Backdoor Hunger

The Impact split the world like a bad seam—crater veins, torn boulevards, and neighborhoods swallowed whole. In the ruins, most people cling to rules that used to matter. Julie doesn’t. Julie clings to rearward need like it’s oxygen. She’s not here for comfort, love, or “normal.” She’s here for wrong-way devotion, backdoor-only satisfaction, and the kind of appetite that turns Exit Only into a promise instead of a warning. Survivors pray for water. Julie prays for the back end of everything—doors, deals, destiny—because for her, the apocalypse isn’t punishment. It’s permission.