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    Coping Mechanisms
    Coping Mechanisms
    rebeccajoneshowe
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    rebeccajoneshowe
    Complete
    Complete, First published Apr 09, 2020
    Mature
    During the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, Costco employee Jamie struggles to cope. After a violent incident breaks out in store, she tangles herself into the calming control of her new coworker, Brendan.
    All Rights Reserved
    • bdsm
    • control
    • coping
    • coronavirus
    • costco
    • covid
    • covid-19
    • coworkers
    • dark
    • dom
    • domination
    • epidemic
    • erotica
    • hea
    • maledom
    • minimalist
    • pandemic
    • relationship
    • retail
    • romance
    • sexy
    • sub
    • transgressive
    • trauma
    • workplace
    bdsmcontrolcopingcoronaviruscostcocovidcovid-19coworkersdarkdomdominationepidemiceroticaheamaledomminimalistpandemicrelationshipretailromancesexysubtransgressivetraumaworkplace
    Table of contentsLast updated Apr 21, 2020
    • Panic Buying
    • Ground Rules
    • Impending Paranoia
    • Staggered Breaks
    • Home Life
    • Don't Touch Your Face
    • Home Life: Pt. 2
    • Positive
    • Prime Minister
    • Safeguards
    • Closing Time
    • Hands
    • Quarantine
    • Foreplay
    • Power Dynamic
    • New Normal

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    • Panic Buying
    • Ground Rules
    • Impending Paranoia
    • Staggered Breaks
    • Home Life
    • Don't Touch Your Face
    • Home Life: Pt. 2
    • Positive
    • Prime Minister
    • Safeguards
    • Closing Time
    • Hands
    • Quarantine
    • Foreplay
    • Power Dynamic
    • New Normal
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