Not just pairs that are official in the original work(s) but are truly iconic and rarely, if ever, separated in their future incarnations–adaptations, retellings, references etc. maybe to the point that they’ve become an archetype or stock character in themselves. Not just romantic, but also platonic–whether people are also willing to interpret that latter as romantic (or not as well.
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Holmes and Watson. Jeeves and Wooster.
Nick and Nora Charles in the Thin Man series by Dashiell Hammett
Pride and Prejudice
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre