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** Wedge and Iella, Corran and Mirax, Kell and Tyria, Face and Dia, Gavin and Asyr Myn and [[BecomingTheMask Lara]]... it should go without saying that the [[ComicBook/XWingSeries X-Wing series]] of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse EU]], being about fighter pilots, has a ''lot'' of these.
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** Other battle couples are Jace and Clary, Simon and Isabelle, and at times Maia and Jordan. Luke and Jocelyn join later.
** The sequel ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'' also shows Julian and Emma.
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* Six of the seven [[DivineParentage demigods]] in ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' qualify for this. One exception is Leo, who later meets Calypso.
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* ''Literature/CaptivePrince'': Damen is a WarriorPrince; Laurent is a BadassBookworm. Not only are they a formidable couple on the field in person, they're also excellent tacticians when commanding armies.
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* Deuce and Fade from ''Literature/RazorlandTrilogy'' start out as reluctant partners in the first book, but by the third they are battling Freaks side-by-side.
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** {{Invoked}} Trope with the [[ProudWarriorRace Mandalorians]]. Being a culture that takes marriage and family as seriously as combat, part of their warrior code is to find a spouse that is every bit your equal to fight alongside and to raise children with. If they are of the same sex, a different species, or infertile, there's plenty of kids out there to adopt.
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* In ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' Mina Harker joins her husband Jonathan in the battle against the titular count in the climax of novel. Jonathan even gives Mina a revolver to defend herself.
* Lief and Jasmine from ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' especially in the third series where they genuinely couple [[spoiler: before becoming King and Queen]].
** Orwen and Joanna in the TournamentArc during the ''Shifting Sands''.
** Orwen and Joanna in the TournamentArc during the ''Shifting Sands''.
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* Jeaniene Frost's ''Literature/NightHuntress'' series has Cat and Bones, a badass married couple.
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** [[Literature/FateOfTheJedi Ben and Vestara]]; He's a jedi and [[DatingCatwoman she's a Sith apprentice.]] [[spoiler:It doesn't work out.]] One interesting example due to their main allegiance being to the order is Obi-Wan and Siri in that they both realize that they would rather be Jedi than in love.
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** One interesting example due to their main allegiance being to theorder Jedi Order is Obi-Wan and Siri in that they both realize that they would rather be Jedi than in love.love, making them a Battle Not-Exactly-Couple.
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* Coming from ''Literature/RangersApprentice,'' [[MasterSwordsman Horace]] and [[RebelliousPrincess Cassandra]] prove to be one in Book 7, as well as [[IronChef Jenny]] and [[TheAce Gilan]] in Book 11.
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* ''Literature/RedRising:'': Darrow and Mustang are this in everything from combat to politics.
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** Koryk and Smiles occasionally act like this. The fact that they flirt while killing people is disconcerting.
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**Harry and Susan fit this trope, [[spoiler: if only briefly]].
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* In the third book of ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'', Nathaniel and Kitty become this, [[spoiler: almost kissing just before his heroic sacrifice]].
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%%* ''Literature/CodexAlera'' by JimButcher gives us several. Most prominent throughout the series are Bernard and Amara, and later Tavi and Kitai. There's also are Lord and Lady Placida in ''First Lord's Fury'', who are [[CaptainErsatz homages]] to the already-mentioned Aral and Cordelia Vorkosigan.
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%%* Azur and Milliam in ''Literature/{{Phenomena}}''
* Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies''. They're the OfficialCouple and they fight zombies.
* From ''Literature/TheFallenMoon'' there is Arenadd and Skade. [[spoiler: Neither lives to the end of the trilogy, however Arenadd is unlucky enough to be TheUndead and have a God who isn't finished with him yet.]]
* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''
** Most couples from this series, but especially Percy and Annabeth. Percy even described them fighting together coming more naturally than talking to or romantic actions with Annabeth.
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''
** Faramir and Éowyn are a downplayed example. They officially become a couple after the battle.
** Creator/JRRTolkien also wrote that Rohirrim women often took up weapons to defend their homes when their lands were invaded.
** Celeborn and Galadriel fight together.
* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
** Lúthien Tinúviel and Beren. He is a mighty physical warrior. She is a elf sorcerer capable to bring down a fortress and put the GodOfEvil of her world to sleep. Together they complemented each other's skills, humiliated Dark Lords, and their deeds were theme of songs seventy centuries after their deaths.
%%* ''{{Graceling}}'': Katsa and Po.
* Ellie and Will from Courtney Allison Moulton's Angelfire series who take on demonic armies together.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' are LaResistance against an alien invasion.
** Rachel is a BloodKnight and Tobias is a bird of prey; they become a couple.
** Jake is TheLeader and Cassie is [[BewareTheNiceOnes more dangerous than she appears]]; they are frequently teased ''before'' becoming a couple.
** Aldrea the Andalite meets Dak Hamee, the Hork Bajir seer, during the battle to keep the Hork Bajir home world free from the Yeerks. Almost a whole book and several lifestyle-related struggles later, they become a mated pair, give birth to a son, and decades later their descendants form the first members of the free Hork Bajir on Earth.
* Kate Daniels and Curran from the ''Literature/KateDaniels'' series, often fight together and never lose.
%%* In ''SevenMenOfGascony'' Nicholette marries several successive men, all of which die except Gabriel who is the last of TheSquad.
* In ''Literature/BlackDaggerBrotherhood'' novels, this trope is inverted with Xhex and John, as fighting together causes major problems in their relationship. Though he knows that she's a capable warrior, bonded males are genetically hardwired to protect their mates at any cost, so his instincts keep firing up on the battlefield and putting them both in danger. This pisses her off as she thinks he doesn't respect her skills; they separate for a good long while because of it.
* Ruggiero and Bradamante from ''Literature/OrlandoFurioso''. When they're reunited halfway through the work, the first thing Bradamante does is go off to save a dude, and Ruggiero is thrilled to have a woman understand what he does.
* Slippery Jim [=diGriz=] (''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat'') and Angelina, his wife and fellow criminal genius. He's a criminal mastermind who dislikes killing. She's a formerly-psychotic criminal mastermind who bemoans the fact that she can't casually kill people now she's had a conscience implanted. TheyFightCrime ''with'' crime.
* Creator/SandyMitchell's ''Literature/CiaphasCain'', HERO OF THE IMPERIUM, novels
** The mixed-gender Valhallan 597th features several couples. These include Cain's own liaison with Lady Inquisitor Amberley Vail, as well as a male trooper named Vorhees and a female trooper named Drere in ''Caves of Ice'', and a strongly implied lesbian relationship between Sergeant Grifen and trooper Mari Magot in the same book.
** Cain invokes this trope; relationships in the guard normally aren't allowed but Cain allows it because it improves morale and makes them fight harder.
** [[ColonelBadass Colonel Kasteen]] and [[MajorlyAwesome Major Broklaw]], the commander and NumberTwo of the 597th respectively. Nothing romantic is ever confirmed in-story, but Broklaw refers to Kasteen by her given name, implying they're on FirstNameBasis -- which is highly unusual for a relationship that's merely commander-subordinate.
* Literature/AmeliaPeabody and her husband Radcliffe Emerson, Egyptologists and incidental detectives in the Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters. The stories are set stretching from the Victorian era into the Roaring Twenties. Peabody and Emerson are grandparents, now, but that only slows them down a little. They have produced a second generation Battle Couple, their son Walter "Ramses" Emerson and his wife Nefret. The third generation is alarmingly precocious and will almost certainly turn out to be Meddling Kids.
* ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'':
** Koryk and Smiles occasionally act like this. The fact that they flirt while killing people is disconcerting.
** Picker and Blend are a lesbian battle couple. They've been going steady ever since joining the Malazan army. Picker is proficient with the sword and crossbow, while Blend prefers long-knives and stealth, and Blend acts like something of an aide for (first Corporal then Lieutnant) Picker as they need little words to communicate.
* Dawn and Julius in ''Literature/TheRadiantDawn''. Played oddly because Julius is fully willing to not contest Dawn charging into battle against clearly defined enemies and assumes she can handle herself, but worries greatly about her being stabbed in the back by someone she doesn't think is an enemy.
* Creator/DanAbnett's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' series ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'':
** Tona Criid and Caffran, who met during the battle for Vervunhive in ''Necropolis''.
** Jessi Banda and Major Elim Rawne, who are wounded in ''Straight Silver'', though they are less tight.
** It is implied that Brin Milo and the esholi priestess Sanian developed a connection in ''Honour Guard'', which carries on to ''Sabbat Martyr'' when [[spoiler: Sanian becomes the reincarnated Saint Sabbat]].
* Creator/SimonRGreen loves this trope:
** ''Hawk and Fisher'' stories feature the titular couple, a pair of captains of the City Guard.
** The ''Literature/{{Nightside}}'' is home to GuileHero John Taylor and his MoreDakka-addicted ally Shotgun Suzie. Where her overwhelming firepower doesn't suffice, his dirty tricks and unique Gift can tip the odds.
** ''Literature/SecretHistories'' features Eddie Drood and Molly Metcalf, a {{Magitek}} PoweredArmor secret agent and the Witch of the Wild Woods.
** ''Literature/{{Deathstalker}}'' has futuristic SuperSoldier Owen Deathstalker & Hazel d'Ark, as well Jack Random and Ruby Journey.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'':
** Aral Vorkosigan and Cordelia Naismith meet in this fashion. They take out the mutineers on Vorkosigan's crew (twice).
** Admiral Naismith/Miles Vorkosigan and Elli Quinn are a straighter example of this. She dual hats as his intelligence chief and executive officer when he leads the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet. [[spoiler:The relationship ends when Miles is forced to retire to civilian life.]]
%%* Creator/AgathaChristie's Thomas and Tuppence Beresford.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' Two examples in the City Watch
** Carrot and Angua, both police
** Sybil and Vimes; TheCaptain of the City Watch and his LadyOfWar wife.
%%** Lofty and Tonker in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment''.
%%* OlderThanFeudalism: From Creator/{{Homer}}, we have Achilles and Patroclus; Virgil's ''Literature/TheAeneid'' later gives us Nisus/Euryalus and Clytius/Cydon.
* In general the Star Wars [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse EU]] is full of these with the majority of the main couples being battle couples.
** Wedge and Iella, Corran and Mirax, Kell and Tyria, Face and Dia, Gavin and Asyr Myn and [[BecomingTheMask Lara]]... it should go without saying that the [[ComicBook/XWingSeries X-Wing series]] of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse EU]], being about fighter pilots, has a ''lot'' of these.
** Luke and Mara transitioned into this from FireForgedFriends.
** Han and Leia are mentioned under film already, but their battle couple status continues in the expanded universe.
** [[Literature/FateOfTheJedi Ben and Vestara]]; He's a jedi and [[DatingCatwoman she's a Sith apprentice.]] [[spoiler:It doesn't work out.]] One interesting example due to their main allegiance being to the order is Obi-Wan and Siri in that they both realize that they would rather be Jedi than in love.
* Every time Heralds and/or Hawkbrothers get together in the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series: Talia and Dirk, Elspeth and Darkwind, Kerowyn and Eldan .... A specific exception is Alberich and Myste; Alberich is the series' resident EmpoweredBadassNormal while the AuthorAvatar Myste, Herald or no, is a bookish librarian.
* Otori Takeo and Shirakawa Kaede (as well as Takeo and Muto Yuki) in ''Literature/TalesOfTheOtori''.
%%* Tiger and Del in the ''Sword Dancer'' series.
%%* Shoka and Taizu in Creator/CJCherryh's ''Literature/ThePaladin''.
* In the third book of the ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' series, Elend and Vin go beyond the BodyguardCrush relationship of the second book and straight into this following [[spoiler: Elend turning into a full-on Mistborn]].
* In the third book of ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'', Nathaniel and Kitty become this, [[spoiler: almost kissing just before his heroic sacrifice]].
%%* Drizzt and Catti-brie were this in addition to an AdventureDuo in R.A. Salvatore's ''ForgottenRealms'' [[TheLegendOfDrizzt novels]], at least before her {{Chickification}} [[spoiler:(and also even before they 'officially' became a couple.)]]
* ''Literature/{{Nightside}}'': Suzie Shooter and John Taylor have been known to kick some serious ass, although their couple status is still a work in progress.
%%* ''Literature/CodexAlera'' by JimButcher gives us several. Most prominent throughout the series are Bernard and Amara, and later Tavi and Kitai. There's also are Lord and Lady Placida in ''First Lord's Fury'', who are [[CaptainErsatz homages]] to the already-mentioned Aral and Cordelia Vorkosigan.
%%* During the second [[Literature/TheHeirChronicles Heir Trilogy]] novel by Cinda Chima, it's evident that Ellen and Jack have become one.
%%* In the fifth ''Literature/MaximumRide'' book, [[spoiler: Max and Fang]] become this.
%%*Leisl and Sasha were well on their way to becoming this by the end of the {{Ravenloft}} novel ''Vampire of the Mists.''
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': The main plot of the series involves everyone preparing for [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The Last Battle]], so every named couple falling in this trope. A few examples are Rand and Min/Aviendha/Elayne, Lan and Nynaeve, Egwene and Gawyn, Perrin and Faile, Siuan and Gareth, a few Aes Sedai and their Warders, a few Asha'man and their Warder-like Aes Sedai, and countless Aiel couples.
* Literature/QuantumGravity: Lila is a cyborg who was specifically made to be able to kill things. [[OurElvesAreBetter Zal does well in anything vaguely resembling a fair fight and is good with a bow.]] They get together; some wild magic sees to that. She also hits it off with [[spoiler:Teazle]], who lives among people who will have every fighting form ever and ''still'' can't find an even match.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is full of these.
** Ron and Hermione can fight together when they aren't [[BelligerentSexualTension arguing]].
** Harry and Ginny fit on the occasion they fight together against their enemies. At the end of book six Harry tried to defy this trope by saying ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies but she wasn't having any of that.
** Since ''everyone'' joins in on the last battle in ''Deathly Hallows'', Lupin and Tonks, Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley, and Fleur and Bill also count.
** Likely the Potters and the Longbottoms were Battle Couples during the first incarnation of the Order Of The Phoenix.
* ''Literature/MysticAndRider'' has the titular mystic and rider, Senneth and Tayse, who are so badass they take down an entire rebellion all by themselves. Senneth is a fire-throwing DeadpanSnarker; Tayse is a sword-wielding DeadpanSnarker - together, TheyFightCrime and snark at things!
%%* ''Literature/TheLastApprentice'' has Tom and Alice, who are gradually becoming one. They aren't officially a couple yet, but they have kissed a few times and it is obvious to everyone who knows them that they are sweet on each other.
%%* In Creator/AaronAllston's ''Literature/GalateaIn2D'', Red and Penny
* Addie and Rhys are this at the end of ''Literature/TheTwoPrincessesOfBamarre''. They declare their love for one another just before the final battle takes place.
* Kelley Armstrong's ''[[Literature/TheOtherworld Women of the Otherworld]]'' series.
** Clay and Elena He's the Pack's Enforcer, she learned to fight though necessity and long years of hardship, and together, they royally kick ass.
%%**All of the canon couples can be defined with this trope, with the possible exception of Lucas and Paige.
%%* Alec and Magnus from ''Literature/MortalInstruments''.
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''. This is the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Parshendi's]] primary method of fighting
* As shown on the covers of ''Literature/TheAlienSeries'', Kitty and Martini believe that the couple who kicks ass together stay together.
%%* Quite a few of them in the Literature/{{Emberverse}}, mainly among the good guys.
* ''[[Literature/CarrerasLegions The Amazon Legion]]'' invokes this intentionally with the ''Tercio Gorgidas'', a tercio (roughly equivalent of a regiment) comprised of homosexual male pairs who are married in a special ceremony, with an explicit nod given to the Sacred Band of Thebes (see the RealLife section).
%%* Bob and Mo in Literature/TheLaundrySeries.
* Bellisarius and Antoninia in ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'' (and in RealLife, by the way) although they are usually in different theaters. Also Rao and Shakuntala. The Theodoran Cohort has a number of Battle Couples.
* ''Literature/TheHungerGames''
** In the first book Katniss and [[spoiler: Peeta]]. Their 'tragic lovers fighting for their lives' story was a big hit among sponsors and attracted vital support during the games.
** Subverted in ''Mockingjay'': [[spoiler: Katniss and Gale act as this for most of the book, but never manage the RelationshipUpgrade]].
%%* ''Literature/InDeath'': Eve and Roarke.
%%* Literature/TimeScout: Malcolm Moore. Margo Smith. Time Scouts.
%%* Nico and Josef are a platonic example in ''Literature/TheSpiritThief'' (Legend of Eli Monpress series).
%%* Margaret Weis's ''Literature/TheStarOfTheGuardians'':
%%** Maigrey and Sagan
%%** Tusk and Nola
%%* Alec and Seregil from Lynn Flewelling's ''Literature/{{Nightrunner}}'' series are a gay example.
* ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth''
** Richard and Kahlan are this and become more so after Richard taught her his methods of fighting. Zedd, Cara, and Nicci all take turns being the third wheel.
%%** Confessors and their Wizards are in some senses this.
** The Mord-Sith are this with the Lord Rahl. All of them. It's like a harem of dominatrix, AntiMagic, BreakTheCutie, magical-taser wielding Aryan bodyguards in various colors of leather!
* Literature/TalesOfKolmar has a bunch. Jamie was Maran's bodyguard, though she became a good fighter herself. Much later Jamie and Maran's friend Rella become this while trying to protect Lanen and Varien. Lanen lacks the necessary speed and will to be a career fighter but has to try her best anyway; Varien is new to being human and doesn't know what he's doing with a sword, but he's unnaturally strong and very protective.
* In ''Literature/TheParasolProtectorate''
** Lord and Lady Maccon are formidable when separate (one being a burly [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Alpha werewolf]] [[spoiler: and the other a [[TheSoulless Preternatural]] with a [[ParasolOfPain tricked-out parasol]].]]) and even more so when together.
** [[spoiler: [[BadassGay Lyall and Biffy]] also make a good enough team to keep Sidhaeg busy until sunrise, though the couple part doesn't become official until later.]]
* Rose and Dimitri in ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', they often fight alongside each other, facing the enemy jointly.
%%* The ''NightHuntress'' series: Cat and Bones. Other couples, such as Mencheres/Kira and Vlad/Leila count as well.
* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''
** [[spoiler:Alec]] and [[spoiler:Magnus]] are respectively a Shadowhunter (i.e., demon hunter) and a warlock who become a couple over the course of the trilogy while fighting evil. They fight together as partners in the final battle of ''City of Glass,'' when [[spoiler:a new rune allows pairs Shadowhunters and Downworlders (such as warlocks) to share their powers with one another]].
** Maryse and Robert Lightwood are a married couple of active Shadowhunters, although their partnership receives little "screen time," since they are not main characters.
* Will and Georgia from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' are a married couple of werewolves who fight as a well-oiled tag team machine.
* Nathan and Elena, in ''Literature/TheMemoryWars'', have been lovers through most of their past lives, and can draw on centuries of shared combat experience to fight together with perfect precision.
* ''Literature/IslandInTheSeaOfTime'' has Marian Alston and Swindapa, a kick-ass, katana-wielding lesbian battle couple.
* Crown Prince Alaric of Caederan and his {{Love Interest|s}} (and future bride) Laeshana have a wonderful teamwork moment while fighting through roughly 500 fire-spiders.
* Deuce and Fade from ''Literature/RazorlandTrilogy'' start out as reluctant partners in the first book, but by the third they are battling Freaks side-by-side.
* The ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington Honorverse]]'' has Victor Cachat and Thandi Palane. He's a superspy, master of the IndyPloy and ice-cold killer, she's a SuperSoldier SpaceMarine who is more lethal bare-handed than most people would be with machineguns. It was more or less love at first sight.
* ''Literature/UkiahOregon'': Ukiah and Indigo, Max and Sam, Atticus and Ru, Rennie and Helena. Ukiah's moms are the only couple in the series who aren't.
* Auria and David from Those Who Cry Green Tears become this after Auria saves David from the Ombras (human eating monsters).
%%* In the MrAndMrsDarcyMysteries, Elizabeth and Darcy sometimes are this.
* In the ''Literature/AhrimanTrilogy'' this is part of the purpose of the mage/warden relationship. While they aren't explicitly intended to be romantic arrangements, it's universally acknowledged that they often end that way. Simon Bell's parents were mage/warden before they married and had kids.
* Averted and played straight in the ''Literature/TairenSoul'' series. The magically enhanced empathy of Fey women means that they can't fight in close combat, as they feel the pain of everyone they kill. However, Ellysetta is immune to this effect [[spoiler:because of the predatory tairen soul bonded to hers]] and fights alongside [[BenevolentMageRuler Rain]] in later books.
* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos''
** Sathel and Retina are a married couple and mercenary partners.
** A newspaper writer inquired into the "working relationship" of mercenaries Tiza and Nolien but Tiza [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend insisted that this wasn't the case]]. It's a hard line to swallow considering how closely they work together and how protective they are.
* Darrow and [[spoiler: Mustang]] from the ''Literature/RedRising'' trilogy are definitely this trope. While most of the combat in the series involves large-scale military campaigns and space combat, whenever they're not carrying out their own parts of a multi-pronged gambit, they're right there in the thick of things with each other.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', most couples tend to be this since most characters are active fighters. Firestar and Sandstorm are one particularly notable example since an entire book is devoted to them journeying together outside Clan territory.
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', we have a mild example in Aegon "the Conqueror" Targaryen and Visenya Targaryen. Aegon, being a typical Targaryen, married his two sisters and declared conquest on the continent of Westeros. They say that Aegon married Visenya out of duty (she was the eldest of the sisters) and Rhaenys out of love. Visenya was known as a great warrior and dragonrider, wielding a valyrian steel sword named Dark Sister. While Aegon may not have had any strong feelings for Visenya, she was still his wife and they conquered a continent together. Rhaenys was also a dragonrider but had not martial prowess under her belt beyond that.
* Romeo and Dagger in ''{{Literature/Wander}}'' are a somewhat downplayed example. They're both more than competent fighters, and by the end of the novel [[spoiler:are the only adult survivors of Camp Greenbow]], but they only actually fight when they have no other choice, and their most badass moment together, [[spoiler: fighting off a group of smilers while holed up in an abandoned farmhouse]], occurs off-screen.
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%%* Azur and Milliam in ''Literature/{{Phenomena}}''
* Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies''. They're the OfficialCouple and they fight zombies.
* From ''Literature/TheFallenMoon'' there is Arenadd and Skade. [[spoiler: Neither lives to the end of the trilogy, however Arenadd is unlucky enough to be TheUndead and have a God who isn't finished with him yet.]]
* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''
** Most couples from this series, but especially Percy and Annabeth. Percy even described them fighting together coming more naturally than talking to or romantic actions with Annabeth.
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''
** Faramir and Éowyn are a downplayed example. They officially become a couple after the battle.
** Creator/JRRTolkien also wrote that Rohirrim women often took up weapons to defend their homes when their lands were invaded.
** Celeborn and Galadriel fight together.
* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
** Lúthien Tinúviel and Beren. He is a mighty physical warrior. She is a elf sorcerer capable to bring down a fortress and put the GodOfEvil of her world to sleep. Together they complemented each other's skills, humiliated Dark Lords, and their deeds were theme of songs seventy centuries after their deaths.
%%* ''{{Graceling}}'': Katsa and Po.
* Ellie and Will from Courtney Allison Moulton's Angelfire series who take on demonic armies together.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' are LaResistance against an alien invasion.
** Rachel is a BloodKnight and Tobias is a bird of prey; they become a couple.
** Jake is TheLeader and Cassie is [[BewareTheNiceOnes more dangerous than she appears]]; they are frequently teased ''before'' becoming a couple.
** Aldrea the Andalite meets Dak Hamee, the Hork Bajir seer, during the battle to keep the Hork Bajir home world free from the Yeerks. Almost a whole book and several lifestyle-related struggles later, they become a mated pair, give birth to a son, and decades later their descendants form the first members of the free Hork Bajir on Earth.
* Kate Daniels and Curran from the ''Literature/KateDaniels'' series, often fight together and never lose.
%%* In ''SevenMenOfGascony'' Nicholette marries several successive men, all of which die except Gabriel who is the last of TheSquad.
* In ''Literature/BlackDaggerBrotherhood'' novels, this trope is inverted with Xhex and John, as fighting together causes major problems in their relationship. Though he knows that she's a capable warrior, bonded males are genetically hardwired to protect their mates at any cost, so his instincts keep firing up on the battlefield and putting them both in danger. This pisses her off as she thinks he doesn't respect her skills; they separate for a good long while because of it.
* Ruggiero and Bradamante from ''Literature/OrlandoFurioso''. When they're reunited halfway through the work, the first thing Bradamante does is go off to save a dude, and Ruggiero is thrilled to have a woman understand what he does.
* Slippery Jim [=diGriz=] (''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat'') and Angelina, his wife and fellow criminal genius. He's a criminal mastermind who dislikes killing. She's a formerly-psychotic criminal mastermind who bemoans the fact that she can't casually kill people now she's had a conscience implanted. TheyFightCrime ''with'' crime.
* Creator/SandyMitchell's ''Literature/CiaphasCain'', HERO OF THE IMPERIUM, novels
** The mixed-gender Valhallan 597th features several couples. These include Cain's own liaison with Lady Inquisitor Amberley Vail, as well as a male trooper named Vorhees and a female trooper named Drere in ''Caves of Ice'', and a strongly implied lesbian relationship between Sergeant Grifen and trooper Mari Magot in the same book.
** Cain invokes this trope; relationships in the guard normally aren't allowed but Cain allows it because it improves morale and makes them fight harder.
** [[ColonelBadass Colonel Kasteen]] and [[MajorlyAwesome Major Broklaw]], the commander and NumberTwo of the 597th respectively. Nothing romantic is ever confirmed in-story, but Broklaw refers to Kasteen by her given name, implying they're on FirstNameBasis -- which is highly unusual for a relationship that's merely commander-subordinate.
* Literature/AmeliaPeabody and her husband Radcliffe Emerson, Egyptologists and incidental detectives in the Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters. The stories are set stretching from the Victorian era into the Roaring Twenties. Peabody and Emerson are grandparents, now, but that only slows them down a little. They have produced a second generation Battle Couple, their son Walter "Ramses" Emerson and his wife Nefret. The third generation is alarmingly precocious and will almost certainly turn out to be Meddling Kids.
* ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'':
** Koryk and Smiles occasionally act like this. The fact that they flirt while killing people is disconcerting.
** Picker and Blend are a lesbian battle couple. They've been going steady ever since joining the Malazan army. Picker is proficient with the sword and crossbow, while Blend prefers long-knives and stealth, and Blend acts like something of an aide for (first Corporal then Lieutnant) Picker as they need little words to communicate.
* Dawn and Julius in ''Literature/TheRadiantDawn''. Played oddly because Julius is fully willing to not contest Dawn charging into battle against clearly defined enemies and assumes she can handle herself, but worries greatly about her being stabbed in the back by someone she doesn't think is an enemy.
* Creator/DanAbnett's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' series ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'':
** Tona Criid and Caffran, who met during the battle for Vervunhive in ''Necropolis''.
** Jessi Banda and Major Elim Rawne, who are wounded in ''Straight Silver'', though they are less tight.
** It is implied that Brin Milo and the esholi priestess Sanian developed a connection in ''Honour Guard'', which carries on to ''Sabbat Martyr'' when [[spoiler: Sanian becomes the reincarnated Saint Sabbat]].
* Creator/SimonRGreen loves this trope:
** ''Hawk and Fisher'' stories feature the titular couple, a pair of captains of the City Guard.
** The ''Literature/{{Nightside}}'' is home to GuileHero John Taylor and his MoreDakka-addicted ally Shotgun Suzie. Where her overwhelming firepower doesn't suffice, his dirty tricks and unique Gift can tip the odds.
** ''Literature/SecretHistories'' features Eddie Drood and Molly Metcalf, a {{Magitek}} PoweredArmor secret agent and the Witch of the Wild Woods.
** ''Literature/{{Deathstalker}}'' has futuristic SuperSoldier Owen Deathstalker & Hazel d'Ark, as well Jack Random and Ruby Journey.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'':
** Aral Vorkosigan and Cordelia Naismith meet in this fashion. They take out the mutineers on Vorkosigan's crew (twice).
** Admiral Naismith/Miles Vorkosigan and Elli Quinn are a straighter example of this. She dual hats as his intelligence chief and executive officer when he leads the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet. [[spoiler:The relationship ends when Miles is forced to retire to civilian life.]]
%%* Creator/AgathaChristie's Thomas and Tuppence Beresford.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' Two examples in the City Watch
** Carrot and Angua, both police
** Sybil and Vimes; TheCaptain of the City Watch and his LadyOfWar wife.
%%** Lofty and Tonker in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment''.
%%* OlderThanFeudalism: From Creator/{{Homer}}, we have Achilles and Patroclus; Virgil's ''Literature/TheAeneid'' later gives us Nisus/Euryalus and Clytius/Cydon.
* In general the Star Wars [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse EU]] is full of these with the majority of the main couples being battle couples.
** Wedge and Iella, Corran and Mirax, Kell and Tyria, Face and Dia, Gavin and Asyr Myn and [[BecomingTheMask Lara]]... it should go without saying that the [[ComicBook/XWingSeries X-Wing series]] of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse EU]], being about fighter pilots, has a ''lot'' of these.
** Luke and Mara transitioned into this from FireForgedFriends.
** Han and Leia are mentioned under film already, but their battle couple status continues in the expanded universe.
** [[Literature/FateOfTheJedi Ben and Vestara]]; He's a jedi and [[DatingCatwoman she's a Sith apprentice.]] [[spoiler:It doesn't work out.]] One interesting example due to their main allegiance being to the order is Obi-Wan and Siri in that they both realize that they would rather be Jedi than in love.
* Every time Heralds and/or Hawkbrothers get together in the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series: Talia and Dirk, Elspeth and Darkwind, Kerowyn and Eldan .... A specific exception is Alberich and Myste; Alberich is the series' resident EmpoweredBadassNormal while the AuthorAvatar Myste, Herald or no, is a bookish librarian.
* Otori Takeo and Shirakawa Kaede (as well as Takeo and Muto Yuki) in ''Literature/TalesOfTheOtori''.
%%* Tiger and Del in the ''Sword Dancer'' series.
%%* Shoka and Taizu in Creator/CJCherryh's ''Literature/ThePaladin''.
* In the third book of the ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' series, Elend and Vin go beyond the BodyguardCrush relationship of the second book and straight into this following [[spoiler: Elend turning into a full-on Mistborn]].
* In the third book of ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'', Nathaniel and Kitty become this, [[spoiler: almost kissing just before his heroic sacrifice]].
%%* Drizzt and Catti-brie were this in addition to an AdventureDuo in R.A. Salvatore's ''ForgottenRealms'' [[TheLegendOfDrizzt novels]], at least before her {{Chickification}} [[spoiler:(and also even before they 'officially' became a couple.)]]
* ''Literature/{{Nightside}}'': Suzie Shooter and John Taylor have been known to kick some serious ass, although their couple status is still a work in progress.
%%* ''Literature/CodexAlera'' by JimButcher gives us several. Most prominent throughout the series are Bernard and Amara, and later Tavi and Kitai. There's also are Lord and Lady Placida in ''First Lord's Fury'', who are [[CaptainErsatz homages]] to the already-mentioned Aral and Cordelia Vorkosigan.
%%* During the second [[Literature/TheHeirChronicles Heir Trilogy]] novel by Cinda Chima, it's evident that Ellen and Jack have become one.
%%* In the fifth ''Literature/MaximumRide'' book, [[spoiler: Max and Fang]] become this.
%%*Leisl and Sasha were well on their way to becoming this by the end of the {{Ravenloft}} novel ''Vampire of the Mists.''
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': The main plot of the series involves everyone preparing for [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The Last Battle]], so every named couple falling in this trope. A few examples are Rand and Min/Aviendha/Elayne, Lan and Nynaeve, Egwene and Gawyn, Perrin and Faile, Siuan and Gareth, a few Aes Sedai and their Warders, a few Asha'man and their Warder-like Aes Sedai, and countless Aiel couples.
* Literature/QuantumGravity: Lila is a cyborg who was specifically made to be able to kill things. [[OurElvesAreBetter Zal does well in anything vaguely resembling a fair fight and is good with a bow.]] They get together; some wild magic sees to that. She also hits it off with [[spoiler:Teazle]], who lives among people who will have every fighting form ever and ''still'' can't find an even match.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is full of these.
** Ron and Hermione can fight together when they aren't [[BelligerentSexualTension arguing]].
** Harry and Ginny fit on the occasion they fight together against their enemies. At the end of book six Harry tried to defy this trope by saying ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies but she wasn't having any of that.
** Since ''everyone'' joins in on the last battle in ''Deathly Hallows'', Lupin and Tonks, Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley, and Fleur and Bill also count.
** Likely the Potters and the Longbottoms were Battle Couples during the first incarnation of the Order Of The Phoenix.
* ''Literature/MysticAndRider'' has the titular mystic and rider, Senneth and Tayse, who are so badass they take down an entire rebellion all by themselves. Senneth is a fire-throwing DeadpanSnarker; Tayse is a sword-wielding DeadpanSnarker - together, TheyFightCrime and snark at things!
%%* ''Literature/TheLastApprentice'' has Tom and Alice, who are gradually becoming one. They aren't officially a couple yet, but they have kissed a few times and it is obvious to everyone who knows them that they are sweet on each other.
%%* In Creator/AaronAllston's ''Literature/GalateaIn2D'', Red and Penny
* Addie and Rhys are this at the end of ''Literature/TheTwoPrincessesOfBamarre''. They declare their love for one another just before the final battle takes place.
* Kelley Armstrong's ''[[Literature/TheOtherworld Women of the Otherworld]]'' series.
** Clay and Elena He's the Pack's Enforcer, she learned to fight though necessity and long years of hardship, and together, they royally kick ass.
%%**All of the canon couples can be defined with this trope, with the possible exception of Lucas and Paige.
%%* Alec and Magnus from ''Literature/MortalInstruments''.
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''. This is the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Parshendi's]] primary method of fighting
* As shown on the covers of ''Literature/TheAlienSeries'', Kitty and Martini believe that the couple who kicks ass together stay together.
%%* Quite a few of them in the Literature/{{Emberverse}}, mainly among the good guys.
* ''[[Literature/CarrerasLegions The Amazon Legion]]'' invokes this intentionally with the ''Tercio Gorgidas'', a tercio (roughly equivalent of a regiment) comprised of homosexual male pairs who are married in a special ceremony, with an explicit nod given to the Sacred Band of Thebes (see the RealLife section).
%%* Bob and Mo in Literature/TheLaundrySeries.
* Bellisarius and Antoninia in ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'' (and in RealLife, by the way) although they are usually in different theaters. Also Rao and Shakuntala. The Theodoran Cohort has a number of Battle Couples.
* ''Literature/TheHungerGames''
** In the first book Katniss and [[spoiler: Peeta]]. Their 'tragic lovers fighting for their lives' story was a big hit among sponsors and attracted vital support during the games.
** Subverted in ''Mockingjay'': [[spoiler: Katniss and Gale act as this for most of the book, but never manage the RelationshipUpgrade]].
%%* ''Literature/InDeath'': Eve and Roarke.
%%* Literature/TimeScout: Malcolm Moore. Margo Smith. Time Scouts.
%%* Nico and Josef are a platonic example in ''Literature/TheSpiritThief'' (Legend of Eli Monpress series).
%%* Margaret Weis's ''Literature/TheStarOfTheGuardians'':
%%** Maigrey and Sagan
%%** Tusk and Nola
%%* Alec and Seregil from Lynn Flewelling's ''Literature/{{Nightrunner}}'' series are a gay example.
* ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth''
** Richard and Kahlan are this and become more so after Richard taught her his methods of fighting. Zedd, Cara, and Nicci all take turns being the third wheel.
%%** Confessors and their Wizards are in some senses this.
** The Mord-Sith are this with the Lord Rahl. All of them. It's like a harem of dominatrix, AntiMagic, BreakTheCutie, magical-taser wielding Aryan bodyguards in various colors of leather!
* Literature/TalesOfKolmar has a bunch. Jamie was Maran's bodyguard, though she became a good fighter herself. Much later Jamie and Maran's friend Rella become this while trying to protect Lanen and Varien. Lanen lacks the necessary speed and will to be a career fighter but has to try her best anyway; Varien is new to being human and doesn't know what he's doing with a sword, but he's unnaturally strong and very protective.
* In ''Literature/TheParasolProtectorate''
** Lord and Lady Maccon are formidable when separate (one being a burly [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Alpha werewolf]] [[spoiler: and the other a [[TheSoulless Preternatural]] with a [[ParasolOfPain tricked-out parasol]].]]) and even more so when together.
** [[spoiler: [[BadassGay Lyall and Biffy]] also make a good enough team to keep Sidhaeg busy until sunrise, though the couple part doesn't become official until later.]]
* Rose and Dimitri in ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', they often fight alongside each other, facing the enemy jointly.
%%* The ''NightHuntress'' series: Cat and Bones. Other couples, such as Mencheres/Kira and Vlad/Leila count as well.
* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''
** [[spoiler:Alec]] and [[spoiler:Magnus]] are respectively a Shadowhunter (i.e., demon hunter) and a warlock who become a couple over the course of the trilogy while fighting evil. They fight together as partners in the final battle of ''City of Glass,'' when [[spoiler:a new rune allows pairs Shadowhunters and Downworlders (such as warlocks) to share their powers with one another]].
** Maryse and Robert Lightwood are a married couple of active Shadowhunters, although their partnership receives little "screen time," since they are not main characters.
* Will and Georgia from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' are a married couple of werewolves who fight as a well-oiled tag team machine.
* Nathan and Elena, in ''Literature/TheMemoryWars'', have been lovers through most of their past lives, and can draw on centuries of shared combat experience to fight together with perfect precision.
* ''Literature/IslandInTheSeaOfTime'' has Marian Alston and Swindapa, a kick-ass, katana-wielding lesbian battle couple.
* Crown Prince Alaric of Caederan and his {{Love Interest|s}} (and future bride) Laeshana have a wonderful teamwork moment while fighting through roughly 500 fire-spiders.
* Deuce and Fade from ''Literature/RazorlandTrilogy'' start out as reluctant partners in the first book, but by the third they are battling Freaks side-by-side.
* The ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington Honorverse]]'' has Victor Cachat and Thandi Palane. He's a superspy, master of the IndyPloy and ice-cold killer, she's a SuperSoldier SpaceMarine who is more lethal bare-handed than most people would be with machineguns. It was more or less love at first sight.
* ''Literature/UkiahOregon'': Ukiah and Indigo, Max and Sam, Atticus and Ru, Rennie and Helena. Ukiah's moms are the only couple in the series who aren't.
* Auria and David from Those Who Cry Green Tears become this after Auria saves David from the Ombras (human eating monsters).
%%* In the MrAndMrsDarcyMysteries, Elizabeth and Darcy sometimes are this.
* In the ''Literature/AhrimanTrilogy'' this is part of the purpose of the mage/warden relationship. While they aren't explicitly intended to be romantic arrangements, it's universally acknowledged that they often end that way. Simon Bell's parents were mage/warden before they married and had kids.
* Averted and played straight in the ''Literature/TairenSoul'' series. The magically enhanced empathy of Fey women means that they can't fight in close combat, as they feel the pain of everyone they kill. However, Ellysetta is immune to this effect [[spoiler:because of the predatory tairen soul bonded to hers]] and fights alongside [[BenevolentMageRuler Rain]] in later books.
* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos''
** Sathel and Retina are a married couple and mercenary partners.
** A newspaper writer inquired into the "working relationship" of mercenaries Tiza and Nolien but Tiza [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend insisted that this wasn't the case]]. It's a hard line to swallow considering how closely they work together and how protective they are.
* Darrow and [[spoiler: Mustang]] from the ''Literature/RedRising'' trilogy are definitely this trope. While most of the combat in the series involves large-scale military campaigns and space combat, whenever they're not carrying out their own parts of a multi-pronged gambit, they're right there in the thick of things with each other.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', most couples tend to be this since most characters are active fighters. Firestar and Sandstorm are one particularly notable example since an entire book is devoted to them journeying together outside Clan territory.
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', we have a mild example in Aegon "the Conqueror" Targaryen and Visenya Targaryen. Aegon, being a typical Targaryen, married his two sisters and declared conquest on the continent of Westeros. They say that Aegon married Visenya out of duty (she was the eldest of the sisters) and Rhaenys out of love. Visenya was known as a great warrior and dragonrider, wielding a valyrian steel sword named Dark Sister. While Aegon may not have had any strong feelings for Visenya, she was still his wife and they conquered a continent together. Rhaenys was also a dragonrider but had not martial prowess under her belt beyond that.
* Romeo and Dagger in ''{{Literature/Wander}}'' are a somewhat downplayed example. They're both more than competent fighters, and by the end of the novel [[spoiler:are the only adult survivors of Camp Greenbow]], but they only actually fight when they have no other choice, and their most badass moment together, [[spoiler: fighting off a group of smilers while holed up in an abandoned farmhouse]], occurs off-screen.
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