Jimmyhurdstrom Stories

"We both know that I always come behind you cleaning up the messes you boys leave behind." Lydia's only known the Dutton Ranch, they've been good to her and she's been even better to them. Wranglers are getting complacent, those in the ranch house are getting impatient, and John isn't so sure Rip can handle it all. He calls in a favor for Lydia to come help on the ranch again, set things back in order. OCx? (Love interest not set)

At sixteen, Daisy Callahan has already survived more than most could imagine. Raised by her stern but protective grandfather on the elite Iron Ridge Ranch, she's a fearless bull rider with scars that tell stories she rarely shares. When the Dutton Ranch arrives to help with branding, Daisy must navigate the pressures of competition, the watchful eyes of legendary hands, and the fragile balance between control and vulnerability. But some battles aren't fought in the arena, and the strongest riders sometimes face the fiercest challenges within themselves.

"𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧?" Dakota, or "Kota", is pretty much what you would expect out of a troubled teenager in the system who has just gotten out of juvie. She is spending her days of community service at the Dutton Ranch under Rip Wheeler's watch. And as she spends more time at the ranch, she begins to realize that there is more life than she thought, and that it is actually a very beautiful thing.

When eighteen-year-old Mara Quinn walks onto the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch looking for work, she isn't just searching for a job-she's hiding from a past that refuses to stay buried. A survivor of the troubled teen industry, foster care, and a life spent running under borrowed names, Mara knows how to disappear. What she doesn't know is how to stay. As the ranch slowly takes her in, old ghosts begin to surface: a missing child poster from Utah, hush money, and people who would rather the truth stay silent. With Rip Wheeler and Lloyd Pierce quietly closing ranks, Mara must decide whether the ranch is just another temporary refuge-or the first place worth fighting to remain whole.