Chances of a Ryan/Alex romance are quickly slip, slipping away on Quantico.

'Quantico' ABC: Prepare For A Time Jump, Chopra Teases Midseason Premiere

Quantico's on-again/off-again relationship peppered Alex's (Priyanka Chopra) time as a NAT, but the present timeline has kept the pair out of the bedroom. When the series returns this March, a six-month time jump will have only driven the pair farther apart. You would think this division would have something to do with Ryan's newly revealed ex, but the burden will be squarely on the nascent couple.

The problem actually is not even Hannah, it's what happens with Ryan and Alex after everything they've been through," Chopra told Entertainment Weekly. "How do they get through?"

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While Ryan (Jake McLaughlin) might be willing to work past their recent traumas, Alex will be prepared to sabotage her happiness at every turn.

"They love each other, but they can't be together, because Alex is her own destruction," Chopra explained. "She's so dark that anything good for her she runs away from. She's so afraid of being hurt that she hurts herself [rather] than to have someone else betray her. That's going to be her [down]fall."

Catch up with Ryan and Alex when Quantico returns to ABC on March 6.

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