Category: Hurt/Comfort
The Christmas Payroll (by Rona)
Summary: Collecting the Christmas payroll is such an ordinary chore, that the Cartwrights can hardly believe when things go so wrong.
Rated: T (7,660 words)
The Stuff of Nightmares (by Rona)
Summary: After a quarrel, Adam and Joe are sent off separately to do chores. But they become embroiled in a situation which sets brother against brother, and makes each one doubt if the other still loves him.
Rating T (12,950)
Gold Rush (by Rona)
Summary: Rumours of a new gold strike on the Ponderosa bring problems for the Cartwrights. But who started the rumours, and why? Can Ben find out before Joe pays with his life?
Rated: T (10,800 words)
Little Boy Lost (by Rona)
Summary: Joe and Adam are held hostage on the ranch. But something doesn’t add up. Who is behind it, and can they escape before one or other of them is killed?
Rated: T (12,210 words)
Mind Games (by Rona)
Summary: On the way home from Placerville, Joe and Ben are held up. Ben is kidnapped. When Adam and Hoss get the ransom demand, they assume Joe is with their father. But is he?
Rated: T (10,770 words)
Back to Reality (by DebbieB)
Summary: When Adam takes Joe along on a business trip, things go from bad to worse. After Joe gets bitten by a sidewinder, it is now up to Adam to save not only his baby brother’s life but his own life as well.
Rated: PG (8,800 words)
The Deadliest Sins (by Rona)
Summary: Alone on the ranch while his family is on a cattle drive, Joe is kidnapped by a jealous hand. When the man dies, an injured Joe is forced to try and get back home alone.
Rated: T (11,245 words)
Love Story (by Rona)
Summary: Identical twin girls arrive in Virginia City. Joe falls in love with one of them, but her past is fast catching up.
Rated: T (9,755 words)
Showdown (by Rona)
Summary: What would have happened if Pardoe wasn’t really dead?
Rated: T (10,370 Words)
The Silver Lining (by Julie Jurkovich)
Summary: Just before a violent storm, a friend from town brings Ben home injured. Joe blames Hoss and lashes out at him. As the truth slowly comes out during a tense night and the following morning, Joe resolves to do what is right, and grows up a little bit.
Rating: G (4,575 words)
The Smoke in the Sky (by Rona)
Summary: A fire leads to devastating consequences.
Rated: T (10,135 words)
Hate and Fear (by Rona)
Summary: A local man marries an Indian girl, and stirs up a racial backlash, which encompasses the Cartwrights, who offer friendship.
Rated: T (10,500 words)
The Best Medicine #2 – Malice Aforethought (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe finds himself desperate for his father’s help to save his life after the evil doctor Steven Hale gets a hold of him and injures him in an act of revenge.
Rated: T, WC 28,000
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Better Left Unsaid (by Rona)
Summary: When Ben is not feeling well, he decides to tell only Adam. But Joe senses something is wrong, and he ends up fighting with Adam. Unable to face going home, he runs into trouble.
Rated: T (8,280 words)
A Blank Space (by Rona)
Summary: Joe is found badly beaten on the road. He doesn’t know how he got there. Can the Cartwrights find out in time before tragedy strikes?
Rated: K+ (10,800 words)