The Pivot Point

 The Pivot Point  is a short story by the pseudonymous jespah.

The story is told from the perspective of Susan Cheshire, a teacher on Malcolm Reed's ship and ex-girlfriend of J. Hayes. In the Mirror Universe, Susan and Aidan serve on the Defiant.

On January 1 of 2176, Cheshire and her husband, Aidan MacKenzie, discuss her drinking. Different decisions are made, depending upon which universe Cheshire and MacKenzie are in.