Rod Miller
Capitalizing on the ambiguity of “fictional couple,” I’ll ignore romance and go with the prickly pair of Augustus McRae and Woodrow Call from Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove.
Gus and Call share very little in terms of philosophy or personality, but their differences are in many ways complementary and add up to a combination that gets things done. The strength of their relationship is most evident after Gus’s death, when Call faces down every challenge to returns Gus’s whittled-up carcass to Texas for burial.
No kisses or hugs or even handshakes for this couple, but it’s a relationship stronger than the romantic kind.
Gus and Call share very little in terms of philosophy or personality, but their differences are in many ways complementary and add up to a combination that gets things done. The strength of their relationship is most evident after Gus’s death, when Call faces down every challenge to returns Gus’s whittled-up carcass to Texas for burial.
No kisses or hugs or even handshakes for this couple, but it’s a relationship stronger than the romantic kind.
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