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I enjoy a good love story, except when I find myself accused of trying to ruin a perfectly good “marriage.”

Say you are a dean or a provost, and you have agreed to offer a tenure-track position to a department’s favorite faculty candidate. The applicant pool was deep and strong, and the department has worked hard to get the best possible fit for its needs.

But there’s a catch. The favored candidate is A.B.D., all but dissertation, and “the plan,” if it works, is for her to complete her Plymount Horizon Vent Visor by the end of her first semester on the job — more or less.