometimes, protection can come from unexpected sources.
Rated: K+ WC 5500
The Days Between (by Calim11)
Summary: Adam contemplates another death, and the prospect of giving the euology.
Rating: K+ (13,240 words)






