In "Sleepy Hollow" Season 3, Abbie and Ichabod have been doing a good job on their friendship, which is characterized by loyalty, understanding, and acceptance. But will they ever be more than friends?

Fans point out that the third season of "Sleepy Hollow" may be the right time for the street-smart gal and the eccentric professor to do something with their exploding on-screen chemistry.

With Katrina (Katia Winter) dead and gone, alongside the darkness clouding over her, Ichabod (Tom Mison) and Abbie (Nicole Beharie) may share a fresh start on the next season, which may take their friendship to a whole new level.

Not so fast! It would seem that other characters are out to keep the two from getting together.

Ichabod may be as dashing as he is intelligent, but to win over Abbie, he may have to compete with Daniel Reynold's (Lance Gross), Abbie's boss at FBI who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend.

Meanwhile, Zoe Corinth, who has been helping Ichabod with his US citizenship may just get interested in him, reports Design Trend.

"There is a lady on the scene, her name is Zoe Corinth and she's played by Maya Kazan," said Mison on Entertainment Weekly, "She's introduced because she's going to help Ichabod fill out the paperwork for his American citizenship. Of course, how could that not blossom into something when there's something as sexy as paperwork? They're kindred spirits, but he's reticent, as you can imagine."

Unfortunately, in Season 3's latest episode, something really bad happens to Abbie. But let's hope she's okay and reunites with Ichabod in the future.

"Sleepy Hollow" Season 3 airs Thursdays on Fox.