Working-class folks

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I'd love to see some stories where our beloved characters are lower- or working-class folks, or from that background.  Canon-verse, pre- or post-series, or AUs, or whatever.  I'm particularly interested in Earth-based stories, but Pegasus is good too.  And as always, I love McShep, but I'll happily look at anything- please warn for pairings though.  (I am currently on a Lorne kick, as well?)

It's just... there are so many, many stories that have John and Rodney in particular buying manors and gadgets and planes and dozens of laptops and going on spending sprees while back on Earth on leave... and those are fun, in an escapist sort of way.  But I also love the stories where they're wearing hand-me-downs and wishing they could afford a garage as they chip ice off the windshield and maybe occasionally have a little trouble making rent.  Or fics where one person can't fathom another's spending habits, because frugality was beaten into them young?