Rocky and Mickey
Rocky and Apollo
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Pooh and Piglet.
Whoops, the title said “literature,” not merely “fiction.” Ah, screw it. Gilgamesh and Enkidu was taken.
If it counts as lit…
Bruce Wayne and Alfred. Mostly the Alfred half.
Yeah he was Bruce’s subordinate, but throughout everything, being Batman and everything that that entailed, he stuck thru it all.
It went beyond employer/employee.
I probably should have written fiction. Henceforth, I suggest y’all pretend I did.
Carlo and Corelli from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.
Good call.