Lewis's initials aren't CS by any chance? Or could he be CS's child or grandchild?
It makes you believe that this dynamic stretches back and back, even unto the Middle Ages, where the medieval equivalent of a grumpy grammar school boy and a put-upon working class boy are forever together in the green wood, fighting crime.
Robin Hood and Little John might fit those descriptions, except that Robin Hood isn't normally portrayed as particularly grumpy. He has generally come across as being quite posh, though.
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